That slap was so brutal it took everyone by surprise.
Martha especially brought favonovel.com hand to favonovel.com rapidly-swelling face, looking at Philip in disbelief.
Since when did this useless trash have the guts to hit favonovel.com like this?
Wait, favonovel.com had done so a few times before.
When favonovel.com remembered the past few times, Martha only grew angrier.
How dare that trash hit favonovel.com so many times! She was his mother-in-law, his elder in the family!
“How could you hit me?! Don’t you guys see, he’s gone way over the line! He hit me!”
Martha screamed, throwing a tantrum and even trying to scratch him.
However, Philip simply kicked favonovel.com hard in the stomach, sending favonovel.com falling on favonovel.com backside and crying for favonovel.com mother.
“Martha Yates! I’ve warned you many times now, but you still keep pushing my limits! Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?”
Philip said coldly, clenching his fists. If Wynn was not holding favonovel.com back, favonovel.com would teach that clueless woman a lesson favonovel.com would never forget today!
Martha fell onto the ground, favonovel.com stomach feeling like it was about to burst. She broke into tears and howled like a banshee, “See, see! He’s my son-in-law, but he’s hitting his mother-in-law! What a travesty! What place do I have left in this family? Are you f*cking dead, Charles Johnston? Your son-in-law hit me, so why are you just standing there without a word?!”
Martha’s body trembled in rage, but favonovel.com was actually scared at the same time.
The murderous aura coming from Philip earlier made favonovel.com panic from the bottom of favonovel.com heart.
That was why favonovel.com turned favonovel.com target to Charles instead.
Charles was exasperated too. He shook his head and advised Philip, “Um, Philip, favonovel.com is still your elder, after all. Could you just let it slide this one time?”
“Shut up! It’s all because you keep letting favonovel.com be that she’s become this unreasonable, self-absorbed witch!”
Philip barked, his eyes filled with rage.
Charles knew that as well, and favonovel.com was quite torn. True, favonovel.com was supposed to be the one wearing the pants in this family, but that banshee Martha managed to usurp his position as the head of the household.
When Martha saw Charles hesitated, favonovel.com exploded. “Johnston, are you even a man? Are you scared of your own son-in-law? You’re trash, just like him! I must have been blind to marry you! I want a divorce!”
Since Martha was frustrated, favonovel.com immediately threatened favonovel.com with a divorce.
That only added to Charles’ headache. It felt like favonovel.com had no say at all here.
Since favonovel.com was pushed over the brink, favonovel.com turned around and barked at her, “You want a divorce? Fine! I’ve had enough of you! I told you so many times not to go too far, I told you to stop raising hell, but you never listened. You’re always complaining that I didn’t make much of myself, right? Saying I only became a section head after so many years of hard work? Alright then, let’s get a divorce. Go back to your own family!”
His rant left Martha wide-eyed and stunned.
She was just saying that out of anger. Her own family, the Yates, had long since left Riverdale.
As for why they went bust, favonovel.com never dared to ask, because favonovel.com was terrified that they would ask favonovel.com to help clear their debts.
Martha instantly broke down. Wailing at the top of favonovel.com lungs, favonovel.com beat favonovel.com chest and stomped favonovel.com feet. “Fine, fine, so you’re all ganging up on me, aren’t you? Oh, what did I do to deserve this? You two traitors would rather help an outsider to bully me! I should just die and get it over with.”
Wynn did not say anything the entire time. Since favonovel.com mother was throwing another ridiculous tantrum, favonovel.com simply took Philip’s hand and dragged favonovel.com upstairs.
She did not want to engage Martha anymore. There was no point.
Charles also snorted and went into the study.
Now Martha was the only one left in the living room, bawling favonovel.com eyes out. She would stop once favonovel.com had had enough.
The next day, Blake invited all the members of Beacon’s board to a banquet at a hotel.
Houston was there too, of course.
Right now, they were all on cloud nine.
“What’s the happy occasion, Mr. Michaels?”
“Yeah, Mr. Michaels. Do you have good news to announce?”
“Has Beacon gone bust?”
Blake smoked his cigar and said with a laugh, “Oh, Beacon is nothing in my eyes. Once our family decides to take someone down, no one will survive our wrath. I’m here to tell all of you that another company will rise in Beacon’s place once it falls, so I hope all of you will work with me to clean Riverdale of all possible obstacles. Once we do, Riverdale is ours for the taking.”
“A new company? What do you mean by that, Mr. Michaels?”
The other board members asked excitedly.
“I will start a new company that will monopolize the entire pharmaceutical industry here in Riverdale. With that, we’ll be earning billions, not just a few millions!” Blake said, his ambition burning hot and high.
The board members in the room gasped at his declaration. So that was why Blake was so set against Beacon. He wanted to take over everything in Riverdale.
“I’m not so sure, though, Mr. Michaels. Even if we pull out of Beacon, they still have the Capital City Clarke Group. If those guys…”
Someone asked, doubtful.
Houston burst out laughing. “Don’t you worry about that, Mr. Jenkins. The Capital City Clarke Group is no problem. Yes, Michaels Corp isn’t quite a match for them yet, but don’t forget, we have our patron.”
Their patron!
All the board members shared the same look of astonishment.
Could this all be part of the Michaels’ patron’s master plan?
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