I Will Disappear, Grand Duke | LK Adaptation

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Of course, there would be knights around the castle, but she had a feeling she could make it somehow as long as she avoided Jungkook's eyes.

Lalisa, who was about to take off her steps, reached out to him just in case. She waved her hand cautiously towards his eyes, but Jungkook didn't open his eyes.

But even before she could straighten her body, a firm hand grabbed her and pulled her back.

"...Ah!"

In a flash, Lalisa was held in his arms. Before she knew it, his half-open golden eyes were staring at her.

His hand wrapped around her waist pulled her closer to him. She had to look at him helplessly as she sat on the hard thighs.

"Where are you going?"

A somewhat faint voice sounded in her ear. Lalisa tried to sit up, but his firm hands did not budge.

Jungkook murmured, lowered his head slightly.

"Let's go together tomorrow."

With those words, he gently held Lalisa's and leaned her against his chest. Lalisa could feel his heartbeat through their colliding bodies.

Jungkook just slumped down and gently put his forehead on Lalisa's shoulder.

He didn't say anything else.

Lalisa tried to push him out, but the big hands wrapped around her waist did not easily fall off.

'...Did he fall sleep?'

Staring at him with a perplexed expression, Lalisa eventually let go.

It was an uncomfortable position, but it was useless to try to move.

Giving up and letting out a small sigh, Lalisa relaxed her rigid body.

After gazing over his shoulder for a while with a dazed expression, Lalisa lowered her eyelids lightly.

Perhaps it was because of warmth coming from him. Her eyes grew heavier.

At some point, Lalisa, who was leaning on his chest, closed her eyes completely.

***

The next day, Lalisa was able to go outside the castle for the first time in a very long time.

It was thanks to the many times her doctor had told her to move her body as much as possible.

As if it were natural, Jungkook held her hand, but Lalisa was unusually obedient.

The path he led was to the rear garden of the castle.

As soon as she took a step outside, Lalisa felt dizzy for a while in the subtle sunlight.

After all this time, Lalisa realized how long she had been trapped. With a buzzing sound, she turned her gaze and arrived in front of the glass greenhouse.

As she entered, the first thing she saw was a flower bed full of lilies.

For a while, Lalisa was transfixed by the white expanse of the flower bed.

"As you said, this whole place is filled with white flowers."

At Jungkook's quiet words, Lalisa blinked slowly.

Only then did she remember saying that she would fill this greenhouse with only lilies.

It had been a long time since she visited the greenhouse, so today was the first time she saw so many flowers planted like this.