The Villain's Wife (Book 2)

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"You seem to fear my talents. President Manoban." Jennie chortled. Leaning on the couch, Jennie started leisurely sipping on her tea. "I am a woman of many talents. Some of these talents are obviously scary but my cooking is not one of those."

"That- that is not my point."

Jennie responded with another chuckle before shaking her head. "I know. You only want to have my cooking for yourself. That's quite selfish, but I love it." Jennie said as she laughed. His adorable reactions every time she brought this topic up was just.... too cute."I will gift my bags and you gift your paintings. Now... let's talk about the schedule that you just told me earlier." Her face turned serious. "I thought you would be accompanying me in Luxembourg?"

"I will."

"What do you- "

"I am coming with you. I will also arrive on the fifth. But only you know this."

Jennie raised an eyebrow. "What exactly do you want to see?"

"I just decided to only tell you my schedule. Not a big deal." Shrugging, he smiled at her. "No need to worry. I just want to practice unpredictability."

For a few seconds, Jennie was silent. Unpredictability, huh.

...

For both Jennie and Lisa the Christmas season was one of the busiest times of the year. It had a lot of events, invitations and sending gifts to companies in collaboration with them. Both had their own companies to handle and both needed to attend some events and functions for the holiday. Aside from this, a lot of magazines had already scheduled some interviews with them to discuss the next year's events and their plans for the company in the coming year.

Soon, Christmas eve came. With Lisa's parents, Lisa, Jennie, Taehyung, Sehun, Irene and Seulgi enjoyed a sumptuous dinner followed by a joyous exchange of gifts. Each of them had given each other a gift. After that, they had a quiet night with everyone under the huge Christmas tree. Chatting and drinking some alcohol while Jennie had some tea.

Two days after Christmas, Jisoo and Chaeng arrived in Seoul for them to spend the new year's with everyone at The Peak.

"You are buying a house in France?" Jennie smiled when she heard Chaeng's news. "What's wrong?" she asked. "That's not the face of someone who is going to buy a house soon."

"I will be away from you." Chaeng pouted in response. "I was originally planning to stay with you while you gave birth and help you take care of the baby."

"But? Is this even about the house?"

"Well... partly. I am going to direct a film, a Hollywood one. I am using the funds for the payment of the house."

"Wait...wait.... Hold on. Let me get this clear. " Jennie squinted her eyes as she continued. "Payment." For a few seconds, Jennie stared at her friend's face. "You mean... Jisoo is not going to pay for the house? That man is loaded! What are you talking about?"

"Hey! Before you chastise me, you should hear me out!" Jisoo chimed in from the side where he was drinking with Lisa and Sehun. "That friend of yours insisted that we each pay half the price. It's a mansion located on a hill! It's not cheap. It will eat away everything that she had saved over the years. I told her that I can take care of everything but no... you know how her brain works. You should convince her and just let me pay for everything."

"Heh," Chaeng took a sip of her juice. "You talk as if I'm crazy. I am an independent woman of the twentieth century! I don't need your money!"

Jennie immediately burst out laughing when she heard the exact words that she once said to Lisa. "So you are going to spend all your savings for a house because of your pride?"