I Can't Read You
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Jennie Kim was meant to inherit an empire.
But her grandmother gave her an ultimatum:
No driver. No company.
She agreed, thinking it was just another restriction.
She was wrong.
Because the driver assigned to her was Lisa Manoban.
The girl who once loved her.
The girl who vanished before graduation.
The girl who was supposed to be at the top of her class... and never made it.
Now Lisa stands beside her, eyes lowered, calling her Miss Jennie,
pretending she doesn't still orbit around her.
But Jennie remembers.
The devotion.
The way Lisa looked at her like she was everything.
And this time, Lisa isn't chasing her anymore.
Lisa never asked Jennie Kim to love her,
She only learned how to survive loving her.
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Six years ago, Jennie Kim had a one-night stand with a stranger under neon lights. She never learned her name. Only her face. Now she owns a small flower shop and raises her bloomed flower, peacefully, quietly, safely. Until fate drags her into a grand corporate event. The chandeliers glow. The crowd applauds. And the newly appointed President of Manoban Enterprises steps onto the stage. Lisa Manoban. Powerful. Untouchable. And the woman Jennie never forgot. Lisa never saw her. A big obstacle was between them, and Jennie decided to keep it a secret. But. Some secrets don't stay buried. Some love stories bloom. And this one began with a single, unforgettable night.
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Lisa (G!P) Jennie Kim has built her life on control and unwilling to let anyone close. But one night, when her friends hand her a name and a number, she crosses a line she swore she never would. Lisa was supposed to be nothing more than a distraction. Just someone Jennie could call when the loneliness became too much. But Lisa isn't forgettable. She's warmth in the cold, laughter in the silence, and the one person who makes Jennie's carefully built walls begin to crack. What starts as late-night encounters turns into something Jennie refuses to name. Until a secret decision shatters the fragile line between them. When Lisa discovers the truth, she doesn't just walk away. She chooses herself, leaving Jennie to face the one thing she never know. Loss. For the first time, the woman who had everything is left with nothing. No control. No escape. Only the hollow ache of realizing too late what Lisa truly meant. And some wounds don't heal easily... especially when love was never supposed to be part of the deal.Complete
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"Take responsibility for your actions, Manobal." Nearly slamming her head on the wall tripping on her knees, she scratched the back of her neck nervously. "How?" As if she asked the stupidest question on this planet or if she walked out of an unpolluted location Jennie Kim raised an eyebrow that one look was enough for Lisa to get the cue. How dare you, Manobal, question me. Don't you know who I am? You're fired! Jump off my building! Don't show me your face ever again! Lisa could practically hear those words echoing in her mind. She shook her head, trying to banish the mental tirade, and cleared her throat with a timid smile. "I mean, it- it was just ...a hug. Nothing happe-" She paused as Jennie Kim's lips curled. " Pathetic excuse, disappointing isn't it, must be good for liars. " Swallowing back the questions Lisa had to blink twice to confirm her eyes weren't mistaken because the simple curl of Jennie Kim's lips twisted upward into a smile. Bad. Jennie Kim doesn't do smile. The grin spread wider. Her heart sped louder. This is so freaking bad. "Ma'am I-" "Put a ring on your actions." A what? Alas, Lisa looked at the grand glass windows. Just tell me to jump off already, woman. The grim is also waiting to take her soul today surely. _____ Lisa always has an incredible ability to be in the worst situations at the wrong time only to meet the wrong person. In her 24-year life, she has ambitions, responsibility, a family to be happy with. But maybe a lover to knot with, to watch the spiciest movies, to hold hands in secrecy still pretending to be strangers to hide she seeks. And her fate seals her wishes cause again Lalisa Manobal got into the worst situation. At the wrong time. She unwantedly found the wrong person or maybe it was always the right one. Still, somehow, even with all the layers the woman who is her boss, AKA also her legal wife, would wear, the moment when Jennie Kim's arms wrapped around. Lisa knew she was screwed up for a long time.
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Jennie Kim's life had always been simple. Mornings behind the counter of her aunt's coffee shop, evenings spent buried in medical textbooks, and nights sitting by her father's hospital bed, whispering promises she wasn't sure she could keep. But everything changed the day her father's debts came knocking. Manoban Corp - a name that could silence entire boardrooms - held the chains to her father's failed company. And standing at the head of it all was Lisa Manoban: the cold, untouchable CEO with an empire at her feet and eyes that never betrayed a flicker of mercy. Jennie went to her office expecting rejection, maybe humiliation. She didn't expect an offer. "Be mine," Lisa said simply, as if it were the easiest transaction in the world. "A girlfriend for the cameras. In exchange, your father's debts disappear, and his hospital bills are taken care of." It was supposed to be a deal - insensitive, calculated, a cruel mockery of love. But deals have a way of blurring into something else when the heart becomes collateral. Jennie was smart enough to know better. She was cool enough to hide her trembling. But behind her brave eyes was the truth she could never admit: she was just a girl, soft and fragile, carrying a weight too heavy for her shoulders. And Lisa, who had never known what it meant to love, was about to learn that some exchanges can't be calculated. Because in the world of power and desperation, the only thing more dangerous than debt... was love itself.Complete
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Jennie Kim doesn't get attached. As the city's youngest CEO, she's too busy being perfect-and too cold to care. But then there's Lisa, her annoyingly charming intern who's more familiar than she should be. Years ago, Lisa gave Jennie an umbrella in the middle of a storm. Now, Jennie's determined to keep her close-even if Lisa has no idea why. Because some storms leave marks you can't forget. Jenlisa | Lisa G!P
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