SHUT DOWN | JENLISA

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Jennie

Obviously, we couldn't tell them how we really met or how we got together, so Lisa answered the rest of their questions regarding our relationship. I mean, they weren't lies, but they also weren't the whole truth.

We had to take out a lot of details here and there, but they didn't seem any the wiser as Lisa laughed or said something romantic, causing me to blush. After a few cups of wine with her mother and sister, I became a puddle of emotions as I gushed about Lisa and how much I love her.

Her sister was very amused and would laugh at every story I told her, and her mother would gush out loudly. Lisa, sensing that I would spill something, ran over to me, and took my wine glass out of my hand.

"You're drunk, woman."

I looked at Rosé and Chitthip and gave them a look that said, 'don't worry, I've got this' and proceeded to clear my throat.

"I'm not drunk." I told her and shoved my finger into her chest. I turned my head to a flushed Chitthip and Rosé. "Do you think she bought that?" I whispered loudly.

"I most definitely did not buy that." Lisa picked me up and hauled me over her shoulder. "Good night, everyone." She shouted over her shoulder, and I waved to her family, standing there in shock as she dragged me upstairs. We got into her room, and once inside, she set me down on the bed.

"Oh my God! They're going to think that you took me upstairs to have sex with me!" I placed my hands over my chest. "No sex under your parents' roof."

She gave me a dry look as she helped untie my sneakers and take off my socks. She headed over to the dresser and came back with something in her hand. She held my face as she wiped off my makeup, and then she undid my bun and ran her fingers through it.

"Get under the covers, you drunk devil." She demanded.

"I'm not drunk." I grumbled, but got underneath the covers, nonetheless.

She took off her jeans and shirt and climbed into bed with me and scooped me up in her arms, and held me to her chest.

"I like your family. They're nice." I murmured.

"They like you, too." She said, her hands coming up to brush my bangs away. "They really like you. You're the first woman that I've brought home since my high school prom."

"Uh... huh. Just for fun, what was her name?" I asked.

She laughed and squeezed me to her chest. "Somi Jeon. Are you jealous, woman?"

"Of course. You bring it out of me." I muttered. "Did you love her?"

"Not like how I love you."

"How do you love me?"

"Excruciatingly. Explosively. Unyieldingly." She enunciated every word with a kiss on my lips. I sighed and relaxed in her arms. "You're my pretty little devil, and I'm on my knees for you." She spoke, her lips stilled against my own.

"I love you, too, Lisa."

We kissed, this time more desperate, more breathless, and I savoured every brush of her lips and stroke of her tongue. I held onto her with need, and she held me like I'd disappear if she didn't.

The love we had was dangerous and volatile, and even though we spent our journey to each other on a battlefield of war, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

I never thought that I'd be here, or be in love, or ever let someone in, yet Lisa was the exception to every rule I had made. She broke down every wall, crushed every rule that I had, and won me over like the fucking charmer she is.

I traced over the wounds and marks she had on her body from me, and her hand went over mine as she held our hands over her chest where my name was. I never thought anyone would ever let me carve my name onto their chest, yet there it was.

My name. I would never ask for more. Being in love with Lisa was better than being immortal, and as crazy as it sounded, I didn't want anything else. To be loved by Lisa was enough, more than enough, and it filled me up to the fucking brim. I was her devil, and I always would be. There was no heaven for us sinners, yet every moment with Lisa felt celestial, out of this world, and harmonious.

And for her, I will shut down every single ounce of insecurity, hurt and trauma that I have ever felt in my past. For her, I will be better because Lisa Manoban is my salvation in this vile world.

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