Rebirth of the Film Empress' Beloved Wife [JenLisa Adaptation]

Chapter 18 - Disclose It Then

Once again, the atmosphere at breakfast was strange. However, this strange feeling was slowly becoming familiar. After the meal, Jennie went upstairs to her room and changed her clothes before returning downstairs. She saw Lisa seated in the living room, reading a script. She seemed to have no intentions of going out.

Jennie asked, "You're not going to the company?" She had planned to leave together with her.

"I'm going to stay here and study the script, so no. If possible, I would like to arrange my own cast and crew. What do you think?"

The script was from Jennie. She liked it very much, and after serious contemplation, she'd decided to try setting up her own cast and crew. This idea actually wasn't new to her; she had started making plans for her future a long time ago.

After all, acting was not a lifelong career. Retiring from the front stage to the backstage was inevitable. She'd already begun to educate herself a bit on directing and producing. Now, there was such a great opportunity in front of her; how could she let it pass?

"As long as you like it, it's fine. You can talk to Jisoo if you need any help." Jennie also approved of her decision. This way, Lisa would be able to develop herself more.

Afterward, she left, and Krystal was still the one picking her up. The past two days had not been good for the assistant. It was as if she was being kept in the dark about a secret that everyone else knew. She felt like Jennie and Jisoo were distancing themselves from her.

Did something happen? Krystal had wracked her brain to no avail.

Right before they reached the company, Jennie's phone rang.

"President Kim, there are reporters crowding the company entrance. They all want to ask about you and Ms. Manoban, and I explained to them already, but they still refuse to go. I feel that it's odd, as though someone deliberately had called them over."

Jisoo's tone was a bit heavy. The reporters were very annoying; they just had to stick their noses into Jennie and Lisa's private affairs. So annoying.

"Suppress them. Tell the reporters to behave, unless they want to be blacklisted by both Resplendent Entertainment and The Dragon's Emissary!" The Dragon's Emissary was Mother Kim's company and the leading enterprise in the media industry. Although a few rival companies did exist, none of them would be willing to cross swords with Jennie. Therefore, the warning would force most of them to give her face and retreat.

However, a problem was still a problem. Jennie's unyielding attitude was prone to offend some people, but she wasn't afraid. She had always been the kind of person to forgo all courtesies whenever there was someone trying to cause trouble for her.

Now then, as for the culprits behind this incident... who else would it be, if not the Lee sisters?

Jennie reckoned that exposing her relationship with Lisa was a gamble made by Sunmi. Jennie and Lisa were at a variance—this actually was not a secret. They'd tied the knot in a simple and crude manner, with no wedding banquet or notice, and very few friends knew about it.

Furthermore, Jennie seldom brought Lisa home. With Lee Ye-jin acting as a spy, it was naturally impossible to hide these things from Sunmi.

It seemed that Sunmi had chosen to make this move because she was convinced that Jennie would not admit to her relationship with Lisa. Her denial would furthermore hurt the relationship and cause the couple to become more distant from each other.

This was all in line with Sunmi's intentions.

However, Jennie felt like Sunmi was doing a bit too much! Even if she hadn't been reborn and didn't know that Lisa was good to her, she definitely wouldn't deny the "truth" anyway!

Most likely, she would have divorced first before claiming that she and Lisa had no relations with each other. That way, it wouldn't be considered a lie.

The current her obviously wouldn't choose to go down that route. In other words, Sunmi's move this time was not only futile, but it was also detrimental to herself! With this, Jennie now had something on her.

Lee Sun-mi and Lisa Manoban used to be classmates. Their relationship could —grudgingly— be considered decent, just like two ordinary friends. If they were to meet in a gathering, they might take the initiative to greet one another and exchange a few words.

They weren't close, but they weren't distant either.

In her past life, Jennie never paid heed to it because she didn't care about Lisa at all. Even if she had known that Sunmi liked her, Jennie wouldn't have thought much about it.

However, things were different now. Regardless of how negligible Sunmi and Lisa's relationship was, just thinking about everything that woman had done to her made Jennie want to hire a hitman and dispose of Sunmi already!

In fact, it wasn't that she hadn't thought of hiring a hitman to kill off her enemies; only, she felt that this method was too lenient. A simple death could not wipe away the hatred from the endless turmoil and frustration she had been subjected to in her past life. What she really wanted was to make them lose everything and taste the flavor of helplessness.

In many cases, living was more painful than dying. This was exactly what she wanted them to experience!

By the time Jennie reached the company, Jisoo had already managed to drive away most of the reporters, but there were still some stubborn ones remaining. Unfortunately for them, they could only catch a glimpse of the car Jennie was in before it disappeared into the parking lot area.

However, that wasn't much of a problem. Entertainment news was actually a very marvelous field. Most of the time, the reports would not require the participation of the person in question.

Jennie had just settled down in her office when Jisoo walked in.

"President Kim, another photo was released. It shows you and Ms. Manoban getting out of a car in front of Kim Manor. I assume it's a candid taken last year on Ms. Manoban's birthday." Jisoo was very clear on this because the driver that day had been her. Only, the person had been sneaky enough to escape her notice.

"What about the contents?" The purpose of the photo was simply to verify the truth of the rumors. Jennie didn't believe the other party would stop there.

"The location was blurred out. It only says that you took Lisa to attend a private banquet and interacted intimately with her, once again speculating about your relationship with Ms. Manoban several parts suggest that you are 'keeping' her."

Jennie listened as her expression darkened. Lee Sun-mi... what an annoying woman.

"There will be a press conference this afternoon, go invite the media reporters. Use me and Lisa as bait, tell them to come if they want to know the truth." Jennie made a swift decision.

Yes, she wanted to take Lisa's opinions into consideration; however, she would not hesitate if making the choice herself was necessary. Wasn't it just a marriage relationship? What did that count for? Disclose it? Sure!