Forgotten Memories | JENSOO [18+]

Chapter Fifty: The New Lives

Their new lives began. Neither knew of the other's difficulty that first week with Jinwoo and bedtime.

If Jinwoo was with one parent, he wanted the other. His happy little face filled with tears, ripping their hearts to shreds.

Yet, each day they'd report to the other things were going well.

Jennie had devised a way of helping that made the second week much easier. She'd converted a conference room near her office into a play area and hired a sitter to be with Jinwoo during the days he wasn't off to pre-school.

This gave Jinwoo the opportunity to see his parents throughout the day if they were in their offices, and to see them working together.

In front of Jinwoo, a happy family. Their issues set aside for the sake of their son. Privately, on the nights they were without Jinwoo, each felt the loneliness deep inside.

Both stubbornly telling themselves this would pass and get easier... with time.

Weeks passed since the scene in Jisoo's office. Explaining changes to the crews had them confused.

Jennie was now a partner with authority. The loss of Yeri and Lalisa was a shock to the employees, no explanations given.

Over the first couple of weeks, acceptance of Jennie grew and they all welcomed her.

Jennie met with foremen from Jisoo's sites to determine new orders while Jisoo became familiar with Lalisa's sites.

New orders were placed and were arriving in record time getting the sites up and running and back on track.

Jisoo sat in her office daily feeling confused and overwhelmed. Jennie had done as she'd said she would, finding a townhouse for her and Jinwoo close by the house.

She had been angry at Jennie dismissing Yeri without her knowledge, but was impressed with the replacement receptionist Jennie hired in her place.

Lia worked hard, picked up on things quickly, and was becoming an asset Jisoo hadn't imagined.

Yeri had been such a part of the Ark since it began, not seeing her in the reception area felt odd.

Jennie had taken up residence in Lalisa's office. When they first opened the office, an adjoining door had been built between the two partners offices.

Jisoo and Lalisa never had the sliding door open over the past few years. With Jennie in the next office, unless one of them had meetings or phone calls to make, the door was always open.

Jisoo could sit at her desk and hear Jennie movements, hear her soft voice as she'd speak with various people, and smell her soft perfume as it'd waft over.

Not the perfume that told Jisoo she wanted sex. This was a softer, more feminine scent that sent the same pool of blood south as the other.

It had never been the perfume that made Jisoo want Jennie. She just simply wanted Jennie.

Jennie had taken one of the conference rooms near the kitchen and converted that into a lunch room. She'd find time most days to cook up a special treat for anyone who wanted or was able to eat lunch.

Jisoo's foremen would make comments on being fed better at work than by their wives at home. Jennie was turning this place into a comfortable place to work again. At least for Jisoo's employees.

Jisoo came out of her office and approached Lia.

"Have you been able to make any headway with our designer?" Jisoo asked her.

"I'm sorry, Architect Kim. Perhaps they're busy with the holidays," Lia offered.

Jisoo didn't like this. Yeri, up until this senior housing project, had been able to work out their end smoothly.