Chapter 9

Matilda Brown, oblivious to what happened the night before, was in a very good mood when she woke up the next morning. The reason being that she had won a lot of money while playing cards the day before.

However, her good mood immediately turned sour when she saw Ethan walking out of the balcony with his phone in hand.

"What is this nonsense? How dare you return to this family after everything you've cost us?!" She hollered, pointing a finger at his nose, her face turning beet red from anger.

Ethan, who didn't think the first voice he'd be hearing first thing in the morning was that of his loud and unreasonable mother-in-law, paused and looked up at her.

He didn't know much about her since he only stayed with her a few days after his marriage with Chloe, but he did know that the one thing she cared most about was money.

Matilda Brown would do anything for money.

"Good morning," he greeted, recalling this was Chloe's mother, and it'd be rude to simply ignore her.

"Keep your stupid gree