My Wife is a Sassy Queen

James reached out to Mariana two weeks after that fateful event.

Mariana avoided him, but as usual, James cornered her.

“I am so sorry, Mer. I swear, I did not mean a thing I said last time. I regretted it the moment I misspoke.”

“I like you so much. Please give me one last chance. I swear to make it up to you. I am so sorry. Please, Mer.”

“Please, give me one last chance. I know I messed up before. I will make things right this time around. Please!”

James uttered his most sincere apology.

He had been tracking down the waiter who had spiked Mariana’s drink. He had finally found him abroad and laid all the cards to force him back to P city.

Only then did James muster the courage to confront Mariana and apologize.

Unfortunately, what Mariana heard was that even after everything that had happened, James was not ready to end the farce between them.

Perhaps, because they had both been on the opposite spectrum from the beginning of their relationship, they never saw things the same way.

Mariana, being on the receiving end of James’s revenge, could not fathom that James could go from teasing her to falling for her, primarily because he had never expressed himself clearly.

He said he liked her, but she could not see it. Nothing in his behavior resembled that of a person who cared for another.

Conversely, James failed to see that he had never given Mariana a choice.

While he had a change of heart, he was unsure of his feelings. Thus, he could not clarify his stance.

He meant it when he said he liked her and expected Mariana to understand that their game had ended and they were now dating.

But he could not understand her perspective, just like she could not see his heart or intentions.

Mariana had lost all the will to argue with him. She had come to accept that whatever was between them would only end when James decided it was over.

Thus, she did not contradict him and thought to see things through. Besides, they had already slept together; it could not get any worse. Or so she naively thought.

With their thoughts out of sync, Mariana and James started dating.

A few weeks later, James could not be happier. He would often find himself smiling at how well things turned out between him and Mariana after their fight in the room right after their first time together.

He thought everything was going well.

Mariana’s thoughts were all over the place. She could not make sense of James’s newfound gentleness and care.

Part of her knew it was not real, but she couldn’t deny that it was exceedingly good. It was surreal.

However, she prepared herself for the other shoe to drop. She was not naive enough to think James loved her.

Liliana and Liam were worried about them. They could tell James, despite his age, was more like a teenager who saw his relationship with Mariana through rose-tinted glasses.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

While James was sincere, he had never thought of things from her point of view. He liked her but could not treat her right.

The onlookers could tell that their relationship was doomed, and both would get hurt. They could only hope that it wouldn’t be too bad.

Jonathan had tried to talk some sense into James but had failed. James had blissfully blinded himself.

Jonathan warned Mariana to be careful and promised to be there for her, but he was helpless. As an onlooker, he could not do much.

On the other hand, Alice had eventually begun to relax. A month had passed since Mariana’s incident, and nobody had come after her. It could only mean that there was no evidence against her.

Feeling safe, she started to look into Mariana again. But she did not get another opportunity to sabotage her.

Her chance came a few weeks later when she chanced upon an invitation at James’s home.

Alice acted coquettishly and piteously and asked for a chance to be able to apologize to Mariana. She convinced James’s mother to take her to Liliana’s birthday bash.

Alice was sure that Mariana would be at Liliana’s birthday party, and she would get her chance to discredit her.