The King's Obsession

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C261 - Trap- Part 1

Lisa got ready, and with Momo, she left the room. They made their way to the dining room to see most of them had taken their seats at the table while they were late.      

"Looks like everyone is late to have breakfast, isn't it?" commented Samuel, who sat next to Jennie who was unusually quiet today. "You should have slept more too, Jennie," said the man to place a hand over her back and Jennie's face hardened. 
The entire night, Jennie had been upset and heartbroken after finding her husband with a maid. She had not confronted him because she was in shock. When Samuel had returned to the room, Jennie had her back facing him where she had not fallen asleep. When morning arrived, she had got ready quickly and left to join her aunt without wanting to spend a second in the room with him.      

Jennie was not the kind of person who threw tantrums or created scenes in public. She was taught to keep a composed expression, making it look like things didn't faze her, but it was hard to do it. Her parents had married her to Samuel, and she had accepted it without a thought by thinking she would get the love she deserved. But now she came to realize the sham of marriage she had with Samuel.      

She didn't want to look or talk to him. And out of all the days, Samuel had decided to join the table today.      

"Jennie has always slept less, Samuel. Unless you are saying she's not pretty, and the sleep might help?" questioned Jungkook, taking a quick dig at his brother-in-law. Samuel laughed, and Jungkook returned it with a smile.      

"My apologies if my words came out to be like that. I have a beautiful wife," and Samuel was ready to lean and kiss his wife's cheek when Jennie picked up a loaf of bread to put it between him and her so that he wouldn't kiss her,     

"The bread is soft, you should try it," offered Jennie and Samuel smiled as if he was a good man. Jennie wondered how he could smile at her without having a pinch of guilt in his heart. How many years they had spent together and how many times she had been lied to on her face.      

Samuel, who was used to fooling Jennie, didn't notice any change in her behaviour and his hand went to reach for the bread. The vampiress then placed the loaf of bread back on the plate and continued to have her meal. She didn't want to be touched by Samuel. If she confronted him, would Samuel accept his faults? Jennie asked herself.     

When Jennie's eyes raised, looking around the table, she found Taehyung looking at her. There was a faint smile on his lips before he went back to eat his food. What was he smiling about? Jennie's eyebrows furrowed.     

In the meantime, Jungkook's eyes fell on Lisa who sat right next to him. She appeared to be in a daze, lost in her own thoughts, which made him wonder what was occupying her thoughts.      

"Where were you? I didn't find you this morning in your room," He heard Mrs. Harris question Momo in a whisper. The woman had forgotten that the table had more vampires than humans who could hear her.     

Mrs. Harris was worried that Momo had gone somewhere with Markus as both her daughter as well as the vampire was missing.      

"I was with Lisa in her room, mama," Momo replied, "I slept in her room last night."     

Hearing this, Jungkook asked, "Is something wrong with your room, Miss Harris?"      

Momo was quick to turn to the King who had asked her, "My lord," she bowed her head and then said, "There was some disturbance in my room last night. Something outside that was knocking on the window. I was worried, and I decided to spend the night with Lisa."