The Wife Is A Superstar 4

Chapter 608 - Traitorous Thoughts

Jennie tilted her head to the side as she looked at V. "Lisa won't get mad at me for something like that."

"Yeah. Big Bro gets mad at ME. Never at you, his beloved wife," V replied. There was a little whine in his voice which everyone in the office detected except for Jennie who still retained some of her denseness. On top of the subtle whining, his manager Sejin also detected a bit of envy and loneliness.

Jennie didn't notice any of these, instead muttering, "Lisa gets mad at me sometimes."

"Oh?" V's eyes lit up, burying his hidden feelings behind a teasing expression. "What kind of naughty things did you do for that wife-doting brother of mine to get mad at you, Sister Ruby?"

She opened her mouth and was about to answer but decided to shut up instead, refusing to say anything no matter how many times V teased her. Guilt pricked her as she remembered all the times when she locked herself in her computer rooms, both in Gold Heights penthouse and Dragon Palace mansion, where she became absorbed with hacking, making Lisa and everyone in their household constantly worried about her.

Lisa had been very angry at her on those occasions but his anger didn't last long because she always managed to soften him up. Indeed, he rarely got mad at her and if he did, it didn't last long.

The guilty feeling disappeared and was overpowered by her love for Lisa. Her thoughts became filled with him to the point that she had forgotten that she was in a meeting with V and their managers at the moment. She felt warm all over and couldn't wait to see Lisa again at home tonight. She had intended on correcting V's repeated comments about her being Lisa's wife because they hadn't married yet, so technically she was still Lisa's fiancée, not his wife. Not yet, at least. However, she had forgotten all about it as thoughts of her honey filled her mind.

V scowled when he saw the love-filled expression on her face.

'So stupid,' he thought, even as envy and loneliness threatened to overwhelm him deep inside. It was so obvious how in love Jennie and his older brother were of each other. His brother was truly a lucky man to find such a beautiful and extraordinary woman as his wife. 'Stop it,' he mentally scolded himself and forcefully stopped himself from harbouring desirous thoughts about his brother's woman.

"The two of you, stop getting distracted!" Sejin scolded them.

"Yes, especially you, Jennie. You're very behind in your promotional work," Alison added in a stern voice. "We have many things to cover during this meeting and we don't have much time until we all need to leave and head for your first guest appearance later."

Jennie's back straightened and her expression immediately turned serious. "My apologies, Sejin, Ali. Please continue the meeting."

V also did the same thing and forced his expression to look serious but struggled to pay attention, especially since he kept on getting distracted by the sweet scent of his brother's woman near him. Endless guilt ate at him as he tried to fight his traitorous thoughts.

Then all of a sudden, an image of an annoying and bossy woman popped in his mind.

'Hey, Mr. Indecisive Diva! Stop acting like a pussy and get back to work! Focus and stop dilly-dallying!' Chaeng barked in his head.

"Fuck," he muttered and then growled, "Stay out of my fucking mind."

Everyone looked at him like he had gone insane. And perhaps he really was going insane. That woman, Chaeng Park, was so annoying that she would pop up inside his head now and then without any warning to annoy him.

He would even have nightmares about her sometimes where she always rejected his ideas for his men's product line for Orchidia Beauty and pushed the launch date sooner than planned without any advance notice. These nightmares frightened him so much that he would wake up in the middle of the night shivering in the cold and sweating buckets. Then he would jump off the bed to jot down ideas for his men's line instead of returning to sleep just so his nightmares about her wouldn't come true in real life.

In a way, these nightmares benefitted him because they were forcing him to come up with more creative ideas while at the same time decreasing the moments he felt indecisive about his choices for his men's line. In turn, it lessened Chaeng's nagging, giving V a respite but still didn't decrease his opinion that she was a bossy and annoying woman.

"Are you alright?" Jennie asked him.

"Huh? What? Yes. Yes, of course. I'm alright," he replied, clearly still distracted.

"Hello? Man, we're in a meeting! Get your head back in the game! We have lots of work to do now that Jennie is back," Sejin told him in exasperation.

"Ehehe."

Alison glared at the giggling Jae who immediately shut up but not before waggling his eyebrows at the distracted V. Jae could feel it in his bones that V was thinking about a woman—two women to be exact—based on his changing expressions.

The first woman was already taken and off-limits, as evident from V's regretful expression that he always tried so hard to hide. The woman in question was dense to V's feelings but most of the others, including Jae, could sense it. Jae had a feeling that his sir boss also knew about V's feelings, hence why Lisa was sometimes so mean to his younger brother.

The second woman was—ehehe. Jae knew who it was based on V's irritated look. There was only one woman who Jae knew could make the male superstar look like he ate something sour. That was another headstrong and stubborn woman. She and V were so preoccupied by their mutual "dislike" of each other that they were failing to realize the growing attraction between them.

"Ehehehe."

"Wonjae!"

Once again, Jae shut up after being scolded by Alison.

Back to V, it took a few more seconds but he was finally able to focus in the meeting. He might be a ladies' man—not denying that fact—but when it came to work, he was always serious and gave his all. Their meeting commenced in no time with no further distractions.

After the meeting, all of them left Bright Summit and headed to their first work together since the bomb incident. It was a quick guest appearance on a popular variety show.

V didn't realize yet that his own efforts at killing his own traitorous feelings for his brother's woman were ineffective but a single thought about a certain bossy and annoying woman completely redirected his thoughts.

"This prince's latest idea for my men's line is flawless. Let's see if you still have any room to complain. Hmph," he muttered under his breath while on the road with Sejin and his assistants in his executive van.

"What did you say?" Sejin asked.

"Nothing."

And they drove on while V stewed in irritation about a certain bossy woman.