#Chapter 173: My Wife

Third person POV The fiasco of a wedding had all but guaranteed a messy marriage. David Lake had never believed in sayings like that before, but now, as he and Amanda wallowed in misery, he couldn’t deny its truth. And whose fault was it? Ella’s. She had ruined everything—again. Her ridiculously extravagant wedding had captured the attention of the entire kingdom. People couldn’t stop heaping praise on her and that bastard, Alexander Black. And where did that leave David? Indebted to his brother-in-law, married to an angry, resentful wife, and saddled with a reputation too tarnished to even announce his intentions to run for king. Still, David told himself it was only temporary. He could fix this. He could fix everything—as soon as he fixed Ella. Once she was out of the picture, the media circus would fade, the rumors would die down, and he could begin winning the people over again. He would finally claim the throne that was rightfully his. Amanda’s bit