My Wife is a Sassy Queen

Liliana smiled coldly seeing Mariana finally wrap her head around things.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“So, my lovely Mer, what would you like to have? Lydia spent 500 Mil. How do you want to spend it?” Liliana joked as Mariana’s scowl receded.

Mariana thought for a while before she lit up, “Ask your bastard husband to give you all the money as compensation publicly. I want to see that bitch Lydia vomit blood.”

Liliana laughed, “Now that sounds like the Mer I know.” She ignored Mariana calling Jonathan a bastard. She knew her friend was only worried about her.

Mariana nudged her away and lay down on her lap, “You are heartless. I love you so much and you always pick on me. You forgave your husband so easily.”

Liliana did not know whether to laugh or cry.

“You are mine to pick or protect or berate. My husband is different. Besides, you know I never blamed him for anything.”

Mariana did not like her answer, “How is he different?”

Liliana flicked her forehead as she said, “If I had to look after him like you, I would be too tired. Husband and wife must be compatible. You can’t expect someone to be your perfect fit, it’s not movies after all, but he ought to get you and understand your personality, principles, and priorities and accept you and love you for what you are.”

Mariana was skeptical, “And you believe he is the one.”

Liliana thought for a while before she said, “Jonathan understands that I will never have the luxury to prioritize him, and more often than not, he might have to bend to my plans rather than the other way around.”

“To be someone admirable in his own right and not compete with me for limelight nor overshadow me, to not get jealous nor resent me, to not feel threatened nor unimportant. These are all contradictions that my husband ought to have.”

“I would not have given Jonathan the chance if I did not have the confidence that he is the one. I knew my choice was right seven years ago despite everything. I only gave him the divorce papers because I did not want to control him. But clearly, fate had other plans.”

“This is also why I let him find out the truth in his own time and pace, so he could make an informed decision.”

Mariana was speechless and only said in a low voice, “Why don’t I see the qualities that you see in him?”

Liliana did not mince her words, “Because you are superficial.”

Mariana was angered, “Hey!”

Liliana explained, “You see that he left me seven years ago. You discount his emotions and his perceived truth at the time.”

“You see that he did not treat me right, but you don’t realize that despite hating me and despising me, he did not treat me wrong.”

“He even defended me, whatever his motivations might have been when he could have easily used that against me. This shows his character.”

“He wanted nothing to do with me, but he wanted that in a clean and sophisticated way. He did not want to lower himself to cheap tricks like Lydia.”

“You see Vivian as his flaw, but I see both his mercy and his ruthlessness. He used Vivian to get rid of all the unwanted female attention, but behind the scenes, he is already poised to make her world crumble in the word go.”

“You see that he did not help me raise the kids. But you ignore the fact that he never knew that I was pregnant with his child. I never told him, much less asked for his opinion or discussed children with him.”

“I was the one who disappeared from his world. Since he was forced into the marriage anyway, he forgot about me. There’s nothing wrong with that. I did not fight for our marriage. I deprioritized him from the word go.”

Mariana was thoughtful as she thought things over but Liliana knew some things would only sink in when the time was right.