Daddy Ceo's Beloved Wife

Chapter 57 - Progressing Tension

"Understood." Lisa replied. He raised a plate of dish and put it directly in front of her so she could reach it.

His wifey had already said it so Lisa would definitely and undoubtedly believe her.

After their meals, Lisa went upstairs for a few minutes before going downstairs again. His hand was holding an envelope. And upon seeing it, Jennie knew that he was up to something again.

The last time he gave her an envelope like this was when he gave her the pictures of Kai with Krystal. Now, he was going to give her another envelope.

I wonder what's inside this time? Jennie cast a curious gaze as he stepped down the stairs.

"I figured that since you've been out of the industry for the past six years, you don't have a team to manage your work." Lisa let her take the envelope. "I have an entertainment company under my name. I thought since you wanted to go back to being an actress again, maybe you'd like to sign under my company?"

Jennie was surprised. From what she knew about Lisa, aside from being a part of the Manoban family, he was also a president of a huge corporation. However, she never heard that he'd have an entertainment company.

Too bad she didn't know about this before she bought her own company. Then, she might consider this.

"It's a shame… It seems that we'll be rivals this time." Jennie returned the envelope to him.

However, Lisa didn't take it from her.

"Rivals?"

"Yep." Jennie nodded. "The money I got from Star Studios… I invested all of it on a company building I bought in an auction just a few days ago. I am planning to build my own entertainment company."

It was Lisa's turn to be surprised. He hadn't heard of this. Probably because after they got married, Lisa wanted to let Jennie keep her privacy and didn't want to interfere in her plans so he stopped his investigation and monitored her. At first, it was done to get her background checked, but he changed his mind while thinking that he had disrespected her privacy.

"Do you already have some people to help? What about the renovations?" Lisa didn't try to ask her about her work, she would tell him about it herself. However, he still couldn't help but worry for her.

Jennie let out a chuckle and said, "I have a friend who's helping me out with those. Now, I only need to sit back and wait for the opening of my entertainment company."

"Friend?" Lisa quickly caught the important words very quickly. His radar was going off a bit too much.

Not sensing anything wrong from him, Jennie turned around and filled herself with a glass of water.

"He's a close friend of mine. We've known each other since college and we're still in contact with each other from time to time. Actually, if I hadn't met you and bought this house, I would consider living inside his house."

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her arm, forcing her to turn towards him.

With a clueless expression on her face, Jennie's eyes widened in shock when she saw how cold his expression had turned into in just a span of seconds.

"What's wrong?" Jennie asked, very cautiously.

Had she said something wrong? But that can't be it, right?

Jennie sighed deeply. She and Lisa still didn't know much about each other so she couldn't really figure him out as much as she expected.

Just as she thought that he would look as if he had eaten something bitter, Jennie saw an amazing live face-changing performance by Lisa.

The cold expression on his face was quickly replaced with a smile. A very bright smile that could contend against the sun when compared.

"This friend of yours… Can I meet him?" Lisa suddenly said.

Jennie blinked slowly before replying, "I'll plan a date for you to meet him. For now, he should be busy taking care of the renovations and picking up people for my company, so you have to wait to meet him."

"Is that alright with you?" Jennie added. She forgot that her husband was the busiest man in the country, maybe one of the busiest men in the world with an asset of tens of billions. And yet, here she was, asking him to wait.

"Yes, it's alright. I can wait until he can make some time," Lisa replied.

Jennie sighed in relief. However, what she didn't know was that if someone else were to be there right at this moment and heard her words… They'd probably strangle her and shake her awake when they find out that she made their boss wait.

Nevertheless, Lisa already had a goal in mind. And that was to meet his wife's 'friend'.

He had never felt this enthusiastic to meet someone in the past. Maybe, this might be the first time for him to be so impatient to see someone and couldn't wait to claim his possession of Jennie in front of this friend.

Lisa stopped talking and had his thoughts preoccupied when Jennie's eyes landed on lips. It was pink, almost pale red when you look at it for a bit longer. No cracks could be seen on his lips and they looked almost soft. This must be what they call a kissable lips.

Thinking about how they shared their first kiss inside the car, Jennie couldn't keep calm.

"You're looking at me too much… Are you aiming to kiss me? Hug me? Or perhaps…"

Jennie couldn't hide it anymore. Her cheeks turned red after being caught red handed. However, instead of shying away, she became even more nervous when she nodded at his words.

Lisa raised his eyebrows. "That nod… Are you saying you want to kiss me?"

Jennie nodded.

"Hug me?"

Jennie paused before nodding her head again.

A smile appeared on his lips.

"Or perhaps… You want to…" He continued.

But he couldn't complete his sentence as the back of his neck was already pulled towards her and Lisa felt her lips against his.

She didn't answer him with words, she could only answer him with her actions.