Mr Manoban's Daring Wife [Jenlisa]

Chapter 6: Pushed to Her Lowest

"You brat, don't act so haughty and spoiled. I raised you for twenty-three years with my own blood, sweat, and tears!" Park Chaerin slammed her manicured hand onto the glass table beside her.

"Mother, please. You only held me once as a baby and passed me off to different nannies until I could walk. And when I did, you found other nannies for me." Jennie rolled her eyes at Park Chaerin's melancholic story.

It was no rumor that Park Chaerin didn't love her eldest daughter.

Jennie was born when Park Chaerin's relationship with Kwon Jiyong was extremely rocky. Both of them were reluctant to marry each other. After heavy pressure from the elders on having a child, Park Chaerin was forced to sleep with him.

For Park Chaerin, a woman who was used to have everything go her way, that night was brutal torture. Not only was she stripped off her clothes, but also her dignity. When Jennie was conceived, she was furious. After all of that torture, she had to try again?! The elders wanted a son, someone to pass the family fortune off too.

However, that mindset was changed by the time Kwon Jin Ah was born, the rocky relationship between Park Chaerin and her husband was gone. She was born from a night of love and consensual sex.

"How dare you show an attitude towards your mother? I might've not raised you, but I carried you in my stomach for nine antagonizing months where I couldn't drink my beloved wine! I pushed your big head out of me, screaming and crying. Show some respect!" Park Chaerin had reached the brink of her patience.

Sometimes she wondered where she went wrong with her eldest child.

Park Chaerin was so blinded by the delusion that throwing nannies and money at Jennie would fix all of her problems.

When Jennie was a child, all she wanted was her mother's love and attention. She received nothing but glares and spiteful words. Growing up, she was taught that she would never be loved by her mother.

"Jin Ah's birthday is in two weeks from now. I expect you to be there." Park Chaerin realized how quiet Jennie had become. Hmph! This child finally had some senses talked into her!

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Park Chaerin felt a vein pop out. Was she even listening? "Did you hear me-"

"Yes, mother. I heard you." Jennie sighed.

"You better come to the banquet. If not, your father and I will show up at your house. If I have to drag you there kicking and screaming, I will!" Park Chaerin seethed, nearly throwing the glass of wine in her hand. Little did Park Chaerin know, Jennie had long moved out of the house brought by her parents.

"Besides, you know how much Jin Ah love you—" And just like that, Jennie hung up.

Kwon Jin Ah loves Jennie? Hah! That must've been the joke of the century!

Kwon Jin Ah wouldn't love her older sister even if her life depended on it. Born as a piano prodigy with hundreds of awards lining her bookshelves, she was already the most beloved daughter. She only cared about relations if there was a benefit in having it. When she had discovered her older sister had fallen from the Kim's grace, Kwon Jin Ah was quick to disregard Jennie.

"If you're going to the banquet, you need a suitable partner that will blow stupid Kai out of the waters."

Jennie jumped, nearly dropping her phone when she heard Somi's determined voice. Turning around, she was surprised to see her awake.

Sitting up with half of the blanket on her shoulders, Somi tiredly yawned.

"Good luck finding a man like that. Kai is one of the wealthiest men in this country." Jennie sighed, tossing her phone onto the couch.

"I'm sorry for waking you up, was my conversation that loud?" Jennie tried to change the topic.

She picked up her broom and went back to sweeping the floor.

"No, I'm just a really light sleeper. And besides, who could sleep when they hear Park Chaerin's nasal voice?" Somi scoffed.

Jennie laughed at her friend, happy she had someone on her side.

Somi stared at Jennie sweeping the floor. It was a soothing sight that made her look like a gentle housewife. She did not look like the woman she used to be two years ago.

"You should raise the pay of the cleaner and have her come three times a week. It's not good to put so much strain on your back. What if your hand gets rough from all of this cleaning?" Somi worriedly said.

Jennie finished her last sweep and glanced up with a small smile. "A woman should at least be good at something. Cleaning can be my skill. Besides, my cleaner recently gave birth. She needs the rest."

Somi had a wry smile. She couldn't believe the massive change in one person within a span of two years. She wanted to know what really happened on the night that Jennie placed down her crown as Queen of the Socialites.

"You fool. You're good at so many other things, besides cleaning!"

"Because Park Chaerin and Kwon Jiyong wanted me to be good at those things." Jennie nonchalantly said while placing the broom and dustpan back into the closet.

Somi frowned. "Don't lie to me. I know you enjoyed those skills as well."

Jennie smiled as she walked to the kitchen. "Perhaps to some extent, yes, but I was a child whose ambition and dreams were shaped by Park Chaerin and Kwon Jiyong's desire of having the perfect child." She took out the ingredients for dinner.

"But you were so good at the piano..." Somi muttered under her breath. Because Jennie was so far, she didn't hear her.

When she noticed how quiet Somi was, Jennie turned around to see her friend lost in thought. She shook her head as she started to cut the ingredients.

After a few minutes of quiet, but oddly comfortable, silence, Somi finally stood up from her position. She wanted to pry more and force Jennie to finally reveal the horrible things that had happened when she wasn't in the country. But she knew it wasn't the wisest move.

Although Jennie will never admit it, there was a heavy cloud of somberness around her.

Whenever she was alone, her thoughts were dark and depressing.

Somi noticed that half of Jennie's smile contained a hidden layer of heartbreak, sadness, and betrayal. It pained her to see her best friend in such a pitiful state.

Sure, Jennie still kept her pride and head high, but she had lost whatever self-confidence she used to own.

Somi missed seeing the girl who confidently laughed, wore anything she liked, and did things without a care in the world. She fumed to herself. That bastard, Kai, he really had the audacity to not only cheat on her, but also destroy everything about her!

Somi lifted her gaze from the couch she was sitting on to stare at Jennie whose back was turned. There was a wonderful smell in the air that could only come from Jennie's amazing cooking.

As she watched Jennie cook, she couldn't help but sigh and feel sympathy for her friend.

Jennie had her entire life built around the very man that shattered her.

From a young age, she was drilled on how to become his pillar of support, how to manage a multi-billion corporation, how to handle the paperwork, how to fulfill his position when he was absent, how to be his safe haven, and how to be the perfect wife.

All of her training and endless nights of sleep deprivation was completely shattered within the span of six months. In just six months, Kai had pushed Jennie to her lowest for a random woman he happened to fall in love with.