The Wife Is A Superstar 3

Chapter 541 - The Revelation Part I

Gasp!

The guests who were gossiping about Jisoo just now had expressions of shocked disbelief on their faces. What?!! The illegitimate daughter of Jihoon Kim with a mistress was Orchidia Beauty's CFO?!!!

Jennie, Lisa, Faye, Jihoon and the others in their big group led the applause for Jisoo. Those who didn't know who she was—mostly the ones who weren't members of high society—followed suit and clapped their hands as well without hesitation.

"Jisoo Kim? She has the same surname as Senior Jennie. Are they related? They don't look alike, though."

"I think it has been mentioned before in the past that Jennie has an older half-sister. Maybe she's the one?"

Amidst all of these gossiping in the audience, Jisoo gradually felt calmer after seeing her family and friends lead the applause for her. She might not hear them, but she certainly knew that the other guests were talking about her. She didn't mind it, but she worried about her mother who already had a reputation of being her father's mistress despite living a low-profile life away from high society.

However, Faye was a tough and resilient woman when she needed to be.

"Don't worry, my child. Your mother will be alright. I'll attend the official launch. Why do I need to care about what others think and say about me? All I care about is how proud I am of my daughter! Imagine! Faye's daughter is the CFO of a company right after graduating! Mother is so happy! We should always be grateful to your sister for giving you this opportunity," her mother told her a few days ago when Jisoo expressed her concern.

Jisoo stopped worrying too much about it after hearing her mother's assurance. However, her worry returned tonight, especially after seeing the judgmental looks some of the guests from high society were throwing at her mother and the two of them.

But now that she was onstage and introduced as Orchidia Beauty's CFO and also seeing the support of her family and friends, all her worries were washed away. She stood up straighter and her eyes became sharper.

'I am the CFO. I have every right to stand here,' she told herself.

After the applause died down, the emcees prepared to make another introduction.

Jae: "Next, please welcome Miss Chaeng Park! She's Orchidia Beauty's Chief Operating Officer!"

Chaeng stood up and headed to the stage as well to join her best friend, Jisoo, and the others. She walked with confidence and purpose. There was no hesitation in her at all.

"Finally, let's welcome MYSELF, Clover Chua! I also actually work for Orchidia Beauty, too. I'm the CEO's administrative assistant. Just want to let you know. Ehehehe."

The audience laughed at her corkiness. But knowing that she was the CEO's administrative assistant intensified their curiosity about the CEO even more. They weren't even sure if the owner and the CEO were the same person.

'I guess we'll just find out,' they thought.

Jae: "Now, the moment you have been all waiting for has finally arrived! I know that you've been wondering about this for so long."

Everyone sat up straighter and leaned forward, focusing all their attention to what he was saying. They didn't want to miss any of his words.

Jae: "Now please welcome the beautiful young woman who discovered the wonderful homemade skincare products from that local street market in Munich, Germany. With her keen eyes, she was able to spot the special qualities of the products. She gave the Bauer siblings the opportunity to sell their products to all of us, and eventually in the near future to the rest of the world!"

Clover: "Please welcome, the Owner, President, Chief Executive Officer of Orchidia Beauty...and my boss—"

Jae: "Mine too!"

Both: "Miss Jennie Kim!!!"

Stunned silence.

Lisa stood up and started clapping. The Manoban main family did so as well. Grandpa and Jiyong. Jihoon and Jia. Chaerin. Faye. Maestro De Luca and Enrique Valdez. Everyone from Cross Academy. Hou Liang and Wu Chen. Qiao Yu. Alison. All members of the girl squad.

When they started clapping, the other guests followed suit. However, the shock was still evident on their expressions.

The big boss and the other higher-ups from Bright Summit looked at Alison in disbelief.

"Did you know about this?"

Alison could only nod. "Yes, sir."

"Aish. I don't know whether to scold or praise you and Jennie," the big boss said. But in the end, he nodded, a pleased expression on his face. "The grandness of tonight's event, especially with all of these influential guests, will certainly increase Jennie's fame. This is good. Very good. No, it's great! Excellent! Let's hope that she'll be able to make this company of hers successful to maximize the positive effect on her fame."

"I don't think we should worry about that, sir," Alison said. "Jennie knows what she's doing."

"You're right. CEO Lisa Manoban is her fiancé. I'm sure that he'll be able to guide her in running her business. Maybe he'll even bail her out if she ever goes bankrupt."

Alison opened her mouth to argue against what her boss said. However, she decided to hold her tongue instead.

'What bankrupt? Jennie Kim? That workaholic woman whose close eye for details makes even me want to go crazy by how much of a perfectionist she is? I think she has the nose of a bloodhound when it comes to sniffing career and money-making opportunities. She doesn't need CEO Manoban to bail her out of anything. In fact, she doesn't even need him to guide her, except for when she specifically asks for his advice. After all, the legendary business genius Sir Jian is her mentor! It's the case of a genius nurturing a genius!' Alison thought to herself.

As Jennie's manager, Alison was privy to some of the most personal details of her life. It took quite some time before Alison discovered the true relationship between Jennie and Grandpa. She was also able to learn that Jennie was actually a certified genius herself—a student of the legendary school, Cross Academy!

After learning the true extent of Jennie's impressive background, Alison decided to hug Jennie's huge, golden thigh instead of her current boss at Bright Summit. If the entertainment company ever started suppressing Jennie for some stupid reason, Alison wouldn't think twice in abandoning it to work directly for Jennie instead. If that really happened, Bright Summit would be as good as sinking ship, anyway.

Alison knew that beneath Jennie's kindness and generosity lay a ruthless personality. It was just that she had a high tolerance level, preferring to focus on working hard to improve herself rather than reacting to every single person who bothered her.

Unfortunately to Jennie's wannabe enemies, Lisa didn't have such high tolerance. Alison was well aware of how much the man loved Jennie. If he could, he would tie the moon in a pretty bow and gift it to Jennie, plus pluck a few stars from sky to add some sparkles that were better than diamonds.

In the same way that he loved Jennie so deeply that he would give the whole universe to her, he would also be ready to soak the entire universe with the blood of her enemies in order to avenge her.

'With this kind of domineering couple, it's better to stay in their good side—always,' Alison reminded herself.