From His Wife to His Uncle's Wife novel Chapter 246

Marleigh kept her cool, barely reacting, which made Jessie Goff glance over twice. It was obvious this woman wouldn't be easy to impress.

Katie, who knew Jessie well, pulled her over to sit together. Peter took a seat next to George, and Hunter sat on Peter’s other side.

George checked his watch, frowning. "Where’s Max?"

Marleigh stepped in smoothly. "Max said he’s too busy today and can’t make it back."

George just grunted, letting the subject drop. The family ate a quick, simple meal. It was their way of making things official.

After dinner, George invited Peter to play chess. Hunter excused himself early, saying he had work to finish.

Autumn, trying way too hard, attempted to chat up Marleigh, but Marleigh’s replies were polite and distant. This was nothing like the warm family welcome Autumn had pictured in her mind.

Frustrated but too cautious to complain, Autumn kept quiet. Olga, ever the observant one, leaned in close to her grandma and whispered, "Grandma, Great-Grandma doesn’t like us."

Autumn quickly put a hand over Olga’s mouth. "Shh, Olga, be good. We’ll talk at home, okay? Remember, you promised no tantrums and no making trouble today."

Olga pouted. "I know!"

But, of course, trouble found her anyway.

Bored and fidgety, Olga started wandering around the Clarkson Estate, amazed at how much bigger it was than their own house. The walls were covered with all kinds of pretty oil paintings.

Still sticky from her cake, Olga couldn’t help herself—she reached up and touched one of the paintings. When she pulled her hand back, there was a little smudgy handprint left right on the canvas.

A maid spotted her and gasped. "Sweetie, you can’t touch that!" She quickly lifted Olga off the stool, but the damage was already done.

"Oh no, that’s the master’s favorite painting."

Without another word, the maid hurried off to find the butler.

Olga didn’t see why everyone was getting so worked up. It was just a painting. She could draw too. Maybe she’d just make them a new one.

The butler came running up the stairs as soon as he heard what happened.

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