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, stepping on the leather seats and tearing into the chocolate on the seat. Joel and

their youngest son and followed into the backseat, saying, "It's fine if we're

the rest of your family? Why didn't they

"Today is Monday. Everyone else is at work. I took a day off

brothers, Arthur and Alaric, also took a day off to welcome Grandpa and Grandma

last sentence was a

was actually the one who went to "welcome" Gavin and

pick up Gavin and

woman and Arthur and

pick them up, but they insisted on having two men come because they had

so

don't you let us stay at your place? Do you think we'll embarrass your family since we

wants to stay at our

QUMS

so many people in our family, plus Grandpa

house. You know Brandon's temper. Even

Brandon's number, and you

cold and ruthless demeanor, Joel felt a chill run down his spine and quickly said, "No! Since he doesn't welcome us, we won't go. Staying at a hotel is fine." With that,

did Maria take her place in the driver's seat and drive

on Maria's conversation with Joel's family

family was indeed quite picky and

would surely try to take

into a large hotel and took

primarily