You Got Me (JenLisa)

Chapter 53

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Jennie asked with an icy tone as she straightened up in a manner that made her look more petrifying, especially when she tilted her head a little to the side, as though she was taking a better look at her prey. Probably calculating how she would attack and where.

“Nothing. Where’s Lek, by the way? He’s supposed to do that and not you,” Pranpriya replied cautiously, backing away just in case, until her back hit the wall. So much for trying to impose her royal influence to a feisty Kim.

“Your good butler is serving the adults in the study, Your Highness. And since you were too unaccommodating to him earlier, your mother thought I should try to persuade you to at least eat something 'because it’s not like you to go to bed with an empty stomach,' she said,” Jennie replied, still looking displeased but her tone was now a little subdued.  

“You’re a guest,” Pranpriya said weakly, pointing out the obvious and regretted it instantly when she saw Jennie’s brows shot up and her cat eyes flashing dagger-looks again.

“Yes, Lisa. Thank you. Exacty. Which is why I’m curious how you could just left me there alone to deal with all of it?” Jennie said, her hands now tucked inside the side pockets of her trousers. She had changed her white Chanel dress for a more laid-back cotton white tee that hugs her bodice perfectly, and was tucked inside a pair of loose brown trousers. For a petite of a woman with an additional three-inch heels of her stiletto, Jennie Kim sure did look intimidating and commanding when she activates that side of her. Gone was the cute and soft Jennie when she’s mad mad and Pranpriya knew better than to provoke Jennie Kim more than she already did.

“I’m sorry,” Her Highness said and she meant it with all her heart. And because she couldn’t think of anything else to say. She was leaning her back on the wall behind her. Her right foot was prodding aimlessly on the thick carpet, disturbing its threads because she couldn’t bear to look Jennie in the eyes without feeling bad about what she did.

Jennie shook her head and sighed. “Exactly how many times do I have to hear that from you tonight, Lisa?” she said exasperatingly.

Pranpriya looked up and met the Korean’s gaze. “I’m honestly really sorry. There’s no excuse for what I did. I know I shouldn’t have done that and I’m not proud of it, Jennie. But it’s exactly the reason why I did not join dinner. Because I don’t think I still have the face to show up there in front of you and your mom like the arrogant brat that I am and because in the first place, I did not sign up for that,” she said.

“And you think I did? You think it was some warm meet-the-parents kind of dinner? It wasn’t. Was it welcoming? No. Did I have fun? Definitely no. And I knew it would be something like that but I still went because I thought you’d be there. It would have been more bearable and less dragging had you been there, you know? Your presence would have made a lot of difference,” Jennie said, looking hurt.

“I was being selfish and I wasn’t thinking, I know. But I was hurt and I am angry. You heard him, too. You heard what he said, Jennie,” Her Highness argued while clenching her jaws. She looked away when she felt her eyes started to sting. 

Jennie gave her a long look. She sighed before she said, “Look, I understand that you’re hurt and angry but this isn’t just about you, Lili. This is about us now. Because as much as I want to deny it, this also affects me and everything about me as much as it does to you. I’m honestly on the brink of losing the company – not that I blame you. It's never your fault.” She paused and heaved another long breath. “We could’ve talked about it like the adults that we are, you know? We could have put our heads together and tell them, tell your father, explain to him that he doesn’t need to bar you from going back to my country because we have come up with a better solution. But no. We missed that chance because you chose to walk away instead of fixing the situation.”