Flash Marriage: Shrewd Wife, Devious Husband
Chapter 237: Getting Over Hurdles

Chapter 237: Getting Over Hurdles

Marcella was uncomfortable traveling to a high-risk country without much protection. At that time, they had three sons and that country was known for taking political prisoners for ransom. Five tourists from their country were held captives in that country. Getting them back was part of their negotiation deal.

Tony tried to leave Marcella home sensing her discomfort although he knew she would be an asset. But the other country wanted a couple to visit their country. They demanded it; or so said the foreign affairs department.

Marcella had prepared herself to go with Tony by then. By getting prepared, she went an extra mile. Not only did she research the culture and traditions of the country along with the history, but also learned the language. I was a variant of the Scandinavian language and she learned enough to understand and form a pretty good sentence.

Tony tried to learn some, but he failed. He learned some words and phrases, but he was not confident that he’d remember them all. He was amazed by Marcella’s capability to learn languages. She must have a special part in her brain that held all the genius that he missed in his brain.

Marcella was very particular about leaving their kids with her uncle during their visit. She didn’t trust anyone else with the safety of their kids. Tony agreed with her. He didn’t like how he was forced to leave the country with his wife when they had three young children. They are their everything and needed to be protected at all costs.

He would have thrown that opportunity away. But he needed it. If he wanted to be the leader of the free world, he needed to rise up to the challenges in front of him. With Marcella by his side, he knew he could overcome any hurdles his way.

When they reached that country, however, Marcella pretended that she didn’t know the language. They had a translator. In the state dinner and other ceremonies, Marcella followed Tony one step behind, as it was considered "proper" in that country.

A wife was not equal to the husband.

Although the men there heard of the activism Marcella did, they treated her as sub-human. Tony almost snapped and Marcella had to calm him down.

They were not there to change their country. They had a different purpose. They needed to be diplomatic and finish their task.

In a way, treating her like a sub-human worked well for Marcella. They didn’t consider her as someone to be bothered with and that allowed Marcella to move around. She showed herself as meek and dumb and with her beauty and adaptive quality, no one bothered to be harsh with her.

Marcella gathered a lot of details. Thinking that she didn’t understand the language, they spoke a lot. She told Tony everything and, in the end, the negotiations were finished just as they wanted.

They succeeded.

The hostages were released and a trade agreement was made with the country. Although the party tried to take the credit, the papers made sure the people knew that Tony’s diplomacy was the reason the visit went smoothly.

After that achievement, Tony’s place in the political arena was determined. He remained unshaken after that. The other party tried to poach him with benefits and wealth, but Tony stayed in the party.

He knew jumping ships wouldn’t be good for his brand. He was known to be loyal.

Coming to the present, the higher-ups were on talks with Tony to run for the Senate in the future. One of the eldest members of the party—Ronald Hilton wanted to groom Tony for the race for President. He saw his potential and thought the party would benefit from Tony’s star power.

There were some jealous people too, but they were promptly shut down by Tony’s charisma and achievements.

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Marcella was in Gloria’s house that day. Gloria had three kids and she moved further away from the city to a ranch. Gloria loved that life with the animals and her husband didn’t mind taking the long drive to work.

Marcella saw Raphael running around behind a horse and let out a deep sigh. She didn’t know where he found the energy. Joey was with Nick and Gloria’s son and playing some game they made up. Marcella’s young ones were too little to be out and they were in the playroom playing with Gloria’s daughters.

Marcella loved coming there. They would sit and talk about mundane things.

"Why haven’t you stopped those rumors about that trash actress and your husband?" Gloria asked fanning herself.

Gloria was menopausal and she complained about the hot flashes she got. The doctors had suggested medications and still, Gloria was overwhelmed and complained of her terrible mood swings.

Marcella could only sigh. How much should a woman endure just because of that extra X chromosome? Isn’t childbirth tough as it is? Why should they go through menopause too?

Marcella sipped the cocktail in her hand. "Ah, this is so refreshing..." she leaned on the chair.

She didn’t want to talk about Beth to anyone.

"Hey!" Gloria pinched her thigh and Marcella almost cussed but stopped realizing their kids were nearby.

"They are saying that your husband bought her a mansion and visits her every weekend. They call you all sorts of names and say that you are very controlling and your husband is not happy with you. "Mafia daughter turned politician wife" is how they mention you," Gloria vented her frustration. She was fisting her hand so hard.

Marcella laughed chewing on the cheese from the platter. "Your cheese is really good!" she said.

Gloria got her wish of making her own cheese. Since Marcella was not that domestic, she would get her cheese from Gloria. The ones from the stores were not as good as Gloria’s cheese.

"Hey! Come on, Marcella," Gloria got stressed.

Marcella didn’t even reveal her plans to Tony yet but since she didn’t want to let Gloria worry, revealed her plans to Gloria.

"Who do you think gives that information to the rags?" she asked.

"Who?" Gloria asked. "Tony’s enemies?"

"Beth. She’s the one spoon-feeding that information to see how I am going to act," Marcella smirked.

"That..." Gloria stuffed her mouth with cheese to stop herself from cussing.

"She will come out when my husband runs for the senate. I will handle her then," Marcella winked.

Seeing the clarity on Marcella’s face, Gloria was relived. "That’s right. Finish her. Show her what women like us can do. No one can hurt our little husbands..."

"Yeah," Marcella smirked.

No one can try and hurt her husband.