My Wife is a Sassy Queen

The party started after the fiasco and soon the time came for Lester to cut the cake.

“Lydia, come darling. Help your old man cut the cake!” Lester said.

People gushed about what a doting father Lester was.

Lydia looked at Liliana provocatively.

Mariana felt her blood boil at their shamelessness.

James held her hand and rubbed her palm to distract her. Mariana was too shocked to say anything and the cake cutting went well.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Lester proposed a toast and thanked everyone for coming to wish him on his birthday.

“Lastly, I want to thank my darling daughter for being the light of my life. I love you, darling. I am lucky to have a filial daughter like you.”

Lester said emotionally.

“No, daddy! It’s my good karma that I was fortunate to have a loving father like you. I love you the most.” Lydia said tearfully, showing off their lovely family rapport.

Jonathan looked at Liliana who had a faint smile on her lips, but he could see her disdain up close in her eyes.

Glad that she was unaffected, he looked back at the farce on the stage.

Lester then passed on a gift box to Lydia who accepted reluctantly after Lester said he wanted to shower her with all the best things in the world.

During this little play, Lester and Lydia would frequently look at Liliana but they were disappointed to see her lack of reaction.

Lydia opened the gift box in front of everyone and acted surprised on seeing the papers inside.

“Daddy! What is this? Are these the shares of Aprice Group? But..?” Lydia exclaimed in astonishment, apparently, forgetting the people around.

“I wanted to surprise you for planning this fantastic party for me. This is 10% shares of Aprice Group. Take it as your pocket money.” Lester said dotingly.

Many were envious of their display of affection.

They congratulated both Lester and Lydia for having such a good daughter and loving father.

Mariana could not take it anymore and said loudly, “I must say, I am impressed by how much you love your stepdaughter, Mr. Aprice.”

Everyone could hear the sarcasm in her voice, especially when she stressed “stepdaughter”.

Lydia’s mouth quivered, “What are you talking about? What do you mean stepdaughter?”

Lydia’s parentage was not known to everyone since Lester was not all that important. Most people only knew of him because he got married to Anne Petrova. But that was ages ago, and with changing times, the new generation was not aware of the dynamics.

Lydia could not take this slight when she had successfully provoked Liliana.

Mariana pretended to be innocent, “Why Miss Lydia? I was just praising your stepfather. How generous he is to someone who is not his own flesh and blood! If only all stepparents in this world were as good as him, wouldn’t the world be a lovely place?”

Lydia did not have anything to retort.

But everyone present could see that Lydia was not Lester’s daughter.

Lester had not expected to be this embarrassed.

“Lydia is my daughter and an Aprice. The dynamics of my family are none of your business, Miss Jacobsen. And why should I not dote on Lydia? After all, she is my only daughter.”

Lester silenced Mariana and everyone else at once.

Some observant people could see that he had looked straight at Liliana while saying so, but they could not tell what was going on.

A few people who were aware of Liliana being the Petrova heir and Lester’s daughter could only shake their heads at his stupidity.

Anyone who knew of their relationship could see that the entire birthday fiasco was designed to provoke Liliana. They sneered in their heart.

They had never seen anyone who had thrown away an unlimited gold mine for a piece of copper.