Chapter 95 The Annual Party Begins
Margaret was exceedingly dissatisfied, and that resentment hadn’t just been for a day or two.
He’s part of the Smith family, yet he’s seated at the fringes, closest to the door, during the Smith family’s annual party! Is this not humiliating and degrading?
“It makes no difference where we’re seated, no?” Conversely, Connor wasn’t the least bit bothered.
Anyway, I haven’t been treated all that well in the Smith family ever since young. Dad has always favored my brothers more. As for me, I’m no different from a child he found by the roadside! No sooner had I gotten married than I was booted out of the Smith mansion and had to live outside. Of the three sons of the Smith family, I was the only one kicked out of the house!
“Of course, it’s different!” Margaret grew even more irate after hearing that. “Tell me how it’s the same! How could sitting in the first row and the last row be the same?”
The instant her temper spiked, Connor was so frightened that he lowered his head and dared not even say anything.
At that exact moment, Josephine finally had enough and snapped, “That’s enough! Stop arguing. Not only do the two of you bicker at home, but you’re even doing so when you’re outside. When are you both going to stop squabbling?”
Ever since young, I grew up with their interminable arguments! And this is precisely why I adamantly refused to get married in the past. Otherwise, I would never have taken a second look at Jonathan back then!
“Do you think I want to quarrel with him?” Harrumphing, Margaret huffed, “He’s not young anymore, yet he’s still as useless as before! Even when he returns to his own house, he has to sit at such a crappy place! I feel ashamed to sit at the same table with him!”
tugged at her sleeve,
heard that. “Are you embarrassed? Do you even know what it means
retort, Connor hung his head at once, not daring to utter a single
ticked by, almost all the guests seemed to
attire walked out of the living room, surrounded by a group of people. In his hand was a cane with a dragon’s head. He had white hair and looked to be advanced in years. However, he was seemingly
a few steps, he arrived at the
among the
then that Jonathan cast his gaze over. That elderly man was none other than the patriarch of the Smith
was also Josephine’s grandfather, but Jonathan wasn’t really familiar with
seemingly hadn’t said a single word to the other. Even when Jonathan and Josephine got married, he had never bothered being amicable to
he didn’t even deign to spare
lot of you here are my old friends. But of course,
of white wine and downed it in one go. Everyone
it was naturally time for the most crucial part of the
the guests had presented their gifts, it was then the Smith family’s turn to demonstrate their sincerity to
gulp of wine morosely before he led Jonathan and the others toward Hugo. When they were halfway there, Margaret even glanced over her shoulder and asked Jonathan, “You did
“Yeah,” Jonathan answered mildly.
walked over, there was
the first move
in reply,
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