HOW YOU LIKE THAT | JENLISA

Chapter 42

Jennie

I'd cried long and hard in the bathroom that afternoon. This felt worse than a nightmare. Nichkhun was a monster that I didn't want to marry, and it didn't help that I kept thinking of the things that he would do to me once I was his wife.

My future consisted of being trapped on this estate surrounded by servants who were trapped or obliged to the Manoban family. They would never talk about the atrocities if I found myself in situations where I was being harassed. As my husband, he'd use me in every single way possible, he would never be faithful to me, and I'd be stuck in a marriage with a person that I didn't love.

I went to Lisa's room to find her, to see if I could tell her what Nichkhun planned to do and hoped that she'd listen to me and stand against her younger brother, but I couldn't find Lisa anywhere. She didn't even have a phone so that I could call her, and that killed my last hope.

I couldn't ask anything of Bambam, not when he was almost in the same position that I was, with the exception that he was trapped by his own family. It was unlikely that Nichkhun would even listen to his seventeen year old brother, and I didn't want to give the kid any more trouble.

I went back to my room in resignation. Jessi and Minnie dressed me up in the wedding gown; they pulled on the back laces tightly, helped with my makeup, and styled my hair like they were professionals. I remained numb to everything, with my insides screaming at me to run.

Run, but to where? They will definitely kill me this time round, if I got caught.

Part of me wondered if I could slit my wrist and end this, but I had imagined the heartache that would cause Lisa if she saw me that way, and I'd promised her that I would make her better, that I would help her remember her past. Even if I married the devil that was Nichkhun, I wouldn't stop the vendetta that I've started.

I wore my shoes and decided to face the ugly reality. I was looking into the mirror, and although I looked beautiful in the bridal gown, all I felt inside was dread and doom.

Lucas walked into the room a minute later dressed in a tux, while holding a bridal bouquet that he handed over to me. "Jen, it's time."

I stood up and stepped out of the room, while walking downstairs towards the horrifying fate that awaited me.