Marcus Parker slapped his hand down on the tea table in front of him, speaking harshly. These two siblings were really too audacious, thinking Ellie Wilton's separate courtyard was a place where they could do as they pleased.
"Dad, that's not how you should say it. You can't treat us like this just because Grandma and Mom are gone. Back then, …" Zoey Parker had never imagined her father would say such a thing.
She understood perfectly what Marcus Parker meant: she was a married daughter and the affairs of the Parker Family had nothing to do with her. The Parker Family being of modest wealth would have been one thing, but it was a major clan—how could it possibly have nothing to do with her?
Even if she wasn't entitled to a share of the inheritance like Big Brother and her younger siblings, having a small part of it would have been fine.
