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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 across her

“That’s fine, but the share transfer

“It’s ready.”

waving his hand dismissively, and Tom entered with a smile,

Nathan was dumbfounded.

down to find it was

agreement.

family 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

Lewis.

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up at Lewis and sneered. “You’re quite prepared, aren’t you? How come? You haven’t fully taken control of the Horton family yet, and you’re already eyeing my shares?”

was quite

looked at Lewis, never expecting that this powerful man would also

situation.

older brother, plus a

neither servile nor

came to Grandma today asking

with a beaming smile. “This share transfer agreement was originally prepared for old Mrs. Horton. It listed two percent of shares, and now we have simply changed

said nothing, and promptly signed the agreement that

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already here, let’s just amend the

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

minutes? I suppose we can wait that long, can’t we?”

Nathan kept silent.

up the mood in the room, so she said with a smile, “We can wait. Of course, we can wait… Come on, let’s all sit down and eat. It’s been so long since I had breakfast at Grandma’s. I’ve

missed it!”

a seat on the other side

the share transfer agreement and went

to have returned to a peaceful

was very friendly toward Isla

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face of the Horton

flashed across Isla’s face.

but noticed that his gaze was flickering, always

time.

expression darkened

her fists and lowered her gaze.

head toward Keira. “Keira, are you getting used

here?”

who was enjoying her food, looked at

asked me to remind

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

finishing her speech, she suddenly realized something.

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have

Do you nowhere to live? Jake, I recall you have an

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

know what to

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 acting as

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