You Don't Own Me | 18+

Chapter 12

"I'm sorry about my Mom, earlier. She shouldn't have-"

"No. She's not wrong and you shouldn't apologize for it either. They are bound to know about me anyway." Jisoo interrupts his apology and waves her hand, brushing off whatever he is going to say as it is actually not his fault or his mom's.

"I should also thank you." He faintly smiles at her, shoving his hands inside his pockets.

"For what?"

"For convincing all of my family, especially my Grandma who doesn't trust anyone that easily. You already earned their love on first day, which I admit is an admirable thing. As you know, being a rich family, everyone wants to approach us for only two reasons, money and influence. Which is why, our family is very careful when it comes to letting new member inside the mansion. Even my uncle, who is married to my aunt Yoona, is still treated like an outsider."

"Oh, Jungkook's father?"

Taehyung frowns lightly at the casual mention of Jungkook's name from her. He is a bit curious, how many times have the two met except the one at hospital without him?

"Yes." His voice turns serious as he speaks. "Jisoo, I know you are not the kind of person who is sticking to us for those reasons. I mean you do have valid reasons and I'm aware of it so I hope I can trust you on my family's matters. It's not that easy and fun to be apart of rich family like everyone is declaring on media. We sleep with our mind on alert. Whatever we do, everyone is watching and waiting for some mistakes to happen. And since I'm going to be CEO, a part of my life will be in business. Therefore, I seek for your understanding when we are facing the guests and relatives that will come to our parties. You can't engage in their conversations as they're not friendly. They're trying to get information out of you. And if you have ever spoken a word that didn't clash well with how it should be, they will start a bunch of gossips and rumors."

"Okay..." Jisoo ploddingly replies. "That's...so much to follow, huh? But I'll try my best to not make mistakes."

"Thank you." He gently nods and steers his feet to the bathroom for a quick shower but he suddenly stops in his track. "Hey, um, do you mind if I ask you something... personal?"

Jisoo, who is picking up the shopping bags to place the clothes inside the closet, turns to look at him. "Sure."

"Do you, perhaps, have a lover or someone you are interested in...? Like you know who belongs to my heart but I don't know about yours. By the way, I'm not trying to act nosy. I just want to make sure-"

"Taehyung, you've also seen how my life has been going. How can I even get involved with relationships when I don't have time for that?" She laughs, shaking her head before continuing to put the dress in the closet.

Staring at her side profile standing by the bathroom, Taehyung lowers his head with a brief grin on his lips. He whispers 'okay' and enters the bathroom.

***

After she also had a quick shower and changed the clothes- a pink long dress that is suitable for bed and appropriate to walk around the mansion, Jisoo descends down the stairs to ask the maids for water.

She doesn't see Taehyung inside the room when she walked out of the shower, and so she assumed he's giving her privacy to dress up alone.

He must be downstairs too.

Reaching down the downstairs, she doesn't see any lights in the hallway except nightlights.

Do they go to bed early too? Very odd habits for rich people.

She has no idea where the heck Taehyung is and she is thirsty. She doesn't know who to ask for help. There is a fridge over there and she sees it. But today is her first day at the mansion. She can't just go and touch their belongings without their permission or a bystander, what if they suspected her of doing something suspicious and looked down on her for not giving them the respect as the house owners?

But she is desperate to drink water right now. Glancing at her left and right for a person's presence, Jisoo sighs and walks closer to the fridge.

Delicately, she holds the fridge grip and opens the door.

But, she jerks in fright when a big hand slams the door shut over her head from behind.

"Well well well, look who we got here. A little thief?"

Jisoo carefully looks at the person over her shoulder, cowering her whole body at the same time as the rate of her heartbeat hasn't slowed down yet from the sudden slamming.

Jungkook.

"You..." She breathes out shakily as she finally gets the view of his face clearly now that he lowers his head down.

"Yes, me. What are you doing here, little thief? Robbing the fridge, seriously?"

"I'm not a thief." She firmly declares, sticking her back against the fridge, in order to get away from him as he hasn't moved his hand from the fridge door.

"Really? Then why are you sneaking up like a little mouse tryna steal food from the fridge?" He chuckles lightly and tilts his head, observing her from head to toes.

"I just...want to get water. That's all." She feels embarrassed. Out of all the people, she has to get caught by the worst person. And then she frowns. "But, why are you still here? I didn't see you at the dinner."

"Awn, you miss me? How adorable." He teases and finally moved his hand. "It appears, your dear boyfriend didn't tell you about me at all, hum? For your information, I live here."

Jisoo's eyes widen as the realisation rings in her head. That means...she is going to see him every day?

Her face drops. Which causes him to smile wider. "Wow, didn't expect you to get this excited for me. Here is the funny thing, little thief. Aren't you the one who's trying to get into my pants not even a month ago? How did you fall for Taehyung that suddenly and getting over me that fast? Something isn't adding up. It kinda hurts my pride you know."

Ignoring his childish teasing, Jisoo rolls her eyes at him. "It was a huge misunderstanding."

"What part?"

"The part that I was trying to flirt with you at that time. It wasn't me. It's my coworker, who's just doing it for some stupid bet with another coworker. And, she isn't even trying to get into your pants, like you're making it out to be. She just wanted to-"

"And how do you know that?" He cuts her off, getting a step closer.

Jisoo instantly shoves his chest. "Stay away from me. This is really inappropriate." She then answers his question. "Because she said so."

A gentle chuckle rolls out of Jungkook's throat. "Do you know what she wrote in that paper?"

She doesn't. Because she was never interested in what was written in the paper and continued her job.

"You don't. That's why you're saying that. Forget it. It doesn't matter since I don't give a lick about her anyway. However, there is someone who caught my eyes...apparently."

Gulping down anxiously, Jisoo glares at him. And his disgustingly tall height makes her feel small underneath his gaze.

"What are you two doing?"

Author Note

Can't believe my first story reached 1k reads!
The story is going to get intense from here so hold onto your belts tight! It's a long ride!