She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 358

At 2 in the afternoon, Maria drove to the bus station to pick up Joel and his family.

Upon seeing Maria and her seemingly brand-new car, Joel exclaimed, "Wow, it's been over ten years, and Maria has grown up and become so beautiful. Plus, she has a car now. Impressivel

"So, you must be Maria?" Joel, Isla, scrutinized Maria from head to toe, enviously saying, "I heard from the family that your mother is missing and that your father sold you to the Donovan family. We thought you were just a servant there. "I didn't expect you to be living

so comfortably with the Donovan family, dressed well and driving a nice car. I'm so jealous!"

Instead of getting angry, Maria smiled, replying, "I feel very lucky, too.

"My biological parents favored boys over girls, but my current parents and siblings treat me like a valued family member. They've given me everything, and I'm very happy and love my family."

Isla intended to provoke Maria, but it backfired. She said with a hint of jealousy, "Maria, I heard Joel used to treat you really well. Now that you're doing so well, you should definitely help him out. "Just remember, no matter how good the Donovan family is to you, they're not your relatives. We are your closest family."

Maria cursed them internally, thinking, 'What have you done for me?'

When Maria was sold by her biological father, they all envied him, saying things like, 'Maria isn't even pretty, and she's not very bright either, yet she sold for 20 thousand dollars. Her dad really hit the jackpot.'

When Maria's biological parents rescued her, the Stevens family made snide remarks, "Wesley and Claire are so foolish, spending money on a useless girl when their family is so poor. No wonder they can't keep their wealth." Now that Maria's family is doing well, the Stevens family dared to say they had been good to Maria. They were truly shameless.

Maria felt resentful but kept a smile on her face. "You're right. I'm here to show my respect to you all."

She opened the car door and said, "You must be hungry, right? I've already made reservations at a restaurant, and after we

hotel." eat, I'll take you to your

and just climbed into the car as soon as the door opened,

held their youngest son and followed into the backseat, saying, "It's fine if we're hungry, but the kids can't hold out. It's definitely time

"Where's the rest of your family? Why didn't

Everyone else is at work. I took

day off to welcome

last sentence was

the one who went to "welcome" Gavin and

to pick up Gavin

a woman and Arthur and

go pick them up, but they insisted on having two men come because they had a lot of people. Arthur and

so many rules,"

don't you let us stay

wants to stay at our

QUMS

family, plus Grandpa

you to stay at our house. You know Brandon's temper.

can give you Brandon's number, and you

and quickly said, "No! Since he doesn't welcome us, we won't go. Staying at a hotel is fine." With that, he got into the front seat

then did Maria take her place in the driver's seat

own car, listened in on Maria's conversation with Joel's family through Maria's phone and

was indeed quite picky and

they weren't dealt with thoroughly, they would surely try to take advantage of

an hour later, Maria led Joel's family into a large hotel and took them to a luxurious private room

meal primarily featured