The First Heir

That slap was so brutal it took everyone by surprise.

Martha especially brought her hand to her rapidly-swelling face, looking at Philip in disbelief.

Since when did this useless trash have the guts to hit her like this?

Wait, he had done so a few times before.

When she remembered the past few times, Martha only grew angrier.

How dare that trash hit her so many times! She was his mother-in-law, his elder in the family!

“How could you hit me?! Don’t you guys see, he’s gone way over the line! He hit me!” Martha screamed, throwing a tantrum and even trying to scratch him.

However, Philip simply kicked her hard in the stomach, sending her falling on her backside and crying for her mother.

“Martha Yates! I’ve warned you many times now, but you still keep pushing my limits! Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?”

Philip said coldly, clenching his fists. If Wynn was not holding him back, he would teach that clueless woman a lesson she would never forget today!

and howled like a banshee, “See, see! He’s my son-in-law, but he’s hitting his mother-in-law! What a travesty! What place do I have left in this family? Are you f*cking dead, Charles Johnston? Your son-in-law hit me, so why are you

but she was actually scared

from Philip earlier made her panic from the

why she turned her target to

exasperated too. He shook his head and advised Philip, “Um, Philip, she is still your elder, after all. Could you just let it slide this one

because you keep letting her be that she’s become this unreasonable, self-absorbed

eyes filled with

True, he was supposed to be the one wearing the pants in this family, but that banshee Martha managed to usurp his

Are you scared of your own son-in-law?

immediately threatened him with

It felt

pushed over the brink, he turned around and barked at her, “You want a divorce? Fine! I’ve had enough of you! I told you so many times not to go too far, I told you to stop raising hell, but you never listened. You’re always complaining that I didn’t make much of myself, right? Saying I only became a section head after so many years of hard work? Alright then, let’s get a divorce. Go back to your

rant left Martha wide-eyed

Her own family, the Yates, had long since left Riverdale. As for why they went bust,

stomped her feet. “Fine, fine, so you’re all ganging up on me, aren’t you? Oh, what did I do to deserve this? You two traitors would rather help an outsider to bully

entire time. Since her mother was throwing another ridiculous tantrum, she simply took Philip’s hand and

engage Martha

and

in the living room, bawling her eyes out. She would

next day, Blake invited all the members of Beacon’s board to a

was there

they were all

the happy