The Villain's Wife

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Jennie smiled the moment she opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was her husband staring at her lovingly. The fact that his head was propped on his hand as a blissful smile graced his face suggested that he'd been up worshipping her for some time. "Are you going to just stare at me all day? What about breakfast?" Jennie asked with laughter apparent in her tone.

"Done," he answered before his lips captured hers. "Do you have plans for today?" he asked.

"What kind of question is that? It's Tuesday, I am planning to go to work. Don't you have plans to go to work today?"

"I'm not talking about work," he clarified before handing a folder to Jennie. She lazily arched an eyebrow as she accepted the folder and opened it.

"Taehyung hacked into your computer?"

Lisa nodded. "He made sure to let me know that it was him. What a jerk."

"And did he find anything important?" she asked.

"Nah... the jerk lacked the skills to breach my firewall. Turns out that the trouble that I encountered with the back security yesterday was also him. I was able to trace it to his place. The jerk happily sent me some emojis. I can see him enjoying this. Aside from having mental issues, he must not be in demand as an actor as he clearly has loads of free time," Lisa said as he let his petty side roam freely.

Jennie remained silent as she continued reading the contents of the file. A bit of intel piqued her interest: "Yifei is planning to visit the Kim Family in Seoul?" she asked.

"She is coming with her husband, Chuan, as well as Hao and the Patriarch of the family. For some reason... I have the impression that they don't know that Taehyung is here," he answered.

Jennie went silent for a second, her gaze on the ceiling as she pressed the folder to her chest. Lisa assumed that she would start scheming with this new bit of intel, and he was right. Jennie needed to know what Taehyung wanted from her, and she needed to know as soon as possible.

"First and foremost, Korea is a patriarchal country. Certain roles are firmly established in most of the prominent families, so allowing or encouraging Taehyung to pursue acting instead of forcing him to study business management makes no sense at all, especially when you consider the fact that he is the only male in his generation. All of his cousins are females. He is also the only legitimate heir, but instead of using him and his brilliant mind they chose a mediocre female cousin to become the CEO of their company. This makes no sense at all," Jennie said. Most families would unanimously choose a genius male over a mediocre female to run their company.

Some families force their heirs to study business, even if they love and their passion for a profession lies in another direction.. How could the Kim Family be any different? Moreover, Taehyung is the son of the eldest son of the patriarch. He is a senior in both intelligence and birthright. So how could he chose acting instead of running a company that he was born to manage? Why would the Kim Family allow such a thing to happen?

"This family is very complicated," Lisa said. "However, I believe it has something to do with Chuan's inability to walk. If my guess is right, then after his accident years ago, his father placed all of his hope son his second son, Hao, and now that Hao is too old to be truly impactful as a leader, he's given the position to his only daughter. While she is mediocre and lacks any outstanding talents, she is very shrewd and cruel. With her father as her adviser, she is qualified enough to run a company."

"Hmmm..." Jennie nodded. "Well... I will take this one step at a time. Someday, the truth will reveal itself." The first thing she needed to do was talk with Taehyung and clarify his purpose in looking for her.