The Villain's Wife (Book 2)

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Meanwhile, Jennie was completely unaware of the Earl's insidious plans. Despite thinking about ghosts and the haunted paintings inside the palace, Jennie still fell asleep the moment she went inside the room. It was because she was really tired from the flight. When dinner time came, Jennie asked Taehyung to tell them that she was going to rest. Of course, everyone understood why she was exhausted.

"President, Taehyung told me that the madam is already sleeping. Instead of having dinner, she just had some bread and decided to go back to sleep." Seulgi said as he handed a tablet to Lisa. "This is what I have so far about Mr. Harringfort." He said.

Lisa only nodded in response. They were already in the car towards the Grand Ducal Palace where Lisa scheduled a meeting with the Grand Duke before going to see Jennie. "What do we have here?"

"Mr. Harringfort tried to invite the Madam for a meeting during her break earlier this year. Of course, she immediately refused such an arrangement because of her health. This was when she was looking into the Corneels Oil Company." Seulgi started explaining every public thing that they knew about Harringfort. " He tried to invite her again but the Madam already told Miss Bae to tell him she would be busy for the rest of the year. So Miss Bae informed Mr. Harringfort's secretary and they haven't heard from Mr. Harringfort again. Also, based on my research Mr. Harringfort only saw Princess Eliza once after their engagement. After that... he just vanished into thin air and would sometimes send her chocolates and flowers but that was it. Not many people know of this, however, Taehyung confirmed this from his... research."

"And the Grand Duke?"

"Well Grand Duke Phil and Mr. Harringfort's communication never stopped. In fact, we were able to trace a lot of calls from Mr. Harringfort to the Grand Duke. Much more than the number of calls he did towards Princess Eliza.

"Hmmm... the engagement had been announced more than a year ago. Before we saw the Royal Family last year in Skopelos. But... they only saw each other once?" he raised an eyebrow. "The man must have been very busy."

"I was not able to get a schedule. Since he is a very private person. And their cyber security is also very hard to get into. Even Taehyung said it was comparable to the security of the white house in the US. However, it doesn't mean that it's unbreachable. We just needed some time to do it. But as I was saying, because we can't get ahold of his schedule we looked into the records of his private flights. The man is indeed a frequent traveler. He has been to a lot of countries but he never stayed in one country for more than a week. The man was practically living in his plane."

"Somewhat predictable for a businessman." Lisa answered. "So he tried to schedule a meeting with my wife." The man was already in his late twenties... a Royalty who was engaged to another Royalty. It did not take too long for Lisa to connect the dots. Slowly, a sinister smile bloomed on Jennie's face. "So... he was supposed to be my wife's fiance, huh."

Seulgi shivered when he saw Lisa smile like that. He immediately wondered how he was able to conclude such things. "President... I think..."

Lisa turned towards him. "Harringfort should be Jennie's fiance if... her grandfather became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Their ages match." While this was nothing but an assumption based on his data, he could not help but believe that this one was indeed real. After all, he did not miss the anger in Harringfort's eyes every time that he stared at Lisa when they were playing a game.It was as if, Lisa owed him something when in fact, it was the first time that he spoke with Harringfort.

Lisa had been wondering why the man had been trying to emphasize that he came from the orphanage and treated him with nothing but disgust because of his upbringing. Lisa thought that it was only because Harringfort was irritated that Lisa actually crippled his men. However, it seems that the hatred stemed from jealousy.