Chapter 56

Mia kept a mental record of all the changes that had been made to the living room so that she had an idea of what to change. She would work on the draft at home.

At this moment, someone rang the doorbell. Holly answered the door to see two women standing outside.” May I know who you’re looking for?”

“Out of the way, you. I want to see the lady of the household.”

“Yeah, get out of our way. I’m your boss’ mother-in-law!”

Holly was shoved aside. She didn’t have the chance to stop them from barging into the house. “What are you two doing? You can’t come in!”

Mia heard all of this from her seat on the couch. Her expression shifted as she turned to look at the women who’d barged into the villa. “What are you two doing here?”

Her adoptive grandmother, Mildred Hort, felt the leather couch. “I didn’t expect you to marry someone so well- off, Mia. If not for Jimmy’s slip of the tongue, I wouldn’t have any idea that your husband lived in such a huge villa!”

“Didn’t you tell us that your husband was a poor bastard? You said you needed the money to pay for your uncle’s hospital bills and that you’d dropped out of college to cook and clean for your husband. It turns out you have maids at home! You’ve been lying this whole time,

lived in the same village. Jimmy had once dropped her off in the

envy at the sight of the spacious, beautiful villa. “You’re a little bitch, Mia. Why didn’t you tell us that you’d married someone so well-off? We could’ve done with the money! Do you know how difficult it was for us to find you? We had to knock on every door here,

hell out of

and started wailing. “If you dare kick me out of here, you little bitch, I’ll make sure all your neighbors know about this so they can see

first time in Mia’s life that someone had infuriated her so much she

turn and leave. But this was the Barrett residence. She didn’t want Timothy

us all the money you have. I heard you won a million dollars from that competition you

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the money so he can get married when he’s older, though. He won’t be able to find a

if he’s broke!”

snorted. “My money has nothing to do with you

you refuse to give us money, have your husband buy your brother a nice house. That’ll be enough for

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