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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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was rather sweet.

suppress spilled

“That’s fine, but the share transfer agreement

“It’s ready.”

his hand dismissively, and Tom entered with a

Nathan was dumbfounded.

looked down to

agreement.

to be for the daughter-in-law, but in rea the agreement still

Lewis.

had no objections to that

comfortable giving them to an outsider.

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quite prepared, aren’t you? How come? You haven’t fully taken control of the Horton family

accusation was quite unreasonable.

Lewis, never expecting that this

situation.

brother, plus a sister-in-law who could stir

neither servile nor

remaining calm and composed. “Wasn’t it you who first came to Grandma today asking for shares? I can’t know in advance that

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

and promptly signed the

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let’s just amend the shares to five percent, and have my

“No problem. I’ll go make the changes right now. It

minutes? I suppose

Nathan kept silent.

we can wait… Come on,

missed it!”

anymo and took a seat on the other side of

share transfer agreement

seemed to have returned

was very friendly toward Isla

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you are now the face of the

flashed

at Jake but noticed that his gaze was flickering, always sweeping

time.

expression darkened slightly.

and lowered her gaze.

turned her head

here?”

her food,

“Dad asked me to remind you that the Ho

don’t disturb the other members of the family. He also said that if you’ve had enough,

something. “Keira, I just remembered. Your

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have

now. Do you nowhere to live? Jake, I recall

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

know what to

implication was clear. After giving her the money, the debt of gratitude would be paid off, and then she wouldn’t expect to live here

was completely

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