My Wife is a Sassy Queen

James woke up feeling disoriented but light.

He hated himself. He had hurt Mariana so much. How could he feel light-hearted just because he drank himself into a stupor?

His feelings validated his opinion of himself. He was a conscienceless bastard who did not deserve Mariana or anyone or any happiness.

When James freshened up and came out, everyone was already seated at the dining table.

“You look well,” Liliana said sarcastically.

“Liliana, I am a bastard who deserves to be miserable for eternity. I don’t deserve happiness at all. I got drunk, and now, I feel light-chested. How could I feel better after hurting her so much?” James self-deprecatingly asked.

He did not care to hide his self-loathing at all. His pride had long vanished.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Jonathan did not want to see James so miserable.

“Last night…” Jonathan started, but Liliana cut him off.

“It’s good that you realize it,” Liliana said brutally.

James had hurt Mariana. Because of him, Alice had injured Mariana; because of him, the Millers had said bad-mouthed Mariana.

But because of their friendship, her hands were tied.

Liliana thought it was an acceptable punishment for him.

Jonathan frowned but kept quiet. He did not even hesitate to pick his wife over his childhood friend.

Joyanna was confused.

“Uncle James, last night” Jo wanted to ask James why he had disturbed Mariana so late. She did not fully understand what the adults were talking about and waited her turn.

Nathaniel, however, understood that his mother did not want Uncle James to know that he had gone to see Mariana in his drunken stupor.

Hence he stopped his sister, “Alright, Jo! Don’t annoy Uncle James. He is not feeling well.”

Jo pouted but listened to her brother. He would explain things later.

James tried to eat a toast and barely managed. He left soon after.

Jonathan questioned Liliana as soon as James left.

“What was that?”

“He should suffer a little,” Liliana shrugged.

James went back to his apartment and printed a resignation letter.

Then, he drove to the company, submitted the resignation letter, cleared his desk, and left without a backward glance.

Then he called his lawyer and transferred all his shares back to his father.

James had not thought giving back his shares or resigning would feel this relaxing.

Despite making James the CEO, his father had never stopped managing the work.

James was never allowed to execute a plan or pursue a project without his father’s approval. He had always felt like a glorified employee and not the owner.

Then he posted a video explaining how he and Alice dated when they were in college until he found her having a threesome with his classmates.

After that, they never got together and lost contact after college.

He happened to have a video of Alice having a threesome which she had emailed him ages back asking him to join, but he had declined.

He posted a screenshot of the email she had sent along with his reply. He added that he had already passed the video along to his lawyer for the case.

He addressed Alice and said, “See you in court!”

Alice had bargained on James toeing the line for his mother’s sake. James’s move had caught her off guard.

She knew there was no way out of it.

As a last attempt, she went to the hospital to see Mariana. Alice lied that she was Alice McDraw since she knew McDraw was Liliana’s assistant.

She was allowed inside the ward and saw Mariana lost in thought.

Alice turned to Mariana and asked, “How do you feel, Miss Jacobsen? Is the baby alright?”

Mariana frowned at the woman, “How did you get in here?”

Mariana was in no mood to entertain her and called for her maid, “Lily?”

But Alice laughed. “I have already sent them away.” She shrugged.

“What do you want?” Mariana lazily asked.

“Oh, I want James, and I want you dead, you bitch!” Alice snarled with venom.

Alice had brought a drug with her and injected it into Mariana’s IV bag.

Her plan was simple – add a drug to her IV bag and bargain with James for the antidote.

Right that instant, the doors opened. A few people and cops came inside to arrest her.

Alice could not register what happened until she got unceremoniously thrown inside a jail cell.

Alice regained her senses after she touched the cold hard floor.

They had laid a trap for her. And she had fallen right into it.

She was doomed.