The First Heir

Philip knew they would not believe him, so he purposely said that.

Sometimes, people would not want to believe the truth.

Martha did not say anything. It was unclear what she was thinking about. Then, she said in a commanding tone, “You don’t need to go to Wynn’s grandfather’s birthday that’s happening in two days. Just stay home.”

Martha’s father would be celebrating his 70th birthday the day after tomorrow. She did not want to bring this cowardly man over.

If not, she would be shamed endlessly by her family members from her maternal home.

Plus, the old master had always been unhappy about Wynn’s marriage. Would she be congratulating her father or infuriating him by bringing Philip back?

Philip expected this, so he did not say anything. He took out a box from his pocket and said, “Mom, this is the gift I prepared for the old master.”

Martha looked at the embroidered box on the table and murmured, “What’s this? The box looks so bad. Are you giving him something that’s only worth a few dozen bucks?”

Martha did not even want to open the box to take a look. She did not want to dirty her eyes.

What good thing could Philip afford to give the old master?

Would it not be a joke for her to bring this box to the old master?

said, “Martha, it’s something from Philip’s heart. Can you

scoffed and said coldly, “Alright. You should

Paula, walked in while dressed stylishly. She was not courteous at all. She immediately sat down on the sofa and yelled,

fell, but she still fetched a glass of water for her second

a surprised expression. “Oh, Philip is here too! That’s good. I’m here to talk to you about

with

asked, “Paula, will we

grin, “Our Frankie just bought a new car for Sammy. It’s a Lincoln Navigator they said. It’s over a million bucks and it’s a seven-seater.

was clearly

was why Paula was

she glared at Philip furiously. She

to show off. Now that she saw their unwilling and helpless faces,

expectations and said, “Martha, it’s alright. Just tell Philip to work harder. Perhaps he’ll be able to buy a

hilarious, Aunt Paula.

for you in his company? I’ll ask him to help out because after all, we’re family. We

laced with jeers and

was nothing compared

just saying without meaning any of it. She wanted to

face fell. Did she just