Unwanted Marriage

Chapter 74

Jungkook could only stand there,
unable to respond.

Lisa froze on her spot not able to move, Jungkook word keep repeating on her head. She look down her tears keep falling dawn. She didn't care anymore if they saw her that state.

Lisa sighed and picked up a fresh cold towel and a bowl of ice water, handing it to Jimin.

"Here, it's about time to change the towel.She has a fever so you need to keep her cool.Wipe her body down if you can as well." She instructed.

Jimin took the items and placed the cold towel on Chaeyoung's forehead. He wet the other towel in ice water and started wiping the sweat off Chaeyoung's face, neck and arms before placing the blanket back over her. He ignored the other two people in the room; he was too worried about Chaeyoung right now to care.

Lisa grabbed Jungkook's hand and dragged him outside the room, closing the door behind them.

"Look at your face." She look at his face blankly. "Serves you right for picking a fight with Jimin. Come on, let's patch you up." She coldly said.

Lisa grabbed a first aid kit from the house owner and sat Jungkook down on the sofa. She started cleaning the wounds on Jungkook's face with an
alcohol soaked cotton ball to sanitize
them.

Lisa noticed Jungkook wince slightly as she applied the wound ointment. "Does it hurt?" she asked. "Give me
your hand, your knuckles are all
messed up too." There was no sign of
movement from Jungkook, so she just
grabbed harshly his hands and cleaned and applied ointment to them too.

"You're hopeless... Am I your mother?"
Lisa exhaled tiredly as she applied
a large gauze over his knuckles.

Jungkook's face looked particularly
pitiful right now, and she didn't
really know what to say to him at this
moment.

Although she had heard some rather unpleasant things about Jimin; he was still Chaeyoung's husband, and it definitely looked like he cared for her a lot right now.Something must have changed between them.

But on the other hand,what about Jungkook who had always been waiting for Chaeyoung from the start?
And Lisa who keep hoping to Jungkook?

Jungkook leaned back on the sofa and stared in the direction of the room
where Chaeyoung and Jimin were,even though he couldn't see anything.

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Jimin's heart felt uneasy, maybe because of all the mixed feelings he was experiencing at this moment. Anxiety, anger, and worry didn't even begin to cover all the thoughts that were running through his mind. Sitting there and seeing Chaeyoung sick and not being able to do anything about it only made his anxiousness worse.

He ran his thumb over Chaeyoung's soft lips lightly, thinking about what he should do to erase the mark of another man's lips on hers.

Jimin sighed, leaning forward and resting his head lightly on Chaeyoung's chest. He noticed how easily his feelings were influenced by this woman; rising and falling like the gentle movements of her chest as she breathed in and out.

Jimin had always been used to being completely in control of himself and his emotions; he didn't like how exposed he felt around her.

"Roseanne, I really hate how easily you can control me." Jimin closed his eyes and listened to Chaeyoung's slow and steady heartbeat.

Jimin spent the night monitoring Chaeyoung's temperature and regularly changing her towel. By early morning she was no longer burning hot to the touch. Jimin looked out the window; it was no longer snowing and the sunrise was just barely visible.