JENNIE
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"Morning." Lisa's voice was warm as I opened my eyes.
"Morning." I blinked and looked at the clock on the wall. "Wow, we slept the whole evening away?"
"I guess you were tired."
"You didn't sleep?"
"Not until night."
"Oh no, what did you do?"
"Watched you." She said and then laughed. "I didn't expect that to sound so creepy."
"It does sound a bit creepy, doesn't it?" I giggled and my heart soared as she stared at me and leaned down to give me a kiss.
"I'm not a creep." She kissed me harder and ran her hands through my hair. "I promise."
"Hmm, I'll take your word for it." I laughed. "You did kiss my ass yesterday." I flushed at the memory.
"I think I did more than kiss it." She winked at me as she ran her fingers down my stomach and between my legs and rubbed gently.
"Lisa." I groaned and pushed her hand away. "Not now."
"Okay." She laughed and played with my breasts instead. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yes, I did? You?"
"Great." She nodded. "I figured out the secret."
"What secret?"
"The secret to making sure you're not gone in the morning."
"What's the secret?"
"Have sex with you in your apartment." She grinned and I laughed.
"You're an idiot." I ran my fingers down her chest lightly and played with her nipples.
"A sexy idiot."
"I guess." I leaned forward and kissed her chest lightly and she rubbed my back. "So what do we do now?" I asked softly and she froze. I looked up at her with a slight frown and studied her face. "Everything okay?"
"Yes of course." She nodded.
"So what do we do now then?" I asked again.
"I'll do whatever you want me to do, Jen." She kissed the top of my forehead and leaned back.
"Whatever I want you to do?" My heart thudded, those weren't the words I wanted to hear.
"Yes, if you don't want me to go through with the engagement, I'll end it." She nodded.
"What do you want to do?" I cocked my head and studied her face. Didn't she want to end the engagement? I could feel my body growing warm. I should have been happy that she was willing to do what I wanted, but I wasn't. I didn't want her to do what I wanted her to do. I wanted her to do what she wanted to do. I wanted her to be the one to decide to call off the engagement. I wanted her to be the one that made the decision because there was no other option in her mind.
"I don't care." She shrugged, her face indifferent. "Whatever will make you happy."
"Why do you like me, Lisa?" I asked her softly. "I mean asides from me leaving you in the hotel room. Why do you like me?"
"I was intrigued by you the moment I saw you at the church." She stroked my hair. "And I thought you were beautiful and sexy as hell. And sassy too. And then you called me Miracle Tongue and I thought that any girl that has the confidence to hook up at a wedding and then give me a nickname had to be a girl I wanted to get to know better."
"I see." I said and sighed. I didn't know what I was hoping she would say.
"And I'm still intrigued by you. I'm more intrigued by you now, than I was before." She kissed me. "So tell me, Jen. What do you want me to do?"
"You said that you met up with Mino and Jisoo and Haruto that day?" I said and decided to ask her the questions that had been puzzling me. "How do you know Mino?"
"His grandfather and mine grew up together." She said right away. "I've known him since we were young."
"How come we never heard about you or met you when he dated Rosé?"
"I don't know." She shrugged.
"How does Mino know Jisoo?" I said softly. "And why do either of you care what happens to her and the baby."
"It's complicated," Lisa made a face. "I don't think it's important."
"I just want to be able to understand." I sighed.
"Look, I have to go and meet Haruto now." She sat up and pulled me up as well. She kissed me hard over and over again and then pulled back. "Haruto and I need to meet up with Mino to discuss something this morning."
"Oh okay." I frowned and she kissed my cheek.
"Don't be mad at me, okay." She gazed into my eyes. "This whole thing will work out. You just tell me what you want."
"I want you to do what you want to do." I said softly. "I want you to make the decision."
"Okay." She nodded and got out of the bed. "I have to go now. Can I see you later tonight?"
"Yeah, call me." I said trying not to have an attitude.
"I'll see you later, Jen." She jumped out of bed and I watched as she pulled her clothes on and left the room. I lay back with a sigh and closed my eyes. Maybe one day we'd be able to get it right.
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"So you think Mino might be the father of the baby?" Rosé's jaw dropped as we sat in a booth at our local diner and ate mozzarella sticks.
"Yes, it's the only thing that makes any sort of sense." I nodded. "Every time I bring Mino's name up, she acts funny." I sat back. "Crazy right?"
"I can't believe it." She shook her head. "I knew he was a dog, but damn."
"I know, but we know he's shady because he cheated on you with Irene."
"I wonder if he hooked up with Jisoo while he was dating me as well?" She shuddered. "He's fucking gross."
"Tell me about it." I sipped on my coke. "She's such a slut. And now she's marrying my woman." I made a face.
"Why is Lisa marrying her again?" Rosé made a face. "It's not like it's her baby."
"I guess she and Mino are good friends. And well it helps her out as well."
"They can't be that good friends." Rosé said. "I never even heard her name before."
"I know, I was thinking about that as well." I said with a sigh. "So many things don't make sense."
"Oh my God." Rosé leaned forward. "Don't look now, but Jisoo just came into the diner."
