My Wife is a Sassy Queen

Liliana remarked, “This works well for both of us. If you succeed, you get more money. At the same time, the hospital does not lose much in case you don’t.”

Henry cocked his brow, “I did not say it was unfair! Just more demanding.”

Jennifer echoed, “Yeah, your new rules will keep everyone on their toes. I am not complaining. A strict merit-based system is a blessing for people like me who don’t have a powerful backing.”

Mariana chided her in fake anger, “How can you be called someone with no background?”

Liliana smiled, “That was my intent anyway.”

Jennifer explained, “I got demoted, but I am still a senior nurse. I just lost some management rights, which works in my favor. I was not handling it well, and that dragged my overall performance. My pay also included a lot of variable entities, depending on my time in OT v/s ER v/s research. Overall, I am quite satisfied. It works well for me.”

Liliana heaved a sigh, “As long as you guys are fine.”

They chatted for a while until a maid came inside reporting the arrival of a guest along with Kyle.

Jonathan immediately made a face that piqued Henry’s interest.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Who can annoy you so much?” Henry teasingly asked.

Mariana answered gruffly, “Liam’s family members are quite shameless.”

Liliana echoed, “I wonder who it is this time.”

Jennifer asked, “Should I hide?”

Liliana gave her a stink eye.

“Don’t worry, Jenn. I will protect you,” Mer dramatically vowed and made everyone laugh.

Kyle showed up with an annoyed look as Jessi had clamped his hands tight.

Jessi was the waitress on their cruise ship. Jonathan had thrown her out in anger for breaking protocol.

Jessi pretended as if it had never happened and often showed up with Kyle, feigning acquaintance.

For Grandma Preston’s sake, they tolerated her and did not expose her. But Jessi was getting more and more presumptuous.

Other than her, other members of Preston’s family also showed up with Kyle. But she was the one who often interrupted them.

It was a nuisance for the drivers as well. They had to take unnecessary detours to protect the exact location of the Mansion where the family of four was staying.

Even so, it was more exposed than they would have liked.

Liliana ignored them since their stay there was a temporary one.

She would move to Petrova family Mansion and would divide their stay between Petrova family Mansion and Jonathan’s Villa.

Jonathan had proposed to personally design and build a Mansion exclusively for them, but Liliana had dismissed the idea. They already had too many places that even in the future if all their kids decided to take one Villa each, they would still have spare.

Jonathan could see the truth in that and stopped thinking of it. There were other things he could do.

Jonathan, who had tuned out Jessi, was brought back to his senses when Liliana elbowed him.

“What is it, honey?” Jonathan asked gently, caressing her face.

Mariana teased Jonathan, ignoring Jessi and her redundant question.

“Jonathan, I was just telling Lil about your plans to open a Harem like the old emperors did, have a bunch of concubines on the side. Were you lost planning that?” Mariana asked innocently.

Before Jonathan could retort, Jessi chimed in, “How could you say something like that? Everyone knows President Smith has high standards and does not play around. Or perhaps it was someone else who suggested this.”

Jessi thought herself clever to defend Jonathan and lay out a reasonable doubt.

If Jonathan had not been close to Liliana, if he had not gotten to know Mariana personally, and if he had been insecure in their marriage, then perhaps he might have fallen for that.

But that was not the case, and they only thought of Jessi as a cartoon character.

“Wow, President Smith, you sure are highly valued and popular among women,” Liliana snorted at Jonathan, giving him a stink eye.

Jessi thought Liliana was jealous, but others could tell that they were merely being cheeky.

“What can I say, Mrs. Smith? I was born charismatic.” Jonathan played along.

“You must be so smug about having so many choices, President Smith,” Liliana sarcastically remarked.

“Don’t call me President Smith, darling. I prefer Mr. Husband,” Jonathan teased.

Liliana bit back her smile and continued, “You did not answer my question, Mr. Husband.”

She said ‘husband’ through gritted teeth as if she was truly angry.

“It’s nice to have options, Mrs. Smith. After all, life is too long and can get lonely,” Jonathan teased her provocatively.

“Why don’t I shorten it for you, Mr. Husband? After you are gone, I promise to find our kids a young stepfather so they can have fun together!” Liliana asked with twinkling eyes.

Mariana burst out laughing at the change as Jonathan looked horrified.

Jonathan pulled Liliana closer and retorted, “Don’t even dare, Mrs. Smith. Even if I die, I will become a ghost and haunt you.”

Liliana grabbed the front of his t-shirt and pulled him closer as she said domineeringly, “Depends on your performance, Mr. Husband. I don’t like chasing flies from my things.”

Jonathan smiled at her possessiveness and whispered, “Don’t worry about my performance, darling. I promise you won’t be able to walk tomorrow. Your possessiveness is too arousing.”

Liliana bit the inside of her mouth to control her smile and blush.

Jessi, who was enjoying the fight, finally realized that they had been flirting all along.

To add insult to injury, their friends also started teasing them.

“I don’t like them anymore,” Jennifer grunted.

Henry disagreed with her, “I like them better now. It’s good to see Jonathan’s arrogant ass wrapped around Lil’s fingers.”

Liliana smiled and looked at him provocatively.

Jonathan leaned in and whispered in her ears as she blushed.

“Keep smiling, babe. I will have you wrapped around my finger tonight.”

Mariana saw her blushing face and clicked her tongue, “You have let me down, Lil.”

They all bantered good-naturedly, ignoring Jessi, who still shamelessly continued to overstay her welcome.