Mr Manoban's Daring Wife 2 [Jenlisa]

Chapter 286: Scheming

At how fast the headlines broke out, Jennie felt as if she did not need to hold a banquet anymore. Plastered on multiple magazines were headlines that spoiled the purpose of the dinner in the first place.

"Founder of the rising investment firm, RJ, is none other than socialite Kwon Jennie!"

"The investment firm taking the country by storm, RJ's CEO is Kwon Jennie!"

"Hidden CEO of RJ has been discovered to be Kwon Jennie."

"Socialite turned CEO: Kwon Jennie."

"Following the footsteps of her CEO grandfather, socialite Kwon Jennie reported as CEO."

Oddly enough, the magazine headlines were all very positive. None of them stated anything relatively bad about her, nor did they mention her past with Kai. Jennie had a feeling about who forcefully filtered the magazine headlines.

In her newly renovated office, she was seated on a large and comfortable cushion leather chair. Swiveling around, she flipped through the magazine with an entertained expression on her face. These journalism companies must've been too terrified to go against Lisa, especially when he did not hesitate at the idea of bankrupting previous news companies.

Jennie's phone was blowing up with messages ever since her morning with her grandfather. She did not pay attention to any of her shameless relatives who only made themselves known today. The people that used to heavily criticize her, the aunts and uncles who backstabbed her, and the cousins who chose Kai and Krystal's side — everyone was approaching her now. There was so much bootlicking going on, her endless array of shoes was as good as new.

Her eyes scanned the spacious office in front of her. She gave Kim Hanbin's office to Kim Mingyu who had redecorated the room, tossed out everything owned by Kim Hanbin, and expanded it.

Speaking of the former secretary, Jennie realized it would be a good idea to begin interviewing people to fill in the position. She had not heard from Long Xuebi, Kim Hanbin's previous secretary, for a while now. Even after texting and emailing her, the woman was a no show. It would not be a bad idea though... Who knows if she was in cahoots with Kim Hanbin and his schemes. She had not heard from him ever since she tossed him into the trash. He must've disappeared somewhere, or perhaps he was lurking in the shadows. Either way, she was on high alert.

Shaking her head to get rid of him, Jennie decided to start on the mountain of paperwork before her. Her nose wrinkled in boredom as she picked up the first packet and a pen. Aside from paperwork, her schedule was jam-packed with meetings scheduled by Kim Hanbin a while back. It did not take long for the sun to set in the west, and the moon to appear.

After placing her jacket on and grabbing her purse, Jennie made her way to Kim Mingyu's office. She did not bother knocking when she waltzed through the door and saw that he was still working hard. He was concentrating too hard on his computer to even realize the soft click of the door. His brows were scrunched together, lines creasing on his forehead, and his fingers were flying across the keyboard at an impressive pace.

Jennie stood by the door, watching the workaholic in the making. She checked the clock on the wall and saw it was seven o'clock. She felt her throat run dry at the time and checked on her phone. She had set it on "do not disturb" this morning so that she was not disturbed by the notifications from her obnoxious relatives. Sure enough, she saw the missed calls from Lisa.

'Uh-oh.'

"You should head home now. Almost everyone has left the office." Jennie piped up, slipping her phone into her purse.

Kim Mingyu's head snapped up, his shoulders jumping a bit. He did not expect to see her here, so late at night. He expected her to be one of the first employees to head home. "I was just finishing the management reports for tomorrow."

Jennie walked over to his large oakwood desk and picked up a paper beside him. "You didn't do any of your paperwork?"

"No, I already finished the ones for today and tomorrow. These are for the day after tomorrow."

Jennie blinked. Definitely a workaholic in the making. "Why are you so hardworking?" She incredulously asked, placing the paper into place. She stepped to the coat hanger. "Don't answer that." She said, grabbing the grey trench coat and briefcase.

"When do you usually leave the office?" She questioned, placing the briefcase beside him and ushering him to stand.

Kim Mingyu felt awkward that she was dressing him like a mother. He gently took the coat from her hand and placed it on himself, buttoning it up. "On average, around 9 PM." He reluctantly picked up his briefcase and placed it on his desk. He began to place the paperwork into the bag.

Jennie was taken aback by his words. "Won't your girlfriend feel lonely if you return so late every night?" She slapped his hand away and took out the paperwork he planned on bringing home. "You can do these tomorrow! Stop being such an overachiever." She huffed, zipping up the bag and shoving it into his arm. She pushed him towards the door.

"I don't have a girlfriend." Kim Mingyu curtly replied, opening the door and stepping outside. He wondered why she was behaving more like an older sister than a CEO. He knew she was friendly, but he did not think it would be to such an extent.

"Oh, is that so." Jennie suspiciously replied, smiling as they walked to the elevators. "Is there anyone you have your eyes set upon?"

Kim Mingyu nearly tripped over his feet. He coughed and scratched the back of his head, awkwardly glancing at the stunning woman beside him. Even her side profile was perfect. Was she implying something...? He gulped. Not wanting to suffer the wrath of Lisa, he blurted out, "I-I don't want to be a sideman."

Jennie froze before she let out a burst of laughter. "I'm not courting you!" She chuckled, slapping him on the shoulder. "Besides, you're not my type." She mused, pressing the elevator button and then stepping inside.

"O-oh." He flushed, the light pink blush spreading to his ears. He felt like beating himself up for thinking so weirdly. Of course, she was not asking him to be the other man. With Lisa's bipolar personalities, he was pretty sure she had her hands full with him.

He thought about her words. "Well then, I prefer quiet women—"

"But you're so quiet as well." Jennie interrupted, confused at his words. Two quiet people? She wondered if they would even have a conversation.

"I prefer someone like me." Kim Mingyu hated to admit it, but aside from the two girls he dated in his youth, he had never considered any other woman. He was too busy immersing himself into his work to even bother with anything else.

"Is that so..." Jennie trailed off, lost in her thoughts while she got into the elevator. The two remained quiet while she contemplated something inside of her head.

Kim Mingyu did not bother striking up another conversation with her, especially because of that scheming smile on her face.