The Vicious Wife

Fate

"I am not sure why Hope would ask Escort Park to participate in a drinking contest." Lisa tried to put on a serious face but the mirth in her eyes were too obvious. Roseanne and Park Jimin went to join the others after their discussion with Mr. Martin was over.

"Yeah... right." Roseanne rolled her eyes while watching as Park Jimin downed another glass of alcohol. His ears were turning red. It seemed as though Park Jimin and J Hope were having a serious conversation. Roseanne and Lisa couldn't make out what they were talking about because the two were intentionally keeping their volume down as they spoke.

But it was not like Roseanne was bothered about this. She didn't need to know what those two men were talking about. Park Jimin was not someone that J Hope could scare and J Hope was not someone that Park Jimin could intimidate. Given her understanding of the two men, they might even be talking about a business collaboration before this night ends.

"Your man is pretty outstanding," Lisa said while holding her phone. "Guess what he did to that hateful Kang guy?"

Roseanne immediately raised an eyebrow at her friend. "Kang Daniel?"

In response, Lisa nodded before she showed Roseanne a text message which made Roseanne widened her eyes. "I'm guessing he did not tell you about this?" Lisa smirked.

"No he didn't," Roseanne answered as she stared at Park Jimin, her gaze complicated. That man didn't even ask her what happened or what caused her bruise. "How did you know this?"

"There are no secrets in the film industry," Lisa said. "I am impressed by how fast he acted. He must be really angry because that dumb man hurt you."

Roseanne only shrugged as she sipped her drink, her eyes never leaving Park Jimin. From time to time, the latter would look at her and would give her a smile, his eyes beaming with happiness. Right now, Park Jimin was being extremely warm and friendly towards her friends, chuckling occasionally or furrowing his brows in anticipation while he conversed with them.

As Roseanne continued to observe him, she began to wonder if Park Jimin had always been like this - ruthless. Roseanne recalled how she first met Park Jimin or Min when she was only ten years old. At thirteen years old he was already good-looking, though he was a little skinny. Many girls in the orphanage liked him but he did not accept any of their confessions. He was aloof and quiet and didn't talk much to anyone with the exception of one other guy.

Roseanne remembered how she would often see Min sitting under the tree while he watched the other children play. He would either be reading a book about dinosaurs or an english novel. As a ten year old girl, Roseanne's knowledge was limited. She did not know english and so she could not understand what the boy was reading. She couldn't relate to the things he would talk to her about and she found him to be boring.

Then she realized that Min was smart and she found out that his grades were impossibly high. She on the other hand was just an average student, with average grades, who was struggling with math and english. Her grades were pitiful compared to that smart and aloof boy. Roseanne thought that associating herself with a smart boy like Min would only make her look dumber. This was the reason why Roseanne initially avoided him.

But this changed when Park Jimin started to help her in her studies when she was twelve. That was also around the time that Jihyo told the whole school that Roseanne's mother was working as a maid in the Li family, making Roseanne a laughingstock in school. Roseanne was already ostracised for being mixed-blood and when news about her mother began to spread around in school, she got bullied even more.

She was subjected to harsher name-calling. To be called 'shameless' was really hurtful for a girl. There was one time when she was bullied by one of her male classmates at the back of her school and Park Jimin came to her rescue, saving her.

Because of that one encounter, she grew closer to the boy who seemed to blush around her every time. Roseanne was not obtuse about the boy's feelings, she knew that the smart and quiet boy had taken a liking to her. Moreover, his friends also started to tease them and even asked her if she would give him a chance when they grow up.

At that time, Roseanne honestly thought that it was impossible between them, but she was afraid to hurt his feelings. So instead of rejecting him outrightly, she told him that if he worked hard and gain her father's approval in the future, there would be hope for the two of them.

She was twelve and he was fifteen, she didn't think that he would take her words seriously. Heck, she wasn't even serious about what she said. Never in her wildest dreams would she have thought that Park Jimin would still remember what she said fifteen years later.

A small smile escaped Roseanne's lips as she thought their one-night stand seven years ago and how they were married now. If this was not fate, then what is?

"Are you thinking about me?" Roseanne unconsciously nodded when she heard Park Jimin's voice next to her ear. She did not even notice the man approaching her.

"You are?" His next words made Roseanne freeze before she nodded once again. That was the truth, she was indeed thinking about him. What was there to be embarrassed about?