Tales Of Hearts | Liskook

Chapter 7

When asked back in a shrill voice, his lips cynically twisted into a sneer.

“I told you, you’re my wife. We consummated three years ago. Why are you acting like that?”

Lisa glowed red from her head to toe. Ashamed, her face became visibly hot at once, her hands fidgeting at her sides.

“Darn it, do not freak out, I just changed your clothes! You should have fainted on the night of our wedding if you abhorred the very thought of me touching you!”

Her shoulders shook; her mind in a terrible shamble. Gravely enraged, Jungkook spewed out these words, “A corrupted noblewoman is frustrated, losing her mind even, by things as trivial as this!”

Lisa blushed and muttered in a muted voice. “I’m sorry.”

Her apology was returned by his silence. After a short moment, Lisa heard the hinges of a closing door as Jungkook went out to the road. And, she found herself alone with only the cold walls of the shabby room to keep her company.

She shook her head in disappointment. How many times have she made him upset today? An entire had yet to pass since they had reunited hours ago. Is it okay to let him be like this?

Lisa bit her lip nervously. Jungkook now treats her as a wife, but there was no guarantee that this would last. ‘No, it was only a matter of time before he comes to his senses.’ The very thought of a divorce haunted her, making her loathe herself even more.

‘What if he realizes that I’m useless? He’ll certainly take a harsher attitude towards me.’

Jungkook was a knight who, out of scratch, made a name for himself. Now that he was already with a high position, he would naturally be invited to numerous social gatherings and banquets in the future.

At this thought, Lisa sighed, thoroughly disheartened. She knew well that she was not the kind of wife a husband would want to boast around. ‘I’m sure he will realize this soon enough and start abusing me… just like my father. Why don’t I just go home and ask for my father’s mercy before it happens?’

She recalled him standing tall, clutching his sword by its hilt. He cut a monster three times his size in one stroke. It was terrible to imagine what would happen if he wielded a whip against her. This possible scenario made her squirm anxiously.

‘But… he hasn’t hit me yet.’ She gathered her brows at this musing. He didn’t raise his hand against her even after becoming irritated with her many times. Maybe he is not as cruel as his father.

On a second note, they have just been reunited. There was no telling what will happen next.

She was pondering on these possibilities when she heard a rattle of the door. Jungkook came back to the room with a tray of steaming bread and soup.

“It’s a bread made of vegetable soup and barley. Try to eat before going back to sleep. We’re going to stay at this inn tonight and leave tomorrow as soon as the sun comes up.”

He put the tray down on the bedside shelf and said so. Lisa blinked her eyes. He went out in a rage and came back with food as if nothing had happened. This man is… unpredictable.

“What are you idling about? Eat it before it gets cold.”

In haste, she took the bowl of soup and a wooden spoon in her hand.

“Thank you. I’ll eat well….”

Lisa stirred the soup, blew it, and put it in her mouth. It was a little hot, but it wasn’t enough to leave blisters on her tongue. Truthfully, she didn’t have much appetite, but still, she managed to push in a few spoonfuls of the savory soup, which made her feel a bit better.