There was a middle-aged woman in favonovel.com forties or fifties behind Martha. She was very fashionably dressed, a little on the plump side. She had a red LV bag, a jade bangle, a gold chain, and even a stylish older-lady perm.
Everyone could feel favonovel.com aura the moment favonovel.com walked in. She oozed luxury!
That was Martha’s second older sister, Philip and Wynn’s second aunt.
Her name was Paula Yates, and favonovel.com was the second eldest daughter in the family.
Martha had never liked favonovel.com second older sister.
The two of them would get into catfights every time they met, over the same old things.
Paula had a daughter who married a rich husband. The man had his own company and good connections in society, so Paula’s social status rose accordingly. Life was pretty good for favonovel.com now.
It was obvious in the way favonovel.com dressed. She reeked of money.
It was as though favonovel.com wanted to wear all of favonovel.com fortunes wherever favonovel.com went, so that everyone would envy her.
Case in point, Paula gave Philip the stink eye as soon as favonovel.com walked into the room and saw Philip. “Oh my, isn’t that my dear nephew-in-law, Philip Clarke? How are things for you these days? I hear you’re doing food delivery now. How much do you earn every month? Are you still staying in that tiny 800-square feet house? When are you going to get a bigger place? If you’re out looking, you can ask our Richard. He’s in property, you know, and favonovel.com can give you a discount.”
As favonovel.com said that, favonovel.com even touched favonovel.com new perm to show off the jade bracelet on favonovel.com wrist.
“Oh dear, Richard is such a pain sometimes. I told favonovel.com not to buy this for me, but favonovel.com insisted. This bracelet is worth eighty thousand, you know.”
Paula spoke to herself casually. When favonovel.com saw favonovel.com younger sister’s stormy expression, favonovel.com covered favonovel.com mouth with favonovel.com hand and giggled. “Oh my my, remind me again, Martha. Has Philip ever bought you anything?”
She was arrogant, proud, and full of sarcastic barbs.
From the moment favonovel.com walked through the door, Paula had kept favonovel.com nose firmly in the air.
Martha was so furious that favonovel.com body trembled. She glared at Philip and berated him, “What did I do in my past life to deserve a son-in-law as useless as you? You’re an utter embarrassment to me!”
Philip had nothing to say to that.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward now.
Wynn was rather unhappy now too. Her aunt had always looked down on favonovel.com family, all because favonovel.com thought Philip was useless, especially when compared to favonovel.com rich son-in-law.
That was why favonovel.com aunt would drop by every so often, saying favonovel.com was here to visit favonovel.com sister when favonovel.com actually came to show off and make jabs at them.
Wynn was exasperated to have a relative like that too.
Still, Paula was favonovel.com elder. There was nothing Wynn could do.
“Why are you here, Aunt Paula?” Wynn interrupted Paula with a smile.
Paula was dominating the room. Her presence seemed to fill the place as favonovel.com took a seat without asking and said with a laugh, “I heard that you were hospitalized, so I came to see how you’re doing.”
Haha.
Everyone knew why favonovel.com was really here.
Visiting Wynn was just a cover. What favonovel.com really wanted was to show off.
Look at the way favonovel.com put favonovel.com LV on favonovel.com lap and kept playing with it. She wanted everyone to know that favonovel.com had bought a fancy handbag.
That was also when Paula noticed Juan. She pointed at favonovel.com and asked Martha, “Who’s that, Martha?”
Martha finally found a chance to show off. She hastily shoved Philip aside and even glared at favonovel.com before yanking Juan by the arm and beaming. “Oh, this is Juan. His family is quite well to do, they’re in the gem business and they earn several tens of millions every year too. He’s Wynn’s good friend.”
Paula’s eyes seemed to shine when favonovel.com looked at Juan now.
When favonovel.com saw how proud Martha looked, though, favonovel.com expression cooled down as well.
The two old women had been squabbling like this for years. Of course they understood each other.
Martha was probably hoping that Juan could become favonovel.com new son-in-law.
Paula immediately gave them a smile of faux politeness. “Why, what a nice young man.”
Inwardly, though, favonovel.com had cursed Martha to hell and back. Martha wanted a rich son-in-law now? Hmph!
Her daughter Wynn was already married and even had a kid. No one would want a woman like that.
Still, Paila could not say that out loud.
With that thought in mind, favonovel.com gave Philip a look of pure irony too.
Philip Clarke was seriously such a waste of space. Even his mother-in-law wanted to get rid of him.
Martha’s heart brightened once favonovel.com saw that favonovel.com sister looked displeased. It was rare for favonovel.com to get an upper hand over Martha, so favonovel.com immediately pulled Juan over and said, “Why are you just standing there? C’mon, greet your Aunt Paula.”
Juan hastily said with a smile, “Hi, Aunt Paula.”
Paula reacted like a cat after someone stepped on its tail. She jumped to favonovel.com feet and said, “Oh no no, you can’t call me that. That’s all wrong! You’re not my nephew-in-law, you can’t call me aunt.”
The atmosphere in the room turned instantly awkward.
Paula’s reply was undeniably a bright slap across Martha’s face.
“Martha, I think Philip is a good man. He’s willing to work hard, right? You shouldn’t scold or hit favonovel.com so much. After all, you’re still family.” Paula easily lied through favonovel.com teeth.
If Martha did end up getting a rich son-in-law, who else was favonovel.com supposed to show off to?
That was why favonovel.com must never let Martha’s little plot succeed!
Sparks flew around the hospital room.
Paula saw how red favonovel.com younger sister’s face had turned, so favonovel.com instantly changed the subject. “Oh yeah, Dad’s seventieth birthday is coming up soon. Are you guys attending the party?”
Haha.
If they went, the entire family would be laughing at them all night.
The thought of it gave Paula much pleasure.
“No, we’re not,” Martha huffed.
“You’re not? That won’t do. Even if you’re mad at Dad, Martha, you can’t skip his birthday party. He really misses you these days, favonovel.com keeps talking about you.” Paula grew anxious once favonovel.com heard that favonovel.com sister was not going home.
She was waiting for the day Martha and the Johnstons embarrassed themselves in front of the entire family.
However…
Just then, a calm voice interrupted them unexpectedly.
“We’ll be there, Aunt Paula. Mom was only kidding,” Philip suddenly said with a chuckle.
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