Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

The opportunists who had been wavering immediately sided with Mr. Grant when they heard his words.

"Miss Aurora, you're new here and don't understand the family's dynamics. We'll

pretend we didn't hear anything. Everything stays the same. You're still the head of the family."

"Yes, Miss Aurora, our ancestors followed these traditions. Why can't you continue them?"

Aurora found their accusations laughable. It wasn't tradition they were defending but their own interests.

Their actions weren't for her or the family's benefit. It was all about their profits.

Before this, Aurora hadn't fully grasped their true faces and had hesitated in making a decision. But now, seeing their hypocrisy, she felt more determined than ever.

"Everyone, I think you've misunderstood me," she said calmly. "My mother is right- we're family. How could I ever harm my own relatives?"

The crowd assumed Aurora had come to her senses and cheered up instantly. "Miss Aurora, it's wise of you to think this way. We're all one big family, after all."

But Aurora's next words sent shockwaves through the room.

"Since we're family, we should care for one another. But this is the 21st century- hereditary systems should be abolished.

Effort should be rewarded. I understand that in this family, newborns automatically receive shares from both their parents and the family.

Even though only one child per family can inherit shares, over time, these shares are diluted among more and more people.

If these children contribute to the family business, then, of course, they deserve the shares. But based on my investigation, hardly any of your children are working for the company.

In other words, they do nothing all year yet collect millions in dividends just for carrying the family name. Isn't that ridiculous?

know they need to put in the effort to receive money. Your children, on the other hand, just sit at home and wait

whenever someone had a child, 1% of the head of the

result, the head of the family held fewer and fewer shares while

after suffering emotional setbacks, had been crushed under the weight of these absurd expectations and set

had a man, the family might gradually shift toward a patriarchal system, and their profits would

wealth, they were unwilling to change. Aurora's mere suggestion of reform had already

what do you mean by saying we're worse than

relatives were the type that, in any ordinary household, would be the worst

tone steady. "Listen to

now on, women over the age of 45 and men over the age of

at the company. There will also be performance evaluations-those who fail to meet the requirements or refuse

"What?!"

who doted on their children. Aurora's new policy was a

Aurora like mother hens protecting their chicks, their eyes filled

hadn't taken on the family leadership just for herself. If it were only for her own

your children sit at home counting money. My mother worked herself to exhaustion. There's no such

should be proportional

children in this family are no longer required to take the

surname.

want to take the father's surname, that's fine too. Men can

will be treated equally at birth, and their income will

words sparked unanimous

These were changes she had dreamed of but never had the courage to

was deeply shocked. As a man who had grown up

and being a boy, Mio had endured much bullying

while men,

the position of vice president was a testament