The Villain's Wife (Book 2)

274

To Jennie and Lisa, Harringfort is somewhat childish. He likes gambling, and he gets irritated quickly. If someone described him this way, they would think that he is another rich young master who loves women, alcohol and expensive toys. However, if he was dumb, would he really survive this long while dealing with drug dealers, terrorists and world leaders?

After Harringforts conversation with Lisa the other night, he had decided to step back and observe. By now, Harringfort had concluded that something is indeed wrong in this situation. Why would they insist on protecting Jennie as if she was a piece of treasure?

To Harringfort, humans are like plastic things that one can buy online. Most of them are not thick enough to survive. While some are pretty useful, one could not deny that they are easily replaceable. And Harringfort could not understand why Jennie had to be special when she can barely defend herself.

According to the information that he had personally gathered, Jennie is not an expert in both firearms and martial arts. She does not even drive her car and does not know how to cook. Her physical strength should be below the average lady who knows how to do these menial jobs.

While Harringfort understood that Jennie's value was on her level of analysis, he also happens to know a few other people like Jennie. Smart, cunning, more ruthless and some of them were trained killers.

So... why Jennie?

All night, Harringfort had been thinking about this matter. Instead of planning Pierre Weber's assassination, he was forced to analyze things about Jennie and the organization. As far as Harringfort knew, the organization was the one responsible for Lilian's death. They even killed Jennie's Grandmother Kim to stop her from informing Jennie about the information that she knew.

With the organization that willingly kills every person that could expose Jennie the whole truth, Harringfort could not help but wonder if it was really worth it. Back then, Lilian was a force that not many could handle. She was not only smart but ruthless and deadly.

So, why kill her and not make anyone replace her seat? Instead, the organization waited for Jennie to mature and replace her. Since Harringfort Is not a part of the council, he does not have access to the information that the council had.

He only follows their orders without even asking questions- and even if he could ask, he would instead choose to stay silent and carry on with his duties. After all, he was saved by the organization a long time ago.

At that time- well maybe until now, Harringfort knew that the things that he did were to help humanity survive this jungle of a world. He might have harmed a lot of people, but he solely believes that he had saved thousands as well.

So what if he had organized assassinations before? These actions were enough to cause a riot in some countries; it had caused damages and killed a lot of people. But without the chaos, there would be no changes. Without the revolution, there would be no new beginnings.

Until last night, Harringfort had never been so skeptical about the things that he knew before. He had never been so uncertain about the council's words. However, seeing how easily they want him to kill Pierre Weber just because of a plan, Harringfort could not help but wonder what the real goal of the council was.

In his eyes, there is no need to kill Pierre Weber as he had a lot of people following behind them. He is working against the government of Luxembourg because he sincerely believes that he could make significant changes. Moreover, he also thought that he was in the right. In Pierre's mind, there is something wrong with the government.

While that may not be necessarily true, Pierre believed it wholeheartedly. And this belief is the reason why some people chose to follow him. For Harringfort, this is the first stage of a revolution. A leader with the impression that he was right.