You Don't Own Me | 18+

Chapter 8

New dress, new hairstyle, new makeup, new shoes, new bag, new appearance, new person, Jisoo doesn't know what the hell she's doing anymore. She doesn't feel like herself. Her plaintive life is now a luxury one. She turns into a new person over a day.

It's uncomfortable. She is not used to it.

"I think there's a quite misunderstanding here, Jisoo."

Taehyung makes a voice in a car that is void of sounds, noticing Jisoo's gloomy posture since they went out of the mall. He covertly glanced at her whilst he conversed with Lisa about the business when they had a lunch. She ate, just a little. And didn't ask him anything related about the contract like she did in the morning.

It's like she isn't even here.

Jisoo, who is dozing off in her own reverie as her eyes stick out of the car window, momentarily looks at him then back at her previous spot. "What?"

"I don't intend to change you into another person because you weren't beautiful. I'm preparing you for the meeting with my family who are judgmental and sharp. If I brought you into my house with your usual appearance then it wouldn't be a convincing choice. I told you before."

Giving a snort, Jisoo closes her eyes and leans against the seat, resting her head lazily. "Okay."

Taehyung does not like her short answer nor the snort of contempt she did. She is such a brat. He is here trying to reach up to her every comfort and understanding her but she doesn't try to at least reciprocate it. He gives her so many advantages and lowering his high status to not look intimidating and stand on the same level as her so that she doesn't have to feel inferior.

However she is adamant and stubborn. She doesn't think of his side once just like he does. She doesn't consider how he is doing dealing her attitude either.

He ignores her rude manner towards him because he has seen how pitiful her life is and how broken she is. Yet she doesn't give a tiny fuck about him and his trapped life.

"We're here." He announces as his car drives past the huge gate that has Jisoo's eyes widen and mouth agape. Lisa notices her reaction from the corner of her eyes and chuckles.

He rests the car in front of the mansion. There are several maids waiting for his arrival by the porch. A butler walks closer to the car and opens the door for Taehyung. Lisa gets out of it by herself while Taehyung goes to Jisoo's side and opens the door for her.

He holds out his hand gentlemanly. Jisoo whose whole focus is on how to meet his family without making any mistakes and expose their fake acting, steps out of the car, missing to see his hand.

Taehyung can see a dark reflection of himself making a tight smile in a car window before he tails her after.

"Welcome back, Young Master Taehyung." Butler and maids bow in unison, welcoming their young master.

"Are they in there?" He mentions, unbuttoning his hand buttons.

Butler smiles and nods. "Yes, Young Master. Madame and Mrs.Kim, they've been expecting you to arrive."

Taehyung catches up Jisoo's strides and grimaces slightly. A few seconds ago, she seemed like she wanted to pee and escape from here. Now she's casually walking inside the mansion as if she's apart of the family living here for decades.

"If you're in trouble or feel uncomfortable, pinch my shirt." He whispers into her ear although he makes sure he doesn't touch her single hair strand.

Jisoo, who is taken aback by his sudden closeness, flinches away but regardless, she acquiesces.

It doesn't take long for them to meet all of the family members sitting elegantly on each couches. As if they are to judge her as soon as they see her, their eyes are on her almost instantly.

Gulping down inwardly, Jisoo dares her steps closer with Taehyung by her side. He senses her tense posture and respectfully rests his hand around her waist.

"Here comes the mystery beauty that our Taehyung talked about, like just a few days ago?"

Jisoo turns to meet the said person and her eyes expand in surprise seeing who. It's the guy she had met before, twice. Both were unpleasant and made her blood boil automatically.

What is he doing here among Taehyung's family? It can't be...is he apart of the Kims? If it was, Jisoo wanted to disappear from here and erase herself from this planet. Why is the world so small?

Her discomfort is apparent. Pulling a charming smile, Taehyung leads them near his family and takes the couple seat. While he sits with no second thought, Jisoo sits timidly, like if anything went beyond her control, she could flee out of the mansion.

However, she can't keep behaving like a little bunny in a hole, fretting over when will the beasts show up and pounce on her. She's supposed to be Kim Taehyung's girlfriend. So this coy character will definitely not charm his family. Worst, they will think they can scare her that easily and look at her in disdain.

And their plan to convince them will go in vain.

Raising her head in determination, Jisoo offers the cold and disapproving eyes of his family a warm and collected smile, fully delivering a deep respect and a bit of confidence.

She places her hand above Taehyung's who's ready to make a speech first, as in to introduce her.

"It's my pleasure to meet Tae's lovely family. I've heard a lot of good things he proudly described about but when I meet you finally, I know he never tells lies. I'm Kim Jisoo and I'll be more than glad to hear you address me as Jisoo. Otherwise, it may sound distant and I don't want to have such relationship with my lover's family."

She doesn't know whether her extra introduction gives them a bad impression or not but she keeps her reserved posture while still smiling.

From the corner of her eyes, she can discern someone is intensely staring at her with stifled snickers. Except him, the other four people in the room are watching and studying her minaciously.

"Wait a minute, have I met you before?" Jisoo supposes this must be Taehyung's grandma who has her hand pointing at her thoughtfully whilst squinting her eyes.

And she is not certain whether she has because Jisoo has met a lot of people that can't be counted.

"Pardon me, Ms..." Jisoo looks at Taehyung as she has no idea how to call them without sounding audacious or rude.

He opens his mouth to answer but abruptly stops by his grandma who stands up from the throne like chair and walks over to her.

Jisoo gulps down nervously and sticks her bum tightly on the sofa, literally scared and confused.

"It's you! Oh my!" Jisoo is pulled into a hug by the elder lady which she stands there, lost of words. She stares down at Taehyung and the man also watches the scene in surprise, doesn't know what to do.

"I can't believe I'll get to meet you again!" The grandma says in pure happiness and gratefulness as she sways their embrace left and right.

"Sohee, she's the one I was talking about! Who knows God will send her directly to me like this. I'm so grateful." Grandma breaks the hug and looks at Jisoo up and down, eyes sparkling with tears. "You've no idea how long I've been searching for you."

Blinking rapidly in daze, Jisoo can only return the smile as to render her politeness.