High School Again: The President's Secret Lady Boss | Jenlisa

8. A Secretive President

Despite what Jennie advised Lisa, she chose not to mind it and proceeded with her plan to give Rosé a diamond necklace as a present.

The outcome of both her ignorance to Jennie's words and her ignorance in her presumption turns out to be a bad one. Apparently, a while after purchasing her gift at the jewelry store, she eventually went to meet her date and presented her display of good will. But then, her reaction ends up to be underwhelming–she is not pleased at all.

Rosé is this charming lady with long, straight blonde hair and porcelain skin. Despite being a woman of high status, she dresses quite simply. Lisa should've already realized that it would all go wrong the moment she notices that Rosé wasn't even wearing any expensive-looking accessory.

"Thank you for the thought, though. It's what counts," was what Rosé said in response to her gift, looking a little too awkward to even appear to be grateful.

For Lisa, it is not really the thought that counts–it is not her not-so genuine expression of gratitude.

What she needs here is to form an established relationship. She needs this for her confidential endeavors. If she gets to set another meeting with her in the future, she might eventually catch the attention of the head of the Park Holdings. That is her end goal–to build a strong enough connection with her family in order to fulfill more of her personal and business-centered objectives.

"I'll have to go now, Miss Manoban. Thanks for inviting me tonight," Rosé bid right after an unsuccessful date–on her part, at least.

Lisa only watches her stand up from her seat and make her way out of that place. She even reserved a table at this five-star restaurant, feeling quite confident that she would be pleasantly surprised by how well-prepared she was to treat her good. Yet in the end, she did not even ask to meet up with her again.

'Quite an unusual woman. Really rare, I say...' Lisa mused with a peeved smirk.

'Don't tell me... What that girl said earlier was true? She doesn't like fancy things?'

Right at that very moment she thought about that, she suddenly caught sight of an unprecedented turn of events from a distance.

It just happened that Jennie appeared with a small basket full of purple bell flowers.

Astonished, Lisa can only furrow her brows together and gapes slightly as she approaches Rosé with it. Only then did she make the reaction that she wanted to get from her the whole time–she was pleasantly surprised. The two then begin talking with each other until they turn to look at Lisa's direction–or rather, it is that girl who points at her and draws their attention to her.

Then, she reads her mouth–Jennie is telling Rosé that she is the one who sent the flowers.

"What the...?" was all Lisa could blurt out, flabbergasted.

"What in the world is she really up to?"

As Jennie offers the basket of bell flowers to the supposedly receiver, Rosé is smiling so brightly that she can easily tell how well-accepted that simple gift is. She then waves at her happily before deciding to go back inside the restaurant to express her gratitude more properly.

'Seriously... What is happening?'

Though Lisa should feel accomplished by this last-minute save on her plan, she can only focus on that unpredictable girl. She is utterly puzzled at this point. Then again, Jennie has ruined that one time with Somi, but for some reason, she suddenly came saving the day when it came to Rosé. She is beginning to badly want to know what is running in her mind.

Yet by the time Lisa looks back to that direction, Jennie is no longer there.

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"How surprising. I believe you told me that you were only going to meet up with one of your targets..." said a blonde man in a sumptuous two-button black suit while driving an opulent limousine down the road.

"President Manoban."

Lisa only exchanges looks with her secretary through the rear-view mirror of the car, still unable to get rid of her serious expression.

She just parted ways with Rosé a few minutes ago and was picked up by her service right after.. But before they left, she happened to notice Jennie calling for a taxi cab at the side of the road.

As soon as she saw her, some unusual level of curiosity had gotten into her. She decided to follow her before she could retire for the night. Assuming that she was already going home, she made it her home address as the first thing she would learn about her.

'Ugh... Who's the stalker again?' she then begrudgingly thought, not liking how this stranger was affecting her.

Now, Lisa has her secretary trailing after the vehicle that Jennie is riding on at the moment.

"What's with the sudden interest in the girl, Miss? She looks like she is still in high school. Please, don't tell me you are going to drag her into your-"

"No, she is not, Bambam. I'll tell you about her once we get back. Follow her for now..." Lisa cut her secretary off, leaning back on her seat and crossing her arms nonchalantly.

"Rather than interested, I'm curious in a slightly bad way."

Seeing her hooded expression, Bambam only falls quiet.

It seems like whoever they are following has struck a nerve on her. She rarely looks impatient and uncertain. However, if this is going to be about the dates she either attends to or set ups, that reaction is understandable in a way.

Almost everyone thinks that she is only playing around with different types of women, but the truth is that what she is playing here is a game–not the people themselves.

In reality, Lisa is meeting women to gather important connections, build a particular kind of reputation, earn an unparalleled amount of influence, and be as all-knowing as she can. It is similar to how a spy does the thing–collection information under the guise of a flirt and establishing relationships that she will need in the future.

Running a business is not as simple as leading a group of people, after all. It is a lot more complicated on her part.

'Inheriting the conglomerate at the age of twenty-three.. That is indeed quite the pressure. Fresh out of university, and she is already facing the real deal,' Bambam thought in awe and high regards for his boss.

At that moment, both of them silently watch from a distance as Jennie emerges out of the taxi cab. There is only one building around there, and it is something they do not quite expect. Instead of her home, the vehicle drops her off in front of a convenience store.

"Huh? She's not going home yet...?" Lisa thought out loud until she suddenly saw Jennie turning to their direction and flashing them a mischievous, conceited grin.

With that, she immediately realized that she did this on purpose. That cocky look on her face made her click her tongue in annoyance, smirking with her brows furrowed together at the same time.

"That sneaky little brat. So, she knew we were following her the whole time."