The Villain's Wife (Book 2)

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To his surprise, Jennie didn't hesitate to use her other hand to try and stab him. Unfortunately for Jennie, the man was experienced enough to be able to see through an attack like this. Victor let her go before he took a step back completely avoiding the knife in Jennie's hands. "You crafty little prick."

On the floor, another hissed escaped Jennie's lips, she raised her ashen face and glared at the man. "Fool!" Jennie forced herself to stand up, however, her legs seemed to lose all their strength. Kicking someone bigger than her used a lot of her energy in the process. Because of this, all muscles in her leg ache. Her body ached.

"Where is it!?" Victor asked. Since Jennie didn't give them the file, she still has value to them. The sound of someone's footsteps interrupted the two. Mr. Kuznetsov strode inside the room, his face morphed into an ugly scowl.

"Why did you hurt her?" Seeing Jennie's pale face and swollen hand, Mr. Kuznetsov's face turned uglier. "Why did you touch her?"

"She punched me." The other replied. "I didn't touch her."

"Hmph! Now that she's hurt, we can't just let her go. Take her with us." Mr. Kuznetsov said in a grim tone. "Take..." Mr. Kuznetsov wasn't able to finish his words when he heard Jennie's chuckle.

"You fool." Jennie's words made Mr. Kuznetsov snort.

"Victor fooled you! Aren't you the fool one?"

"Is that so?" She raised an eyebrow. Her pale face showed no weakness— something that came truly unexpected. However, the two men immediately understood that Jennie was only pretending to act strongly now. How could she just bow down to them? Jennie's arrogance knows no bounds, she would rather die than bow down to a traitor.

Having these thoughts in mind, Mr. Kuznetsov let out a burst of boisterous laughter. "You are truly entertaining." He remembered the box earlier that was full of ash. Fucking ashes. "You wanted to know who is who?" He asked. Just like Victor, he realized that Jennie actually fooled them. She wanted to know who the traitor was. "And yet, you didn't know that a traitor had always stood by your side since you started your reign in the business world?" His provoking words were followed by his mocking laughter. "That Irene is working for the Order." Then his face changed. He narrowed his eyes at Jennie's unyielding face. "You already know this?"

Jennie snorted in response. Of course Jennie knew that Irene was a spy. Lilian personally recruited Irene. However, Jennie knew if this was true. She had long considered the possibility that Irene was someone assigned by the organization themselves. They wanted someone close to Jennie to keep an eye on her, and Irene is just the perfect person for that matter.

"Hah! It seems you are really smart." He said. "When did you figure out that Victor was the traitor?" From the ashes on that box, it was pretty obvious that Jennie already knew Victor was someone that cannot be trusted. However, Mr. Kuznetsov knew that Victor was nothing but a good actor so far. The man even fooled Lilian!

Of course, Mr. Kuznetsov didn't know that the reason why Victor easily fooled Lilian is that she had long trusted him. He was someone she saved after all. In a world where everyone around Lilian always died, she had long considered everyone around her as her close confidant. Like a younger brother and sister.

"Why would I tell you?" Jennie countered. The pain in her hand had worsened, she knew that once this would continue, her consciousness would leave her. Still, she showed no sign of pain or defeat. She knew he would come soon. All she needed was to buy some time for him. Jennie snorted and turned her head away. She inwardly gritted her teeth.

In reality, Jennie didn't know that Victor was a traitor. However, she did this experiment or operation as Lisa would call it, to reveal the people who wanted the file for their own personal usage. Jennie figured that the reason Lilian was killed was not that she refused to give the file to the order but because she refused to give it to one person. Lilian must have found that one of them wanted to use this for his own country.