My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2844

"Dad, don't you think it's still a little too early to appoint a successor?" Daniel advised. "I mean, you can still decide on it a few years later."

Hearing that, Karen stepped in and echoed, "Daniel is right. There's no need to rush into this, Dad."

However, Benjamin, who was not keen on being persuaded, waved his hand and insisted, "I'm old now. Can't you let your old man enjoy a peaceful retirement? Anyway, it is set. Sean will be the one making all the decisions regarding the family business in the future."

Seeing that Benjamin had already made his mind, everyone relented, though not without hesitation.

"Daniel, Dad doesn't want to manage the family affairs anymore. He just wants to enjoy his retirement. Personally, I think it's fine for him to decide who to appoint and announce it now," Dexter butted in.

After all, they would just be delaying the inevitable if they stalled the announcement for a few more years, so it was ideal to just let Benjamin pass the torch to someone else and enjoy his peace of mind.

"You're right. Dexter. Let's just go along with Dad's arrangement," Dillion concurred.

Benjamin was already dead set on what he wanted from the very beginning. The announcement he just made was a

for discussion. In addition, Nicole was around, and because she had agreed to let Sean take on the role of the head of the Riddle family, his decision was

this matter, indicating that he would not listen to be

there's

"Okay," everyone responded.

after everyone had left, Karen pulled Preston

everything okay?" Preston

Am I not allowed to

can,” Preston agreed

left in the room, Preston asked, "What's going on,

made him stick around if she had nothing important to say. Though she had told him that all she wanted was a chat, it was just an excuse. In truth, Karen had been talking to him ever since dinner had

and once she was certain that there was nobody within earshot of what she was about to say, she whispered,

have no problem with that. What do you want me to say?" Preston replied,

do you? The Riddle family has a ton of assets. Why

this way. There will only ever be one heir, and