The Vicious Wife

Trust issues

"Rosella! How could you say things like that to your sister?" Tang Ling immediately chided.

The woman who was with Roseanne looked at her with a shocked expression on her face. Sister? However, before the woman could say something, Roseanne's scoff already reached her ears.

"Ex-sister," Roseanne said as she turned to the woman. "I am an estranged family member." The woman immediately nodded and eyed a group of men who was approaching them. When she saw her husband among the group, she immediately sighed in relief.

Likewise, Roseanne and the others also noticed the group of men approaching them. Roseanne smiled at J Hope when she spotted him among the group.

"Miss Lilian, I see your influence did not falter even in the Far East," noted a man in his forties whom Roseanne recognized as Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao was someone with businesses in Europe and was well acquainted with J Hope. Through J Hope, Roseanne and Mr Zhao became acquainted as well.

"Mr. Zhao is flattering me too much. There is no such thing as influence. This lady just offered to buy my bracelet and when I said that she cannot afford it, her mother asked me to give it to her instead. Her mother said I should be more gracious to the lady who is pregnant," Roseanne said before she let out a little laugh. Needless to say, everyone immediately turned speechless at Roseanne's words. Tang Ling never expected Roseanne to behave like this.

'Why is Roseanne so blunt and fierce?' Tang Ling was not dumb, she could guess that something else was going on. Something that she was not aware of.

"Really?" Mr. Zhao said while eyeing the trio in front of Roseanne. "Isn't this the Li family?" Mr. Zhao's tone contain a tinge of realization.

Those who are close to Lily Anne would know that Roseanne Anne Lilian was someone whom Lily Anne found in the Far East. 'Does this mean that Roseanne is from the Li family in South Korea?' Aside from Mr. Zhao, the other men who were with him also seemed to realize the same thing.

"Oh... not many of you know this, but Roseanne came from the Li family. Of course, this was all in the past, as they already removed her from their registry. Isn't that right?" J Hope said nonchalantly, as if he was talking about the weather.

This revelation was planned. Roseanne had told him that her goal for tonight was to reveal her identity as an Anne to Jihyo and Tang Ling. Roseanne had asked for his help to do that. J Hope guessed that this signalled the start of Roseanne's revenge plan.

J Hope had been around Roseanne long enough for him to know the thing that she was good at: Psychological warfare. Unlike other businessmen at the top of the food chain, Roseanne was not known for her violence or ties to the underworld. No... she was different.

Roseanne was the type of woman who would sit back and enjoy watching her enemies running around like headless chickens in fear of her. She was the type of person who would use your own mind against you. After all, it is natural for humans to overthink about what could happen in the future and become anxious as a result. And Roseanne... well she always loved to use this principle against her own enemies.

J Hope knew that his friend had already laid out the trap since a long time ago and she was just waiting for them to step into it, then her game shall begin.

"Roseanne?" Jihyo called, her face was full of confusion as she looked at Mr. Zhao.

However, seeing Jihyo's puzzled expression only earned a giggle from Roseanne. "You did not tell her about me?" she asked, casting a look at Kang Daniel.

In response, Daniel looked at Jihyo then towards Roseanne, his jaws clenched. And Roseanne's smiling face did not make him feel any better. So this was what Roseanne wanted after all; to sow discord between him and his wife. His mind travelled back to what had transpired earlier.

For some reason, he found it hard to believe that what happened between him and his secretary was Roseanne's doing. After all, he did not feel that there was something wrong with him after he left the bar. He was sure that he was not drugged with an aphrodisiac before he left the bar but for some reason, he found his secretary, Tang Biyu a little seductive when he entered the car.

Kang Daniel was not a fool. He knew that Tang Biyu liked him since a long time ago. Or why would she always try to flirt with him and act innocent around him? But since Tang Biyu was someone related to Tang Ling, he thought that it would be better not to tell Jihyo about this. He knew that Jihyo was a little immature and she had her insecurities. The only reason why he did not fire Tang Biyu was because he did not want to raise any suspicions, from his own wife and the Tang family all together.

All he wanted was a peaceful marriage. However, he really was not able to stop himself a while ago. Of course, he partly blamed Roseanne for what happened to him. After all, she was the one who messed with his mind just minutes before he saw Tang Biyu.

Daniel remembered that Tang Biyu had been working with the company for six years before she became his secretary, two years ago. Tang Biyu asked Tang Ling to put in a good word for her to Daniel so that he would accept her as his secretary. Tang Biyu claimed that she wanted to learn the ins and outs of running a business and being a secretary would allow her to learn the most.

Though Tang Biyu was not an heiress or someone who held a high position in the Tang family, Tang Ling still chose to help her. After all, Tang Ling thought that Jihyo could always use Tang Biyu to spy on Daniel. Tang Biyu could inform Jihyo everything that was going on when Daniel was at work, such as his schedule, who he was meeting and travelling with. Wasn't that convenient?

Of course, Tang Ling and Jihyo were not aware of Tang Biyu's real motive for wanting to become Kang Daniel's secretary. Moreover, they always see her as someone beneath them and didn't think that Tang Biyu was a threat by Daniel's side. This was because Tang Biyu was not really that beautiful. She was sexy with her curvaceous body but Jihyo thought that she did not have the capability to seduce Daniel and gain his attention.

"Dan... What does she mean?" Jihyo's cutesy voice woke him up from his stupor.

"How about we talk about this at the lounge... Jihyo you have been standing too long ah," he answered, hoping to bring Jihyo away from Roseanne. His wife only batted her eyelids at him in response before she lowered her head in contemplation.

By now, Jihyo also noticed the ridicule in the stares of the people around them. Even though she really wanted to make Roseanne pay for doing this to them, she knew she shouldn't reveal her true self in the eyes of these businessmen.

But, would Roseanne allow them to stay away from her?

"Ah... sorry. I thought that Daniel would tell you about my new name when we saw each other at the bar a week ago," Roseanne said. Her purpose tonight was simple. All she wanted was for them to know her current identity and make them feel real fear.

Her true target for the night was the Tang family. She would first cripple Tang Ling's family so that they could not lend her a hand in whatever schemes she might have against her. Then she would execute her plans to destroy Tang Ling.

However, this does not mean that she didn't have something prepared for Jihyo and Daniel. Her words to them tonight were intentionally ambiguous, for the purpose of sowing discord and distrust between the two. All she did was make Jihyo suspicious. And her sister did not disappoint her.

Roseanne knew that Jihyo did not trust her husband fully. As someone who grew up watching her own mother scheme against other people, it was natural for Jihyo to develop trust issues and fear that other people would also scheme against her. Roseanne used Jihyo's weakness to her advantage.

As someone who could see many possibilities in her mind, Roseanne already prepared not just one or two but at least ten things up her sleeves tonight. If Jihyo and Daniel didn't approach her first, she would just have J Hope reveal her identity to them in another way. End of story.

However, if they happen to try and provoke her, then Roseanne would not be kind to them as well. Of course, the foolish duo chose the latter option and dig their graves in the process.