LISA [Liskook]✔️

Chapter 7

HAPPY READING

There was no wedding procession, no guests to congratulate them, nor any blessings. They sat facing each other at a table, where Jungkook Taran and Lalice Hesse signed their certificate of marriage.

She signed her full last name, 'Hesse', on the documents while writing down only the initial for her first name, 'Lalice.' That was the norm for marriage certificates. But for this marriage certificate, she signed her full name on top, and used the standard signing method just below.

Lalice. That was her name. She had lived as Lalice while she was with Count Matin for over five years. Following her divorce, she had lived the rest of her life as Lisa. But now, she would need to live the rest of her life as Lalice.

She had never thought that the name Lalice belonged to her. When she had lived by this name, she had felt nothing but agony and suffering. Lisa and Lalice felt like two different human beings. She was distressed whether the name written on the marriage certificate really belonged to her, or not.

She was frustrated that her fake shell as Lalice would be stuck for the rest of her life due to this marriage, but at the same time, she felt a sense of relief. On one hand, she felt a small hope that she would be able to break past her outer shell and escape to the outside world. On the other hand, Lisa could not see the lowest point of the dark hole she was about to fall into. Lisa could not express her feelings with one word.

Two men she had never seen before in her life stood as their witnesses; the process was simple and she was quickly promoted as the official Duke of Taran's wife. That was how their wedding ended.

Lisa didn't have any attachment toward things like weddings, but she was a little sad that the classic kiss upon marriage had been omitted. Following that first kiss, he had never made any sort of physical contact with her. She pretended to look somewhere else as she stole a glance at his lips.

His closed lips lied in a straight line, his stubborn nature seemingly reflected upon them. They weren't too thick; when his lips had pressed against hers, they felt very soft. He had sucked onto Lisa's lips as his tongue had entered her mouth...

"Tomorrow morning we'll leave for the North."

"Yes...Okay!"

When his mouth suddenly opened, Lisa jumped in shock. He watched her with strange eyes, so she quickly distracted herself by looking into another direction. She worried whether her face was flushed red at the moment.

'Aah, I must be crazy. What are you doing? Seriously.'

"If you wish to remain in the capital, that's fine."

Her racing heart suddenly died a little, and a cold wind blew past, howling into the distance. The ink on the marriage contract had yet to dry, but he was already thinking of separating as something trivial.

She realized he didn't see her as a woman. She didn't have any expectations of a warm and loving married life, but she couldn't help feeling bitter.