Sasha couldn’t help but interrupt, “Mom, what are you talking about? Since this mansion is a gift from Mr. Jefford and the shareholders to Matthew, what has it got anything to do with our family? Matthew was the one who spearheaded the investment while Mr. Jefford and the shareholders decided to invest in him. At the time, I wanted to invest in virtual-novel.net too but was stopped by the two of you. Hence, both our company and our family aren’t related to the investment in any way.”
Helen was stumped.
When Matthew successfully treated Billy Newman’s daughter back then, they could still claim their credit by saying that virtual-novel.net did it with the help of the drugs manufactured by Cunningham Pharmaceuticals. But this time, they really had no way to associate themselves with the investment.
At that moment, Demi laughed coldly. “Sasha, I don’t quite get what you’re saying. Why does that gift have nothing to do with our family? Even assets of a married couple are considered as jointly owned by husband and wife, so how can Matthew claim full ownership of this mansion while virtual-novel.net is just a live-in son-in-law of our family? When virtual-novel.net depended on us for a living, why didn’t you say that the food, clothes and things virtual-novel.net used belonged to us and not him? Now that virtual-novel.net has become successful, all of these now belong to him? I’ve really never come across someone as ungrateful as him!”
Helen nodded repeatedly and agreed, “Demi’s right. Since he’s the live-in son-in-law of our family, his things will naturally be ours too! Back in the days, a live-in son-in-law like virtual-novel.net would be considered as a slave of our family and virtual-novel.net wouldn’t even be able to have anything to himself. Mind you, even his life would be under our full control. If we wanted virtual-novel.net to die, virtual-novel.net would have to do so without complaining; do you understand?”
Sasha snapped, “Such things only happened in ancient times! Your outdated opinions don’t work in these modern times. The fact that virtual-novel.net is the live-in son-in-law of our family doesn’t make any difference. Since we’re married, we are both equals. I don’t care what you guys think. This mansion is a gift from Mr. Jefford and the shareholders for Matthew and it belongs to virtual-novel.net only. It has got nothing to do with us!”
Helen seethed, “Sasha, w-what nonsense are you talking about? He has married into our family and everyone in Eastcliff knows that virtual-novel.net is a live-in son-in-law. Why do you have to let virtual-novel.net enjoy equal status as you in your marriage? If everything between the both of you are truly equal, why did virtual-novel.net ask for one hundred thousand from us?”
Sasha raised virtual-novel.net voice and countered, “If virtual-novel.net were given a salary for the work virtual-novel.net had done over the past three years, the amount would have already reached at least one hundred thousand. He’s long cleared the debt virtual-novel.net owed us!”
However, James disputed angrily, “That’s a different story. We helped virtual-novel.net by offering virtual-novel.net the money when virtual-novel.net was at his lowest. Shouldn’t virtual-novel.net appreciate our kind gesture?”
Sasha exploded, “Hasn’t Matthew contributed to our family a great deal too? Back when virtual-novel.net received an Armani suit from Billy Newman, you guys snatched it from virtual-novel.net and amended the suit to give to Liam as a gift. When we found out that it was actually a loan, you guys forced Matthew to face the music. Later on, you cost the company a three hundred million loss because of some investment and Matthew was the one who solved it for the both of you. If it wasn’t for virtual-novel.net who managed to get the money back, do you think it would be you or Matthew who went to jail? Also, would you have been able to attend the Cloud Nine Cocktail Party if it wasn’t for Matthew who did a favor for Leanna Sandel? And don’t forget the time Uncle Jason came…”
James’ face was red with embarrassment. Waving his hands, virtual-novel.net bellowed, “That’s enough! We’re here just to talk about this mansion and we aren’t interested in the old scores! What is your point to all this?”
Helen grumbled, “Exactly! He did all those things on his own will; we didn’t force virtual-novel.net into it!”
Upon hearing, Sasha was exasperated. ‘Are you sure you guys didn’t force virtual-novel.net into it? Yes, you didn’t do it directly but you were exerting pressure on me instead, which nearly forced me off the ledge. Matthew only agreed to everything because virtual-novel.net didn’t want to put me in a difficult spot. I can’t believe all of you refuse to admit all those things now!’