ARRANGE MARRIAGE | J.Jk

45: Euphoria

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"You allowed the world to think you're a heartless murderer," she tells him. "And You're not."

He laughs, his eyebrows lift in a surprise. "No" he says. "I'm afraid I'm just the regular kind of murderer."

I keep repeating the sentence in my head. It's been over one hour, almost, and I'm still yet to finish the first chapter I've started.

I've grabbed the first book from my collections and flipped it open to keep my mind busy but it's hard to read when all it does is overthink.

He laughs, his eyebrows lift in a surprise. "No" he says. "I'm afraid I'm just the regular kind of murderer."

I repeat the lines, refocusing. My eyes darts to the clock and see it's past six.

I'm distracted once again by a notification on my phone, when I check it's only from YT. Trying and feeling to not be disappointed it's not from him I glance back at the book on my lap and close it with a huff.

Leaning my head back on the reclining chair, I let my mind drift off.

It's been two days since my breakdown in the washroom and the call I got from my father telling me to reach to the hospital because my mother was admitted. He only called me after mom was checked and tested. Never bothered to inform me.

He had said mom is fine. "Only slight change of heartbeats. nothing to worry about" he had said.

I couldn't comprehend how easy he could take mum's health. The man was out of his goddamn mind.

When I talked to my mother that evening in the hospital room, I got to know that she was experiencing pain in the chest and change of heartbeats sometimes but nothing else. The doctors answers were indefinite. They said she wasn't in any danger only if she doesn't stress too much and work herself out.

My mom grumbled about the amount of medication the doctor had onloaded on her.

In the morning I've called her, talked few minutes before hanging up as to let her sleep. I prayed dear father was going easy on her.

I couldn't even start imagining if something had happened to her what would I have done. She was my best friend and my everything. Literally. I can't imagine my life without her beside me.

It was unimaginable.

The fear had my foot rotted in the floor and tears ran free. from the weeks mental exhaustion I've been feeling all crushing down on me at that time. And that's how jungkook had found me, curled and messy. Embarrassing I know.

That night when we came back, I was done with the day and ready to sleep it off but jungkook insisted me to not sleep on empty stomach.

He had feed me while I was seated on his lap, pampering me with kisses and love.

It wasn't lost on me that he was still in his work clothes. Nor the circles forming slowly but surely around his eyes. But still when I looked at him, he smiled genuinely at me. And his eyes sparked.

The accident with my mother was like an awakening call I didn't know I needed.

I decided it was time to stop the sulking And turn everything right.