Lisa Manoban is a woman who built her life on control. Cold, calculated, and untouchable in the business world, she has no room for mistakes-especially not in her personal life. As a single mother, she raises her five-year-old daughter, Ella, with strict boundaries and carefully chosen words. Including one lie, "Your mommy is just working far away." Ella never questioned it. She simply smiled, waited... and believed. Sweet, kind, and full of warmth, Ella grows up with a heart big enough to love even the absence of someone she has never met. Jennie Kim, on the other hand, lives a life filled with noise, laughter, and chaos. The youngest and only daughter among five siblings, she grew up surrounded by love-messy, loud, imperfect love. Despite the struggles of a simple life, Jennie carries warmth everywhere she goes, working as a waitress and part-time mascot just to help her family. Until one ordinary afternoon, A child runs. A mother panics. A stranger falls. And in the middle of it all... A single word changes everything. "Mommy!" In a moment of innocence, Ella wraps her arms around a stranger and calls her the one thing she has been missing her whole life. Now, Jennie is pretending. Lisa is allowing it. And Ella is believing every second of it. But what happens when pretend starts to feel real and no one wants to let go?

Lisa Manoban works early mornings and late afternoons at Brew Haven, a cozy little coffee shop tucked between busy city streets. She juggles long shifts to support her family while making sure her energetic younger sibling Chiquita can focus on school and sports. One morning, a new regular walks in. Jennie Ruby Jane Kim. She's the CEO of a successful company nearby and initially only comes in for coffee during her hectic mornings. Lisa finds Jennie intimidating at first-she's always in crisp suits, typing on her phone, and speaking in confident, businesslike tones. But Jennie keeps coming back. Eventually, small conversations start forming between them: about coffee preferences, rainy mornings, and Lisa's exhaustion from work. Jennie slowly discovers Lisa's dedication to her family, while Lisa begins seeing the warm, caring side Jennie. Meanwhile, chaos brews outside the coffee shop. Chiquita meets Ahyeon at a community sports event and the two quickly become inseparable. Chiquita teaches Ahyeon how to play basketball while Ahyeon drags Canny into school fairs and art booths. Their friendship slowly turns into innocent young love. Through them, Lisa and Jennie's worlds collide more often. The twist is - either pair realizes their sibling/niece are secretly dating too. While Lisa and Jennie awkwardly navigate their growing feelings - Chiquita and Ahyeon are doing the exact same thing on the side.

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Jennie Kim is a bright, childish, and incredibly innocent 22-year-old girl who lost her parents at a young age. Clingy, affectionate, and still healing from her trauma, she only has one person in the world her older sister, Jisoo Kim, the ruthless and powerful CEO of the Kim Empire. When Jisoo arranges a marriage of convenience with the feared ice queen of the business world, Lalisa Manoban, to secure a major alliance, Jennie is terrified. "How can I marry someone so cold and scary, Unnie?" Lalisa Manoban 26, cold, merciless, and a workaholic CEO of the Manoban Group has no interest in love or marriage. She only agrees for business. To her, Jennie is nothing but a childish burden she has to tolerate. But living under the same roof with someone who calls her "Lili" in the sweetest voice, crawls into her bed during thunderstorms, draws silly pictures for her, and secretly becomes incredibly possessive and dominant behind closed doors... slowly starts melting the ice around Lisa's heart. What happens when the innocent sunshine meets the ruthless ice queen? Will Lisa's cold heart finally warm up?

Y/N thought moving into a quiet neighborhood meant peace until she met Mina, her serious (and suspiciously gorgeous) next-door neighbor, and Mina's bratty little daughter, Sori, a lil tornado. Mina, still learning to live again after loss, isn't looking for love. Especially not with her annoyingly charming, loud, and too-kind-for-her-own-good neighbour. Oh, and did we mention the 6-year-old is her biggest shipper? Welcome to the neighborhood. It's a mess. [ I'm in love- in love with the girl next door 🎧 🎶 ] Achievement 🥇 #1 Twice #1 Mina #1 Twicemina (25/4/25-25/5/16)

"How do you tell your best friend she's the only one you've ever wanted, when the whole world is watching?" For Jennie Kim, being a member of the global sensation BLACKPINK is a dream come true, but it comes with a heavy price: silence. For six years-stretching back to their grueling trainee days-Jennie has carried a secret that weighs more than the pressure of fame. She is hopelessly in love with her bandmate, Lisa Manoban. To Jennie, Lisa is the "carbon copy" of everything bright in her life, yet she remains paralyzed by the fear that a single confession could shatter their friendship and jeopardize the group's future. Lisa Manoban is the light to Jennie's shadow-loyal, stubborn, and blissfully unaware of the storm raging inside her "Nini." But Lisa is carrying a secret of her own. For three months, she has been navigating a hidden romance with Jungkook, a secret that makes her smile at her phone in the middle of the night and pull away from Jennie's touch just a little too quickly. When a series of missed connections, "manager" excuses, and a glimpse of a hidden message bring the truth to the surface, the foundation of their bond begins to crack. As the lines between friendship and something deeper blur, Jennie must decide if she will finally find the courage to speak her truth, or if she will stay silent and watch the love of her life walk into the arms of someone else. In the world of idols, some things are better left unsaid. But some loves are too loud to stay unspoken. #jenlisa #jentop

Highest ranking: 1st #lalisaqmanoban : 3rd #lisa : 2nd #nini Published on May 22/2020 with love My one and only kpop world blackpink, and in memory of north Nellie

Jennie doesn't know what goes on in her dorm mates/crush's head. Lisa is quiet, cold and distant... or is she? Jennie thinks Lisa hates her, but her friends think other wise. "She hates me!" "Jennie, she's staring right at you." "Shes glaring! Not staring!" Jennie is so damn oblivious. -Short Story-

[CMPLTD] Lisa Manoban is a scholarship student whose brilliant potential attracts the dangerous attention of Jennie Kim, the school's powerful and manipulative elite. As Jennie systematically eliminates every distraction-including Lisa's best friend Jungkook-Lisa finds herself trading chaotic freedom for terrifying, hyper-focused success. But when gratitude curdles into an undeniable crush, the lines between mentorship and mania dissolve. When a cryptic riddle reveals Jennie's perfect control is built on murder, Lisa must face the ultimate betrayal: Is the person she loves a protector or a predator? Trapped with a treacherous ally, Jisoo, and observed by the chillingly pragmatic Nayeon, Lisa's life becomes a deadly cipher. This is a story of genius, obsession, and the devastating cost of unconditional control. Can she calculate the ultimate escape before the gilded cage becomes her tomb? - I miss reading "My Sweet Psycho" so why not make a story of my own. #1 jenlisa - 12/20/25 #1 jenniekim - 12/22/25

Synopsis: Jennie believes she is loved, carefully, beautifully, and under watchful hands. Her life beside the perfect Kim Jongin looks enviable from the outside, even as it quietly asks her to become smaller. When an unexpected marriage ties her to someone who doesn't demand, correct, or cage her, Jennie begins to feel something unfamiliar: choice. What starts as a polished romance unravels into a story of denial, obsession, and the dangerous pull between control and freedom-where love can feel intoxicating, peaceful and entirely free.