The First Heir

Chapter 13

“Since Mr. Clarke isn’t here, I won’t disturb you any longer. Please have a great time.” Javier had come so suddenly and left after delivering gifts, leaving the crowd shocked.

Charles coughed with the card still in his hand and asked, “Does any of you know this Mr. Clarke?”

Everyone shook their heads. A figure powerful enough to have the owner of Virtuous Court personally bring over delicious food and great wine was not someone they could be acquainted with their lowly status.

“Could it be Philip Clarke?”

No one knew who had said this for fun, but the whole room burst into laughter.

“Stop joking, how could it be that trash? If it were him, I’d eat these wine bottles.”

“Other than having the same last name, what else does our cousin brother-in-law have to show for?”

A few of the youngsters were mocking without reserve.

Wynn found it hard to bear, so she scolded furiously, “That’s enough! What are you guys saying? He is still your cousin brother-in-law no matter what!”

up

asked everyone to

were now extremely

man, how could you? You know such a powerful figure, but you didn’t introduce him

too much. First, it’s a treasured painting. Now, there’s a

tasted.” Charles felt it a waste to consume them all now, so he kept one bottle and opened the other. The others did

Mr. Clarke. The boss behind the art gallery has ‘Clarke’ as the last name.

never met him before, the secretary who liaised with

tugged Aiden’s arm and said, “Addy, you have to arrange a meeting for me with this Mr. Clarke. I can tell that

Aiden happily promised. To be able to be held in such high regard by Uncle Johnston

they work as a delivery man,” Lynn spoke up at an inappropriate time, and it was like a thorn stabbing into

sip of her drink, and then stood up. “Dad, I’m going to visit Mila at the hospital. I’ll be taking my

to keep staying here, so he waved to allow her to leave. The distance between his daughter and himself had grown a lot in the past two years. This was all thanks to

cousin brother-in-law,” Lynn continued to mock. “His

when she heard this. She clenched

started discussing this mysterious

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