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!”

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!

way here. Jimmy Lloyd was a cab driver, and they lived in the same village. Jimmy had once dropped her off in the neighborhood, but she hadn’t told

green with 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

she heard that. “How shameless can you two be? Get the hell out of here! No matter how well-off

all your neighbors know about this so they can see who’s right and who’s wrong. Do you think it’s right for you to kick your mother and grandmother out now that you’ve

someone had infuriated her so much she was trembling. How could there be

were anywhere else, she would just turn and leave. But this was the Barrett residence. She didn’t want Timothy to see how shameless

heard you won a

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get married when he’s older, though. He won’t be able to find

if he’s broke!”

nothing to

brother a nice house. That’ll be enough for your brother to get married,” Mildred

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