The Wife Is A Superstar 3

Chapter 419 - Best Perfume

"You're r-right... He only treats me like a...like a m-mistress now! I'm so...s-stupid!" Hoyeon sobbed.

The cook couldn't take it anymore. She went to her and hugged her. She cried against the cook's chest.

"No, sweetie. You're not stupid. Your situation is just complicated but I'm sure the Young Master still loves you and Little Jun. It's just that he and the Young Miss fought and you're caught between them," the cook said, trying to comfort her.

Chaerin snorted. "What are you talking about? Of cooooouuurse, she's STUPID. If she wasn't, she would've gotten that ring on her finger and made that piece of shit sign the marriage contract first before getting herself pregnant. That way, her son would have privileges as a legitimate child of the Kim clan. And if she doesn't want to stay married with that piece of shit anymore, she could divorce him at any time and squeeze alimony and child support from him! Then she would be FREE to do whatever she wants! That's what I did because I'm soooooo smart!"

"That's not smart. That's being opportunistic and manipulative. Hoyeon is a good girl, not like you," Mei thought to herself but didn't dare say it out loud.

"I...I can't do that! I l-love him...I love him so much that it h-hurts... I want to be with him and have a h-happy family together with our son...b-but I also d-don't want my son and I to...to suffer from the Kim elders and relatives when—IF we marry!" Yeon continued to sob.

Chaerin curled her blood-red lip at Hoyeon's loud cries.

"Look at all those muscles. You look like you could lift ten of me, but you're actually so WEAK inside. Hmph!" Then she crossed her arms across her chest. "I don't give a damn about that piece of shit you continue to love so STUPIDLY. But since you're my daughter's friend and you look so PITIFUL right now, I just caaaaaan't stand back here and do nothing. Wipe your PATHETIC tears, girl! Get ready in five minutes. We're going shopping!"

Mei: "..."

The cook: "???"

"W-what...?" Hoyeon paused sobbing in confusion.

Everyone blinked several times, unable to comprehend the way Chaerin's mind worked. The atmosphere was tense, heavy and emotional, yet she wanted to go...shopping? Now?

When nobody moved after her instruction, Chaerin became impatient. She released a long and dramatic sigh, then she started explaining things while enunciating each of her words, as if she was talking to a slow-witted child.

"Stop your pathetic crying! It's terribly annooooooyiiiiiing! Get ready because I'm taking you shopping. You need some new clothes because those...those rugs are absolutely terrible! How do you expect that piece of shit to stay attracted to you if you don't take care of yourself and make yourself beautiful? Just look at your skin! So rough! Ah, those dark circles and eyebags! Absolutely horrendous! And you act sooooo stiff! Is your spinal cord made up of a straight metal pipe or something? And oh my holy hairspray! That hair! Did a bird build a nest on it?!"

Even though Hoyeon wasn't the type to care about her appearance, all of Chaerin's harsh and unfiltered criticisms made her self-conscious. She touched her hair and attempted to tame it.

Mei and the cook felt sorry for her. The old witch was definitely back and she was bullying Hoyeon. Mei already decided that she would tell the Young Miss everything that happened when she returned home from work tonight.

"Tell me, girl. How old are you?" Chaerin asked.

"Twenty-six..." she replied.

"You're sooooo young but you already look older than ME!" Chaerin claimed.

"Nonsense. You definitely look younger than your actual age, but there's no way you look younger than Hoyeon," Mei thought to herself, but of course, she didn't dare say it out loud.

Chaerin: "Girl, do you feel beautiful?"

Yeon: "No...."

Chaerin: "Do you feel sexy?"

Hoyeon shook her head. Her lack of confidence in her appearance was obvious in the way she squirmed on her seat under Chaerin's judgmental eyes.

"Ah! This is puuuuure TRAGEDY!" she exclaimed in a dramatically horrified expression. "Girl, if you don't feel beautiful and sexy about yourself, then don't ever expect others, much less that piece of shit, to think that you are. Beauty and sexiness come from within yourself—"

Mei and the cook's eyes widened in amazement at Chaerin's "deep" speech about beauty.

"—but of course, a few facials, a good haircut, sexy wardrobe, nice manicured and pedicured nails, regular hair waxing appointments—laser if you can afford it—and the best skincare products make a world of difference! Did Ruby not give you any Orchidia Beauty samples? I don't know where she gets them, but they're amaaaaaziiiing! I feel so younger already just by using them for only a few days~ I wish it's the fall season already so that I can buy them when they officially launch!"

Chaerin didn't wait for Hoyeon to reply. She continued her "lecture".

"Once you feel beautiful and sexy, everyone will also begin to see you as a beautiful and sexy woman! Like ME! Oh, and of course like my daughter too. After all, Ruby inherited her beauty from ME, her beeeeaaaauuuutiful mother! Just look at the evidence! She got herself a perfect man like dear Lisa, not like that piece of shit you got engaged to.

"Listen to me, girl! The best perfume a woman can wear is...CONFIDENCE! So in addition to getting you a new wardrobe to replace those rugs today, I'm going to give you a makeover! I guarantee that after today, you'll transform into a completely new woman—beautiful and sexy...like ME! Oh, and like Ruby too. Don't you want to be confidently beautiful like me and my daughter?"

Hoyeon already stopped crying. She didn't reply to her, but she was listening to the woman's words intently.

Of course, Chaerin didn't need a reply from her. The woman was used to talking by herself and calling it "conversation".

"Once you become confident of your own beauty and sexiness, you'll gain POWER and FREEDOM! Then maybe you'll finally wake up from your stupidity and realize that you don't need that piece of shit in your life after all. Maybe someday you'll also find the perfect man for you like how my daughter found her dear Lisa and"—giggle giggle—"how I found my vizconde who I loooooove very much!"

"Donghwi...is the only man that I love..." she whispered.

"Hmph! Like I said, you are STUPID!" Then she shrugged. "But at least you gave birth to a cute son. Well, he looks a little like my Ruby, so of course he's cuuuuuute. Anyway! Hurry up, stupid girl! Be ready in five minutes and meet me in the living area! I want us to be back by dinner so that we can eat with Ruby and dear Lisa!"

Hoyeon hesitated and looked at Mei and the cook. The uncertainty was clear in her eyes.

"Go, Yeon. A change of pace may be what you just need right now," Mei encouraged her. "We'll take care of Little Jun so don't worry."

"Yes. It's just a few hours at most. You'll be back here in no time," the cook said.

Chaerin glanced at her diamond-encrusted wristwatch. "Four minutes left. Don't waste any more time, girl." Then she glanced at Mei. "Go tell the driver to prepare the car."

"Yes, Madam," Mei nodded.

"And if my daughter and dear Lisa come home first before us, tell them that I took this stupid girl shopping because her clothes are sooooo terrible that my fashionista soul is going to suffer from eternal guilt if I don't do something about it!"

Mei: "Uh...yes, Madam. Understood."

Then she swept her eyes at the other staff standing by the corner, examining them. She pointed at a maid and a houseboy. "You and you. Come with us."

"Yes, Madam!" they replied.

"But change your outfits first. There's nooooooo way I'm going to allow you to walk with me wearing those rugs. Wear your best clothes! Three minutes left! Don't keep me waiting!"

With that, Chaerin made a graceful sharp turn and started strutting out of the kitchen like the model that she was, as if she was walking on a catwalk at a fashion show.