Trial Marriage Husband: Need to Work Hard || Taennie Adaptation

Chapter 13: I am on Your Side

News of hf’s request to swap spokesperson quickly spread throughout the industry…

Taehyung also heard the news during his downtime. To him, if his company received the hf spokeperson deal, even the lowest ranked model wouldn’t bat an eyelid. But, to Jennie, it meant she had successfully retrieved what belonged to her from Kang Seulgi. So, he immediately made a phone call to Jennie, "You did well."

Jennie gave a gentle laugh and then gratefully replied, "To be praised by you makes me happier than anything else."

"I will wait for you…to get back to the number one spot."

This time, Jennie simply responded with two words: "I will!" It was time to return to Tianyi to face Seulgi’s ugly attitude.

At the time the word was being spread, Seulgi was still sleeping sweetly in Baekhyun’s home. Last night, she had run directly from the hospital to Baekhyun’s home and used guilt to hold on to him for the entire night – not letting him make any phone calls to Jennie. Anything she had in her grasp, others…shouldn’t dream of taking – especially Jennie, who always seemed to be against her.

Her assistant was impatient and flustered as he reached the house. He opened the news for Seulgi to see and her first reaction was one of disbelief, "hf’s spokesperson was already set, there’s no way they could change it."

"Seulgi, this is real. President Byun  received a phone call from hf this afternoon. They personally told him they wanted to swap the spokesperson to Jennie, or else, they would rather work with another company." Her assistant pointed to the news in front of them with an urgent and angry expression, "What exactly did Jennie do? If she wanted to secure a deal, why did it have to be your deal?"

"Let’s go back to the office. This incident, I want Baekhyun to give me an explanation in person." Seulgi knew that if she was to discuss the matter with Baekhyun over the phone or at home, he would somehow sweet talk his way out of it. So, she decided to return to the office and face the issue head-on, this way he would be forced to deal with it professionally.

Meanwhile, Baekhyun was already bruised and battered. hf were so determined to directly swap Seulgi for Jennie, but he knew this was going to hurt Seulgi greatly. However, did he have the right to say no? In the end, he wasn’t going to go against money.

Just as Baekhyun was thinking of a way to comfort Seulgi; Seulgi, with the aid of her assistant, entered the room in a wheelchair. She arrived just before Jennie with a difference of a few hundred meters.

"Baekhyun, what is all this? How could the spokesperson deal, that belonged to me, get taken by Jennie?"

Baekhyun gestured for his assistant to leave the room. As soon as the room was left with just the two of them, Baekhyun approached Seulgi and embraced her in a hug, "Seulgi, this was beyond my control. I’ll help you secure an even better deal."

"You know as well as I do that Mr. Eugene from hf is the brother of Miss Erin, who is one of the judges at the Top Ten Model Awards. This deal was really important to me and most importantly, how could you hand it over to Jennie?" Seulgi angrily pushed Baekhyun away, her voice was shaky. "She already stole you from me, wasn’t that enough? Why does she have to fight over everything with me? I don’t care…if I lose this deal, then I don’t want this child. I won’t stay at Tianyi either."

"Don’t speak out of anger," Baekhyun tried to control her temper, "How could you give up on our child so easily? You know that I’m on your side, however, this time, hf was determined…"

"Jennie’s already given up so many times in the past, what’s another time? She’s about to get married to you, why does she need the deal anyway?"

After hearing Seulgi’s reasoning, Baekhyun felt it made sense. According to Jennie’s personality, she has given up her chance at a lot of things in the past, one more time isn’t going to matter to her. He was certain she would agree, so he comforted Seulgi, "I will speak to her about it. Don’t be angry, OK?"

Seulgi bawled her eyes out as she fell into Baekhyun’s arms. At this time, there was a knock on the door; Jennie and Nayeon had returned to the office.

Seulgi immediately held back her tears and distanced herself from Baekhyun, looking at him like she was being treated unfairly. Until Jennie pushed open the door and entered the room.

"Jennie, where did you go last night? Did you know I looked for you all night?" Baekhyun asked one question after another.

Jennie glanced at him and then at Seulgi.

"It’s all a misunderstanding between Seulgi and I. I’ve already released a statement to clear it all up. Don’t make a fuss over it, will you?"

Jennie looked away without a word. She knew very well what Baekhyun meant by 'looking for her all night'. He had obviously been searching so hard he ended up searching in bed with Seulgi. Otherwise, there was no way he wouldn’t have noticed she no longer lived in her original home.

"Too bad, the issue with Miss Kang and I isn’t a misunderstanding…" Jennie spoke calmly, "I helped her so many times, yet she turned around and bit me. In both your eyes, am I that easy to bully?"

"Jennie, Seulgi was worried there were reporters around, so that was the only thing she could do!"

"Really?" Jennie questioned suspiciously.

"Regardless, this incident is over, let’s not dwell on it. As for the hf spokesperson deal, how about you return it to Seulgi. This deal is very important to her. You’ve already retreated and won’t be doing any shows, so…you have no use being spokesperson," Baekhyun said straightforwardly with the tone of a superior, forcing Jennie to hand over the deal back to Seulgi.

"Exactly, Jennie, you haven’t done a show for so many years, you’re not even familiar with the stage anymore…" Seulgi added, "On top of everything, the deal was originally mine anyway. hf must have thought, since I was injured I wouldn’t be able to recover in time, that’s why they chose you. You don’t want to be a substitute, do you?"

"These words, coming from Miss Kang, sound a bit ironic," Jennie responded coldly forcing Baekhyun to snap back, "Jennie, you weren’t like this before. If you still love me, you wouldn’t take on this deal. For the sake of the company’s future, we need Seulgi to win the award so we can elevate our company’s standing in the industry."

Baekhyun’s words obviously carried a threatening tone. He had gone so far as to use love as a reason.

Listening up to this point, Seulgi was laughing on the inside. She knew Jennie would do anything for Baekhyun, let alone give up a deal.

"Baekhyun, quick, give hf a call. Let them know Jennie is too busy planning her wedding and can’t take on any new jobs…"

Baekhyun nodded reaching for the phone. But, just as he grabbed hold of it, Jennie stopped him, "The deal…I have already accepted it."

"Jennie!" Baekhyun exclaimed in shock, Jennie had never gone against any of his decisions before.

"Don’t forget, I am also a model of Tianyi Entertainment. Actually, I’ve already spoken to hf’s founder, Mr. Eugene, and he is looking forward to working together."