Father, I don't want to get Married | Jinkook

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Seokjin's pov:

"I'll be going back to my room, Father."

He nodded and said, "I'll be heading out later today."

My father frequently left home without a word, so I didn't understand why he was suddenly reporting this to me. I tried to come up with an explanation for his behavior, but I didn't dwell on it for long thinking that it would be more beneficial to solve my own problems first.

"Ah, yes. Have a nice trip." I said, preparing to stand up.

"There's something I need to solve." My father said.

'Oh, I see. I didn't ask though?'  I was tempted to say this, but as the inferior one in our relationship, I had no choice but to lead the conversation in the direction he wanted.

"What needs to be solved?" I forced out.

"I have to finish warning some people." My father said with a nod.

Although I didn't understand what he meant, I knew that the people who he was going to warn weren't going to sleep well tonight. 'I feel bad for them. I'm sorry.'

My father looked at me and said, "I will be back before dinner."

I didn't care when he would come back, whether it was tomorrow or the next day. Even so, I didn't voice such thoughts in fear that I might suffer his wrath and be forced to meet the men on the marriage list.

"I will wait for you." I said, insincerely.

"Alright." My father stared at me for a while, then nodded.

His sudden change of attitude was strange, but I could guess his intentions and wanted to laugh.

'By telling me that his plans to warn some people.......is he trying to make an example of them'

My heart ached at this thought, but I managed to overcome the discomfort and left the drawing room.

When I entered my room, Beomgyu approached me.

"A letter from Count Kim Jisoo's daughter has arrived, my lord."

'Hm, another letter.'  Rose frequently wrote to me these days, even though my last letter said that I would spare further words until her birthday banquet. It seemed like she was having a lot of fun with it. 'I wonder what she wrote this time.'  I opened the letter with a sigh, then widened my eyes upon seeing that she had written about the rumors. 'What's this?'

Dear Lord Kim,

How are you? Although this isn't an important matter, I wanted to inform you about a ridiculous rumor I overheard in short. It's said that you have a lover who you gifted cufflinks made of blue diamonds.

As my heart started to ache from reading this, I realized two things. First, I still had to give back my father's pendant and cufflinks. And second, the cufflinks were the source of the rumors.

The only people who knew about them were the escort knights, the shopkeeper and woozi, who I had briefly encountered in the store. The former was out of the equation. Not  only were the escort knights our men, but they also knew that I was usually at home. The shopkeeper couldn't be so bold as to start such rumors either in fear of beheading. Even if these weren't valid reasons, the answer was obvious from the beginning.

'Woozi, How can he be so delusional to start rumors just because I bought a pair of cufflinks?'

His fame as a viper was fitting, seeing as how he bit off more than he could chew.