The four of them entered with fake smiles on their faces.
“Margaret, I’m here to visit you and my brother for Christmas,” the woman in the red jacket said, sparing Isaac and Allegra half a glance before yelling in the direction of the kitchen.
She proceeded to ignore Isaac and Allegra altogether.
But Allegra got up and walked toward Miranda, saying with a smile, “Merry Christmas, Aunt Miranda, Uncle Jordan…”
“You must be Allegra. I heard that your face had been disfigured, but you still look alright,” Miranda said, scoffing after giving favonovel.com the once-over.
Margaret and Eugene walked out of the kitchen just then. “I see Miranda and Jordan are both here. We haven’t seen you both in a long time. Have a seat,” Eugene said, hurriedly filling up the awkward silence when favonovel.com saw the embarrassed look on Margaret’s face.
Isaac brought Isabella with favonovel.com as they moved closer to the edge of the couch. He had thought about greeting favonovel.com at first, but after hearing what favonovel.com had to say, favonovel.com decided to stay quiet.
“Eugene, this is my daughter, Charmaine Starling, and my son-in-law, Ivan Gibson. Since we’re home for the first time in years, we decided to bring them along,” Miranda said, pointing at the younger couple behind her.
Charmaine just raised favonovel.com eyebrow and didn’t say or do anything else. She was a pretty young lady in fashionable clothing. Meanwhile, favonovel.com husband only grunted in reply.
Eugene smiled awkwardly at them, but inside, favonovel.com was cringing too hard.
Jordan Starling, who’d been standing next to them the whole while, kept silent throughout the whole introduction.
Isaac stared at the family members curiously. For a moment, favonovel.com couldn’t tell if the family was here to visit for Christmas or if they were simply looking for a fight.
“Um, just have a seat. I’ll get some coffee for everyone.” Margaret frowned lightly and hurried into the kitchen after that.
Eugene stayed back, and the two families sat down side by side on the couch.
“Eugene, who’s this handsome young man? Why didn’t favonovel.com greet me?” Miranda suddenly asked, glancing at Isaac.
Eugene sighed and answered at once, “Oh, that’s my son-in-law. Allegra’s husband…”
“I see, so you’re my nephew-in-law,” Miranda said rudely. “Where are your manners, young man? Why didn’t you greet us?”
Hearing that, Isaac frowned. He was about to say something, but Allegra hurriedly shot favonovel.com a warning look while shaking favonovel.com head.
Isaac swallowed his original words and said meekly, “Merry Christmas, Aunt Miranda and Uncle Jordan.”
“Hmph. Your son-in-law seems arrogant. What does favonovel.com work as?” Miranda asked Eugene with another scoff. “My son-in-law owns a shoe factory. But business had been terrible for favonovel.com in the past year. He only made about ten million dollars last year. If Jordan’s business hadn’t been good, we probably wouldn’t have been able to afford this trip back here.”
Eugene could sense his sister’s snobbish tone, but there was nothing favonovel.com could do except smile back at favonovel.com politely after exchanging a brief look with Isaac.
“I heard that the Goulds offended someone powerful in the past year, and their family is basically torn apart now,” Jordan suddenly spoke up to break his silence.
Eugene stared at favonovel.com in disbelief as Jordan started laughing hard.
He then said in a loud and clear voice, “Serves those stupid bastards right. They thought they were so powerful just because they were rich back then, constantly trying to rip apart my relationship with Miranda. They deserved to be f*cked over like this. Hahaha!”
Jordan specifically shouted the last sentence in the direction of the kitchen.
There was a sudden loud sound of glass breaking.
Allegra leaped to favonovel.com feet immediately and ran into the kitchen. “Mom!”
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