After V and Chaeng left, Jennie and Lisa didn't leave immediately. Instead, Jennie took some time to appreciate the congratulatory flower arrangements and gift baskets that friends and acquaintances sent Liberté.
One of the most conspicuous was a huge flower arrangement with a shining black star in the middle. Her fans sent it. The fan club's president, Zhou Mei (a.k.a. CaptainBlackStar), signed it on behalf of everyone.
Other notable members of the Black Stars sent their own congratulatory presents including Madame Wan (a.k.a. MrsLovePhantom) and her three posh friends—Si Xin (a.k.a. JJNumber1Fan and the Chief of Police's wife), Bai Li (a.k.a. JJNumber2Fan), and Kung Mian (JJNumber2Fan).
Hou Liang (a.k.a. MonkeyFace) and Wu Chen (a.k.a. iEatSlippers) also sent a huge flower arrangement on behalf of their gaming company, Planet Monkey.
Jennie stopped by an adorable flower arrangement which featured white and black stuffed toy cats. The card said that it was sent by KittyBaby and PantherBaby of the BlackStars.
She showed her husband the card.
Lisa smiled. What he didn't tell his wife was that he knew all about their AI cat children's gift for the grand opening of their mother's Liberté perfumery. In fact, he helped Louis and Luka choose a design that their mother would surely appreciate. And he was right. Jennie almost couldn't take her eyes off the adorable stuffed toy cats.
"Let's have Clover save them after today and send them to you later," he suggested.
Her eyes lit up. "Okay."
They moved on to the other congratulatory presents.
There were many sent by Jennie and Lisa's family and closest friends.
Jiyong, Jisoo, and their twins. Jisoo's mother, Faye, sent something.
Mingyu, Hoyeon, and Little Jun.
Jae, who came with them to Paris, still prepared a fabulous flower basket with sparkly ribbons. He also prepared a separate one to represent his family, as instructed by his parents.
Alice also asked Jae to prepare one for her as well.
Jihoon and Jia sent their own congratulatory present.
Jay sent one as well, causing Jennie to feel surprised for a moment. But only for a moment. Her relationship with Jay had already improved a lot after they agreed to become allies at Kim Industries. When she thought about it more deeply, it wasn't that surprising that he would send Liberté a congratulatory gift.
The most surprising, however, was Donghwi. The man sent the simplest and smallest basket. If Lisa hadn't accidentally kicked it on the floor, Jennie wouldn't have noticed it. She picked it up and read the card. It read:
"Congratulations on Liberté's grand opening, from Donghwi."
Jennie raised an eyebrow and handed the card to Lisa. He read it with a cold face. Then he tucked the card back into the small basket and placed it back along the other flower arrangements.
"Don't overthink it, love."
She nodded.
Indeed, there was no use in overthinking about Donghwi's motives. Her conscience was clear. His wasn't.
Sending presents like this couldn't prove whether the man was sincere or not. He needed to show it through his actions.
Next, Jennie chuckled after discovering that the over-the-top flower curtain snaking throughout one of the walls was sent by Grandpa. She thought that it was a last-minute decoration addition by the organizer. Fortunately, the flower curtain was beautiful and matched Liberté's aesthetics.
Chaerin also sent something together with her husband, Vizconde Marco Sebastian del Aguila y Gonzales.
"Isn't the vizconde still in a coma?" Jennie whispered.
"En, this congratulatory present should be Chaerin's idea," Lisa said.
Jennie frowned. "Are you sure? I don't think she's that type of person to remember unless we repeatedly remind her."
Then her eyes caught something. The next gift basket came from René Alejandro. "Ah. He must have reminded Chaerin."
Lisa made an affirmative sound in his throat. His tone was dismissive of the Spaniard.
Although René Alejandro had shown some goodwill toward him and his wife before he and Chaerin left for Barbados to take care of the injured vizconde, Lisa still couldn't find it in himself to treat the Spaniard like a friend. Even so, it was difficult to slap a smiling face.
Jennie frowned and tilted her head to the side upon reading who sent the next flower arrangement. Curious, Lisa leaned over and took a look. He scowled.
It was from Emilio Miguel.
The gorgeous man who René Alejandro introduced as his older brother, a fellow orphan that the vizconde sponsored. Unfortunately, the vizconde only formally adopted René Alejandro.
Lisa still remembered his intense jealousy after seeing the stunned reaction of his wife when they first met Emilio Miguel at an auction. Jennie had admitted back then that she found the man extremely handsome. However, that wasn't what upset him.
It was the way that Emilio Miguel had ogled Jennie that made Lisa want to punch the man's face. It was utterly disrespectful to look at someone else's woman with clear lust in his eyes. Lisa would never forget it.
Just remembering it was enough to put him in a bad mood. Without even thinking, he grabbed the flower arrangement and the card, called one of their bodyguards, and ordered for the flowers to be disposed of.
Jennie didn't say anything. She, too, hated the way the man looked at her back then. It felt like Emilio Miguel had been peeling her clothes off with his eyes.
The husband and wife had a tacit agreement not to comment about it anymore. They moved on to the other congratulatory gifts.
Fortunately for them, Clover who noticed something amiss with the couple reacted quickly and told a little white lie to the nearby curious customers. "CEO Manoban is allergic to that kind of small flowers. That's why he had it taken away."
"Oh~" The customers believed her and no longer thought about the incident. They continued browsing around the shop.
Jennie's Cross Academy friends also sent a variety of lovely flower arrangements.
Ashandra Knightson was unable to attend today's grand opening to the public because she had to prepare for her art exhibition in a couple of days. But she did send a beautiful flower basket so artfully arranged that Jennie took it and displayed it in a more prominent position in the middle of the store.
AJ Zheneres, Theresa Blipsburg, and Florence O'Sevan all sent flower baskets as well. In addition, Amanpio Kileksky sent an enormous flower wreath on behalf of their other schoolmates including Michael Exlorsson, Logann Wiztein, and Trumann Seekerton.
Cross Academy's Headmaster, Professor Erwan Dupont.
Cross Academy's admissions counsellor, Giulia Moretti.
Jennie's foreign languages instructors, Professor Kalisha Schwartz and Professor Hisakawa Akio.
Her music mentors, Maestro Ludovico de Luca, and of course, the legendary hitmaker Enrique Valdez.
Grandpa's old friends and fellow Cross Academy alumnus also sent simple flower arrangements.
The French magnate.
The nerdy tech billionaire.
Sheikha Amira and her friend, the daughter of a British marquess.
Director Jabar Wilkins.
People from Jennie's Orchidia family including:
Alric Bauer, Orchidia's Chief Product Officer.
Alona Bauer, Orchidia Germany's head.
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The Wife Is A Superstar 8
FanfictionA world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night. She is reborn into the body of Jennie Kim, a pop...