"Oh no." I groaned.
"And she's with Haruto."
"Haruto?" My voice rose and I couldn't stop myself from looking over towards the entrance. My jaw dropped as I watched Jisoo and Haruto walking to a booth, with his arm on her back, tenderly stroking her. "What the fuck is going on?" I turned back to Rosé. "Are we in the Twilight Zone?"
"Maybe?" She shook her head and I could see she looked dazed as well. "I'm seriously confused here."
"Me too." And then suddenly it hit me. "What if Haruto is the dad?"
"What?" She frowned.
"What if Haruto is the baby daddy." I nodded as the idea started to make sense. "Maybe Lisa is marrying her because Haruto doesn't want to, but they figure Lisa can because of the inheritance and stuff and this way they make sure the baby is taken better care of."
"I guess that could make sense." She nodded. "I did wonder why Haruto was there last weekend."
"It was odd right? And he kept talking about babies." I nodded. "Shit, I should become a detective." I said excitedly. "Frigging Haruto is the dad."
"But what about Mino?" Rosé frowned.
"Who knows?" I shrugged and we both looked at Jisoo and Haruto smiling and flirting on the other side of the restaurant. "Wait a second, I'm getting a call." I grabbed my phone from my bag and pulled it out. "Hello."
"Hey you." Lisa's voice sounded smooth and sexy.
"Hey you back." I smiled into the phone. "It's Lisa." I mouthed towards Rosé and she grinned.
"What are you doing?"
"Rosé and I are eating."
"Will you be done soon?" She asked softly. "I want to see you."
"Well, I'm with Rosé..." My voice trailed off as I looked at my friend.
"It's fine." Rosé mouthed to me. "I'm going to go home and do my nails."
"You sure?" I asked with a frown.
"Positive." She nodded. "Go and get the dirt from Lisa."
"Okay." I grinned. "You still there, Lisa."
"Yes."
"Okay, I'm downtown. Come and meet me at the bookstore on Steamer Avenue in an hour."
"Okay. I'll see you there in an hour." She said and hung up.
"We're meeting in an hour."
"Sounds good." Rosé grinned. "I can't wait to find out what's going on."
"I already told you." I grinned back at her.
"Okay Sherlock." She laughed and I winked at her, excited to see Lisa and find out what decision she had made.
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"I missed you today." Lisa kissed me and twirled me around.
"I missed you too." I said giddily, happy to see her. "So before we go any further, I have a question to ask you."
"Okay...?" She looked at me with a curious expression.
"Is Haruto, Jisoo's baby daddy?" I rushed out and Lisa's expression looked shocked.
"How did you know?"
"I knew it!" I fist pumped. "Scotland Yard here I come."
"You're moving to England?" She teased me.
"No." I rolled my eyes and laughed. "But seriously, he's the baby daddy?"
"We're not sure. We think so." She sighed. "Do not tell anyone this, but it's either Haruto or Mino."
"What?" My jaw dropped. "They had a gangbang?"
"Jen." Lisa laughed and shook her head. "No, they didn't."
"Then how?" I asked quickly.
"She slept with them both." She sighed. "But based on the dates, we're pretty confident that Haruto is the father."
"Oh wow." I chewed on my lower lip. "That's crazy."
"I take it Jisoo didn't tell you all this."
"No she didn't." I said with a laugh. "I didn't know she was such a slut."
"Jen." She admonished me.
"What? I'm just saying." I giggled as we walked through the bookstore.
"Well now you understand why this is all so complicated." She sighed as we stopped in the self-help section.
"No why?" I frowned.
"Haruto slept with her, but he doesn't want a relationship with her. He doesn't want to be tied to her, but he does want a life with his kid. This seemed to be a perfect solution. I get to marry someone and gain control of the company and Haruto gets to have a relationship with his child."
"Okay." My breathing slowed at her words.
"So this marriage really solves two problems."
"So what are you saying, Lisa? You don't want to end the engagement?"
"We would only be married for a year. That's the amount of time I need to be married before I can gain control of the company."
"So you want to marry my sister and sleep with me on the side?"
"You wouldn't be on the side." She exclaimed angrily. "There is nothing between me and Jisoo, you know that. This is just a business transaction."
"I don't believe this." I shook my head and sighed. "I can't believe you."
"What?"
"Nothing. I'm done." I took a step back. "I'm just so done."
"What? Look if you want me to end it then I will. I was just saying that—"
"Forget it, Lisa. I don't want you to do anything you don't want to do. I want you to end the engagement with Jisoo because you can't go on one more second living a farce. I don't want you to do it because I made you."
"Don't be mad Jen." She reached out to grab my arm and I pushed her away.
"Of course I'm mad." I shouted at her. "Just go home to Jisoo and play happy families and leave me out of it." I ran out of the store and turned my phone off. Was it too much to ask for her to want to make the right decision by herself? Was it really too much to expect? Was I being unreasonable not wanting to share her bed while she was married to my sister? I mean really? Did she really think that was an acceptable solution? Who in their right mind would ever think that was a good plan?
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