Hostile Takeover - JENLISA

For years, Jennie Kim has carried a quiet hostility toward Lalisa Manoban, one she never explains and Lisa never fully understands.

To the world, they are successful CEOs moving in the same elite circles. To Jennie, Lisa represents a standard she has not reached yet. To Lisa, Jennie is complicated. Sharp, frustrating, and undeniably brilliant. A pain in the ass more often than not, but never someone she truly hates. So Lisa plays along, meets Jennie's sharp edges with her own, and lets the rivalry exist without ever fully believing in it.

When circumstances force them closer, Lisa begins to look beyond the constant tension and carefully chosen words, noticing the cracks in Jennie's defenses. What starts as reluctant proximity turns into quiet support, late conversations, and a growing awareness that their shared past holds more than bitterness. It holds hurt, fear, and feelings neither of them ever allowed themselves to name.

As Lisa helps Jennie confront the problem she has been running from, both of them are pushed to face the truth behind their so-called hostility and the pull that has been there all along.

Because sometimes the most hostile takeover is not of a company.

It is of a heart that never learned how to let go.

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