The Vicious Wife

Different secret

"President... this..." Secretary Han stuttered. When President Park told him to investigate the accident seven years ago, he discovered some clues that seemed to suggest that President Lilian did not suffer a miscarriage as a result of the car accident. "This is just my speculation... I still need to collect the facts. I..." Secretary Han explained with his head lowered while chastising himself for jumping the gun.

He should have known better than to report on something without any proof to substantiate what he had said, especially with President Park's temper and his obsession with Roseanne.

"How about the doctors and nurses who were present at that time? Any news?" Park Jimin asked grimly.

"We haven't found the doctor. We found two nurses who said that... President Lilian was not bleeding when she arrived at the hospital. She only suffered some scratches from the fall whereas her mother bore the brunt of the impact," Secretary Han answered. "But... our men were able to locate someone who looked like the doctor. He has been living in Malaysia with his wife for six years now. I have already sent someone to check him out."

Park Jimin nodded and let out a long sigh as he leaned back in his chair. Secretary Han was right; there was no concrete proof, it was just some statements from two nurses. For some reason, Park Jimin hoped that Roseanne really had a miscarriage instead, end of story.

Park Jimin knew that the accident had affected Roseanne so much that she went into a depression. He did not want to open up old wounds again. With these in mind, he closed his eyes and calmed his thoughts.

Park Jimin only opened his eyes when Secretary Han announced that Roseanne had arrived.

"Tired?" Roseanne smirked at him as she walked towards the circular table next to his office desk. Roseanne then put down her handbag and made herself comfortable on the swivel chair. Since both of them had only four hours of sleep the other night, it wouldn't be a surprise if he was feeling tired.

"How about you?" he asked before he rose from his seat. He approached her and leaned for a kiss before taking the seat next to Roseanne.

"I am." She nodded before she changed the topic. "I found a place for Anne Group's new head office."

"That's good," Park Jimin said before he signaled Secretary Han to prepare the snacks that he had bought for Roseanne.

Roseanne raised an eyebrow as her lips curled into a smile. Park Jimin had ordered some pastries for her. "Are you trying to make me fat?"

"You are too thin," he answered as he rose from his seat. "Eat more." Then he walked towards his desk.

All these while, Roseanne could tell that he seemed bothered even though he appeared calm. Thinking it could be exhaustion from work, she decided not to ask any questions.

Roseanne started working quietly while occasionally looking up to take a glance at Park Jimin. He looked so calm that it had started to bother Roseanne. Was he mad that news about their marriage had been exposed or that a photo of them was leaked online? But he seemed happy when he was introducing her as his wife last night. So, was it the photo?

Still, Roseanne kept her thoughts to herself and did not say anything about it until lunch.

"You are awfully quiet. I am starting to think that there is something wrong with you," Roseanne blurted out, her gaze steady. "Are you bothered about our picture circulating online? Do you want my help?"

"No. I can deal with that on my own. Don't worry about it," he answered before opening his drawer and taking out a folder. He walked towards Roseanne with the folder and opened it before passing it to her. "I tried to erase traces of all these photos when I first arrived here seven years ago. However, someone left this folder of photos for me this morning. Han Jisung found it on the windshield of my car."

Roseanne immediately examined photos and frowned. These were photos of her and Park Jimin at the bar seven years ago. There were photos of her in his arms and of them dancing and kissing.

"You were the one who got rid of these photos before?" she asked. When her maternal grandmother had found out about the photos and how the media was linking it to Roseanne's failed wedding, she immediately got her people to suppress the news. But to her surprise, someone had already beat her to it and everything was resolved just as Roseanne left South Korea.

"Hmmm..." He nodded. "I was dealing with my father's death at that time so I couldn't come to Korea earlier. By the time I got here, you were already gone."

Roseanne stared at the photos again and narrowed her eyes. It was obvious that these were freshly printed. "Tang Ling thought that she could use these photos to threaten you stay away from me." No one else but Tang Ling had access to these photos. She was the one who had paid for a private investigator to take photos of her that night to begin with. Both of them started to analyze Tang Ling's motive for doing this.

"If she releases these photos to the media once again, you might face opposition in your newly acquired company," Park Jimin analyzed. "The people here are extremely sensitive to scandals like this. The shareholders of A.R Mall and Boutique would likely revolt and gaining their respect would be even more difficult."

Roseanne nodded in agreement. "I think Tang Ling still does not know that I am Roseanne Anne Lilian. I believed she would have already released these photos to the press and put me on a tight spot if she knew. I'm guessing that Kang Daniel had chosen to hide my identity from everyone while he is plotting something against me. On the other hand, Tang Ling also did not inform Daniel and Jihyo about our marriage. If she had, then Daniel would perhaps have told her about my identity by now." A small smile escaped Roseanne's lips.

The current situation was too amusing. Tang Ling had given Park Jimin these images of thinking that he would find Roseanne dirty, unaware that he was the man in those photos. While Daniel was collaborating with Liam to scheme behind her back. Roseanne guessed that Daniel must have told Liam that he would be able to get back with her if they worked together.

This was the only explanation for Liam to have agreed to work together with Daniel.

Each of these people knew a different secret about her but were not telling each other. How much amusing could this situation get?