The Vicious Wife

A sadist

New York.

Meanwhile, Park Jimin was staring at his phone as he read Roseanne's text over and over again. It was currently ten in the morning of Friday at New York and he was having an end of the quarter meeting with some of his executives from Park Capital's branches in South America and the US. It was the time of the year when Park Jimin would be updated of the profits and growth of these overseas branches.

However, it seemed that the president was not even listening to the reports made by his executives in the meeting. The reported profits amounting to billions of dollars did not seem to be as interesting as the text message that he received a while ago. As he continued to look at his phone, he smiled which sent shivers to all of the executives present in the meeting room.

As the executives looked at each other, they wondered if they should continue reporting. Then silence ensued. The executives were either looking down or were looking elsewhere, as if the interior of the meeting room suddenly became more interesting. They couldn't bear to look at their president any longer.

They didn't know what to make out of their president's expression right now. Was their president smiling because he happy about the branches' performance? Or was this the calm before the storm? Maybe the profits were not high enough.

"Why did you stop?" Park Jimin lifted his head to ask when he discovered that the reporting had stopped.

"I... President... I was waiting for... ummm..." the presenter lowered his head, unable to form a coherent sentence. Should he tell him that he got scared because of his smile? Wouldn't that make him look silly and anger the president?

"Continue," Park Jimin sternly said. That was when he noticed that everyone was looking at him in a weird way. Though he could always read these reports in his own time after the meeting, he chose to carry on the meeting with his people for meetings like this only come by once every quarter. He steeled his wandering mind to focus on the meeting.

More than an hour later, the meeting was adjourned for lunch which had been specially catered for these executives to save time. Each of them unceremoniously took a takeaway box of food and brought it back to the boardroom to eat. Meanwhile, Park Jimin excused himself and went to his office to discuss another matter with his secretary.

"Cancel my appointment tomorrow," he said while looking into a stack of documents in front of him.

"President, the gala tomorrow is meant to-"

"Cancel it. I am still on my honeymoon. I should also cancel my appointments for the next few days as well," Park Jimin calmly said. The main purpose of this trip was to attend the quarterly meeting and another conference after that in the same day. Everything else was unimportant so he didn't see the need to attend some gala or charity events while he is here.

"But president, the invitation for the gala tomorrow is from the Lee Group of Singapore. If you fail to attend, there is a possibility that..."

"Han Jisung," Park Jimin interrupted his secretary. "I am still on my honeymoon. Everything else can wait."

Seeing Secretary Han nod, Park Jimin continued, "How about the package that I wanted? Is it delivered already?"

"Yes, president."

"Alright. We're going back tonight," he said before looking into the documents in front of him again. His lips curled into a smile. 'She missed him. Isn't this just...' This is one of those moments that he couldn't put his feelings into words. Or is there even a word that could accurately describe what he is feeling right now?

"Yes, president... One more thing, the Madam asked me just now to assist in censoring her name for tomorrow's tabloid news. She said to use 'businesswoman' instead."

"Hmmm... Follow everything that she says," he answered without even inquiring what Roseanne did for the night.

"Got it, president."

...

At the Choi Family's Hospital.

Jihyo was sitting up on the bed and her eyes were already swollen from all her crying. Amidst the sobs, Daniel was pacing back and forth in the private ward, talking seriously to someone on the phone.

Tang Ling hugged her daughter as an evil glint flashed in her eyes. How could she let Rosella bully her own daughter? She would never allow that to happen.

While Jihyo, at the thought of her embarrassing moment, she started sobbing again. How could her husband betray her like this?

Seeing as the situation was escalating, Tang Ling decided to excuse herself and try to call someone from the Tang family.

At the sight of Jihyo crying, Daniel let out a sigh. "I have already asked your manager and the PR team to take care of this. We could always turn the story around. Clarify that it was just an accident, as it really was."

"It wasn't an accident!" Jihyo hissed. "She pushed me! She pushed me, a pregnant woman into the pool! Why are you trying to protect her?" In front of Daniel, Jihyo would never admit that it was really an accident. She wanted to gain her husband's sympathy and close attention.

"Jihyo... I saw what happened. How could you be so unreasonable? Roseanne did not even touch you. Many people saw it too."

Jihyo widened her eyes in shock as she looked at her husband. 'Why is he protecting Rosella? How could he do this to his own wife?'

Daniel had been around Jihyo long enough to know what she was thinking. Seeing as her face was starting to turn deep red from anger, Daniel immediately stroked his wife's back.

However, this short peaceful moment was interrupted when Tang Ling strode inside the room with a panicked expression.

"Tang Deuki got arrested." She frowned before taking a seat at the couch near Jihyo's bed. "The media got ahold of it and they are stationed outside the prison. They are having a hard time moving him out of the prison."

"How is that possible? Tang Deuki is usually very careful" Daniel frowned. As the heir of the Tang family, Tang Deuki would naturally be exposed to the illegal dealings in his family and that included drugs. However, he was usually very careful and his arrest baffled everyone.

"I need to go and see your uncle and grandfather," Tang Ling said. Tang Ling's brother, Tang Jian, was the Tang family's current Patriarch. Though Tang Jian was ruthless in business, he had the tendency to spoil his only son, Tang Deuki.

"Are you going to be alright?" Tang Ling asked in concern. She was a little reluctant to leave her daughter's side when she was still feeling so down but she reasoned that Daniel was around to watch over her daughter. "The doctor said you have no injury and the fetus is fine. You should go home with Daniel."

"No!" Jihyo blurted out before crossing her arms across her chest. "I am not leaving this hospital until Rosella issues a statement of apology for the accident."

"Li Jihyo!" Tang Ling and Daniel shouted in unison. 'How could Jihyo act so childishly?'

"So how could I make that woman pay for what she did?" Jihyo asked stubbornly.

"Let's wait. I will settle this thing with the Tang family and I will ask for their help. I'm sure your grandfather won't let that woman off. For now, go home and have a good rest. Those people who saw what happened tonight will know that it was truly an accident. They won't blame you as well. You can go ahead and start pitching for their investments next week," Tang Ling added before she bid goodbye to her daughter.

In fact, she was also aware that her nephew had raped and killed countless women. However, her brother would always cover up Tang Deuki's crimes. In other words, Tang Deuki was her brother's weakness. This was the reason why she would always approach Tang Deuki first to have his support before she sought her brother for his help.

Tang Deuki was a sadist who loved to see blood. The man was a sociopath and Tang Ling wanted Roseanne to become one of his victims and suffer in his hands. It was a pity that back then, Roseanne looked rather pale and sickly-looking and even with make-up, it couldn't hide that poor appearance of hers. Moreover, Roseanne wasn't that great with make-up, often making herself look even more hideous.

Because of Roseanne's poor physical appearance and inferior status, Tang Deuki and his father, Tang Jian strongly opposed to Tang Ling's suggestion. Unfortunately, this created a gap between the two siblings.
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