Strike Back, Proud Goddess || LK Adaptation

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It turned out that he was seriously ill, but she had no idea about it! How much had he been traumatized by her? How great a trauma to keep him up at night?

Tears suddenly flowed out of Lalisa’s eyes. She looked at Taehyung, and covered her mouth with her hands and cried. Taehyung was sorrowful to see her weeping. He sat beside Lalisa, reached out to hug her and gently patted her back. “Although Jungkook never told us, we all know that he felt very guilty of your death. He believed if he hadn’t broken up with you, you wouldn’t have had that accident; if he could have had people guard you, those people wouldn’t have had a chance to touch your plane, and then you wouldn’t have died…”

Lalisa cried harder when she heard Taehyung’s words. She sobbed. “Who else knows about this?”

“Except me, Little Five and Little Six, no one else knows this.” Taehyung pursed his lips. “This mustn’t be known by others. Otherwise, the Jeon’s International Group will suffer a heavy blow.”

Lalisa nodded, closed her eyes to suppress her emotions and sat up. “Taehyung, go about your business. I know what to do.”

That being said, Lalisa really feared, really feared that Jungkook would keep on being like this. However, in her heart she knew that Jungkook was not the kind of person who would be beaten by trauma…

“Lili.” Taehyung suddenly called Lalisa.

Lalisa looked back at Taehyung and he stood up, looked at her and said gently, “Jungkook actually values affections very much, I think you know him better than me. If he were a heartless person, he could have wiped out those who betrayed him with his power, but he spared their lives, and even gave them a chance to hurt him again, so… that’s why he often gets hurt. You can understand him, right?”

Lalisa suddenly took a step back.

…

In the en suite bedroom, Lalisa slid under the covers, lay beside Jungkook and hugged his waist. Jungkook seemed to feel Lalisa’s breath, reached out to embrace her and kept her closer to him. Lalisa looked up at his stubbled chin, her nose suddenly became sour, and tears kept flowing out of her eyes.

She had thought she had known him well enough, but she didn’t know he was actually so fragile. It turns out that you will be so easily hurt. It turns out that you will hurt yourself for my words. It turns out your heart has been scarred.

Sorry, I didn’t realize how badly you were hurt until now.

Sorry, I didn’t realize how easily you were hurt by me until now.

Sorry, I didn’t know how much you care about me.

Sorry, I know you love me, but I still said those words to hurt you.

“Sorry.” Jungkook’s low and hoarse suddenly rang out in the silence.

Lalisa couldn’t stop her tears and was choked with sobs.

She grabbed Jungkook’s clothes tightly, her grip was vice like as she shook her head desperately. “You have done nothing wrong. You don’t have to say sorry. I’m too self-willed. I knew you didn’t want me to go to the capital because you cared about me and I knew you didn’t want me to take risks because you worry about me, but I still stimulated you by asking to break up with you. I have seen how you almost went mad for me, but I still hurt you with my selfishness. The one who should say sorry is me not you.”

“Sorry.” Jungkook held Lalisa tightly against his chest and apologized in a hoarse voice, “Sorry… can you not break up with me…?”

Lalisa felt as if her heart was torn. She looked up at Jungkook only to find tears running down from the corners of his eyes and wetting his cheeks. Lalisa suddenly felt so guilty. Why did she hurt him like that, since she had known it was not his fault?!