Trial Marriage Husband: Need To Work Hard (Book 1)

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After dinner Lisa lead Jennie to the living area of the manor. When they arrived, there were already a few American men sitting inside waiting for them.

Jennie did not understand what Lisa wanted to do, but Lisa gently comforted her, "No need to be nervous."

Not long after, the American man in charge stepped forward and started chatting to Lisa. It was at this time that Jennie overheard their conversation and finally understood what was going on –Lisa wanted to purchase insurance for her legs.

It wasn't unusual for famous people to insure parts of their body, but...they mostly did it to create attention, so Jennie quickly grabbed onto Lisa, "Lisa...I don't..."

"Don't overthink it. Your legs need protecting because they are the most beautiful legs I've ever seen on the modeling stage..."

"But..." Jennie was still unsure.

"Listen to me," Lisa nudged her towards the valuer. "You never let me do anything for you. Are you going to deny me the right to buy you insurance as well?"

Jennie couldn't refuse. Even though her legs were beautiful, at the moment she wasn't very famous, so she assumed the cost wouldn't be too high. With this in mind, Jennie gave up resisting and let the valuer do his job.

However...before the valuer could give a quote, Lisa stepped in to say, "No matter what the final estimated value is, I want to increase the insured amount by ten times."

If that's the case...

...then that would be over 100 million dollars!

Standing quietly to one side, Tzuyu and Rosé were in shock over what they were witnessing. Most importantly, Lisa wasn't doing this to create attention, he was merely helping Jennie secure a guarantee. The final benefactor of this insurance would be Jennie; from now on, no matter what happened to her legs, she would be covered by insurance.

Lisa really spoilt Jennie!

Jennie was quiet the entire time, a million thoughts were running through her mind. However, Lisa placed his arm around her shoulder and said, "This complex industry is chaotic and unsafe; I can't guarantee that 10 or 20 years from now, Manoban Entertainment will still be as successful. So, I want to do all that I can to give you a peace of mind. I want the path ahead of you to be protected."

"Then, why don't you also buy one for yourself?" A tear slowly snuck its way out of Jennie's eye.

Lisa leaned over and chuckled into Jennie's ear, "Because I don't have beautiful legs like yours..."

In that moment, under the beautifully lit room, Jennie only had Lisa in her eyes – the Lisa that did things for her without expecting anything in return. She had originally married him with a motive, but he never minded, instead he gave her faith that he loved her wholeheartedly.

"Because of what you've done, do you know how many promises I am making to myself?"

"Huh?"

"I've promised myself to never leave this man, unless I die," Jennie responded in seriousness.

Lisa laughed with his usual poise and charm. As long as it was something he found worth it, he would be willing to give up anything without regrets – Jennie was the first person that made him do things without asking anything in return...

Such was life: one person trampled over her heart, while another treated her like treasure. That's why no one should ever be broken hearted over a jerk; as long as one is persistent, there will always be someone better out there who is willing to give them the warmth they wish for.

"Jennie is now precious..." Rosé whispered quietly to Tzuyu.

"She's insured for over 100 million dollars...that's enough to buy Kim Entertainment outright."

"You don't know how tempted I am to thank Kai the jerk, for sparing our Jennie from marrying him," Rosé winked at Tzuyu. "I want to see him hug that shameless B-grade model and get out of our sight, as far as possible..."

"Never would Kai imagine, while he is using all his brain power to think of ways to go against Jennie, there is someone who is willing to invest 100 million dollars on insurance for her."

...

Indeed, as the Secret shoot was fast approaching, Kai was endlessly contacting the Chinese media – trying to give Krystal as much exposure as possible. He released statements about Krystal being better than so-and-so and Krystal completely out-shining so-and-so, making her exposure inflate dramatically. In comparison, Jennie who also released statements, only got mentioned here and there and whenever she was mentioned, it was always just a few lines amongst news about Krystal.

Fans became anxious. Members of the Official Fan Club contacted Tzuyu multiple times to ask her how Jennie was going, but Jennie always gestured her to stay quiet.

Tzuyu understood. Overseas, Secret Magazine was merely a third-class publication, there was no need to make such a fuss over it – this would only make Jennie appear short-sighted and shallow.

So, Tzuyu simply responded with 4 words: Have faith in Jennie.

With these 4 words, Jennie's fans felt a sense of relief. Judging by how Jennie handled herself previously, they knew she held a low profile and kept to herself; no matter what happened, good or bad, she was clear about what she wanted and always had a plan.

"President Kim, back at home, Krystal's support has increased once again..." Krystal's assistant said as he looked at the comments online.

"And how are the reactions towards Jennie?" Han Yufan questioned.

"All thanks to Hyo Yeon unnie PR, we successfully used Jennie to boost Krystal's popularity and then we used the names of top celebrities to boost Krystal's value, hence the newer statements we released naturally didn't require Jennie. Although we have offended the fans of others, but Jennie's rate of being mentioned is only a small portion of Krystal's."

"This is the result of the statements..." Kim Hyo Yeon looked at the path she was laying out for Krystal and sneered, "Right now, we have interest and popularity all in the palm of our hands, however...to truly win against Jennie, we have to wait for the result from the Secret photo shoot. If Krystal's performance is as good as our results so far, then once we return home, Jennie won't even exist anymore..."

"I am confident," Krystal promised to the few people in front of her, "I've seen Jennie's shows. I don't feel like I am any worse than her. Plus, don't forget, she was previously my substitute."

Of course, this was because Krystal had no idea, in order to imitate her, Jennie had to dramatically drop her standards.

"With regards to the photographer, I will go work my PR magic. For the front cover shoot I will arrange for them to make you the main focus. Krystal, make sure to think carefully about how you will pull off the theme of Oriental Trend."

"I will think about it carefully."

"This will be your first time sharing the stage with Jennie. You should know, it's not just your reputation that's on the line. If you fail, the whole of Kim Entertainment will be humiliated along with you. As for Kai, people will end up doubting his judgment, so this battle, you must win," Kim Hyo Yeon told Krystal in a serious tone.

"After yesterday's humiliation, I will definitely make sure to get revenge," Krystal said with determination. Because of her rise in popularity, she was now full of confidence.

Tomorrow, her and Jennie would be having a battle of life and death!

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