Lisa's expression darkened.
He was not an inherently kind man. He would not hurt others unless they hurt him, and he would not hesitate to punish them if they offended him.
He listened as Jennie begged for mercy for her "accomplice" who had separated her and Lisa for several years. Worse still, he had nearly raped her as well. The man's face grew grimmer when he thought of this.
Jimin did not show Lisa any mercy when they fought with each other. Lisa felt terribly unhappy when he realized that he had to let him off.
A gloomy look flashed in the depths of the handsome man's eyes. He seductively pursed his lips before he quietly asked, "Why are you always so stupid?"
Jennie knew that the malicious intent in Lisa's heart would only disappear after much difficulty. She sighed. Her beautiful little face had turned pale because her body was too weak. She had a delicate type of beauty now.
"Jimin is not a bad person by nature. He simply became mean because he was pampered ever since he was a child. He's never suffered a day in his life. People can be quite extreme at times. Nonetheless, he treated me and my son very well when I was with him for several years. He never mistreated me."
Jennie was being honest. Jimin nearly violated her, and she held a grudge against him for that, but this did not cancel out the previous acts of kindness that he had shown her. She was not a hateful person. On the contrary, she could distinguish between feelings of gratitude and resentment.
"He helped you conceal your real identity. In other words, he did this despite knowing that you were my wife. He was clearly hiding his selfish desires for you all along!"
Lisa was secretly furious at this situation. He had searched through more than half of Country Z. Jimin made Lisa's journey to find his wife more difficult than it should have been.
"It was my fault so you shouldn't blame anyone else!" said Jennie guiltily. She went into hiding during these years because she knew that Lisa was looking for her.
Once, her classmate who was also a graduate student looked her up and down while comparing her to a picture on their phone. The student smiled and said, "Rubyjane, why do I think that you look particularly similar to the Young Mistress of the Manoban Family in Luo Hai?"
Jennie was so frightened that she refused to appear before that student for several days.
Lisa gently sighed. His heart was unconsciously filled with uneasiness when he saw the embarrassed look on his wife's face. "Now that I think about it, this was actually my fault. Little Nini, I won't let you leave me ever again!"
*
Jisoo pacified Jimjn for some time. When they were younger, Jisoo had hit Jimin numerous times while they were playing because he was a mischievous child. Now that they were older, Jisoo felt slightly sorry for Jimin as he watched him getting beat up by his cousin.
Jimin realized that Jennie would probably leave him after today. The man felt a heavy sense of loss as he had suffered a broken heart twice.
"Big Jisoo, do you think that Jennie would still be in love with Lisa if I had met her a few years earlier?"
Jimin had yet to accept the situation completely. He was used to getting his way ever since he was a child. He always got what he wanted without fail. Wei Guo had even prostrated himself before his feet. However, Jennie had seemingly kept herself at a perfect distance from him for the past three years.
Lisa was the root of this. As Jennie only had eyes for that man, every other male on earth was meaningless to her.
Jisoo could not hide his smile when he heard this. It looked like Jennie never explained to Jimin that she and Lisa were caught between their love and hatred for each other.
"Jimim, Jennie and Lisa's relationship is not merely a two-year affair. If you could go back in time and meet Jennie earlier, you'd have to time travel to her elementary school days. Moreover, Jennie was in Xi Fan at that time."
Jimim was shocked. He was unaware that Jennie and Lisa had known each other for such a long time. It was not surprising that he lost to Lisa when those two were childhood sweethearts.
Jimin suddenly shut his eyes. He murmured, "Please help me apologize to Jennie for my behavior last night..."
Jisoo patted his shoulder and comforted him, saying, "Don't feel bad about it. It wouldn't be a bad idea for you to return to your original plan of pursuing men instead. I've heard that that man is still dead set on you. No one is going to laugh at you."
Jimin bitterly laughed after pondering for a moment. "It's true that Wei Guo is still waiting for me..."
