The Vicious Wife

The perfect woman

George Arison stared at Roseanne, his face unfathomable. "I have what you want," he said as he recalled how Roseanne bravely accepted a deal from him just a day after Lily Anne's death.

The memory of their meeting was still so clear in his mind that he could even remember the sinister smile on Roseanne's face when he told her he needed her help to deal with Sofia. George Arison sought Roseanne for her help to find a way to divorce Sofia without being too obvious that he was the one who was trying to end the marriage.

George was Sofia's betrothed since they were children. However, fate had different plans for them. When George went to college, he met a girl named Paulina and immediately fell in love with her.

When George approached Paulina with the intention of getting to know her better, she avoided him like a plague because of his status. She wasn't comfortable being around people like George who was treated like royalty in college because he had the looks and money. She didn't think that someone like George would simply approach someone of her status without having any ulterior motive.

Paulina lacked confidence in herself as she came from a humble background and her family was poor. Her mother was sick and couldn't work outside and the heavy financial burden fell on Paulina's shoulders.

Paulina had to take on two part-time jobs just to make ends meet. She worked as a clerk in a small company on her free days in college and a cashier in a retail shop during the weekends. Most of the money she earned went to paying for her tuition fees and to pay for her mother's medical expenses.

Because Paulina was avoiding him in college, George sought to find another way to get close to her. That was when George came to know about Paulina's part-time work as a clerk in a small company.

An idea sprouted in his mind and George went to ask his father for permission to do some work outside the family's business, starting at the entry-level worker in a small company to gain valuable industry experience. He reasoned that he wanted to step out of his comfort zone. George interest to learn made his father happy and he agreed without asking too many questions.

So George 'coincidentally' entered the same company as Paulina of course and he ardently pursued her at work. Perhaps it was George's persistence and sincerity, Paulina was eventually won over by him and she agreed to be with him. George was overcome with happiness as Paulina was his first love.

However, this happiness did not last for long as Sofia came back, having completed her studies abroad in the US.

When his father found out about Paulina, he pressured George to put an end to things with her. His father told him that someone like Paulina would add nothing into his life. Happiness? That was not worth anything to his father. His father also reminded him that he was engaged to Sofia and now that they were both mature adults, they need to start on building a relationship with each other.

George tried to fight for Paulina but his father threatened him with Paulina's life if he remained stubborn and refused to end things with her. Left with no choice, George broke up with Paulina. While he was still mending his broken heart, he entered into a relationship with Sofia. After all, It was his father's wish that he gets along with his betrothed.

But as time went by, George still hadn't gotten over Paulina. Whenever he got drunk, he often mistook Sofia for Paulina and would call out her name in his sleep. This earned an ire from Sofia. Her insecurities and love for George eventually made her do something that she never thought she was capable of doing.

One day, George heard a devastating news, that Paulina and her mother were gruesomely murdered in their own home. George instinctively knew that it had to be Sofia's doing. In his heart he knew that Sofia felt threatened by Paulina's existence but he didn't think that Sofia would go to the extent of eliminating Paulina.