Chapter 91 The First Day as a Daughter-in-law (4)_1
After getting out of the car, she turned around to open the rear door and lifted several large, beautifully wrapped gift boxes from the back seat, then headed straight toward the luxurious Main House.
Having walked a few steps, she saw Julia Bluen, who was just returning to the house to get some drinks. Julia was alone; Glades Horne was still sitting on a stone bench beneath the shaded path in the Backyard. He had wanted to call Uncle Ying to have someone bring them refreshments, but Julia stopped him. She argued that it wasn’t far, and since they weren’t working and were quite relaxed, she could easily fetch them herself.
Glades laughed and complied with her wish.
"Julia," Pheobe Rogers called out to Julia Bluen immediately.
Julia turned her head, saw Pheobe Rogers, and stopped. She offered a faint smile and said politely, "Aunt, you’re here."
"Julia." Pheobe Rogers approached Julia Bluen, pressing the gift boxes into her hands. With an air of embarrassment mixed with complaint, she said, "Yesterday was your and Glades’s big day, and I couldn’t even attend. I meticulously selected these wedding presents for you. I’m not as fortunate as your mother-in-law, so I can’t afford expensive gifts. Please don’t take offense, alright?"
Pheobe Rogers had once been Gian Horne’s secretary before becoming his mistress. After getting pregnant with James Horne, she aspired to usurp Mila Anderson’s position as Gian’s wife. The two women, vying for their own happiness and the same man, engaged in fierce verbal battles, neither willing to concede. Mila had the backing of the family matriarch. Pheobe came from a middle-class family, while Mila hailed from a wealthy one. The matriarch forbade Gian from divorcing Mila to marry Pheobe, and Gian himself had no such intentions, content to enjoy the company of both women.
Her climb up the social ladder had been halted midway, leaving her in a state of limbo.
Now, her son was the fourth young master of the Horne Family, yet she herself was a nobody.
Resentful and unwilling to give in, she made daily trips to the Horne estate. If she couldn’t secure the title of Mrs. Horne, she was at least determined to infuriate Mila Anderson. The family matriarch, for James Horne’s sake, largely ignored Pheobe’s shameless and persistent antics.