My Wife is a Sassy Queen

A week went by as Mariana recovered slowly.

Most of the flesh wounds had scabbed away without any scar.

Some deeper ones were healing nicely.

A few good news came one after the other.

Alice Moss was convicted. She was sentenced to 5 years in prison, 200 thousand dollars in compensation towards Mariana within a week, and 1000 hours of community service within two years after her release.

The Mosses went to the Millers and asked for an explanation.

James’s parents had nothing to say. They had not been able to process the events that had happened in a few days.

James had resigned from the company, returned his shares, left home, and had not contacted them after that day. He had fallen for a woman but had ruined all his chances with her.

They had offended the Jacobsens and Jonathan’s wife. If she was Petrova, that was even worse.

Alice, whom Mrs. Miller had publicly supported as her daughter-in-law, turned out to be a convict. She was involved in illegal drugs, spiking drinks, assault, defamation, and attempted murder.

The Millers drew a clear line with the Mosses after the verdict was out.

They could not support a convicted murderer no matter how close their family was.

Mrs. Miller deleted her post on social media and called James.

But James was determined to freeze them out.

On the other hand, news came out that Lester Aprice vomited blood during an auction for a piece of land and passed out.

Lester was immediately sent to a hospital by the organizers, and they called the police.

The scans found that several of his organs were slowly deteriorating. None of them had deteriorated to the fullest and were curable. But it would be a long and painful process.

There were no signs of poisoning. Feeling relieved, the organizers cleared their names and left with the police.

Lester’s health was not their concern. The organizers were only concerned about being dragged into whatever was going on.

Lester knew it was Rose’s doing, but he could not figure out how.

They were eating the same food and drinking the same beverages.

Rose had not stepped foot in the kitchen.

They were sleeping in the same room. There were no signs of any poisons in the room.

Lester had not been able to sleep restfully for months. As such, he would frequently wake up in the middle of the night, so she could not have injected him with anything when he was asleep.

Nevertheless, he knew it was Rose’s doing. The most important thing was to recover, so he asked the butler to keep an eye on Rose and parked her issues for later.

Jonathan saw the news and cleared his schedule to accompany Liliana. Despite their differences, he knew Liliana had a soft spot for her father. She was not cruel enough to be unaffected by the news.

But his worries seemed to be in vain.

Liliana was in Mariana’s ward, along with Henry, Jennifer, Liam, Jacob, and James.

He wondered why everyone had gathered there and walked straight to Liliana.

“Are you alright?” He asked tenderly.

“Jonathan Smith, I am the patient here. Your wife is fine!” Mariana answered before Liliana could react.

Liliana smiled and patted his arm in assurance, “I am okay.”

Jonathan was confused, “Are you sure?”

Liliana was amused, “Nathan! Do you want me to be NOT okay?”

Mariana burst out laughing.

Jonathan frowned. He could not tell what was wrong.

Liliana scooched to the side and pulled Jonathan to sit beside her.

“Mer and I finished our high school at 14. Vivian was not aware of that. She was worried about the Valedictorian title she had been vying for since she joined Kings High.”

She started to explain. But the rest of them, apart from Mariana, did not know where it was going.

“She had found out that I had an arrangement with the Principal to send fake mark sheets to Lester for the parent’s signature. Rose had made a rule to whip me if I got B or A grades, so the fake mark sheet had B- or C grades.”

Jonathan held her in his arms and kissed her. He felt agony on hearing her say all that calmly.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

The rest of their friends also felt sorry for her. Having an abusive parent can make your life miserable like nothing else.