His Contractual Mistress || Liskook Adaptation

Chapter: 39

Walking next to Jungkook, Lisa was still in a trance.

What she hopes in these passing months is progress that he will find Jennie.

She believes it would be easy for him to search for her with the wealth and connection he had.

The longer she stayed by his side is harder for her to leave him. And with everything he is showing to her now, the deeper she found herself getting used to his attention.

She truly signs an agreement that she must not fall in love during the time they were acting. She agreed because she thought he would not be this attractive to her and their contract only takes a month.

In these passing years, she travels, and she meets hundreds of men, but no one could make her heart move as how Jungkook did.

Lately, Jungkook overdoes his acts. It made her think if he is putting her on a test whether he could make her fall in love with him.

Because if that's the case, he is succeeding.

However, this is not the right time for her to worry about her love life but her dream.

And her dream right now is to finish her dream projects. And to finish her projects, she needs Jungkook.

She needs Jungkook, not for herself but for her dream project.

Although she won't tell Jungkook who she is. She must not attach to him but keep a distance and create a professional relationship once he began to work for her.

'Why are you hurting yourself?' Lisa could hear a part of her protesting about all her reflections.

Of course, she would take a precautionary measure after what happened to her and Jimin. The decades of friendship have now tainted and seem impossible to get back to what is supposed to be.

And that is because of her stupidity. Everyone now has a problem working with Jimin, and it worsened after his negligence that results in an accident and now a dilemma for the Planning team. Not to mention the damages that inflict more delays.

What if something happens and the boys raise a protest to kick out Jungkook? Can she protect Jungkook by then?

She wanted to avoid things happening in the future. She doesn't want to affect her friendship with everyone once again, because of her love life.

Jungkook has the perfect ideas she thinks highly of.

She badly needed him to work for her, so she is being careful not to make stupid decisions again.

As of now, Jungkook only wanted his freedom from the arranged marriage he got into.

Before he hired her, he never went on a date. According to Mina, he always avoids being introduced to any woman, more on blind dates. It only means one thing...

Jungkook has no interest in having a relationship.

So then, she did not hope after she realized that she is falling for him.

It broke her heart once, but it has never disturbed her life like this. She even cares less about thinking about Jimin's betrayal.

But when it comes to Jungkook, it confused her, whether to listen and follow her heart.

Or she must kill this feeling while it's early.

She only came back in reality after Jungkook shook her shoulder slightly.

"Are you okay?" He asked Lisa.

Jungkook is peering at her earnestly. Lisa's cheeks flushed pink when she realized how close he was to her.

"What... What are you doing?"

"I wonder if you catch a fever as your face is red."

Red? Really? And why would it turn red? Lisa touches her face using the back of her palm. She is not hot!

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"Oh. No! I'm feeling fine!"

"Are you sure? Do you want to drop by a clinic or hospital?"

What? That was exaggerated, is it? She just blushed!

Lisa refused Jungkook's suggestion. "There's no need for that! I'm totally fine."

"But..."

"Believe me, I don't have a fever. I'm only blushing!" After saying it, Lisa rushed inside Jungkook's car.

Meanwhile, Jungkook was trying to understand what Lisa told him. He weighs what is the difference between a face turning red when it has a fever, or cheeks turning red because...

Ah. He got it. Lisa indeed was blushing. Why didn't he know about this simple human expression?

Is he so focused on his career that he missed each emotion humans had?

Maybe this is the reason he had no girlfriend until now. If he hadn't offered Lisa an agreement, he would never have had one. Too sad it was just an act.

In the past, he made even just minor mistakes. It was his mother who will scold him and reprimand him.

And because his mother is keen to punish him, he works hard to perfect everything: from his lessons, grades, and projects, and he starts learning to manage their company even before he graduates.

All he did is studying to please his parents.

His family has high hopes only for him to succeed. Also, he was the only son and the eldest, something he takes upon his shoulder seriously.

Not until the contract he offered to Lisa. His mother began bragging to him about how displeased she was and forcing him to coax Jennie.

Jungkook shook his head to throw away this unnecessary thought running in his head.

This time around, he wanted to reward himself. He is done pleasing his family, especially his mother. Now he wanted to do something for himself.

It won't be that bad, is it? To desire to be happy?

Thinking over it, Jungkook's lips curled into a smile glancing at the woman seated in the passenger seat.

Lisa confessed she was blushing. Earlier, he told her that he was jealous.

It seems like they are slowly being open toward each other. Maybe it is what they needed...

Being honest about what they feel, will be more comfortable for them, living under the same roof.