The Substitute Wife

CHAPTER 99

Rosè Jang's eyelids suddenly twitched. She gripped her clothes, looked up, and saw Park Jimin still standing at the door.

He was staring intensely at the pothos plant on the shelf in front of him. Rosè Jang did not know what was on his mind, but his face showed him to be deep in thought.

He was so quiet that when Rosè Jang heard a "hey" she thought it was just her imagination. As she was finally about to turn away from him, Park Jimin blinked and looked away from the plant and in her direction. He again said, "Hey."

This time Rosè Jang clearly heard him. Her fingers trembled, but she remained calm and responded softly, "Yes?"

Park Jimin said nothing but swung his hand with Lisa Lim's purse toward Rosè Jang, silently inquiring what he should do with it.

Rosè Jang froze for a second. She did not understand the gesture until Park Jimin shook the purse. "Oh," she said, quickly taking it, "thank you."

Park Jimin barely nodded at Rosè Jang when she thanked him. She stood with him in silence as he leaned against the wall and drifted off in thought, never looking at her. He still looked cold, and he was so still and quiet that he could have been mistaken as a figure in a painting.

Rosè Jang avoided looking directly at Park Jimin. From as close as she dared to get, she glanced at his face out of the corner of her eye. His expression was blank, his face was pale, and he had dark circles under his beautiful eyes.

How long has he not rested to have such dark circles?

He looked so much more tired than he had the last time she saw him.

Rosè Jang felt a pang in her left chest. As she looked at Park Jimin, she was unable to say the words on the tip of her tongue due to the pain she felt. In the end, she calmly carried Lisa Lim's purse back to the living room and placed it on the sofa.

Jeon Jungkook was still in the bathroom, and the room now felt even quieter and more depressing.

Rosè Jang didn't think it was appropriate for her to take a seat while Park Jimin stood at the door, so she straightened her back and stood next to the coffee table.

Her eyes scanned the room until she noticed the glass of water she had poured for him on the coffee table.

To lighten the atmosphere, Rosè Jang turned around and asked Park Jimin, "Would you like some water?"

Park Jimin didn't seem to have heard her question. He continued staring ahead as if in a trance. As Rosè Jang decided he was not going to respond, he murmured, "Hmm."

Huh? What did that mean? Would he like some water or not?

Although confused by his answer, Rosè Jang picked up the water and walked to Park Jimin.

She stopped a couple feet away from him.

Her fingers holding the glass were a bit stiff. She looked down and took a breath quietly. Then she raised her head, looked at him, handed him a glass of water, and said "Here..."

The following "you" hadn't been spoken yet, but Park Jimin's gloomy eyes suddenly became rather bright. His gaze, which had been fixed elsewhere, also slowly fell on her.

Not wearing high heeled shoes, she was much shorter than him. His gaze first reached her head, staying there for a moment before it slowly moved down to her beautiful eyebrows, and then the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

His fingertips, which were about to touch the glass she was holding in her hand, froze slightly. He said, "I'm sorry," in a low voice and looked away from her face, taking his cell phone out of his pocket.