*
Jennie returned to university once she and Jimin signed their divorce settlement. She still had half a year to complete her dissertation.
Lisa could not stop himself from secretly feeling emotional when he discovered that Jennie was studying ichnology. She could work for the forensic department in the future after she graduated. Lisa realized that his wife was advancing on the path of criminal investigation.
He kept his previous promise by handing his business in Luo Hai over to Kang Yu and the deputy CEO to manage. In the meantime, he moved to City A and became a househusband.
The handsome man rolled up his sleeves every day and traveled between the market and the kitchen. Jennie had nothing but endless praise for every dish he cooked. "Mr Manoban, you really wasted your time being a CEO when you could've been a master chef instead!"
When he heard his young wife's compliments, Mr. Manoban exhausted himself and dominated the kitchen in the daytime while he ruthlessly dominated his young wife at night.
Their bed rocked with intense force. Jennie trembled every time she saw the sinister smile on Lisa's face when he came out of the shower. There was no such thing as a free lunch as she was clearly forced to repay him at night.
"Are you going to give me a little princess soon?"
Lisa's sweat rained down on Jennie's body as he imagined a future where he had both a son and a daughter.
Jennie groaned endlessly. It was a common saying that women in their thirties were like wolves in the pack that liked being dominated by alpha males. Nonetheless, she could never keep up with Lisa's pace despite being five years younger than him.
She clawed and bit Lisa's body as he ruthlessly tormented her, but her actions made him more excited. He would always test her limits until she tearfully begged for mercy.
Without fail, he would only stop after they did this two or three times consecutively. One day, Jennie found a note with Lisa's handwriting in the drawer that read, "My dear wife went away for three years and ten months. We should do it three times a week to make up for it, excluding the days when she's either on her period or pregnant. That should be equivalent to XXXX times. We've already done it XX times as of now..."
F*ck!
He lacked the Three Worldviews!
Only now did Jennie understand that her husband was calculating how many times she owed him sex. It was not surprising that he needed two or three rounds during each session...
He was truly an unscrupulous businessman!
In the outside world, this cold and arrogant man was rumored to be a ruthless and resolute individual. Nonetheless, Jennie's heart was filled with warmth when she recalled how he buried himself in her supple bosom.
Their days went by considerably smoothly. The only problem was that Little Leo was rather cold toward his biological father who appeared out of nowhere.
This child was very clever despite only being three years old. He was terribly reserved toward strangers.
This made him and Lisa very similar.
Lisa had taken many years to warm up to Jennie when she was pursuing him in the beginning. He continued to give her the cold shoulder despite falling in love with her first...
The son was avenging his mother this time!
Their daily conversations were like this:
"Little Leo..."
"Mr Manoban, don't call me that! We're not that close."
"Little Leo, can you please finish your food?"
Mr Manoban was surprisingly patient with his son.
"Mr Manoban, can you please improve your cooking?"
Mr Manoban's expression darkened when he realized that he was disliked...
"Little Leo, can you please call me 'dad'?"
"Mr Manoban, haha!" A coldly arrogant look appeared on Leo's face...
Lisa fumed with anger. "Kids are so mischievous these days! However, this brat's personality is really similar to mine. I was also like this when I was younger..."
Jennie doubled over with laughter. There were many children in the Manoban Family Mansion who grew up together. She wondered why Somi was Lisa's only playmate when he was a child.
Leo privately told his mother his true feelings. "Although I still miss my old father, my new father isn't that bad..."
Little children were like that. It was just difficult for him to accept the changes in the world of the adults for now.
Jennie graduated in June. She took her certificate and said goodbye to Professor Shen. Jennie felt rather reluctant to leave. She was thankful for the three years that she spent studying at the University of A.
She sent a text message to Jimin to bid him farewell before she left City A, but the man never responded.
When Lisa left with Jennie and Leo on their flight, Jimin hid in a corner of the airport and watched Jennie leave...
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