The Villain's Wife

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Rumors about Jennie's not so pleasant encounter with a certain group of people at the London Village Stables started spreading like a fire among the socialite circle. Did they think that Jennie would let this incident pass just because they knew one another?

People started ridiculing the group of men and women for behaving poorly in front of someone like Jennie and offending her. After all, Jennie Kim's identity was also not simple. She might not be the Queen bee but the Queen bee was surely afraid of her. Just because Jennie had been courteous, they had forgotten that she was someone capable of creating storms with only her wits and that her smile was her weapon.

While some people sympathized with the group yet at the same time felt that they only had themselves to blame for their foolishness.

After Jennie and Lisa were done with riding, they decided to head back to Jennie's apartment and enjoy the remaining hours in each other's company. After all, Lisa was set to fly to New York the next day while Jennie would be flying back to Korea.

The events that transpired earlier did not even bother them and they both acted as if nothing unpleasant had happened. When Jennie thought about how Lisa had made the effort to socialize with her acquaintances earlier, it made her a little happy. She thought that perhaps Lisa didn't want to embarrass her by being standoffish.

"Hey... why are you not possessive?" Jennie shifted in her chair and crossed her legs, before propping her chin into her palms with her elbows resting on the kitchen countertop, as she watched Lisa cook their dinner.

"What do you mean?" he asked, confused. He eyed Jennie for a while before turning his attention back on the steak that was searing in the pan.

"Handsome and hot CEOs should be cold, overly jealous and possessive. I mean... that's what the novels say. You could be jealous more and behave more childishly like...giving your competition a cold stare or something?" she explained, still staring at his sexy back. Though Lisa had said that he was jealous, he didn't act like it.

Lisa remained calm even when Luke didn't bother to hide his intentions for Jennie and didn't get angry when he was rude to him. On top of that, he remained polite even when her acquaintances at the park were disrespectful to him. This was not what Jennie would have expected a jealous man to behave.

Lisa only laughed at Jennie's words which made her raise an eyebrow at him. "You are not a thing to be owned and possessed," he said, while keeping his eyes on the stove. "But this does not mean that you are not the center of my world, because trust me... you are. If one partner is too possessive, the other partner will only feel caged and suffocated. That partner's world will shrink and she will probably feel guilty if she doesn't do what her partner wants. Now that is not a healthy relationship."

"Who wants to be in an unhealthy relationship?" he added as he flipped the steak to sear the other side. "Being overly possessive is a sign of emotional immaturity and neurotic insecurity. Are you saying that you want me to be immature and neurotic?" He laughed again.

"I thought you never had a girlfriend before? Where did you learn all these things?" Jennie asked. Lisa actually had a point. For an accomplished woman like her and at her age, she wouldn't want to be with a man who was possessive to the point of being childish, who would limit her world just to ease his insecurities.

For Jennie, possessiveness was a sign of low self-esteem and fear of rejection. A person with these traits usually have a need to be in control of things.

Just like her. Her past molded her to become like this. She was aware of her shortcomings.

"My adoptive father used to tell me that when two people are in a relationship, both are equals. No one should feel entitled to lord over the other." This time, Lisa turned around to look at Jennie. "I won't pretend that I don't have a certain degree of fear or insecurity. I do fear that I might lose you again. I am also insecure whenever I think about how there might be someone out there who is better than me," he said earnestly while staring into Jennie's eyes. "But, I trust you."