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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

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

“It’s ready.”

his hand dismissively, and Tom entered with a smile, handing a contract to Nathan. “Mr. Horton, please sign here.”

Nathan was dumbfounded.

to find it was

agreement.

still benefited a member of the Horto family, so

Lewis.

had no objections

comfortable giving them

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

accusation was quite

croissant in Keira’s mouth suddenly didn’t taste as good. She looked at Lewis,

situation.

biased father, a scheming older brother, plus a sister-in-law who could stir up

was neither servile nor

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. It listed two percent of shares, and now we have

said nothing, and promptly signed the agreement

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then said, “Since the transfer document is already here, let’s just amend the shares to five percent, and have my mother sign it

“No problem. I’ll go make the changes right now. It might take a few

suppose we can wait that

Nathan kept silent.

Of course, we can wait… Come on, let’s all sit down and eat. It’s been so long since I had

missed it!”

also didn’t argue with Keira over seating anymo and took a seat on the other side of Nathan, allowing Isla to

the share transfer agreement and

have returned to a peaceful and calm state.

toward Isla

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the face of the Horton family. Have some

flashed across

but noticed that his gaze was flickering, always sweeping

time.

darkened slightly.

fists and

head toward Keira. “Keira, are you getting

here?”

enjoying her food, looked

said, “Dad asked me to remind you that the

and don’t disturb the other members of the family. He also said that if

realized something. “Keira, I

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have

a house or a car now. Do you nowhere to

to Keira as a

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 anymore!

completely acting as if she were

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