My Wife is a Sassy Queen

The following week passed by peacefully for the Smith family as Nathaniel and Jonathan recuperated well and finally, Li was cleared to be discharged as well.

They went home and spent another joyous week together without any work or studies. Playing together, building things together, cooking together, working in their garden together, climbing trees together, and doing all sorts of activities together.

Jonathan had never been so happy as he had been in that week.

The family of five enjoyed their time off as they recuperated and created memories. Liam and the others dropped by often and they all had fun.

On the other hand, James and Mariana were still having a tug of war.

They were pretending to be a couple, both unwilling to be the first to give up. James was having a lot of fun watching Mariana act all cute and clingy while seething in anger inside.

Mariana, on the other hand, was scared. She was scared that one or both of them would end up taking things too far to the point of no return. She also hated being so pretentious around him. She wanted it over with but she knew James would not stop until he had had his fill of fun.

Mariana was beginning to be afraid that she had met the one person she was unable to deal with and she would end up losing in the end. She was not scared of losing this game between them, but an unexpected sense of fear had crept into her heart and she did not understand what it was.

Mariana sat at the table sipping her beer slowly. James was helping her with barbeque and feeding her.

After some awkwardness, she had stopped feeling weird and started to enjoy food without a care.

‘I will just treat him as the personal waiter.’ She thought and focused on the food and chatter.

Mariana was planning a simple dinner with some of her staff to celebrate the success of her first project in the company. Someone had proposed a beer and barbeque party with karaoke to lighten the mood, and so they were all seated in a barbeque joint.

James had run into them when they were leaving and had accepted a staff’s invitation with much enthusiasm.

Mariana was already tired of playing lovey-dovey with him and decided to ignore him.

How could James let her ignore him though?

“Honey, where is my reward for serving you?”

After Mariana proposed a toast to the group for their efforts and their help in grooming her, James quipped, making Mariana speechless.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” She fumed.

James was unfazed. He made a pitiful expression and said, “Honey, I canceled so many important things to accompany you to this celebration because this meant so much to you. Don’t I get a sweet reward?”

Mariana realized what nonsense he was asking for and stammered, “Shut up! There are so many people here.”

After so many weeks, she knew James was shameless and unreasonable, so should only try to act shy.

“They don’t mind, do you guys?” James was adamant to get what he wanted.

The staff cheered, “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!!”

Mariana tried to act shy and embarrassed, and even angry but nothing seemed to work.

While the others thought she was just not into PDA, James saw her reluctance very clearly.

It ticked him off so much that he held the back of her head and waist and kissed her hard in front of everyone, ignoring her feeble struggles.

Mariana wanted to brutally torture James and kill him for that. But she had to pretend to be shy amidst the cheering crowd.

James did an exaggerated bow which made everyone laugh.

Mariana was even more embarrassed.

She excused herself and went to the washroom.

She rubbed her mouth and rinsed several times but her irritation kept growing.

Frustrated, she went out to a balcony and leaned on the railing trying to calm herself in the gentle breeze.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

She wanted to call Liliana and talk to her as they had always done.

But just as she was about to press the call button, she hesitated. Her friend had finally found her happiness after two decades of struggle. She did not want to ruin their family time. The kids, too, had never been that happy, that carelessly happy.

She sighed deeply and took a long breath feeling a sense of melancholy that suddenly seeped in.

Finally, she called Liam, just to hear a familiar voice.

“Hey Mer, what’s up?” Liam asked.

“Did I call at the wrong time? Are you busy?” Mariana asked.

“Are you sick? Where are you? What’s wrong with you?” Liam asked worriedly.

“Why would I be sick? I am in Pits. Had a small celebration with some of my co-workers. Why would you think I am sick?” Mariana asked, puzzled.

“Because you called me so cautiously. That’s not like you. I am used to you being flamboyant. And a little overbearing too.” Liam laughed.

Mariana was speechless but laughed along after a few seconds. All her previous bad moods were gone.

“Do you think that badly of me?” She asked with a fake sniffle.

“That’s not a bad thing. We are friends, you don’t have to be cautious with me, and you can be yourself.” Liam said gently. He had sensed her bad mood earlier and had a hunch who had caused it.

“Hahahaha! That sounded suspiciously like how my father talks to me.” She had barely finished saying it when she burst out laughing again.

“Now that you feel better, tell me why I get the honor of receiving your call today. I know Lil is on your speed dial.” Liam asked.

“Sometimes I don’t like how perceptive you are.” She grumbled.

“Force of habit.” Liam snorted.

“It wasn’t anything serious, and I did not want to disturb her family time. She and the three kids are so happy these days. It’s a dream come true and I did not want to disturb it.” Mariana admitted.

“How about you keep me on a speed dial? I am relatively free for the next three or four months. I could use some company.” Liam proposed.

“Aren’t you sweet?” Mariana teased.

“Go on ahead with your celebration. I will talk to you later.” Liam said.

“Alright, bye!” Mariana hung up with a smile.

Her friends always managed to make her feel better.