Chapter 509

When she heard this cold voice, every hair on Martha’s body stood up. She was terror-stricken.

She turned around and saw a frigid yet elegant figure standing in the room. She was looking at Martha

coldly.

“M-Madam Wallis, why are you here?”

Martha smiled timidly. She was forcing the smile on her face.

Damn it. Why did she run into this woman here?

Martha was scared. She lowered her head and looked at Philip who was acting indifferent while lying

on the bed.

Giada crossed her arms across her chest. She was wearing a long flattering black dress. It made her

look elegant and noble.

Her eyes were glued on Martha, and she was feeling agitated. It seemed that Martha had not suffered

enough.

Slap!

Giada walked over and slapped Martha across the face. She said coldly, “Did you forget what I said to

you last time?”

Martha clutched her face, her expression filled with grievance. She said quickly, “N-No, I remember.”

She was such a mean mother-in-law. Eventually, she still crossed someone she should not have.

If this was someone else, Martha would have turned the earth upside down and destroyed them.

However, the other party was Giada, so she did not dare.

Martha was only unreasonable and irrational in front of Philip and the Johnstons. If the other person

was someone with slight power and status, she would be as timid as a rat.

“Hmph!”

Giada scoffed and said, “I’m warning you, Martha Yates, Philip doesn’t dare to do anything to you

because you’re his mother-in-law. However, I’m different. If you dare to order him around, hurl abuses

at him, humiliate him, or beat him up, I won’t forgive you!”

“No, I won’t dare to do it. I can’t even wait to treat him as my own son.”

Martha tried her best to flatter and fawn over Giada. She even showed her the chicken soup in her

hands. She said, “I brought him some chicken soup. I made this all by myself.”

After she said that, she placed the soup on the nightstand. Her heartbeat did not even increase when

she lied.

She had undoubtedly bought it from a random shop on the street.

Giada peered at Martha coldly, then looked at Philip who was reading on the bed. She said, “Don’t

forget our promise.”

After she said that, she waved her hand and walked out of the room. Martha was left behind in the

room. She broke out in a cold sweat as she fell lifelessly on the sofa.

Giada had such an imposing manner. It was so strong that Martha almost knelt on the floor.

Now that Giada was gone, Martha finally glared at Philip and yelled, “Philip, why didn’t you help me?

Do you enjoy watching me get slapped? I’m your mother-in-law and that evil woman is only your

stepmother. Is she closer to you or am I closer to you?”

Philip lifted his eyebrows as he peered at Martha coldly. He said, “Don’t cause a scene here. Go do it in

front of her if you have the guts.”

Martha was blatantly bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Was he not aggressive enough? Was

that why she was not afraid of him?

“I’m causing a scene?”

When Martha heard this, she was unhappy. She threw the soup into the bin and yelled, “I don’t want to

let you drink this anymore. You heartless, thankless wretch! To think that I wanted to be good to you.

Serves you right that you’re just gonna be a spineless bum for the rest of your life!”

Perhaps she was still not satisfied from just yelling, so Martha stated accusingly rudely. “You’re living

under our roof but what have you ever done for the Johnstons, Philip? I don’t care. I don’t like that

woman. Either you get back at her for me, or you divorce Wynnie. I don’t want Wynnie to have such a

sinister stepmother-in-law!”

Martha knew that she and Giada would never get along.

She did not dare to get back at Giada, so she could only involve Philip.

Would Philip dare to go against her?

If he did, then he would ask Wynn to divorce him!

Philip was such a good-for-nothing, so she was sure all the Clarkes’ assets were in Giada’s hands.

She could not let this happen. She had to snatch it away from Giada’s hands.

Martha had a simple thought running in her head these few days. As long as she could snatch the

assets away from Giada, then they would belong to Philip. Eventually, they would become Wynn’s,

which would mean that they belonged to her.

Philip shook his head helplessly. He frowned and said coldly, “Martha Yates, please leave.”

He had enough of his mother-in-law’s two-faced behavior. He was also sick and tired of her being an

annoying troublemaker.

“What? You’re kicking me out?”

Martha was furious. She walked up to Philip and slapped him across the face. She screeched, “Oh you

thankless wretch! You’re trying to kick me out now, huh? Don’t forget that you’re the Johnston’s son-in-

law and my son-in-law. I’m your mother-in-law! Philip, even if you’re different now, I’m still your mother-

in-law. You have to listen to every word I say!”

After she said that, Martha grabbed her bag and left.

Now, she was falling out with him and becoming hostile again.

Philip was done with her.

He had to find a chance to teach Martha a lesson. If not, she would be too arrogant.

After Martha left, Philip felt more at ease. He thought about his promise with Giada.

As he thought about it, he called Tim and asked, “Uncle Tim, are you back at the island?”

“Yeah, there’s something going on at home, but don’t you worry, I can take care of it.”

At the other end of the phone, Tim’s voice sounded down.

Philip did not pay much attention to it at that moment. After he asked more questions, he hung up the

phone.

In the end, Tim asked, “When do you plan to come home?”

Philip pondered for a long while. Then, he replied, “Soon.”

Suddenly, a ringtone broke his subjective idea. He saw that it was from a familiar yet foreign number.

“Hello, who’s this?”

“I didn’t see you for a few days and you already don’t remember me?” It was a sweet voice. Her voice

sounded like the spring breeze.

Melody!

Philip’s brain recognized the owner of the voice immediately. Why was this annoying vixen calling him?

“Tell me, what’s going on?” Philip asked.

Melody was acting like a teenager. She was brave and unrestrained by convention.

However, Philip could not waste her time. He was married and already had a child. Plus, this was

Theo’s daughter. If word about this got out, it would be bad.

“Can’t I call you even if I have nothing going on?”

Melody walked out of the hotel. She was wearing a stylish white baseball skirt and a tank top. She also

had a white cap on her head.

The men who passed by the hotel entrance were all stunned.