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༺🖤༻ The Wife I Never Wanted ༺🖤༻

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❝ Some marriages begin with love.

Ours began with resentment. ❞

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Jungkook was supposed to marry someone else.

The woman he loved.

The woman he chose.

The woman he still refuses to let go of.

But powerful families don't care about love.

They care about money.

Reputation.

Influence.

And when your families decided a marriage between you and Jungkook would benefit them, your opinions became irrelevant.

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You didn't cry.

You didn't beg.

You didn't fight the decision.

You simply signed the papers and moved on.

If this marriage was a prison, then you'd decorate the cell.

And that somehow annoyed Jungkook more than anything else.

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Because unlike every obedient wife his family expected...

You refused to obey.

You wore what you wanted.

Said what you wanted.

Went where you wanted.

And every time you smiled at someone else, Jungkook looked ready to start a war.

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The irony?

He claims he can't stand you.

Yet his eyes always find you in every room.

He criticizes every dress you wear.

Yet never fails to notice when it's new.

He reminds you that he never wanted this marriage.

Yet his hand always finds your waist whenever another man gets too close.

As if he's forgotten who asked for freedom first.

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The mansion is too large.

The silence is too loud.

And every dinner feels like a battlefield.

A cruel husband.

A rebellious wife.

One marriage neither of you wanted.

And enough tension to burn the entire house down.

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Tropes

♡ Arranged Marriage

♡ Enemies To Lovers

♡ Forced Proximity

♡ Rich Families

♡ Jealous Jungkook

♡ Rebellious Wife

♡ Slow Burn

♡ Mutual Hatred

♡ Emotional Tension

♡ "I Don't Care"

♡ "Then Why Are You Looking?"

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He still wears memories of another woman.

You still refuse to care.

At least...

That's what both of you keep telling yourselves.

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❝ Wear whatever you want.

Just don't complain when people stare. ❞

"Why? Does it bother you?"

❝ No. ❞

A lie.

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❝ Hate is easy.

Living together is not. ❞

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