The First Heir by Master Yu Who Smokes

Chapter 790

A deep voice sounded behind Martha. She got such a fright that she choked on a mouthful of water, coughed violently, and stood

up in a panic while asking, “What… What’s the matter?” Standing at the top of the stairs, Philip walked down and stared at

Martha coldly. He asked, “Did you enter my bedroom just now?” Of course, Martha would never admit it. She said, “No, of course

not. Why would I enter your bedroom?” After that, she abruptly raised her voice and said, “Oh, I think Anne went into your

bedroom this morning for cleaning duties. What’s wrong? Did you lose something? I already told you that Anne isn’t a good

person. She stays here and lives off of us. Now, she’s even resorted to stealing!” Martha tried her best to put all the blame on

Anne. Philip glared at Martha before turning around and leaving. Taking advantage of the time when Philip was upstairs, Martha

quickly ran into Anne’s room to find a place to hide the jade ring. After thinking about it, she placed it on the desk instead. It was

more conspicuous that way. She breathed a sigh of relief after doing that. She ran out of the room and continued sitting in the

living room, eating leisurely. Philip was extremely agitated now. He had lost the Sovereignty Seal! How could that be possible?

However, he had turned the whole bedroom upside down but just could not find it! It was all his fault. He had left such an

important item in the bedroom. It was also at this time that Anne returned with Mila. Martha intentionally tried to stop Anne from

returning to her room, so she deliberately shouted, “Oh, Mila’s home. Here, come to Grandma. I have cake for you.” After that,

Martha held Mila in her arms. Mila was very well-behaved. She sat cutely next to Martha, smiled sweetly, and said, “Thanks,

Grandma.” Seeing that Anne was about to return to her room, Martha quickly shouted, “Hey, Anne, clean this up.” Anne nodded,

walked over, and began to tidy up the things on the coffee table. Philip walked down from the second floor and asked, “Anne, did

you tidy up the bedrooms this morning?” Anne nodded and said, “Yes, I did.” “Did you notice a thumb ring?” Philip continued

asking. Anne looked confused as she shook her head and said, “No, I didn’t. I just did some simple cleaning up. I didn’t touch

anything else.” Philip was puzzled as he turned to leave. However, Martha stood up immediately and asked nervously, “Philip, did

you lose something?” Then, she turned around, slapped Anne on her face, pointed at her nose, and cursed, “Tell me honestly,

did you steal something? You b*tch, you’re already staying here and living off us, and now you’re stealing from us? Tell me

honestly, or I’ll call the cops to arrest you!” Anne clutched her cheeks. With tears in her eyes, she stared at Martha incredulously

and defended herself. “I didn’t steal anything. I just entered the bedroom to clean up!” Philip frowned. He did not want to believe

that Anne would steal.

However, Martha was adamant. “You dare to say you didn’t? I’m pretty sure you’re the thief! I saw you

sneaking around this morning. You dare to say you didn’t steal anything?” Mila got a fright. Mila

immediately hugged Anne’s legs, sobbing and speaking up for her, “Annie isn’t a thief. It’s not her.”

“What do you know? Never judge a book by its cover. She’s the only outsider in this house. Who else

could it be but her?” Martha glared at Mila and accused Anne. “Dad, Annie didn’t do it. Boohoo…” Mila

ran to Philip immediately, clutching at his pants and crying. With tears pouring down her cheeks, Anne

lowered her head, wiped her tears, and whimpered. “I didn’t do it. You’re maligning me.” “You didn’t?

Fine, let’s search through your room!” Martha sneered in her heart. “Search all you want! I didn’t do it!”

Anne was very stubborn, and there was an unyielding expression on her face. Martha was waiting for

this. Without further ado, she led Philip to Anne’s room. She opened the door and said, “You refuse to

admit it, right?

Once we find the ring, you’ll get lost from the villa!” With that said, Martha rushed in first, pretending to

look around in circles before she went directly to the table she had put the ring on earlier. Then, she

said loudly, “What’s this? Look at this, Philip. Is this it?” Philip noticed the ring at a glance and frowned

deeply. At this moment, Anne panicked. She cried angrily and sobbed. “I… I didn’t. I’m not a thief. I

really didn’t do it!” Anne was aggrieved. She would never do something like stealing. She felt very

upset at being framed like this and cried bitterly without making a sound.

However, Martha cursed gleefully, “You’re already caught red-handed and you still dare to deny it? I’ll call the cops to arrest you!”

“Mr. Philip, I really didn’t do it. I don’t even know where this thing was kept.” Anne’s eyes were already red and swollen. “Who are

you trying to deceive? This ring was in the drawer—” Martha spoke without thinking, but halfway through that sentence, she

quickly covered her mouth! Philip was startled. He turned around, his eyes filled with chills. Staring at Martha, he asked, “How do

you know it was in the drawer?” “This… Isn’t it common… Where else would you keep it besides in the drawer?” Martha faltered

as she talked and slowly moved toward the door. “Hold it right there!” Abruptly, Philip shouted angrily. He squeezed the back of

Martha’s neck with his big hands and said coldly, “Martha Yates, you’re really getting very ballsy. Have you forgotten my warning

to you? Do you really think I can’t do anything to you?” “You, what are you doing? Are you going to hit me again? Or are you

going to kill me?” Martha also realized that she had let the cat out of the bag, so she spoke fearlessly, “I’m your mother-in-law!”

“F*ck that bullsh*t! If I don’t teach you a good lesson today, my name isn’t Philip Clarke!” Philip roared and slapped Martha’s face

directly!