It was unfortunate for the reporters that the interview time ran out. They tried to ask more questions but the staff was polite yet firm in rejecting them. It didn't help that CEO Manoban quickly stood beside his wife, effectively blocking them with his cold and intimidating aura.
They were once again reminded that Jennie is no longer just a normal celebrity. She is now the Young Madam of the Manoban family. Her status had greatly changed after her marriage. They could no longer approach her like before.
Never mind if they couldn't ask her anymore. CEO Hou Liang's bombshell was enough material.
The grand opening ceremony ended on schedule. The reporters wasted no time in returning to their companies to submit their stories.
Later, Jennie and Lisa's group were on their way home. Jae followed them in another car while updating all of Jennie's social media accounts with today's grand opening.
Now that the event was done, Jennie felt completely drained. She burrowed deeper in her husband's arms while deeply inhaling his scent. A soft sigh of satisfaction escaped her red lips. The husband and wife cuddled in the backseat.
Lisa kissed her forehead and pulled a blanket over her. "Feel sick?"
She shook her head.
Due to her pregnancy, she had to make the decision of forgoing an extravagant grand opening for M Holdings. She originally wanted to make the grand opening of M Holdings more special and lavish than the grand launch of Orchidia Beauty, but sadly, such an event might put unnecessary stress on her health.
Between the health of her twins and M Holdings, she chose her babies. She could always throw a bigger bash for M Holdings in the future after she gave birth safely anyway.
Outside the bubble of love between the husband and wife, the revelation that Jennie Kim is the mysterious owner of Planet Monkey started appearing in the headlines. It wasn't even half an hour since the grand opening event of M Holdings ended.
Louis was the first one to detect the news stories but he didn't want to disturb his tired and drowsy mommy, so he alerted his Uncle Jae in the other car instead.
Jae is already experienced when it came to things like this. He quickly contacted Alison and passed the responsibility of crafting an official statement to JLV Studio.
Back to the husband and wife, Lisa's phone vibrated. He fished it out of his pocket and saw Jae's message about the headlines and the actions he had just taken.
The sleepy Jennie noticed his movements. "What's that?"
He showed her.
She chuckled, her eyes glinting with mischief. "Everybody will talk about that for a while and not notice that I'm wearing looser and thicker clothing than what I normally wear before."
Lisa's hand touched her small baby bump hiding beneath her clothes. "We'll be the ones to decide when we'll reveal to the world that we're expecting and not the paparazzi or others who don't care about publishing scoops without consent."
"Yes."
When they arrived home, Jennie received a surprise the moment she stepped inside.
"Congrats, Ruby my girl!" Grandpa's lively voice boomed. "This old man is so proud of you!"
It wasn't only him who was present. Grandma and Chitthip, Lisa's mother, were there as well.
V and Chaeng also arrived before Jennie and Lisa. Clover is also virtually present via the tablet that Jae carried.
Hou Liang sent his apologies for not following them because things were hectic at Planet Monkey. He and Wu Chen (a.k.a. the original iEatSlippers) really couldn't afford to be gone from the company for too long at this time.
As for the Gold Heights representative, he wasn't invited to this private gathering because Jennie only had a business relationship with him and nothing more.
"Cheers, Little Sister." Jisoo handed her a glass of coconut juice with little bits of pulp.
Beside her, Jiyong also handed Lisa a flute of champagne.
Jihoon and Jia came together as well. Alice also took time off from slaving away on her popular webtoon to celebrate with everyone.
Hoyeon carried her son, Little Jun. Standing not too far away from her is Mingyu and Jackson. Unfortunately, Haruto was unable to come because he is on hospital duty.
Even Jennie's music mentor, Enrique Valdez came.
Lisa raised his flute of champagne. Everyone followed suit. Jennie and Jisoo also raised their glasses of coconut juice.
"To my wife and M Holdings," he said.
"CHEERS!!!"
Jennie's earlier exhaustion is now gone. She couldn't stop smiling as she received everyone's congratulations.
It turned out that even though they decided to throw a rather simple grand opening ceremony for M Holdings and not invite many guests, Lisa still wanted to throw her a special private celebratory party with their loved ones at home.
Her eyes watered when she learned about his thoughtfulness. "Thank you, hon."
"My pleasure, love."
It is Monday during work hours so not everyone that Lisa invited to the private party was able to come. Hence, their usual group was incomplete. These people still sent congratulatory messages and presents to Dragon Palace Home #10 for Jennie though.
The group moved to the same room where they celebrated Christmas. They ate and drank while chatting with each other.
Moments later, the door opened.
"Rubbbbby, where are yooooouuuuu?" a familiar female voice interrupted. "Mother is heeeeeeeere~"
Everyone watched as Chaerin strutted inside as if she was on the catwalk (as always). Randy, the Zumba instructor, came with her. There was a third person.
Jiyong's eyes flashed with hostility. He looked ready to pounce and was only stopped by a nervous Jisoo's firm hand.
René Alejandro greeted everyone with his dimpled smile. He didn't seem bothered by Jiyong's antagonism at all. He just ignored the man.
The newly arrived trio headed straight to Jennie and Lisa for a greeting before each handing Jennie a present of congratulations.
"Thank you," Jennie told them with a sincere smile while petting the cats.
She was too happy to feel annoyed at Chaerin, the prima donna, who believed that the star of the show should always be late.
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The Wife Is A Superstar 7
FanfictionA world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night. She is reborn into the body of Jennie Kim, a pop...