Chapter 3: The Mother-In-Law Has Arrived

The interview went well. Alva had a nice appearance, good skin, and a gentle aura that was well-suited to cosmetics sales. She started working the very same day.

Alva worked in the Itokin Building. It was the largest shopping mall in Virginia and catered to mid-to-high-class consumers. It saw high volumes of traffic every day.

Alva worked hard. She was the first one to come in and the last one to leave every day. She learned about cosmetics, took notes, shadowed other clerks as they sold products, and put what she learned into practice immediately. In just a few days, she was already familiar with the process.

The store manager noticed her effort and was very satisfied with her work ethic.

One day, Alva successfully sold one of their products and was seeing the customer off when her phone rang.

Alva said to the store manager, “Manager, I have to take this call.”

Bosses tend to like hardworking and motivated employees. Naturally, they can be very accommodating to said employees.

“Go ahead.”

Alva walked inside the storage room with her phone. When

she saw the word mother-in-law displayed on the screen, the smile on her face froze and was soon replaced by

nervousness.

A year ago, when Uriah wanted to marry her, the Irwin Family strongly disagreed. But no matter how much they insisted otherwise, they could not deter Uriah.

recognized her as

to her in-laws’ demands. Aside from the first time Uriah brought her home to meet

a year.

calling, it was impossible for Alva

that there was no way you could hate the speaker.

the Thia Restaurant next door. Get over

seemed levelheaded. She didn’t lose

said, her mother-in-law hung up after saying

looked at her phone and thought about calling Uriah to tell him about her meeting

their current relationship,

went outside to ask the store manager if she

later, Alva arrived at the restaurant next door and the waiter led her

Candice, there was no one else in the room.

over and muttered softly,

eyes sweeping from the top of her head to her feet and back again, her brow knitting tighter and tighter, “Have

had something to do over here and stopped by to see her son as well, but before she could go see him, she saw her daughter-in-law

the Irwin Family run out of money for their daughter-in-law to take up such a mediocre

her features into an ugly scowl.

answering her, Alva looked at her in

doesn’t seem to know that

say anything. “Are you listening to me or

had also thrown etiquette out the window once he left the house!

waved her hands, “That’s not it,

Mom. I…”

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