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.

I do

nothing to

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

to have

elder. There was nothing

you here, Aunt Paula?”

place as she took a seat without asking and said with a laugh, “I heard that you were hospitalized, so I came to see how you’re

Haha.

knew why she was

Wynn was just a cover. What she really

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

pointed at

before yanking Juan by the arm and beaming. “Oh, this is Juan. His family is quite well to do, they’re in the gem business

seemed to shine when

proud Martha looked, though,

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

that Juan could become her

faux politeness. “Why, what a nice young man.” Inwardly, though,

daughter Wynn was already married and even had a kid. No one would

Paila could not say that

mind, she gave Philip a look of pure irony

Clarke was seriously such a waste of space. Even his

her sister looked displeased. It was rare for her to get an upper hand over Martha, so she immediately pulled Juan over and said, “Why are you just standing there? C’mon, greet your

said with a smile, “Hi, Aunt

reacted like a cat after someone stepped on its tail. She jumped to her feet and said, “Oh no no, you can’t call me that. That’s all