MR. Jeon, The Heart Bandit | L.K Adaptation

Chapter 177

Lisa nodded. "Of course!"

"What about Daddy?" There's no way the little one would sleep with Jungkook!

Afraid of looking at Jungkook and be frightened by his look, she said, "He'll sleep alone".

"Oh, yeah!" The little one happily stopped crying and rolling around, and instead started having a disco dance on the sofa.

Jungkook could only watch as Lisa carried the little one into his bedroom and closed the door, the vein on his temples throbbing as darkness fell over his face.

He took out his phone and called the welfare home, but hung up in seconds and smashed his phone on the coffee table in irritation.

This bleeding disaster!

****

The next morning.

As Lisa washed up, a figure wobbled behind her.

Lisa found as she brushed her teeth and gargled. The moment she looked up she was struck by beauty.

He was very tall, just as his feet was on the longer side. The sun glittered as it shone over his black short hair, and he looked much warmer.

Lisa spat out a mouthful of water and coughed a few times, while someone gently rubbed her back, his voice carrying morning languidness and charm. "Why are you so careless?"

Wiping her mouth, she voided looking at him. "I'm fine".

"Let's get breakfast".

"Okay...." Lisa followed him outside to find the little one already having her breakfast, with oil overflowing around his mouth and stuffed cheeks. Afraid that he would choke, she quickly went to him, giving him some milk to let thing flow.

Then, she sat down with Jungkook also sitting down opposite her. His sleeves were rolled up slightly, exposing slightly protruding veins but his long and slim hand remained like art.

He was elegant even when eating, showing both refinement and culture.

Lisa quickly withdrew her gaze, lowered her head for some sips of milk but still managed to choke and cough a few times.

Jungkook frowned at the splatters of milk remaining around her mouth.

"Don't move". He drew a tissue paper even as he spoke, stood up and went round the table, arching his back and lowering his head as he wiped her mouth gently.

Lisa's entire body stiffened, and she stared fixedly at Jungkook, blushing slightly.

She didn't know what was with her today that she was so mesmerized with his handsomeness she couldn't turn away.

Coughing, she asked casually, "Why aren't you dressed formally today?"

In their time together, she realized that Jungkook's aesthetics were a simple black and white, all western formal clothes and rarely any casual wear.

Still, Jungkook flatly mouthed, "Mind your own business".

"...."

Was it alright say something so mood-killing?

****

After breakfast, the couple sent the little one to kindergarten.

"Baby, study well and play nice with your classmates, but don't play bridal room!" Lisa's eyes turned sharp at the last part.

She was especially upset when she imagined young girls flocking around her son.

The little one smiled, revealing rows of stark-white teeth. "Yes, Ma'am! See you Mommy, Daddy!"

****

Soon, they returned to KBS International.

Bang Chan followed Jungkook into his office and asked conspiringly, "How was it, Boss? Did Sister-in-law like your fashion today?"

Jungkook's face was cold. "Nope".

She didn't even look at him!

Bang Chan was stunned and he quickly explained, "Sister-in-law isn't most women, Boss! Hear me out, take her to a luxury couple's dinner at noon today! She will be moved to tears!"

Jungkook lowered his eyes and though about it. Fiddling around with his pen for what felt like a minute, he then looked up. "Go make the reservation".

"Alright!"

Jungkook stared at his computer, but he did not have the mood to work.

Bang Chan was right sacrifices had to be made before a relationship becomes stable and for the woman to fall in love, and he had already paid up.

He did not want things to be completely unable to leave him and love him very terribly.

That way, he would no longer have to worry that she would fall in love with other men.

Jungkook touched his own lips with his fingers and narrowed his eyes, before changing his desktop wallpaper to a photo of Lisa.

It was a photo of her from a web encyclopedia, in a summary about her as a fashion designer.

She was wearing simple black-and-white working clothes with her hair loose, her eyes knitted in a smile without any loss of charm.

Jungkook became more upset the more he looked, however. He didn't have a single photo of Lisa in his phone at all.

And in his point of view, that photo of her was soulless.

Still, he found his boring work much more interesting after seeing her.

****

In Lisa's office, Jisoo was explaining to her about the annual rookie contest.

Chiefly organized by KBS International and Lee Group, it was held yearly in River Town.

A model and a designer would jointly participate in the contest, and it was judged by two criteria. However, it was the winning model who would sign an agreement with the company to be the year's top model.

Lisa was a little bemused at that. "Why would they want a designer if their main purpose is to pick a model?"

Jisoo put a finger on her lips as she thought about it for a moment. "I heard that the rookie contest gathers much attention every year and gets a high viewership. Minnie told me that there are also many veterans and not everyone in the rookie contest are newcomers. To put it bluntly, they are just there to type it up, and it's the same for designers too...."

Then, the Jisoo spoke, the more felt that something wasn't right. "That old bag Park said that having you join the contest is for your own exposure so that you could be trending again. Damn it, Lili, isn't Park mocking you? Why couldn't I tell at the time!?"

Although it had turned out that Park wasn't the culprit in Bae Suzy's incident, Lisa still did not have a good opinion of her.

That said, she was already used to her mocking.

"Doesn't that mean that the rookie contest is just a program for old folks to hype themselves up?"

"Maybe...." Jisoo replied. "And I heard that Ahn Hwasa is joining the contest too! Damn it, with her status outside the country, joining means she clearly isn't giving newcomers a chance".

Lisa frowned. "And I have the feeling that it's already decided amongst the judges that she would win".

Jisoo nodded. "I have the same feeling too!"

"So?" Lisa lifted a brow. "So? What do you think? Should I join?"

Jisoo slammed her hand on the table. "You're the Chief Fashion Designer Of KBS. Of course you have to join! By the way, I heard the Lee Group's chief designer would be participating as well, and their partner is that model Kim Yerim who is way past her prime. Look like their company would definitely try to hype her expiry date....that woman must not be a simple person!".

Lisa herself had heard of Kim Yerim: she debuted as a young model at sixteen, becoming Lee Group's top model at twenty, before she basically became anonymous and never heard from after her scandal with married man at twenty-two.

Interesting.