Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

The young woman was Shelly Barrett, Timothy’s cousin.

Mia simply ignored Shelly’s sarcastic remarks. Throughout the years, Shelly viewed Mia in contempt. Her comments would always suggest that Mia was only willing to marry a half-dead Timothy for money.

In the past, Mia kept putting up with Shelly’s ridicule. But now that she had signed the divorce papers, she no longer needed to do so.

Shelly strutted haughtily over to Mia and snapped, “Why are you just standing there? Hurry over to the kitchen and start cooking. Remember to make my favorite seafood stew.”

Mia withdrew her gaze and replied, “Grandma Laura invited me over to have dinner. She didn’t ask me to come here as a maid to cook for other people.”

“What do you mean by that, Mia? You’ve got the nerve, don’t you? You’re even refusing to cook! I’m going to tell Aunt Sharon about this!”

Mia ignored Shelly and walked into the house. When she entered the living room, she saw two people sitting on the couch.

One was her ex-mother-in-law, Sharon, while the other was her ex-husband’s first love, Maya.

She didn’t expect to see Maya at dinner today.

Shelly rushed into the living room. She purposely bumped into Mia before reporting loudly, “Aunt Sharon, I told Mia to head to the kitchen and cook for us, but she refused! She even said that Grandma invited her over as a

guest and not as a maid!”

As soon as Shelly finished speaking, Sharon’s expression turned cold. “Mia, as my daughter-in-law, how can

you refuse to cook for the family? What’s the point of keeping you around then?

“What can you do apart from spending the family’s money? You should be honored that we let you cook for us.”

“Do calm down, Mrs. Barrett. Don’t let this affect your health,” Maya said with a smile.

“The more I look at her, Maya, the more annoyed I get,” Sharon huffed. “Even though you two have similar

names, she’s just some poor woman. How can she compare to a young heiress like you? You come from such

a good family, and you even studied abroad.

“You’re a beautiful and capable young woman. In my eyes, you’re the most perfect daughter-in-law a person

could have.”

Maya’s eyes flashed with smugness as she replied, “She’s an orphan, Mrs. Barrett. I can understand her

circumstances.”

“Hah! What’s there to understand? As an orphan, she should know her place. She shouldn’t have dreamt of

soaring up the ranks of society.” Sharon scoffed.

“My son is such a fine young man. He’s bound to accomplish a great deal more in the future. How can he be

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“They’re not from the same class. I never agreed to their marriage, you know? But his grandmother insisted

upon it.”

Maya glanced at the expensive gifts on the table and intentionally said, “You’re too kind, Shelly. These are all just ordinary gifts.”

“They’re ordinary to wealthy people like us, Maya, but someone in our midst doesn’t have any money. She would never be able to earn enough money to afford these things, so that’s why she did everything she could

to marry into the family,” Shelly stated.

Sharon scoffed. She wholeheartedly agreed with Shelly. Due to her daughter-in-law’s low social status, she had been the brunt of the other wealthy women’s jokes for years now.

Yet, Timothy never did anything about it. It took him three years before he decided to file for a divorce.

Mia chuckled. Her gaze was mocking as she retorted, “Do you think Grandma has never seen these things before? She never cared about superficial things and isn’t materialistic.”

Then, she looked at the maid and said, “I’ll prepare one of Grandma’s favorite soups for her.”

“That’s wonderful. Mrs. Barrett Senior hasn’t had much of an appetite lately, but she enjoys your cooking very

much.”

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Mia went to the kitchen. She didn’t want to entertain the three women in the living room anymore.

Out of everyone in the Barrett family, Laura was the only one who was nice to her, so she didn’t want to start a major conflict with anyone. It’d only put Laura in a difficult position.

Mia stayed in the kitchen alone to prepare a healthy soup for Laura.

She was still pondering how she was going to tell Laura about the divorce.