My Wife is a Sassy Queen

Jonas patted Leena’s head and put some more food on her plate.

He looked at Lydia and explained.

“It wasn’t the butler or your parents who hired me. It was Mr. Jake Green, the gardener, who had hired me. I mostly worked for him only. Very infrequently, I worked for you or your parents. So, everyone looked down on me. But Mr. Green had told me to keep things quiet, so I never told anyone anything.”

Lydia asked, “What do you mean?”

Jonas explained, “I always knew, as did some of the other employees, that we worked for Miss Liliana and the house and the company belonged to her. It was her mother’s and maternal grandfather’s property, and she had inherited it. She never bothered to claim it, but it was always hers.”

Lydia became stupefied once again. She had not quite figured out how Liliana suddenly became so rich.

Seeing her speechless, Jonas explained.

“Miss Lydia, don’t take it the wrong way. It is anyway the fault of previous generations. Mr. Aprice had married Miss Liliana’s mother – the only child of the rich Petrovas. He was a simple office worker before that. But after marriage, he did not appreciate her. Her father seemed to have seen through him, so he never told Mr. Aprice everything about his assets. He handed everything to Miss Liliana directly and left a capable group of people to protect and train her.”

Lydia was horrified, “What are you saying? Of course, my father was a rich young master himself.”

Jonas continued, “Not at all! Almost everyone in the previous generations knows this. And you can read it from the old newspaper clippings. Anyways, after Miss Liliana’s grandparents passed away, Mr. Aprice had an affair with your mother.”

Leena added, “Based on the news, your mother and biological father planned to con your stepfather for his money. The conversation between your biological parents is quite an eye-opener.”

She shuddered.

Jonas shook his head, “Don’t worry, Miss Lydia. It is all the previous generation. No one faults you for this.”

“Based on what I know, Mr. Aprice fed abortifacients to his wife, and she died shortly after. Then he married your mother, who was also pregnant. You know what happened after that.”

Lydia asked, “How do you know all of this?”

Jonas shrugged, “My father was Miss Anne’s driver. Mr. Aprice dismissed him directly after she had passed away. I flunked exams and couldn’t do much other than drive. So, my father asked Mr. Green if he could employ me.”

He added, “The Petrovas pay the highest salary to everyone. It’s much above the market rate. And the benefits are also quite good since they expand everywhere.”

Leena rebuked him, “As if a rich person would understand. Why explain it to her?”

Lydia glared at her and ignored her.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

She timidly asked, “Do you know what happened to my parents?”

She couldn’t understand how her world had crumbled out of the blue.

Jonas looked at her as if she was an alien.

“Do you truly not know?”

Lydia shook her head.

He tutted helplessly and said, “I don’t know the whole story, but based on what I was able to gather, Mr. and Mrs. Aprice seemed to be killing each other.”

Lydia exclaimed, “What?”

He explained, “Mr. Aprice found out that Mrs. Aprice had duped him for money. He tricked her and took away her kidney, and even fake kidnapped you. Then Mrs. Aprice drugged him, and now all his organs are failing.”

Lydia cried, “How could that be?”

Jonas looked at her curiously, “Miss Lydia, how could you not know that? Everyone knows that. All the servants were talking about it in the house.”

Lydia stammered, “But… But they love each other!”

Leena laughed, “You, Miss! Are you delusional or crazy? Both of them are selfish people. They both married up for their gain. Lester Aprice married Anne Petrova for her money and cast her aside. Then your mother came to him as his karma and did the same. Now that everything’s out in the open, they are trying to kill each other.”

She paused and added, “Though, I must say, Miss Liliana Petrova, outsmarted them both. She had her revenge without dirtying her hands.”

Lydia seethed, “Liliana – that bitch ruined my life. You are in cahoots with her.”

Jonas and Leena were speechless.