Mine Onlyy!!!

Part 57

'What now? Why is it useless?' He stabbed long fin­gers through his dark hair, a man at the end of his tether. 'Tell me what I have to do to make this work.'

She gave a hiccough, looking every bit like a mis­erable child as she brushed the tears away. 'Love me. You have to love me.'

There was a throbbing silence and he looked at her with disbelief. 'I have to love you?'

'That's right.' Her voice shaking, she waved a hand towards the magnificent house. 'This is lovely, the stu­dio is lovely, and I know you're trying so hard, but the truth is that I would live in a shack with you, Jungkook. The one thing I want is your love. And that's the one thing you've never understood. The one thing you've never been able to give.'

'Wait a minute—' He shook his head slightly as if he needed to clear it. as if he was afraid there might be a language problem. 'Are you saying that you think I don't love you?'

'I know you don't.'

One dark eyebrow swooped upwards and it took him a moment to respond. 'I spent an indecent sum of money on a house in a country with a dubious transport system and an outrageous quantity of rainfall,' he drawled. 'I give up my favourite room in the villa and
allow it to be covered in paint, even though you seem less than pleased by the gesture. Why would you think I don't love you?'

'Because you've never said it?' Her voice was a whisper and he sucked in a breath.

'I gave you everything. That should have told you that I loved you.'