The Vicious Wife

A white lotus

Kim Taehyung jumped out of his seat. As he turned around, his eyes instantly grew as wide as they possibly could, his mouth wide open as he stared at the alluring woman in front of him. Roseanne's amber eyes slowly shifted from Park Jimin to Kim Taehyung and then back to Park Jimin. "Am I disturbing you?" she asked before she slowly lifted her foot and took a step from the dining room into the kitchen to join them.

Taehyung wanted to say something as he unconsciously took a step towards the doorway. He wanted to ask who she was, however, his mouth refused to cooperate. His eyes slowly travelled from the woman's pinkish lips down to her pale neck. Unknowingly, he swallowed the gulp of saliva that was threatening to flow out of his mouth. To his dismay, his view was quickly blocked by someone's wide back.

Kim Taehyung instantly wanted to complain but Park Jimin's gentle voice interrupted him, "Of course not. Why did you come down? Do you need some water?"

'What is happening?' Taehyung stood as still as a statue behind Park Jimin, unable to comprehend what was going on. His mind seemed to have short circuited while scrambling to make sense of everything that happened in the last few minutes. He felt as if he'd been temporarily incapacitated, his brain removed from his body.

"Yeah... water will do," Roseanne said softly.

"Alright... come, let's get some water," Park Jimin said as he put his hands around Roseanne's shoulders and pulled her into the kitchen, his stature completely covering her frame, nudging Kim Taehyung into the dining room as he did so.

But Taehyung immediately woke up from his daze and followed the duo. He then saw Park Jimin pouring a glass of water for the woman who was lazily leaning against the fridge, her arms crossed over her chest as she stared at Park Jimin with a little smile plastered on her face.

"Um... excuse me," Taehyung cleared his throat awkwardly. "I... Ummm... who are you?" He instantly shifted his gaze towards Park Jimin when he saw Roseanne turned her head to look at him, but to his surprise, Roseanne ignored him. Instead she accepted a glass of water from Park Jimin and took a little sip.

Meanwhile, Park Jimin was staring at her, the coldness that he'd shown Kim Taehyung earlier was nowhere to be found. Instead, a small smile was even visible on his face. This seemed to shake Taehyung to the core. Who is this man?! Is this Park Jimin?

Then slowly, Park Jimin leaned in to kiss the side of Roseanne's mouth, removing the small trace of condensation left behind from the glass. And just like that, the glass in Kim Taehyung's hand slipped from his fingers and fell to the floor. The sound of splintering glass resonated through the room, finally drawing the couple's attention to him.

Kim Taehyung did not move. He was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he didn't even notice the shattered glass near his feet. How could these two kiss each other in front of him? He wanted to fume and curse at them before he remembered that it was Park Jimin and his wife who were shoving dog food down his throat.

'Hold on. There is something seriously wrong with this scenario!'

Once again his eyes widened as he patted his chest. He had suffered so many shocking events in this single night that he was afraid he'd have a heart attack. That's right... Park Jimin and the word dog food would never be found in the same sentence. That would never happen. Kim Taehyung shook his head and smiled to himself. He must be hallucinating. Right... the flight from Hawaii was rather long and he did not sleep at all during the flight. He must be too tired right now. This isn't real, it's just exhaustion.

"Don't leave my place without cleaning up the broken glass." When he heard Park Jimin's voice, Taehyung immediately lifted his head and give him a brilliant smile, only to freeze once again when he saw him carrying a woman in his arms.

"You- Who are you?" he asked. If he wasn't hallucinating, then did this mean that Park Jimin actually married someone? He married someone other than Rosella? How was that possible?

"Hey Kim Taehyung... You can call me Roseanne....Roseanne Park ," Roseanne said with a smirk. Seeing that Kim Taehyung was incapable of speech at the moment, Park Jimin just sailed past him.

Roseanne... Roseanne Park? And she even took his surname?

His eyes almost bulged out of their sockets when he saw Roseanne flashed him a mocking smile behind Park Jimin's back!

A white lotus!

Park Jimin's wife is a white lotus pretending to be kind and sweet! This was the conclusion that Kim Taehyung reached instantly as a single bead of sweat trickled down his back. He recalled Roseanne's face which seemed to be so familiar, and yet he was sure that he'd never met her before. Was she an actress? Was she with Park Jimin for his money?

Kim Taehyung immediately took his phone from his pocket and typed in Roseanne's new name.

Just as he expected, the name Roseanne Park instantly listed hundreds of search results. He was expecting to see a starlet or someone from the film industry. After all, Roseanne was undeniably beautiful. However, the result that he was expecting was not the one he received.

Instead, all of the articles regarding Roseanne were about the Anne Group, specifically its latest launch in Seoul. Following those were a few gossip websites that talked about her marriage to Park Jimin. Some articles were also showed Roseanne's involvement in humanitarian works and her ties to female empowerment organizations and charities.

This...

Kim Taehyung slowly backed away from the kitchen as he used the wall to support himself. Roseanne Anne Park? A tycoon from Europe just married his best friend Park Jimin? Ah... did Park Jimin agreed to marry her because he was after her money and influence?

His face instantly turned ugly as he thought about Park Jimin's scheme. How could his friend fall down to this degree? How could he sell his body just for money? He felt his eyes getting hot. His friend must have married this woman because he wanted to use her influence to look for Rosella in Europe!

This realization almost made him cry. How could Park Jimin sacrifice his marriage for Rosella? Just what kind of affection did Park Jimin feel for Rosella? He was even willing to sacrifice himself in marriage just to find her?

This must be the 'one of a kind love' that those fairytales are portraying.