My Wife is a Sassy Queen

It had been a month since Romeo and Rose’s imprisonment.

Lester’s health was rapidly failing, and so was the Aprice Group. He struggled to clear his tasks and leave P city.

He was unhappy about leaving P City with his tail between his legs, but what other choice did he have?Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

Leonardo sent his assistant to meet Rose and Romeo.

Rose was surprised to see that Leonardo had sent over his assistant, but she could not hide her hope.

She had raised Leonardo as her own.

The assistant informed her how sorry Leonardo was for her. Irrespective of everything, she was innocent of Lester’s ruthlessness in feeding his mother abortifacients to get rid of him.

For the sake of years of affection, he had sent a gift.

The assistant passed along the proof of Lester and his lawyer tricking Rose out of her kidney and attempting Lydia’s kidnapping.

Leonardo’s assistant also gave them a flat on the outskirts of the town. It wasn’t much, but Lydia would have a roof over her head.

Romeo was ecstatic.

He could finally have his revenge on that old fart. But most importantly, his daughter would not be homeless.

They profusely thanked the assistant and begged the guards to call their daughter.

They never knew how the guards managed to contact Lydia, who had lost her phone in that unfortunate accident and didn’t have a place to live. But it never crossed their minds.

They showed everything to Lydia and asked her to file a complaint against Lester.

Lydia was reluctant to do so as she genuinely loved Lester.

Rose and Romeo had to convince her for a long time before she agreed.

Moreover, the prospect of having a roof over her head and not having to work at the Smiths at that party and carry out that task was a welcome chance.

If Rose had known Lydia’s reasons for agreeing, she would have vomited blood.

She hadn’t realized that she was solely responsible for what she did to her child’s remains. Instead, she blamed Liliana and was unhappy about her lack of chances at revenge.

If she had known Lydia had the chance to hurt that little bitch’s kids, she would have used every which way to convince her.

Surprisingly, vicious as she was, Lydia somehow knew where to draw the line. She had no qualms about doing every unimaginable thing to Liliana but was reluctant to hurt children.

Funnily enough, she would not hesitate to hurt them if only they were slightly older or had grown up a little bit.

Only God would know how she came about such strange morality of sorts.

Nonetheless, she filed a case against Lester, and he was convicted. The police brought Lester’s lawyer and his wife back and charged them.

One day, Leonardo went to meet Lester at the police station.

Lester was surprised to see his son. He was utterly conflicted about seeing Leonardo.

He had loved him and raised him, but at the same time, he had tried to get rid of him.

Lester had lost weight and aged several years.

He sneered, “Are you here to laugh at me?”

Leonardo shook his head, “No, I am here to see my handiwork. Elder sister wanted to let you be and ignored your soon-to-be-mistress abroad and your properties. But I wasn’t satisfied. I had to beg her to let me deal with you. And well, here you are.”

He smiled at Lester’s dumbfounded face and asked, “How does it feel, biological father?”

Lester shook his head, “Why?”

Even he did not know what he was asking. Why did Liliana let him go? Why did Leonardo treat him so hatefully?

But Leonardo understood.

He answered all his unspoken questions.

“Lil sees you as the man mother loved with all her heart. Mother saw your true colors and was disillusioned but loved you too much to leave. She even gave all the Petrova inheritance to 5-year-old Lil because she knew she was biased towards you and hence disqualified.”

“No matter how hateful you are, she has a soft spot for you – the man mother loved.”

“But I am different. I never got to meet my mother. I don’t understand what the word ‘mother’ means except for elder sister. I saw you beat and abuse her. I saw you treat the person who loved me unconditionally like garbage.”

“How could I let you off so easily?”

Lester was too shocked to speak.

He knew Anne loved him. As insecure as he was, he knew deep down that he had managed to take advantage of Anne because she loved him.

At the end of the rope – when he had lost and his body deteriorating – his son forced him to face the bare truth.

And it burned.

But the past was gone. Just like Anne! Just like his glory days! Just like his life!

He was on limited time and counting his days.

He laughed.

The truth of what he had and what he lost finally sank in.

All he wanted – he had it all. All he had to do was love Anne and their children. But he couldn’t even do that.

He laughed and laughed until he coughed blood.

But Leonardo had long gone. He left without turning back.