The First Heir by Master Yu Who Smokes

Chapter 423

Wynn paused and looked at Philip suspiciously. She was very confused.

Uncle Mont and his family had already insured them to such an extent, so why was Philip saying they would stay? Martha was enraged too. She had already stood up and prepared to leave, but she froze when Philip said that.

aunt and uncle?” Martha was left with nothing better to do, so she took her temper out on Philip as usual. The Renners were doing very well for themselves in Golden City. They were the richest and most powerful out of all their distant relatives. As a result, they took every chance they could get to insult the Johnstons. As the years passed, Martha grew gradually more intimidated by the Renners. These days, she was relatively tamer the moment she saw them. Although Charles used to be a section head, that was still nothing compared to what Mont Renner had achieved. There was no helping it. After all, the latter was based in Golden City, the heart of the Riverside region. Besides, Mont had a great many connections. "Why should I apologize, Mom? Don't forget, Wynn is now the chairwoman of her company. Why should we bow to them?" Philip said, rather crossly. The moment he said that, the atmosphere in the room changed. The Renners all looked at Philip and then at Wynn, eyes narrowed

atmosphere around the table immediately plummeted to rock-bottom, and the temperature fell to sub-zero. Mont hastily gave Wynn and Philip a smile, saying, "Wynn, Philip, hurry up and sit. Ignore your aunt, she's been in a bad mood lately, so don't mind her. I apologize for her rudeness on her behalf." Philip and Wynn took their seats again, accepting his apology. A few other contemptuous gazes from around the table landed on Philip as he sat down. So men these days could proudly announce that they were tied to their wives' apron strings, huh? "Alright, alright. We don't get together that often, so we should all just enjoy this meal." Mont said with a smile,

their spot in real estate. That was why Mont was organizing this dinner for a director of the Riverdale Land Registry. He had long since made clear his plans to invest in Riverdale real estate. "Haha, thanks for the compliment! She refused to work with me and insisted on going to work at Lambda Property instead. She's doing decently for herself, now she's the manager of a department." Mont laughed. His daughter had made him quite proud even though she worked

about. "Oh yeah, where does this man work? Don't tell me, is he a househusband lazing around at him while his wife earns him a living?" Suddenly, someone changed the topic to Philip, who was burying his head in the food. "Yeah, look how he's gobbling down his