~ KITTEN ~|| JIKOOK ✅

24

JIMIN POV

"Your mate seems a bit concerned."

Oh, he was.

"I am not a fan of high society functions, I think he fears just how much I will share with you."

"Is there a reason you wouldn't share everything with me?"

"That depends." I looked the
king right in the eyes.

"How much truth do you
want to hear?"

"Preferably all of it."

I smiled. "Excellent."

I grabbed a flute of champagne and then looped my arm
through the king's.

"Shall we?"

The king lifted an eyebrow.

I started talking as we strolled toward the reception hall.

"My parents knew they were mates and had to fight their parents to be together."

"They were both ostracized
by their families."

"When Jin came into the
picture, it got even worse."

"Ostracized how?" the king asked.

"My father's family left his clan and my mother's family refuses to have anything to do with us other than to call up and scream at us if they thought we had done something wrong."

"Jin hasn't even been allowed
to take his rightful place at my father's side."

"He has to live in the shadows, pretending to just be my mother's twin brother."

"He only got to be with my
father behind closed doors."

"I see."

"Whenever my mother's family attends some sort of function
I am forced to attend, they
are very disdainful."

"They whisper behind my back, gossip about me with their elite friends and refuse to speak to me unless they are yelling disturbing things at me."

"According to them, I'm an abomination that should have been put to death before I
even took my first breath."

"Do you have to attend
functions with them often?"

"Not for a long time but I
think that's about to change."

"As Jeon's consort, I'm kind
of expected to attend these things."

"Too true."

The King patted my arm.

"I often find them tedious but have to attend them due to my station in life."

"I'd rather be home in my
lounge pants watching vintage movies or something."

"Tuxes make me break out in hives." I got that.

"Tell me more about the dynamics of your family."

"Oh, well, we never really got along, not even when I was a child, so—"

"No, your close family."

"Your parents and such."

Oh, them.

"Well..." I began explaining the relationship between my parents and their mates, including my mom's recent mating with bella.

I also explained what Jin had gone through over the years because of his loyalty to my father and his position.

"Jin seems like such a nice
young man and he is very
clearly devoted to his mate."

"I don't understand how
anyone can't see that."