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.

so furious that her body trembled. She glared at Philip and berated him, “What did I do in my past life to deserve a son-in-law as useless as

nothing to say to

was

down on her family, all because

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

exasperated to have a relative like

There was nothing

Aunt Paula?” Wynn interrupted Paula

asking and said with a laugh, “I heard

Haha.

she was

Wynn was just a cover. What she

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

Paula noticed Juan. She pointed at him and asked Martha, “Who’s

chance to show off. She hastily shoved Philip aside and even glared at him before yanking Juan by the arm and beaming. “Oh, this is Juan. His family is quite

to shine when

how proud Martha looked, though, her expression

two old women had been squabbling like this for years. Of

was probably hoping that Juan could become her new

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

had a kid. No one

not say that out

mind, she gave Philip a look of pure

of space. Even his mother-in-law wanted to

her to get an upper hand over Martha, so she immediately pulled Juan over and said, “Why are you just

with a smile, “Hi,

cat after someone stepped on its tail. She jumped to her feet and said, “Oh no no, you can’t call