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Old Mrs. Horton frowned, her gaze flitting anxiously

toward Lewis.”

It was over. Nathan had caught her at a disadvantage. If Lewis didn’t agree, it would be seen as suppressing his brother, and how could he then maintain his

position within the Horton Group?

Old Mrs. Horton immediately coughed, deciding to be

shameless!

After all, her illness was common knowledge, and it was better for her to act shamelessly than for Lewis to

be criticized.

Old Mrs. Horton thought about it and was about to speak when Lewis’s voice suddenly rang out. “That’s fine.”

Old Mrs. Horton was dumbfounded.

She was immediately stunned, looking incredulously at Lewis. “What?”

Lewis gave her a reassuring look before turning to Nathan. “I think you’re right. Since that’s the case, why

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you first transfer the shares to… my wife.”

After announcing their marriage to the public, he would often mention “my wife” at home.

Since it was only an excuse, he never felt anything

about it.

But today…

When he uttered these two words again, they

suddenly felt too hot on his tongue.

He glanced at Keira subconsciously and saw her eating a croissant with her head lowered, seemingly paying no mind. He breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same

time, he felt an inexplicable sense of loss.

She seemed to be completely indifferent to this marriage, which made sense since they had agreed divorce later on.

A shadow flickered in the depths of Lewis’s eyes.

He didn’t see Keira’s movements pause slightly as she ate, her cheeks tinting with a faint blush.

The words “my wife” were spoken so smoothly by

Lewis with his deep voice. It was like a small current of electricity, passing through her veins.

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rather

couldn’t suppress spilled

frowned. “That’s fine, but the share transfer

“It’s ready.”

Tom entered with a smile, handing a contract to

Nathan was dumbfounded.

looked down to

agreement.

signed an agreement public it was said to be for the daughter-in-law, but in rea the agreement still benefited a member of the Horto family, so the share transfer

Lewis.

objections to that

wouldn’t feel comfortable giving them to an outsider.

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you? How come? You haven’t fully taken control of the Horton family yet, and

accusation was quite unreasonable.

mouth suddenly didn’t taste as good. She looked at Lewis, never expecting that this powerful man would also

situation.

father, a scheming older brother, plus a sister-in-law

servile

today asking for shares? I can’t know in advance that you would give me shares.”

explained with a beaming smile. “This share transfer agreement was originally prepared for old Mrs. Horton. It listed two

and promptly signed the agreement that

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“Since the transfer document is already here, let’s just amend the shares to five

the changes right now. It might take a

minutes? I suppose we can wait

Nathan kept silent.

we can wait…

missed it!”

and took a seat on the other

share transfer agreement and went to the

to have returned to a peaceful and calm state.

very friendly toward Isla Olsen and even

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face of

flashed across

noticed that his gaze was flickering, always sweeping over Keira

time.

expression darkened slightly.

clenched her fists and lowered her gaze.

sudden, she smiled slightly and turned her head toward Keira. “Keira, are you getting used

here?”

enjoying her food, looked at her, puzzled.

asked me to

of the family. He also said that if you’ve had enough,

speech, she suddenly realized something. “Keira, I

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have

now. Do you nowhere to live? Jake,

Why not give it to Keira as a token of gratitude for

know what to

implication was clear. After giving her the money, the debt of gratitude would

saying this, Isla was completely acting as if

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