Chapter 3: The Mother-In-Law Has Arrived

The interview went well. Alva had a nice appearance, good skin, and a gentle aura that was well-suited to cosmetics sales. She started working the very same day.

Alva worked in the Itokin Building. It was the largest shopping mall in Virginia and catered to mid-to-high-class consumers. It saw high volumes of traffic every day.

Alva worked hard. She was the first one to come in and the last one to leave every day. She learned about cosmetics, took notes, shadowed other clerks as they sold products, and put what she learned into practice immediately. In just a few days, she was already familiar with the process.

The store manager noticed her effort and was very satisfied with her work ethic.

One day, Alva successfully sold one of their products and was seeing the customer off when her phone rang.

Alva said to the store manager, “Manager, I have to take this call.”

Bosses tend to like hardworking and motivated employees. Naturally, they can be very accommodating to said employees.

“Go ahead.”

Alva walked inside the storage room with her phone. When

she saw the word mother-in-law displayed on the screen, the smile on her face froze and was soon replaced by

nervousness.

A year ago, when Uriah wanted to marry her, the Irwin Family strongly disagreed. But no matter how much they insisted otherwise, they could not deter Uriah.

but to compromise, but the two elders had never recognized her as their daughter-in-law. Uriah fiercely defended her and told her that

in-laws’ demands. Aside from the first time Uriah brought her home to

a year.

Candice Florice was calling, it was impossible for Alva not

voice was so soft and gentle that there was no way you could hate the speaker.

you at the Thia Restaurant next

seemed levelheaded. She didn’t lose her temper with Alva over the phone.

up after saying her

her phone and thought about calling Uriah to tell him about her meeting

after considering their current relationship, Alva slid

outside to ask the store manager if she could get off

arrived at the restaurant next door and the waiter

no one else in the

and muttered softly,

her feet and

to do over here and stopped by to see her son as well, but before she could go see him, she saw her daughter-in-law selling cosmetics.

Family run out of money for their daughter-in-law to take up such

twist her features into an ugly scowl.

Alva

seem to know that

say anything. “Are you listening to me

they? No wonder her son had also thrown etiquette out the window once he left

reacted and hurriedly waved her hands, “That’s

Mom. I…”

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