✔Protect Me [Taennie Adaptation]

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Jennie's POV

"Jennie, get your ass out immediately!"

Auntie Mary shouted angrily. She was the one who adopted me from an orphanage when i was 1 years old. I quickly scurried out of my small room and made my way down. When i was in front of her, she looked at me, rage clear in her eyes.

"Why did u take your own sweet time to get down here?!"

and the next thing i knew, she slapped me across my face. i tasted something metallic in my mouth and i tried to blink away my tears as Auntie Mary hates seeing me cry. She would beat me up if i cry. "I am hungry. Go and make dinner now!" she snapped angrily. I scurried into the kitchen and cooked her favourite food, spagetti with meatballs.

I placed the plate in front of her and she quickly tucked in. I stood beside her, swallowing my saliva as i was hungry. I was only supposed to eat her leftovers and if i ever cook up something secretly for myself, Auntie Mary will surely know and the consequences would be very bad. When she was done, i greedily grabbed her plate and gobbled up the last remains of her food. She looked at me with disgust and said, "wash up the plate and meet me in the living room later."

"You will marry the son of my company, Kim Taehyung next month."

Auntie Mary said coldly to me when i was standing in front of her in the living room. I felt as if a bomb had dropped on me and tears were at the edge of my eyes. The company Auntie Mary work in is one of the most wealthiest trading company in the world.

"Tomorrow will be your last day at your current high school and you will attend the school that Taehyung attends which is GoldMary High School. Taehyung is the same age as you, eighteen. You will try to know about him but DON'T ever offend him because i do not want to risk having to refund the big amount of money that they give me, understand?" Auntie Mary said emotionlessly.

I whispered, "Why?" "Because they offer a big sum of money for any girl to marry Taehyung. They think that by forcing him to have a wife, Taehyung will curb his player's ways." Auntie Mary replied. "Okay. Thank you and goodnight." I said with a hoarse voice as i had been controlling my tears and made my way to my room.

I cried my heart out in my pillow and it was not because i would miss my friends as i did not have any friends at school. I am a freak at school who no one wanted to befriend with. I wore mismatch clothes three times my size as all the clothes were passed down to me by Auntie Mary. Some of the popular people in school will tease me everyday, such as pulling my clothes or flood my locker with water. That was why i did not put anything in my locker.

I cried because of how Auntie Mary was 'selling' me away. I knew she hates me but must she 'sell' me away to some boy who i have never met before? I stopped crying and cringed at the numbers on the clock. It was 10pm. i had been crying for two hours. i got out of my mattress and walked into the bathroom. When i looked into the mirror, i saw myself. My green eyes were red and puffy from the crying. My blonde hair was messed up and my oversized clothes were tangled up. My lips are plump and red. My body has bruises which i got when Auntie Mary came home late the day before, drunk and wasted. I was asleep when she woke me up and beated me up for no reason. i pressed on one of my bruise and cried out silently. i broke into tears again as the cycle of teasing at school and abusing from Auntie Mary starts all over again tomorrow.