Contract Lover - L.K Adaptation

87

Chapter 87 - Conscience ("every word of yours
hurts like a dagger. I don't feel that you have a
conscience.") (3)

A long while had passed before Mu Jungkook finally nodded gently and said, "I know."

"You knew it?" That was un expecting but not
unreasonable. Xu Lisa nodded too and said, "That
make sense, I guess. You were the one who asked
me to cure Mu Sehun, so you must have your plans..... Well, I just wanted you to know was all."

"So you called me tonight to see if I was going to be
home so you could tell me that?" His tone was high
and mighty but surprisingly not repulsive.

Xu Lisa nodded and said, "Yes, I thought it's best
we talk about this face to face. Screens are so
big nowadays. Who knows who else could see our
screen if I have texted you?"

Mu Jungkook suddenly felt that this girl was quite
interesting.

It was late and it's getting dimmer outside. The
atmosphere inside the apartment was peculiar and
she was sitting so close to him. Her leg was only
separated from his by a thin layer of fabric of his
dress pants.

She was just walking down the red-carpet in
light-hearted steps not too long ago.

Half the actresses from the entertainment circle was there competing among each other to be the most beautiful one there and she was the one who stood out the most.

And now, she was seriously discussing the screen
sizes of cellphones with him?

He stretched out his right arm and placed it over the
back of the couch behind her, making her entire
body falling almost entire in his arm. "Xu Lisa, if
only you didn't keep on reminding me about your
amazing customer service, I'd almost think that you
care about me."

Xu Lisa leaned back a little bit and said, "You are
quite nice to me. The fifty million not with standing... I
have a conscience too."

That's the ways of the demons were in the past
hundreds and thousands of years. They know who
were good to them and who weren't. Which was why
demons were always returning favors in folklores.

Xu Lisa clearly remembered that original owner
did not live as long as her in the novel.

And, up to this point in time, she has yet to be locked
inside of the trunk of the car. That was definitely a
favor that she needed to return.

As such, her 'conscience theory' might sounded
grand but she was, in fact, telling the truth.

The smile, on the other hand, left Mu Jungkook's face and he returned to his usual cold look. "every word coming from you hurt like a dagger. I certainly don't feel that you have a conscience."

Xu Lisa was a little stunned and wasn't sure how
to respond.

Mu Jungkook stood up, took his shirt off and tossed it to one side. The muscles on his back bulged out a little.

Then, back to his normal strong and mean tone, he
said, "I'm going to shower. You should too. Don't stay
up too late."

"Okay." Xu Lisa never knew what it was that she
said that had offended him. She, too, stood up and
walked toward her own bathroom as she reached
back to undo her necklace.

She was half way through when she noticed that Mu Jungkook had stopped in his steps.

The air seemed to have solidified. Without needing to
use her magic, she could feel his eyes burning a hole on her back.

She sighed to herself then, turning around, asked him, "What's the matter?"

Mu Jungkook didn't say anything but walked over
to her briskly. He lifted his arms and his slender
fingers tugged at it gently and he took her necklace
off for her. Handing it over to her, he said, "Here."

Then, he placed his hands on the zipper on the back
of her dress and said to her, "Hang on to your
dress."

"What did you just say?" Before Xu Lisa could
process what he was saying to her, he had already
unzipped her dress.

His knuckles, running down the entire length of
her back, gave her a tingling sensation. She quickly
grabbed onto her dress and, quickly throwing him a
"Thank you", dashed into the bathroom without even
daring to look back.

He could hear the sound of the bathroom door being locked. Remaining at the same spot for a long time, he finally let out an ironic sigh at himself.

Standing under the cold water, all he could think of
was her smooth back and her pale skin.

She was ridiculously delicate.