RETURN OF DON' CARA FROM USELESS TO GREATNESS

Chapter 4

The waiter, who didn't know what Joshua was talking about, shrugged his shoulders.

Joshua, recalling who he should be talking to, cast an appreciative smile at him before he exited the hall.

As he approached the entrance of the room, the waiter had directed him to. Joshua met the gaze of Brittany, Ginny, and her friends, who immediately rolled their eyes upon seeing him.

Ignoring their behavior, he continued into the room, but before he could reach for the doorknob, Brittany blocked his way.

"You can't go in there, Joshua. The family is having important conversations with the guest," she said, looking down at her phone.

Joshua furrowed his brow. He knew she wanted to make things hard for him, and he should have expected the twin would eventually make a scene.

Joshua let out a patient sigh and adjusted his gaze between the sisters. “The governor requested to see me, Brittany, so please move aside,” he said.

When he noticed that she wasn’t even listening. He was about to go around her when Ginny also blocked his path.

However, not in the mood for their disrespectful antics, Joshua pushed his way through the gap between them, causing both of them to stagger back with wide eyes.

Their friend watching the scene gasps in surprise, prompting the twin's face to twitch in anger. “How dare you! Are you mad?” Brittany yelled.

“You bastards!” Ginny followed. “Come back here!” She growled.

“I thought you said he is a liability. Why is your family tolerating that fool?!” Joshua heard Brittany's friend whisper.

“Don't worry it all ends tonight!” Brittany yelled so he could hear her, but he ignored them and opened and shut the door behind him.

Everyone, ranging from his in-laws to his wife, turns in his direction. Joshua's gaze quickly sweeps through the room. The governor wasn't in the room, but the man he didn't recognize caught his attention as his hands were wrapped around Elizabeth's waist.

“Who are you?” the man asked.

Before he could reply, his mother-in-law chipped in. “Mark, this is the liability I was telling you about,” she said, narrowing a disdainful gaze at Joshua, who was caught off guard by her response.

The man, understanding what Mrs. Marshall meant, nodded his head with a smirk. “You must be Elizabeth's husband, huh?” He asked, and Joshua could hear the mockery dripping from his tone.

Joshua's body stiffened with cold and anger. His eyes lingered on the man's hands around his wife's waist, and she wasn't pushing away from him.

Joshua forced out a smile and nodded his head. “I am,” he replied, and with a long stride, he closed the space between them, tossing the man's hands from Elizabeth.

Everyone in the room gasps in surprise. Elizabeth's brow knitted into a frown while her parents' gaze daggered at him.

“Why are you being rude to our guests?!” Mrs. Marshall's familiar tone filled the room, but Joshua ignored her.

Mr.Marshall quickly cast an apologetic gaze at Mark. “I'm sorry for my son-in-law's behavior, he didn't know who you were,” he said.

Mark, holding Joshua's gaze with a smirk, nodded his head. “The money has been transferred to the new account you told me about. The governor and I wish your business plan prosperity,” he added, meeting Joshua’s gaze with another smile.

Understanding his in-laws had made changes to his event and the account the investors were donating their money to. Joshua cast an angry look at his in-laws, wearing a guilty look.

“W…We need to talk,” she whispers before Joshua can mutter any words. She walked past him, and when Joshua stared at his in-law with disappointment, Elizabeth glanced back at him. “Now!”

Without a word, he made his way to the exit where Elizabeth had disappeared. The room where she had chosen to have their conversation was quiet. The moment Joshua shuts the door, Elizabeth's expression changes. “What the hell are you doing there?!” She yelled.

Joshua, caught off guard by her outburst, stares at her with a stunned expression. “What are you talking about? I went there to see the governor, who requested my attention,” Joshua replied, swallowing the pain of the scene. “I got there to see a man intimately holding my wife!”

Elizabeth, hearing his response, scoffed. “You wanted to see the governor? Who do you think you are? You want to see an important guest without my family's approval?!” She retorted, making his stunned expression evident.

“Why would I ask for permission, Elizabeth? Apart from being your husband, this event was organized by me to support my business idea to benefit the family,” Joshua reminded, and she rolled her eyes before stepping forward.

“Did you say support?” She laughed, but Joshua remained silent. “How can someone like you help my family when you're a nobody!” she spouted, making a lump drop down his throat.

Though his wife's family was not related to him by blood, he has always considered them as his and has supported them even when they didn't regard him as one.

“In case you have forgotten, this event was organized by nobody who had always supported your family!” Joshua replied, hiding the hurt in his voice.

Elizabeth erupted into another wild laugh. “Do you think those VIPs would have attended your party if my family name had not been mentioned?!” She asked defensively.

Joshua, who wasn't ready to disclose how he got the VIP to attend sighed. “I did all this for us, and yet—”

“There was a meeting in the lodge,” Elizabeth interrupted, her expression not caring what he was going to say. “My family has come to a conclusion,” she added, making Joshua furrow his brow in confusion.

“What do you mean by that?”

Elizabeth, without a response, pulled out a paper from her purse and tossed it at him. “The bank gave me this,” she responded.

Joshua ran his gaze through the paper, which displayed the only assets in his name.

“What is this? Why is there one thousand dollars under my name?” Joshua asked, finally resting his gaze on her.

Elizabeth, without a reply, pulled out another envelope and tossed it to him. “That's the share my lawyer divided for you,” she said, and Joshua's eyes fell on the first word on the other paper.

“Divorce!” The words slipped out of his mouth. “What the hell is this, Elizabeth!” Joshua's throat tightened as the words left his mouth.