The First Heir

Swoosh!
The door opened to reveal Philip standing there.
Martha’s expression froze. Then, she said curiously, “Aren’t you in jail? How did you get out?”
Philip smiled and said, “Mom, I didn’t break the law, so naturally they let me out.”
At the same time, Wynn heard Philip’s voice and ran out. She hugged Philip and wailed.
Philip consoled her. “It’s alright now. I’m fine. See, I’m here now.”
Everyone sat together in the living room.
Martha and Charles sat on the sofa. Their eyes were piercing and they looked angry. They stared at Philip like they were going
to interrogate him.
There was an old man next to Philip. It was George.
Martha started at George, looking annoyed, “Philip, who is this old man? How can you bring strangers into my house?”
Martha did not like this old man’s outfit. He was old and wearing a suit. He was also holding a black hat that she had never seen
before. There was a grin on his face.
It was obvious that he was not an honorable person.
No wonder Philip was arrested by the police. He was hanging out with people like this!
Philip explained calmly, “Mom, he’s my... friend. He’s the reason I got out.”
Philip did not tell them what kind of friend he was.
If he told her the man sitting opposite her was the richest man in Riverdale and that he was his butler, would Martha go insane?
“My name is George Thomas. Nice to meet you two.”
George knew that his young master’s mother-in-law was a devious person. She was famous for being unreasonable and causing
a scene. Now that he got to see her in the flesh, she was indeed outstanding.

“George... George Thomas?”
Wynn finally came back to her senses. She looked at the person next to Philip and said in a surprised voice, “You’re really Mr.
Thomas? George Thomas?”
“Wynn, you know this old man?”
Martha pressed her lips together. She chuckled coldly. She looked like she was asking for someone to slap her across the face.
“Mom, George is the richest man in Riverdale...” Wynn said excitedly.
Her husband knew George Thomas!
“The richest man in Riverdale? A man like him?”
Martha looked at George in disdain. She said in detest, “Wynn, stop joking. How can Philip know someone as rich as him?
Besides, just because his name is George Thomas doesn’t mean he’s the same man as the one you’re talking about.”
It was understandable that Martha did not know George. She did not care about the business world. She only busied herself with
minor gossips.
Plus, in her eyes, how would a spineless coward like Philip know a rich man like that?
If he really knew a rich man with a status like that, she would kowtow to him and thank him profusely.
George’s face twitched at Martha’s jeers. However, he controlled his temper.
Wynn was frantic. She kept on eying Martha but Martha ignored her. On the contrary, she started making nastier remarks at him.
“Philip, next time, don’t bring any irrelevant people into our house. If not, don’t even think about stepping foot in this house
again,” Martha said in dissatisfaction. Even her eye bags were filled with frigid irony and scorching satire.
However, at the same time, the news started broadcasting on the television.
“According to our latest news, the richest man in our city and chairman of Apex Group, Mr. George Thomas, has funded 2 billion
into building the largest police academy in our city. He has made huge contributions to the steady development of our city.”
After the news was announced, the entire living room fell silent.

Especially when George’s photo and interview footage was shown on the television.
Martha’s eyes went wide. She stared at the richest man on the television and shifted her gaze to the old man who was sitting in
front of her. Her eyes kept wandering back and forth between the two of them.
“My word!”
Martha started trembling from fear. She pointed to the television and said, “You... Y-you... You’re really that George Thomas?
George Thomas, the richest man in Riverdale?”
My gosh!
Martha was having an emotional breakdown.
What had she done? What had she said?
She was so silly!
A rich man like him was in her house and she still made cutting remarks and mocked him!