The First Heir
Chapter 261

Chapter 261

“There should be a billion bucks in that card,” Philip said mildly, raising his brow as he wore a confidentsmile.

Wynn paused and stared at Phillip suspiciously, her heart pounding in her chest.

After that, though, she rolled her eyes at him again and pinched his waist, berating him, “You’re pullingmy leg again, aren’t you? If you really have a billion, I’ll have to serve you for the rest of my life.”

Philip grinned at that and put his arm around Wynn’s slender neck. “You said it, not me. Come on, let’smake that an official contract.”

Wynn batted his arm away and scolded him with a laugh, “Alright, alright. So you insist you have abillion? Sheesh, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. But you’re not handwaving this off today.I demand an explanation once we get back.”

Wynn raised her brows and rolled her eyes at him.

She did not believe that he really was a billionaire. To her, it was just Philip’s idea of a joke.

Even if he did tell her that his family ran Northern Sky West Restaurant, he probably was not wealthy tothat extent.

Besides, he ran away from home, right? There was no way he would have that much money.

That was why Wynn did not take his words to heart. Nevertheless, she happily put the card away.

The card was Philip’s contribution to the family. She had to take good care of it.

Philip shrugged. He told the truth sometimes, so why did no one believe him?

A few days passed without event. Over those days, Philip constantly stayed by Mila’s side in thehospital.

Wynn was busy with work at the company, doubly so now that they had the deal with the Turner’sHospital branch to handle.

As for Martha, she had been surprisingly quiet for those few days. Sometimes she would just randomlycall Philip and try to convince him to visit the Johnstons.

Of course Philip knew what Martha was up to. She had probably been baited by the little amount ofmoney he had shown her that day at the sales office.

That woman truly only had eyes for money.

Martha had spent the past few days at home, looking through all the manors and villas on sale inRiverdale. She had the money now, so they were already putting the old house on the market. Shecould get more than seven million for it, and then she had Philip’s four million and Manson’s two million.

Martha could buy a villa now, so naturally she was over the moon.

In fact, she would have plenty of change to spare too.

Once she started having more money, however, Martha naturally began to have other ideas.

“Hey, Charles, I bet Philip is hiding plenty more money from us. Think about how he so casuallydropped three million that day, and he hasn’t even asked me for the money back until now. Don’t youthink that’s weird?”

Martha was self-aware enough to know that if Philip really wanted the three million back, she would notbe able to hide it from him.

However, she had waited for a few days and Philip had not sought her out at all. As a result, she grewbolder.

Charles sat on the couch, reading a newspaper. He said, “I mean, considering your temper, of coursehe wouldn’t dare to ask you for the money back. I don’t mean to insult you or anything, but the moneyis still Philip’s, so you should return it to him. If you don’t want to give it back, then you’d better treat himbetter from now on. Don’t always throw tantrums at him. After all, he is your son-in-law.”

Charles shook his head helplessly. He knew what his wife was like.

Since she managed to get her hands on that three million, no one was ever going to get it back fromher.

Philip probably knew that too. That was why he could not be bothered to ask.

Martha did not like what she heard, and she immediately snapped back. “Hey, Charles, since whenhave you taken that good-for-nothing’s side? All he did was give you a painting, do you have to changeso much? Kissing up to him now, huh? If he’s really all that, then he should buy me a villa of his ownaccord instead of asking me to come up with a plan.”

Martha was annoyed now, and she began acting up again.

Charles sighed and said, “You’re being unreasonable. Whatever, I’m going to play chess with Reggie.You just keep on playing with your little calculator. Seriously, what if Philip divorces Wynn one day andasks you for the money? What will you do then?”

With that, Charles walked out of the door.

His words served as a wake-up call to Martha.

He was right. The money was Philip’s, so what if he divorced Wynn and asked for the money back?

Was the money part of their shared finances or his personal assets?

No, she had to make sure.

Martha immediately gave Wynn a call.

“Hey, Wynn, I want to ask you something.” Martha sat cross-legged on the couch.

“What is it, Mom? I’m at work.” Wynn sounded somewhat tired over the phone.

Martha thought it over and asked, “Wynnie, do you know how much Philip has in savings?”

There was a silence on the other end, followed by Wynn’s suspicious question. “Why are you askingabout that, Mom? Do you want to ask him for money again?”

Martha said viciously, “Are you an idiot, or what? Would you even know if he was hiding money fromyou and keeping a mistress out there? He’s your husband, which means you need to have a firm holdon his finances. Once you go home, ask him properly if he still has any more money stashed away.Make sure you know if he earned the money before or after you got married. If it’s after, that means themoney is evenly split between the two of you. In other words, you won’t lose out if you get a divorcesince you’ll get to keep half of it.”

Martha ranted on and on, growing more enthusiastic as she went.

Back when Philip and Wynn first got married, not a single member of his family attended the wedding.

Could he really be the son of a wealthy family?

Did he hide away the money from before they got married?

On the other end, Wynn was absolutely flabbergasted by what she was hearing. She hurriedly said,“Alright, alright, Mom. I hear you. I’ll ask him when I get home, alright? If there isn’t anything else, I’llhang up now. Work is really busy these days.”

Smack.

Without waiting for a response from Martha, Wynn ended the call and tossed her phone onto the table,sighing helplessly.

Why was her mother always like that?

As her mind wandered, she pulled the card Philip had given her a few days ago out of her wallet. Sheheld it in her hand and looked it over a few times. Only she knew what she was thinking to herself.

Did this card really contain money?