The First Heir

There was a middle-aged woman in her 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 her aura the moment she walked in. She oozed luxury!

That was Martha’s second older sister, Philip and Wynn’s second aunt.

Her name was Paula Yates, and she was the second eldest daughter in the family.

Martha had never liked her 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 her now.

It was obvious in the way she dressed. She reeked of money.

It was as though she wanted to wear all of her fortunes wherever she went, so that everyone would envy her.

Case in point, Paula gave Philip the stink eye as soon as she 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 he can give you a discount.”

As she said that, she even touched her new perm to show off the jade bracelet on her wrist.

“Oh dear, Richard is such a pain sometimes. I told him not to buy this for me, but he insisted. This bracelet is worth eighty thousand, you know.”

Paula spoke to herself casually. When she saw her younger sister’s stormy expression, she covered her mouth with her 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 she walked through the door, Paula had kept her nose firmly in the air.

do in my past life to deserve a son-in-law as useless as you? You’re an utter embarrassment to

nothing to say to

atmosphere was extremely awkward

always looked down on her family, all because she thought Philip

was why her aunt would drop by every so often, saying she was here to visit her sister when she actually came to show off and make jabs at

exasperated to have a relative

Paula was her elder. There was nothing

Paula?” Wynn interrupted Paula with

without asking and said with a laugh, “I heard that you were hospitalized, so I came to

Haha.

why she was really

was just a cover. What she

on her lap and kept playing with it. She wanted everyone to know that she

Paula noticed Juan. She pointed at

arm and beaming. “Oh, this is Juan. His family

shine when she looked at Juan

looked, though,

had been squabbling like this

probably hoping that Juan could become her new

immediately gave them a smile of faux politeness. “Why, what a nice young man.” Inwardly, though, she had

married and even had a kid. No one would want a woman like

not say that out

she gave Philip a

seriously such a waste of space.

heart brightened once she saw that her sister looked displeased. It was rare for her to get an upper hand

said with a smile, “Hi, Aunt

its tail. She jumped to her feet and said, “Oh no no, you can’t call me that. That’s all wrong!