The Wife is a Superstar 1

Chapter 192 - You're Not His Papa!

Jihoon was the first one to recover. He cleared his throat and nodded stiffly.

"CEO Manoban, welcome to our home," he said. "Thank you for coming today with my daughter to join us for dinner."

"Father-in-law, please call me Lisa. I already told you before that there's no need to be so formal between us," Lisa said smoothly.

Jennie tugged at his arm. "Lis, why are you calling my father 'Father-in-law'? I don't think that's right."

"Hm? We're boyfriend and girlfriend. It's normal for a boyfriend to call his girlfriend's family like this. So don't think too much about the literal meaning. Okay, baby?"

She tilted her head to the side. "Really? This is normal?"

"Of course, baby. It's very normal," Lisa told her seriously.

"Oh. Okay, then."

Hearing their conversation, the people around them were shouting in their minds, 'No, it's not! Young Miss, your boyfriend is acting too forward! You're not married yet! Don't believe him!' However, they didn't have the courage to say their thoughts out loud because the boyfriend in question was Lisa Manoban. Even their Master Jihoon was respectful to him as fellow businessmen.

Jihoon's emotions at the moment were rather complicated. On one hand, he personally approved of Lisa. He thought that his daughter couldn't ask for anyone better for a boyfriend (and perhaps later as a husband). If the two really married, his daughter would become the next Madam of Manoban Corporation, automatically placing her at the top of the hierarchy in their social circles. This was already more than he could hope for when it came to this daughter of his.

On the other hand, Jihoon felt enraged watching the man dupe his own daughter right in front of everybody. Was his daughter this naïve? How could she believe such a ridiculous thing? Or was she too in love with Lisa that she would believe every word coming out from his mouth?

Jihoon had the strongest urge to tell Lisa off from his daughter and maybe even throw a punch or two at his cold, handsome face. He never thought that he would experience this kind of situation with his daughter Jennie—that of a father feeling threatened by a wild man taking his precious daughter away.

Noticing her husband's discomfort, Jia patted his lower back. The atmosphere was very awkward, so she hurriedly thought of a way to lighten it. Her eyes landed on the toddler laying his little head on Lisa's shoulder.

"Oh my! What a cute baby!" she exclaimed.

Both Jennie and Lisa's expressions softened, though it was hard to notice the difference on the latter's expression if one didn't know him enough.

"Yes, he's cute. His name is Little Jun," Jennie replied. Then she gave a meaningful look at the still frozen and stupefied Donghwi. She tried several times to silently give him the chance to introduce his own son himself, but Donghwi was still staring like a stupid idiot at Lisa. 'How useless,' she thought, pursing her lips.

She gently tapped the toddler. "Little Jun, come and meet your Grandpa and Grandma."

Little Jun immediately straightened, but wrapped his little arms tightly around Lisa's neck. He looked over at Jihoon and Jia warily, pressing his little body closer to Lisa. Although he seemed to recognize his father, Donghwi was standing too far away that he wasn't sure whether it was really his Dada. Besides, he felt safer with his Papa and Mama.

"Oh! So his name is Little Jun? How adorable!" Jia said.

"Little Jun, say hello to Grandpa and Grandma," Jennie said.

Little Jun looked at Jennie and then pointed at Jihoon and Jia's direction. Jennie smiled and nodded encouragingly. Little Jun turned to them and babbled an unintelligible greeting, and then looked at Jennie again.

"Mama!"

Jennie chuckled. "Good job, Little Jun."

Then Little Jun looked at Lisa. "Papa?"

"En. Good job," Lisa said.

Little Jun giggled and clapped his little hands.

Everyone around them, excluding Jae and Alice, were shocked. Jihoon looked confused, while Jia covered her open mouth with her hand. Suddenly they heard Donghwi's voice. He finally regained sense from his frozen state.

"What Papa?!" he roared. "Why is my son calling you Papa?! You're not his Papa! I am!"

The servants standing close by, especially the maids, all gasped when they heard their Young Master's words.

Donghwi marched angrily towards Jennie and Lisa. He intended to snatch Little Jun away from Lisa's arms, but when Little Jun saw his angry face, he got scared and started wailing. Donghwi immediately stopped in his tracks, unsure of what to do. He turned to Jennie and gave her a 'do something' look.

Jennie sighed and rolled her eyes. "You scared him," she told Donghwi before taking the distressed toddler from Lisa.

She started rocking him. "You're okay, Little Jun. Don't be scared anymore. That's your Daddy. See? Look."

Little Jun buried his crying face against Jennie's neck, refusing to open his eyes and look at anyone. Jae and Alice hurried over and tried their best to coax the child out of his fright.

Donghwi felt guilty and anxious that he made his son cry. He felt a painful pinch within his chest seeing his own son refusing to look at him. Then he turned to Lisa with an accusing expression.

At first, Donghwi felt thoroughly shocked that his little sister introduced the President-CEO of Manoban Corporation as her boyfriend. He never expected this kind of development, but the evidence was in front of him. As the current top businessman (except when the legendary business genius Kwon Jian was in the country), Lisa was someone Donghwi admired and wanted to be like.

However, when he heard his own beloved son refer to Lisa as "Papa", he just couldn't accept it. His son was his son! If Lisa wanted a son, he should make his own!

Lisa noticed that Donghwi was glaring at him. He frowned, not liking it.

As everyone focused on comforting Little Jun, the two grown men who the child referred to as his "Papa" and "Dada" looked like they were going to fight at any second.