Mr Manoban's Daring Wife [Jenlisa]

Chapter 17: Foolish Woman

After being humiliated and brought to her lowest, Jennie left the city. Even when the powers of the country's top hackers and investigators were combined, they still couldn't find her.

Many people came together in hopes of finding her location. The reward for her head was alarmingly high, 50 million to be exact. Kai was the one to fund the first half of the 50 million, and the rest was anonymous, but most people suspected it was the angry socialites who was eager to see their dethroned Queen fall to a lower level.

After two long years, there wasn't a price on her head anymore. Kai's anger had soothed and after a lot of convincing from the Kim family and Elder, he finally retracted his money. Seeing the King had pulled out, the rest of the socialites stopped funding for Jennie's head. Within the span of a week, she wasn't a wanted woman in the Underground World anymore.

"This time, I have a very important task. Trust me, it's not some petty face slapping of a white lotus." Jennie chided herself at the memory of her foolish past.

She used to be so bitter and horrible to Krystal, not that she didn't deserve it.

In some way, Jennie regretted raining hell on Krystal, when she should've directed her anger towards Kai as well...It took two to cheat, and she mistakenly focused too much time on one side.

"I was such a spoiled and bad-tempered brat. Throughout the year I thirsted for Krystal's blood and downfall, I'm surprised you stood by my side." Jennie thought about the bad memories she never wanted to resurface.

She had sunk to the sea of desperation when she saw Krystal wrapped in Kai's arms. She tried to do anything and everything to destroy the couple and along the way, she destroyed herself.

"Like I always say, your signature perfume is unbelievable wealth. Anyone with that scent will always have a safe spot in my heart." Taehyung cracked a dry smile at her words. Was she really doubting why he stayed with her? This foolish woman...

If there was one thing that Taehyung would never admit, it was the fact that he actually cared more about Jennie's well-being than her money. She was someone very special to him and once upon a time, she was his savior.

"But there were so many people that paid you to abandon me." Jennie softly said, suddenly feeling very self-conscious of herself.

Taehyung was quiet for a while and Jennie thought he didn't hear her because he was so occupied by the loud game.

After a few moments of silence, he spoke. "No money can pay me to abandon you. Not after what you've done for me." His voice was somber and soft, nothing like the loud and outgoing person he was.

Jennie had a soft expression on her face, as she thought about the hard times that Taehyung experienced.

There was a period of time where Taehyung's wrists were filled with cuts, his eyes dull, the hope long gone from his heart, and his entire body was filled with horrific marks, it was hard to recognize the man he had become.

"Aw geez, you're going to make me cry if you don't speak up." Taehyung sighed, his voice getting a bit emotional. This was why he disliked talking about the past.

Jennie let out a small laugh. "Seeing you cry would be worth billions." She joked, a tiny smile on her face.

Taehyung sat up straighter, his eyes going wide with excitement. "Wait seriously? You'd pay me billions to cry? I'd cry as much as you want if you pay me that much-"

"No, you idiot. I was only kidding." Jennie chuckled at his desire for instant wealth.

"Boo, you're no fun." Taehyung pouted. He had truly taken Jennie seriously...

"Besides, what is your new mission this time?" He added on, turning off the game and then flipping to the second monitor of his computer.

Jennie became more serious. "I need a full report of a silver van that ran into a black Maybach on Kingston Street. Investigate into the van's background, owner, license plate. Every little thing you can find out, report it back to me."

Taehyung raised his brow at her surprising assignment. "How much are you willing to pay?"

Jennie smiled. He didn't even hesitate at the harsh mission. "State your price, I can pay anything reasonable." She leaned back in her chair and stared out of the enormous window in front of her.

Money wasn't an issue for her, but she knew Taehyung was not a greedy man to demand an outrageous price.

"One million." He bluntly said. This surprised Jennie. One million? His rate has increased by 200% since the last two years since she had contact him.

"The price is fine with me, but are you alright Taehyung? Is there something I need to know about?" She asked, pulling out her laptop to wire him the money.

Taehyung was quiet for a few seconds. Amidst the soothing clicks of his finger against the keyboard and his somber expression, he didn't know where to begin. "I-I..." He stuttered, unable to say a word.

Jennie's expression softened. "Don't push yourself, I'm fine if you don't tell me. I've already send the money to you." She quietly said, knowing it would take time for him to open up.

Song Kang's felt grateful for her peaceful approach. For as long as he had known her, she was never the type of woman to force him to say something. When it came to him, she was patient and kind.

Because Kim Taehyung had personally witnessed Jennie's unwavering kindness, his impression of her was always good. Regardless of the malicious rumors that surrounded Jennie and the horrible things she used to do, Taehyung would always remain loyal to her...

"Okay, I'll get started on your mission right now. It will be done by tomorrow afternoon." He said, already hacking into the security cameras on the street lights.

"Alright, have a good night." Jennie said, breathing out a quiet sigh.

"Good night, Jenjen." He ended the call and began to immerse himself into the task.

After the call ended, Jennie texted Somi the details, but she didn't include the big price tag on the mission.

[Somi: Thank you so much, Jenjen! I'll treat you to our next meal!]

Jennie smiled at her friend's energetic response.

[Alright, I'll hold you accountable to that~] She texted back.

Somi didn't reply for a while and Jennie figured it was because she was so drained from an entire day of working.

Not wanting to do anything else, Jennie collapsed onto her bed and fell asleep. Peacefully sleeping, Jennie was not aware of the storm that would hit her tomorrow...