I'm Secretly Married To a Big Shot [JENLISA] (1)

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"I'm your husband, I'll be with you for the rest of your life. You don't have to put up a strong front in front of me or have any reservations."

Jennie cried even harder against his warm, sturdy chest when she heard that reassurance. She remembered the times her mother was still around.

The times Kim Ruhai still pampered her as a daughter. The more she recalled, the sadder she got... All the negative emotions she'd held inside were released at once.

She held Lisa and cried for the longest time.

.................

In the end, Lisa had to carry her into the car.

She'd cried for so long, there was nothing left in her. It felt more tiring than running a few kilometres at one go.

In the car.

Lisa did not let go of her. He held her in his arms, anyway.

Jennie had gone all weak and was leaning against him limply.

Lisa tidied her hair slightly and wiped the tear marks off her face with his handkerchief. She was just like a little kitten, allowing him to stroke her as he wished without reacting at all.

"Young Master, back to the office?" Uncle Li asked when he got into the car.

Lisa glanced at his watch and nodded. "Mm, back to the office."

There was still a lot of unfinished matters. He had to return to the office to settle them.

He was actually very busy today. There was a lot to do, and many of them were important matters to attend to. Even he had no idea how he could possibly put all the important things down at once to rush here.

Even though she said that she was able to handle it herself and that he did not have to worry...

He simply couldn't be at ease until he came down to see it for himself.

He was worried that she'd be aggrieved, worried that she'd be bullied, worried that...

He was worried about so much.

Initially, he'd married her only because she was special to him in that way. But it had only just been a few days of marriage and he now felt so strongly for her.

Upon hearing that he was going to the office, Jennie finally looked up. "You're going back to the office?"

Lisa looked down at her and said very gently, "Mm, I still have some unfinished business to settle. I have to go back."

"Since you're so busy, why did you..." Jennie bit her lip and asked softly.

"I was worried about you." Lisa looked at her swollen cheek and sighed. "I'm afraid that you'd be bullied when I'm not around. I didn't expect to still be late."

She still had to bear that slap.

He was very straightforward.

Jennie's heart pounded quickly as she heard him say that he was "worried about her" Especially when he looked at her with eyes that could sweep her off her feet.

She might never be grounded again if she lost herself in his eyes.

They'd only known each other for a while, and they didn't have strong feelings for each other yet.

But he was so nice to her that she was getting flustered over it.

Nobody's contribution was unconditional.

She had to repay him somehow for all of this.

But no matter how she tried to think, he simply didn't need anything.

The only thing she could repay him with... was her body.

Jennie had expended too much energy with all the crying and soon fell asleep leaning against him in the car.

In her blurred consciousness, she felt his cell phone vibrate. She then heard him pick it up.

A very muffled voice could be heard. "I'm busy now.

"Mm. I'm with my Baby, I have to accompany her."

"You guys can arrange for it on your own. As long as it isn't a terrible or noisy place, it's fine."

"Mm, that's it." Lisa hung up.

Seeing the girl sleeping soundly in his arms, he quietly said to Uncle Li, "Raise the temperature by two degrees."

"Yes, Young Master."

A while later, when Uncle Li arrived at a fork in the road, he asked, "Young Master, are we sending Young Madam back to school?"

Lisa simply said, "Straight to the office."
How could he possibly let her return to school in this state?

Uncle Li drove towards the Manoban Corporation.

"Bzz."

The cell phone rang again.

It was a message from Nancy: [Lisa, I'm back in town. I'm with Chan and the rest. He said he just called you, but you're busy now and can't join us for a meal. Are you free later in the afternoon, then?]

He immediately replied: [No.]

Nancy replied quickly too: [How about I go to your office to look for you in the afternoon? It's been a full year since I last saw you. I hope to see you as soon as I can.]

Lisa hesitated for a while as he looked at Jennie's reddened cheek. He replied: [I'm very busy in the afternoon. I can't entertain you.]

Nancy: [You don't have to entertain me. You can do your stuff while I play my mobile game in your office. Haven't we always done that?]

Nancy's words brought back some memories to his mind.

In the past, he and Nancy did interact this way. When he was too busy to talk to her, Nancy would just find things to occupy herself with.

Nancy grew up with him and what they had between them was more like kinship than friendship.

They got along very easily.

Initially, Lisa found this form of interaction pretty nice.

If he was still single now, he would have agreed to it.

However...

Even with no prior experience in relationships, he knew that this wasn't really appropriate anymore.

He and Nancy weren't siblings, after all.

Now that he had Jennie, it was best to keep a distance from other women, even Nancy.

A short moment later, he replied: [She'll be around too, it wouldn't be nice. I'll see you at night.] After receiving this message, Nancy did not reply for a long while.

It was several minutes later that she finally replied: [You didn't tell her about us? She can't be this petty, right?]

Lisa frowned and typed: [She doesn't mind, but I do.]

Nancy: [You do? What is it about this that you mind?]

Lisa: [Nancy, I'm married. She doesn't request anything of me, but this is the sort of self-awareness I should have. Whatever we had in the past, we need to keep a distance from now on. If you were the one who got married first, I would do the same.]

With that, Nancy did not reply to him anymore.

Lisa wasn't too bothered as well. He locked his cell phone and tossed it aside.