ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ɪɪ || ᴋᴛʜ & ᴊᴋ

Chapter 37 || Presumption

"... She is very accomplished. She can sing like a nightingale and dance with such grace..."

"... Very well versed about the families' histories. She's looking forward eagerly to be a Kim bride..."

"... Sorry that her parents couldn't make it here since this was set up in the last moment. They are out of the country currently..."

Jungkook only half-listened to the conversations around him. All his focus was on the couple standing behind the elders.

His hands involuntarily clenched as he noticed Lee Je-hoon's hand wrapped around Kang Yeri's partially exposed waist in a possessive manner.

The bastard's fingers were playing casually with her delicate waist chain.

Kang Yeri didn't protest or show any visible reaction. She simply looked at everyone as they conversed.

He watched as Lee Je-hoon bent his head to whisper something into her ear. Kang Yeri's face remained impassive, and she didn't respond in any way.

Jungkook was tempted to get up and rip out Lee Je-hoon's hands from their sockets ordering him not to touch the woman who didn't belong to him.

She doesn't belong to you either, a voice inside Jungkook's head reminded him.

Despite that fact, he still could not bear it. He wanted to bring death to the leering bastard. He wanted to tear the bastard's body to pieces, organ by organ. In fact, he wanted to rip out Lee Je-hoon's fucking soul.

It took a tremendous amount of control on Jungkook's part to keep his beast at bay which desperately wanted to get out, to wreck havoc and claim the woman he loved.

He realized that as much as he still loved her, he also hated her with an equal amount of passion.

He hated her for what she had done. For what she was doing. For the betrayal. And for giving up on them.

"...Jungkook. Jungkook?" Jungkook felt a hand on his shoulder and heard someone calling his name. Tearing his eyes away from Kang Yeri, he turned.

Y/n was watching him with a worried look.

"Jungkook, the Lees were asking if you have any questions."

He shook his head. "No. As long as..." He had forgotten the name of his prospective bride. "... all concerned parties are willing, I'll think about it and make a decision soon whether or not to go ahead with this alliance."

"Jungkook," Y/n said urgently. "Maybe you should also have a chat with Amy alone somewhere before you make any decision-"

"I'm fine," he replied. He threw another cursory look at the Lee woman whom he was supposed to consider marrying. She was pretty, he supposed. However, she kept staring and blinking at him incoherently without saying anything.

His stomach turned at the thought of touching some other woman while his heart and body still wanted only Kang Yeri.

He looked away, and his gaze automatically fell towards where Kang Yeri had stood. His heart jolted when he realized both Kang Yeri and Lee Je-hoon went missing from the room.

"Good, we'll wait for your answer then," said one of the Lee heads. "As soon as you confirm, we'll start looking for an auspicious date and set up an engagement day."

"The marriage will have to happen right after the engagement," an old woman commented.

"As you can see, our Je-hoon is quite impatient. He is already challenging the fact of having to wait until his sister gets married first. And also we all would prefer if the Lee heir was to arrive after the wedding has taken place."