Son-in-law From Rags to Riches

Chapter 22

Chapter 22 A Slap

Joshua glared at Heidy and stood still.

“Hoi dare you look at me like this! Who do you think you are?” Heidy shouted and was about to slap Joshua.

“Mother, forget it.”

Just then, Pamela stopped her.

Heidy withdrew her hand with a sullen look. “Since Pamela said so, I’m gonna let you off. You don’t worth a time spending with.”

With that, she entered the door with Donte.

Pamela looked at Joshua with disappointment. She felt sad about her fate.

She married a coward and useless man.

“What are you doing there? Hurry up and come in.”

“OK.”

In Joshua’s mind, Pamela was different from others. He didn’t want to annoy her.

He felt in debt to her. Because of marrying him, she was treated unfairly.

Seeing Joshua come in, Marsh was the first to mock him. Marsh whistled at him and said, “You are indeed a coward. You are a man, aren’t you? All you do is hide behind women.”

Giselle also had a look of disdain. “Don’t you think he and Pamela are a good match? After all, Pamela doesn’t deserve a better man.”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Hearing this, Joshua turned to look at Pamela and found that her eyes were red and her body trembled.

Joshua felt bitter for her and clenched his fists.

A flood of anger sprang up from his heart. He swore to himself that he would avenge Pamela. Those who insulted her had to pay the price.

It was noisy in the dining room of the Windsor’s villa.

The mood here was resolutely up.

The servants kept serving food. Soon, a big round table was covered with delicious dishes.

All the members of the family sat at the table and chatted happily.

Gabriel, Lamont, and the other seniors talked about how to keep in good health and invest in stocks.

Marsh, Giselle, and the other juniors talked about tourism and shopping.

Unlike them, Donte and his family remained silent.

After all, they did not have money to invest or enjoy themselves at all. They didn’t have common topics with Gabriel and the others at all.

Without a word, they focused on eating in embarrassment.

Joshua was the most inharmonious one among the people present.

As Pamela’s husband and a member of the Windsor family, he was not allowed to eat with the Windsor family at the same table.

He could only eat with the servants at a table next to them. He even used to squat in the kitchen to eat.

It was because the Windsor family looked down upon him. For instance, Marsh had said that Joshua was good-for-nothing and lived off the Windsor family. From his perspective, Joshua was supposed to be grateful to them. How could he be picky?

Joshua sat down and prepared to eat.

Just then, Marsh said with a mocking smile, “Joshua, I’ve been curious about one thing. Don’t you feel shameless? Look, all the people here work hard for the family. What about you? You are completely useless and have no contribution to the family at all? You’d better have self-knowledge and get out of here.”

Joshua retorted, “It has nothing to do with you.”

“Mind your attitude!”

Marsh smacked his hand down onto the table and shouted.

Joshua used to be nothing but a coward. He didn’t expect that Joshua would talk back to him in front of so many people.

“What’s wrong with my attitude?”

Joshua answered without hesitation.

Marsh was furious. “Joshua, how dare you! You are risking your neck.”

Just as he was about to stand up and beat Joshua, someone shouted, “Mrs. Windsor is here.”

Everyone present stood up and looked at the door.

Marsh had no way but to let Marsh off. He kept scolding Marsh and glaring at him with hatred.

Mary entered the villa with a cane.

She was a fat old lady, who was in her seventies. She looked tart and mean.

“We are a family. Just be casual. Sit down.”

Everyone took a seat.

Then, Mary asked Marsh with a loving expression, “What were you arguing about just now?”

Marsh glanced at Joshua and answered, “Joshua talked back to me.”

“Really? I’ll teach him a lesson.”

Mary’s face turned gloomy. She frowned and shouted at Joshua, “Hurry up and apologize to Marsh.”

“It was Marsh’s fault. I didn’t do anything. Why should I apologize to him?” Joshua replied in a flat voice.

With a snort, Mary said, “Are you kidding me? Marsh is my eldest grandson. You are good-for-nothing and live off the Windsor family. How dare you annoy him! Apologize to him right now.”

No matter what Mary said, Joshua sat motionlessly and remained silent,

Marsh fanned the flames and continued, “Grandmother, did you see his face? He didn’t even take your words seriously.”

Giselle added, “Don’t be fooled by Joshua. He is an absolutely ungrateful person. Even though he and Pamela were not married long, he dares to say harsh things against us. What will he do in the future?”

Hearing Marsh and Giselle’s words, Mary wore a sullen look. She glanced coldly at Heidy. “He is your son-in-law, isn’t he? Did you teach him to treat us like this?”

Mary’s cold gaze threw Heidy into a thrill.

Although she was bad-tempered and unreasonable, she didn’t dare to offend Mary at all.

“Don’t be angry. I will teach him a lesson right now.”

Heidy stood up, walked to Joshua, and slapped him without a word.

“How ungrateful you are! Don’t forget who you are. Hurry up and apologize,” Heidy said angrily.

In an instant, Joshua’s face swelled up. With his eyes squinted, he became serious.

In fact, he could have avoided the slap. He hesitated when he saw Pamela’s disappointed and aggrieved look.

He could tell that Pamela wanted him to apologize.

Taking a deep breath, Joshua forced himself to say sorry to Mary and Marsh.

Mary snorted and didn’t say anything anymore.

Unlike her, Marsh seemed to be pleased. He looked at Joshua provocatively and said, “Weren’t you arrogant just now? I really despise you.”

Then, he ignored Joshua as well.

The lunch began.

During lunch, Giselle said to Mary, “Grandma, he is my new boyfriend, Kermit Millard. He is from New York, and he is the future heir of the Millard Family.”

Kermit got up and greeted Mary.

Mary was satisfied. “Mr. Millard, I’ve long heard that you are young and promising. I’m glad to see you. You are indeed extraordinary. I hope that you can get along well with Giselle in the future.”

Kermit smiled and replied, “Sure.”

Giselle threw her arms around Kermit and said, “Grandmother, don’t worry. Kermit loves me deeply. He gave me a precious gift yesterday.”

Hearing this, everyone present was curious and asked Giselle to show the gift.

Giselle took out an exquisite small box from her handbag with a proud expression. She opened it and took out a diamond necklace. “Look, this is the gift from Kermit. Guess how much it is? It costs 300 thousand dollars.”

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Everyone exclaimed. They were shocked at the price of the necklace. Clearly, Kermit was rich.

Mary also sighed with satisfaction, “Giselle, you are lucky to have such a good boyfriend.”

Just then, an untimely voice was heard, “It’s strange. Why is this necklace the same as the one Reuben gave my daughter?”

The one who made the sound was Heidy.