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"My Dear Bodyguard"|| (CANCELLED)

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Reads 34,044
Votes 1,929
Parts 25
Time 5h 57m

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"𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘!!"

"𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱?"- he asked.
"𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.."-She said.
"𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶"-he said as you pressed your lips together. "𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶"
He cupped your face in his hands-"𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘠/𝘯, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱" he said and you sniffed.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰"
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A girl who fell for her bodyguard, will they overcome their trials?

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"Where are you babydoll?" Jungkook ask in his dominating voice. Y/n is hiding in the empty classroom as most of the students have already left. Her heartbeat increases as she heard footsteps approaches near her. Suddenly the door open and y/n got frightened. "Come out babydoll I know you are here" Jungkook said "Come out before I count till 3 otherwise you know." "One" "Come on sweetcandy don't make me pissed and like a good girl come out." "Two" "You won't listen to me when I am talking to you sweetly. Fine then be ready to bear the consequences" Y/n let out an ear piercing scream. Jungkook has roughly pull her out that she lost her balance and attached to his well-built body. Jungkook started to move closer to her face and she started to move backwards but Jungkook hold her tight and said in her ear "Three" Anddd............... ________________________________________ She got startled by hearing footsteps approaching her as it is dark here. But suddenly she felt familiar fragrance which she can't forget she shook her head but suddenly goosebumps appeared on her skin she got startled by hearing that voice. "I told you, you can't run away from me suger. I told you I will come back to take you with me. Now you had run enough sleep for sometime" By saying this he put a handkerchief on her nose and she started to struggle but at last lost her consciousness and slept in his arms. Totally unaware of her fate and her mistake by running away from him. _________________________________________ ✅ Mature content ✅ Violence ✅ Torture 🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞 If you are uncomfortable don't read. ❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗ ⚠️DON'T REPORT ⚠️

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𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗳 || 𝗳𝘁. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻 " 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹. 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱. 𝗜 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 " ~ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻 ᕕ(˵•̀෴•́˵)ᕗ " 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛. 𝗜𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗜 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛. " ~𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝘂𝗶𝘇 🖤ʕ　˵·ᴥ·ʔ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 🖤🦋 #6 on wattpadprize14 ( 18/10) #13 on fanclub( 18/10) #1 on jimin ( 1/11) #3 on btsjimin ( 25/11)

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