The Villain's Wife

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After leaving Scarlet City, Jennie checked the time and cursed when she saw that it was almost four in the afternoon. How could she still bring coffee to her husband at this hour? So she decided to cook dinner instead. But first, she needed to shop for groceries.

"Irene," Jennie called.

"Yes, president."

"Go to the nearest bookstore and get me the best-selling recipe book by Gordon Ramsay," she said.

Jennie knew that she was lacking in the culinary department but she was willing to challenge herself and improve her skills. For a start, she would follow Gordon Ramsay's recipes. Nothing could go wrong with that right? Since it would be more convenient to refer to his recipes from a book, she had tasked Irene to purchase a recipe book for her. She was determined to spend more time in the kitchen to experiment and learn for her husband's sake.

Irene nodded and walked away in the opposite direction. As Jennie was making her way to the supermarket, she felt her phone vibrate. Seeing it was her husband, she immediately answered it.

"Hey, are you busy?" Lisa asked.

"Nope. Not at all. I am about to buy some groceries," she said.

"Groceries?" She could hear a tinge of amusement in his voice. "Are you going to cook dinner later?"

"It was supposed to be a surprise," Jennie replied. How was he able to guess? Was she really that easy to read?

Lisa burst out laughing in response. "I will be there in ten minutes. Wait for me. Let's cook dinner together." Then the line went dead, leaving Jennie's mouth hanging open. 'Is he going to leave work just like that? Is he going to use the legendary 'honeymoon phase' excuse again?' Jennie could only shake her head as she smiled to herself.

When Jennie reached the supermarket, she headed straight to the meat section while checking her phone for a previously saved recipe that she had found online. She wanted to try making Gordon Ramsay's sticky pork ribs for dinner tonight. A small smile escaped her lips as she studied the recipe on her phone, already anticipating the outcome of her efforts.

In less than a minute, Jennie arrived at the meat section and after she had picked up the pork ribs, she headed to the vegetables section and started gathering the ingredients one by one while occasionally checking her surroundings to see if her husband was already here.

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Kim Films.

Kai frowned as he played with a pen. "So, you are saying that Zico followed Jennie that night but when you arrived at the terrace, Jennie wasn't there?"

"Yes, you are right. Zico was very pale and he looked fearful," said Yuan, who was sitting across Kai in the latter's office.

"So you think that Jennie might be involved with what happened to the Lee family? That-that is too much, isn't it?" Kai said as fear started to build up inside him again. The Lee family's downfall was the talk of the whole city for days. Their names would still flash in the news sometimes.

"I don't know, because I cannot see any connections," Yuan said.

"Hmmm... Me too." Kai nodded. Today, Yuan had barged into his office and told him about what happened that night of the after-party. Though it was nothing but a story and Yuan claimed that he did not see Jennie at the terrace, a little voice inside Kai was telling him that Jennie was actually involved in the matter of the Lee family.

"Kai... Do you think... Do you think she is exacting revenge on all of us because of what happened at the club? Zico was not with us back then, but he is related to the Kim family. What if..." Yuan did not continue his words, fear apparent in his eyes. What if Jennie went after everyone that had wronged her in the past?