The Manipulated Villainess

Peter Jung was staring at the plan which Joshua Kim sent to him a while ago. The exchange will take place after an hour but the two-faced Prime Minister already had a backup plan. All he needed to do was obtain the evidence which was in Joshua Kim\'s possession.

However, he witnessed his plan crumbled when he received a call from Mathias.

Cassandra Lim was rescued by some unidentified men!

With rage invading his whole body, Peter Jung abruptly rose from his seat with a phone next to his ear. "What do you mean? How is that possible?!" he howled. Then he shook his head. "No. Wait for me in the villa. I will come after I settle things here." He said and ended the call right away.

Losing no time, he called Joshua Kim. The Prime Minister was convinced that the former right-hand man was behind this!

"How dare you backstabbed me!" He barked the moment Joshua Kim answered the call.

"What do you mean?" Joshua Kim confusedly asked from the other line.

Nathan Woo was busy rushing Cassandra to the hospital and informing others didn\'t cross his mind! That\'s why he was still not aware of what happened.

"Don\'t feign ignorance, Joshua Kim. You fool me and you will surely pay for this," Peter Jung grunted and hang up the call.

Joshua Kim who was sitting in the base of the Moyan Gang was more than surprised by what he heard. What was the Prime Minister saying?!

"Peter Jung claimed that I backstabbed him. Do you think something happened to Cassandra?" He asked Jaxon who was standing beside him. "Perhaps someone makes a move?"

Jaxon gave a quick thought and the Reyon Boss instantly crossed his mind. "Please wait a minute." He said and take out his phone.

Talking with Nathan Woo, Jaxon\'s face lit up. Then he puts down the phone and quickly turned his attention to Joshua Kim. "She is rescued now. She is in the hospital." He heard that Cassandra had several wounds but he was glad that she was safe now.

"Who does that?" Joshua Kim asked as he rose from his seat. A hint of relief was seen in his usually stern face.

Jaxon hesitated a bit before he finally said, "It\'s the current leader of the Reyons."

"Nathan Woo?" Joshua Kim asked with a flustered face. "Is Cassandra still involved with that man?"

Jaxon felt reluctant to speak up but when he noticed the demanding look of his former superior, he had no choice but to nod. "Yes. They get back together." He glanced at Joshua Kim\'s unreadable face and he felt the pressure.

"The Reyon Boss is not harmful to us. He truly cared -"

"I know."

Jaxon immediately shut his mouth when he heard Joshua Kim\'s response. He ended up looking at his former superior with a perplexed face.

"Which hospital is Cassandra admitted to? Take me there," Joshua Kim calmly said and walked past the flustered Jaxon.

* * *

Nathan was sitting next to Cassandra\'s bed in the Westview Hospital. More than three hours had passed since he finds her in that villa and Cassandra was abducted for just a day. It was yesterday\'s evening when he saw her off as she left for the countryside but after a tormenting 17 hours, he felt like it was years since he last saw her!

He never took his eyes off her but... all the bruises and wounds on her arms and some parts of her body killed him on the inside! He even wondered what would happen if just another day passed by?

Will she still be alive if that was really the case? 

"I\'ll be fine, Nathan. The doctor said that there is no internal injury. I only need a few days," Cassandra calmly said and holds his hand. She knew what was going on in his mind but... she didn\'t want to be the one who destroyed his life.

Bitterness. That would make him lost himself! 

Narrowing his eyes at her hands that hold his, Nathan Woo forced a smile. He lifted her hands and planted a kiss on the back of it. "I\'m sorry. If only I find you earlier, you won\'t suffer like this."

"I know you try and... I also know that you suffer more than I do. I should have been more careful," Cassandra muttered.

"It\'s not your fault, Cassandra." He tried his best to put on a calm face but he was clenching his other fist which Cassandra couldn\'t see. Right now, what he wanted the most was to shred Peter Jung to a thousand pieces!

How dare he lay a hand on his woman! 

Cassandra knew how dangerous Nathan could be once he lost his mind. She had witnessed it and it was never a good one, much more like bitter. What if he was blinded by rage? That\'s the worst thing possible!

"Don\'t do anything that\'s beyond your limits," she said. "I don\'t want you to change."

He managed to keep his sanity despite the atmosphere he was brought up. She respected and admired him a lot for that alone. If that vanished because of her, she didn\'t think she will be able to endure it.

"You know I don\'t want to make an empty promise," Nathan said to her in a gentle voice. He gently ran a finger through her hair as he stared at her. "I\'m not the type to easily forgive anyone who crossed me. You know that."

He refused to agree with her and Cassandra understood that it wasn\'t a good sign. However, she didn\'t know what to say. She knew how much he tried to stay put even now! How could she pressure him more?!

When one thing crossed her mind, curiosity got the best of Cassandra Lim. "How did you find me? I heard you failed last night." She was still debating in her mind as she didn\'t think her assumption was possible.

"I\'m not sure of it too," Nathan said. "Someone pressed the doorbell to my house and left an envelope on my mailbox. There is your name and an address on it. I had no idea but I still came. That\'s how I find you.

"Do you know how surprised I was when I realized that you were the only person in that villa? There were no other persons, not even the Prime Minister\'s men," Nathan said with a confused face.

Cassandra felt more troubled. Did that man really release her? Why?

"Were you left alone the whole time? No one came?" Nathan asked her.

Before Cassandra could answer, the door was suddenly pushed open. The Moyan Boss slightly smiled when she saw the one who entered her hospital room.

"Uncle Joshua," she muttered.

Joshua Kim quickly made his way towards Cassandra while Nathan rose from his seat. Observing Cassandra, Joshua Kim\'s face turned sour. "That Peter Jung! He really dared to do this to you!" he grunted.

Cassandra only smiled. "Did Nathan inform you? You came faster than I thought."

Joshua Kim sighed and sat beside the Moyan Boss. "Do you know how relieved I felt when I know that you\'re safe? I had no idea when Peter Jung yelled, saying that I backstabbed him. I only knew about it later."

Peter Jung said that he was backstabbed? One thing instantly crossed Cassandra\'s mind. If the Prime Minister was angry, that means... he had no idea about how she was rescued.

Her suspicion was right.

That man really released her without the approval of Peter Jung!

When Cassandra Lim thought of the Prime Minister\'s nature, she was feeling uneasy. She didn\'t know why but that young leader let her go. Then what about the aftermath?! There\'s no way for Peter Jung to let this matter slide easily!

* * *

Just as Cassandra speculated, the atmosphere in one villa inside the city wasn\'t good.

In one room of the villa, Peter Jung was sitting on a single couch with Mathias standing a few steps beside him.

"Do you know how important this matter is to me?" Peter Jung grunted. Though rage was already written all over his face, just the thought of the evidence which he failed to obtain made his blood boil with anger. Then he abruptly stood up. "You messed up everything!"

"I apologize for failing you, sir," Mathias said with his head lowered and his eyes glued to the floor. "I will accept the punishment."

"Punishment?" Peter Jung walked towards Mathias and grabbed him on the collar of his white buttoned shirt. "Then what about the thing I lost for your mistake, Mathias? You failed to deal with just one woman! Do you know that I\'m about to lose everything?!"

Mathias stood still without saying anything. As someone who had worked for Peter Jung for a long time, he knew that it\'s useless to say anything. He also knew one thing - he won\'t be able to leave unscathed.

The Prime Minister was always a violent man. He was even worse when he lost his mind, just like now. He knew that it was just a matter of time before the Prime Minister\'s violent nature took the best of him again yet he didn\'t regret it.....