The Wife is a Superstar 1

Chapter 181 - When Are We Going To Marry?

After V completed his cool down exercises, he headed for the showers.

Sejin went to the kitchen for something to eat. As a celebrity, V was very weight conscious and strict of his own diet so all the food in his kitchen were "healthy". Sejin sighed looking at the unappetizing (for him) choices. In the end, he settled for some dried squid before heading to the living room to watch TV.

Finally, V appeared. His hair was still damp. He went to his kitchen and started cooking.

"Want some eggs?" he hollered to his manager.

"Yeah!" Sejin immediately abandoned the dried squid and returned to the kitchen.

Within a few minutes, V cooked egg omelettes. He gave two to his manager and made one for himself. Sejin started eating immediately, while V prepared a ripe avocado to go with his own omelette.

They were interrupted by the sound of V's ringing phone.

He glanced at the caller. He frowned, deciding not to answer it.

Sejin could already guess who it was just based on V's expression.

The phone stopped ringing but two seconds later, it rang again. B sighed deeply before answering the phone. His unwillingness was clear on his face.

"Hello, Jieun?"

"Hyung, what took you so long to answer my call? Where are you? Who are you with?" Jieun's voice could be heard even when the call wasn't on speakerphone. Even Sejin could hear her.

V scowled, feeling irritated. She didn't even greet him properly, bombarding him instead with her suspicious questions. "Why did you call, Jieun?"

"Oh Hyung, you're so cold to me now!" She began making crying noises.

He fought the urge to roll his eyes. He gave his manager a helpless look. "Tell me why you called."

"I'm your fiancée! Do I need a reason every time I want to call you?! We never spend time together anymore. I miss you so much, Hyung! Can I come over to your house today?"

"No," he immediately said. "Sorry, but I'm busy right now. I'm planning to write my next music so I don't want to be disturbed."

"Busy! You're always busy every time I want to spend time with you! You don't love me anymore!"

V sighed, looking up at the ceiling. He wished for more patience. He never loved Jieun. He only cared about her as a childhood friend and almost like a sister. Then he became attracted to her body as a lover. Recently, however, Jieun was getting on his nerves more frequently that he could feel his heart turning cold towards her.

"Eun, if that's all you have to say, I'm hanging up."

"No! Please don't, Hyung! I need to talk to you!"

"Alright. What do you want to talk about?"

"When are we going to marry? We've been engaged for almost two years now, but you still won't allow me to start planning our wedding. Everyone is getting impatient. Our parents want to have grandchildren soon."

He frowned. "It's not the right time yet."

"You always say that! When will be the right time for you? If I continue to wait, I'll be an old maid by then."

"I told you I'm busy right now. I have a lot of work commitments that I just can't abandon."

"Hyung, you're V! You're already a big star! It won't hurt you even if you take an entire year off or more."

"Jieun! You don't know how brutal it is working in showbiz. Don't talk like you know what it's like! Becoming a big star doesn't give anyone immunity in this industry!"

"Why are you yelling at me?" she whined. "You've become so harsh to me!"

V closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. When he calmed down a little, he said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. I just don't like that you make it sound as if showbiz is easy when it isn't."

"Alright, Hyung," she said. "Even if you're treating me so coldly and harshly, I still love you."

"Mmn." He made a noise, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"So can we marry soon?"

He scowled.

"I think that we should marry soon and prove to everyone that our families are still close as ever! You don't know how my family is suffering right now!" She began sobbing. "Oh Hyung, everyone is mocking us because Manoban Corporation doesn't want to work with our company anymore. They're saying that our families have become estranged and that our wedding is cancelled! My entire family feels so humiliated! My mother and I are both suffering from depression! My dad, brothers and uncles barely have any face left in the business industry. Why is Lisa suddenly acting so cruel to us?!"

"I'm sure my brother has a reason. Don't think too much about it," he told her.

"But Hyung! We can't take the mockery and humiliation any longer! Lisa refuses to give us an explanation. Even when Auntie spoke to him on our behalf, he's still continuing to be cruel to us!"

V didn't like how she was accusing his older brother. He might not be very close to his older brother especially in recent years but Lisa is still family. He felt defensive hearing other people badmouthing his family.

"It's not my brother's fault. He's not the one mocking or humiliating your family. All he did was to reject your company's business proposals. My brother is an excellent businessman. All of us trust in his leadership. I'm sure that he has a logical reason for his decision to reject your company's proposals. Perhaps there's something wrong with the proposals you presented."

"What logical reason? He just clearly hates us! And our proposals are perfect!" Jieun was beyond reason now.

"Stop it! I refuse to talk to you if you continue being unreasonable like this. Stop blaming my brother, do you understand?"

Then he hung up the phone without waiting for her reply.