Female Novel
Chapter 3
Meanwhile, the Hudson Residence was ringing with cheers and laughter. Blessed with incredibly prettylooks, Amber was holding Jefferey’s arm as she pleaded like a spoiled child, “Please buy me a Maserati,Dad. Our family received 10 million from the Burtons, so we don’t have to worry about money anymore!”
Jefferey was sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper. Upon hearing her words, he turned his headand glared at her peevishly. “How could you have the cheek to ask for a luxury car? You refused to marryinto the Burtons when you were asked to. I really have no idea what you were thinking about. TheBurtons are so rich; would you not have whatever you wanted once you married into the family?”
Amber wrinkled her nose with a disdainful expression. “Dad! Justin Burton looks extremely ugly and issaid to have an eccentric character. It disgusts me just to think about him, so I’ll never agree to marryhim! Rachel, that forsaken mute, married him in my stead, didn’t she?” she protested before pausing fora moment. Then, she rolled her eyes and smiled slyly. “I would be willing to get married if I were to marryJulian Peters, though. He is said to be a Doctor of Medicine in France. He’s such a handsome andpromising young man, which is pretty close to my ideal type of person.”
She’s the apple of my eye, after all—I have spoiled her ever since she was a child. I can’t force her tomarry someone she dislikes, but she has become more and more unreasonable as I spoil her, Jeffereythought to himself. He poked Amber in the nose and replied, “Julian Peters is Sue Praham’s son, not theheir of the Burton Family. What’s so special about him? Besides, Justin Burton will not be made a fool ofeasily. Where was I supposed to find a substitute for you in a short time if it weren’t for her?”
Amber raised her chin disdainfully. “Even if she wasn’t there to substitute for me, there would besomeone else. Perhaps she’s only too eager to marry into the Burtons! A mute who cannot speak shouldsimply be grateful for being able to marry into a wealthy family!”
Jefferey merely smiled without saying a word. Only he knew that he had forced Rachel to marry Justinusing her grandmother’s life-saving money, but there was no need for his little princess to worry aboutthis. Even though Rachel was also his own daughter, a mute who had been left in a remote mountain
village for many years before resuming her relationship with him had no comparability with a beloveddaughter who had been spoiled and doted on since childhood. Moreover, unlike Amber, Rachel couldn’twin glory for the Hudson Family.
As the father and daughter were chatting happily, the company suddenly called. After Jefferey answeredthe phone, his countenance changed all of a sudden. “What did you say? The funding from the BurtonFamily is empty? That’s impossible!” Then, his face became increasingly grave as the person on theother end said something.
Amber was seated near Jefferey, and she turned ghastly pale when she heard that the money thatshould have come to their hands was gone. “What should we do, Dad?”novelbin
Jefferey knitted his brows as he thought of something. Then, he uttered bitterly between clenched teeth,“What a b*stard Justin Burton is! How dare he play tricks on me? How could he go back on his word afterI married my daughter to him?”
“That ugly monster is simply too annoying!” Amber thanked her lucky stars. “It’s lucky that I didn’t marryhim. It’s crude for that sc*m to go back on his word!” Then, she looked at her father and asked hesitantly,“What should we do next, Dad?”
Jefferey collected himself and pondered for a moment. “Since he’s being unkind to me, he shouldn’tblame me for being treacherous. Don’t forget that Rachel is now one of the Burtons.”
Amber smiled instantly when she saw how her father appeared to have a card up his sleeve. Shethought to herself, Dad has always been wise and resourceful. Well, Justin can only resign himself togetting ripped off!
In the meantime, Rachel was mopping the floor while Sue sat on the sofa and drank some tea, eyeingthe other woman in a nitpicking manner. “Be sure to mop the floor clean. As the daughter-in-law of the
Burton Family, you ought to manage your household with industry and thrift. You shall sweep and cleanup the rooms every day from now on. Mrs. Duncan is an old servant of the Burtons, so we shouldn’t keepoverworking her. Share some of her burdens as you should since we Burtons don’t want a lazy daughter-in-law,” she said. She despised this mute, but she couldn’t drive the latter away in a flagrant way. Afterall, it was mainly out of concern for the Burton Family’s reputation that had lasted for 100 years.Therefore, she wanted to make Rachel back out and go away herself in the face of hardships. “Ofcourse, if you feel wronged, you may leave the Burton Family. All right, I’ll be having afternoon tea withsomeone else outside very soon. Hurry up and work, and don’t be lazy!” After finishing her sentence, shepicked up her handbag and went out.
Rachel watched until Sue had gone out before she heaved a long sigh. She thought to herself, SueParham is simply too difficult to deal with, and it’s quite tiring to get along with her.