His Contractual Mistress || Liskook Adaptation

Chapter: 40

Inside the car, Lisa was nervous. She freaked out for a moment after she told Jungkook she was blushing. What would he think of her now?

Ah. That was embarrassing, Lisa! She could not stop scolding herself.

Anyway, who will go to the hospital just because she was flushing red? That was hilarious, you know. But it touched her how Jungkook was concerned about her. And she didn't want to put a meaning to it.

'Stop thinking too much, Lisa.' She reminded herself.

Lisa froze when the driver's seat opened, and Jungkook slid inside. She's thinking hard about how she can ignore his presence and avoid having a conversation with him.

She is thinking to play on her phone or pretending she is browsing on her phone, but she needed the mobile internet. And if she turned on her mobile data, her phone won't stop ringing and making noises with her incoming messages.

Lisa felt relieved when Jungkook drove his car quietly. But heavy traffic took place when they were entering the central city from West Bay. The cars didn't move at all.

Jungkook is tuning in on the radio, but he didn't find any good songs. He is hesitant to play his playlist, and might Lisa would not like it.

"I rarely used this car, so I haven't downloaded any songs yet." Later, he explained.

Lisa turned her head and smiled at Jungkook. It seemed like she was not the only one who was nervous. Jungkook is uneasy too, and he is trying to distract himself.

"It's alright. I could listen to my phone." After saying this, Lisa takes out her ear pod and browses the playlists of her favorite songs. Her phone is always ready to connect to her car to play her playlists while she was driving. It was the same here in Metro City when she was always stuck in traffic.

Meanwhile, Jungkook seemed gloomy. Now that Lisa wearing an ear pod how could he start a conversation? He should open up about something else like her class or if her mind changes to be his date on his Class Reunion.

Lisa seriously ignored his presence. It was a long one-hour drive back to his penthouse when it could only take less than thirty minutes without traffic.

Lisa hit the pause button on her phone to stop the song, then took off her ear pods when they were reaching the parking lot.

She gets out of the car in silence and waits for Jungkook to get the ice bucket from the trunk of his car.

Heading to the elevator, she noticed an old lady. Lisa rushes to her side and helps her carry the grocery bags.

"Good evening, Mrs. Flores."

"Oh, dear! Hello!"

"Let me help you carry them."

"Ah. Thank you. How sweet of you."

Lisa matches the old lady's pace. Mrs. Flores is a widow who prefers to live in a penthouse than purchase a house in the exclusive villages outside the central city.

"Good evening, Mrs. Flores." Jungkook politely greeted his tenant.

"Good evening, Mr. Jeon." Mrs. Flores smiled warmly upon seeing him.

Jungkook was already in the elevator and holding the door, waiting for both Lisa and the lady. After the two ladies got in, he pressed the 20th button where Mrs. Flores lives.

"Why are you shopping alone, ma'am?" Lisa asked afterward, she lowered her gaze to the shopping bags she was holding. They are heavy.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Flores shifted her gaze between Lisa and Jungkook. She was scanning them from the head down to their shoes. Their outfit told her they were from a party or a date. But in Jungkook's hands is an ice bucket, and she could guess what was inside.

After she finished checking them out, she fixed her attention on Lisa and began chatting with her.

"I see. Are you going to cook your son's favorite dishes, ma'am?" Lisa notices the ingredients in the shopping bags she was carrying.

"Yes! He said he missed the dishes I made. I would love to live with him in the States, but I'm not so fond of their weather. I still like our tropical climate here."

The old lady continued chatting with Lisa, Mrs. Flores glanced at Jungkook and then whispered to her.

"When you find a man who doesn't mind carrying an ice bucket of fish. Don't let him get away but marry him."

Lisa dropped her mouth. She was sure Jungkook heard that as he coughs suddenly. Now, her neck stiffened not to glance in his direction. She didn't see when Jungkook curled a smile across his handsome face.

However, it made her daze. Lisa was pondering what is the relevance of carrying an ice bucket of fish to marriage.

As Mrs. Flores sees the confusion on her face, the old lady explains, "When you meet a man who is willing to accompany you shopping in the fish market. He values your marriage."

Lisa even became confused. These facts are vague to her. She doesn't understand because she never had a boyfriend, nor in a marriage, except for the fake relationship she has with Jungkook.

Lisa looked at Mrs. Flores, who smiled warmly. She mused that maybe the old lady is referring to businessmen, who are wearing expensive suits that would never dare to step into a public fish market.

But her male friends also wore those designer suits but then went fishing on weekends and vacations.

Maybe that is the reason she always heard women saying, 'They were men of every girl's dream!'

Still, she could not figure out the relation to that. Her friends who were in their 30s still single and rare for them to go on dates.

Not to mention they also went shopping at fish markets or visiting fish ports. And they had huge ice buckets and coolers kept in their fishing boats.

So, how does it become relevant to marriage, especially to her and Jungkook?

Seeing a man wearing an expensive suit doesn't intimidate her at all. She grew up living with a man that had countless expensive suits in his wardrobe. Her dad.

And even Bambam, Jimin, Yoongi, James, Leo, and everyone in her circle of friends have different brands of designer suits.

But she would be honest that Jungkook is different from them all. He possessed something that she wanted to discover herself, the reason she could not distance herself from him.

Ah, why she's thinking about it too much? Lisa comes back to her senses. She gathered her thoughts in one place the moment the lift opens.

Jungkook let the two ladies step out first. He noticed how Lisa had been confused by Mrs. Flores's statement. So then, he leaned over to her and whispered.

"This is my first time shopping in the fish market. And the first time I carried an ice bucket."

Lisa rendered speechlessly. She tried to process everything, but she only has one conclusion.

'We are not a couple!'

Fish, ice bucket, marriage? There is no relevance at all! She needs to be enlightened.

Any man does not mind going to the fish market and shopping, right? Lisa mused, popping big question marks on her head.

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