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Chapter 1068

Before returning to the Kalen family, Sharon had quietly looked into her mother’s side of the family.

Perhaps the McKinzie family had deliberately kept a low profile, because aside from the names of a few members, she’d found almost nothing of value.

When her mother, Shayla, was still alive, she had rarely spoken of her parents or her childhood home.

To be honest, Sharon knew very little about her maternal grandparents or the family her mother came from.

The Kalen family, by contrast, was much simpler. Her paternal grandparents had passed away many years ago.

Now, as she caught the assessing look in her Uncle Clark’s eyes, Sharon suddenly understood why her mother had avoided speaking about her own family all these years.

Though Clark’s expression was kind and his manner gentle, his gaze wasn’t that of a relative seeing his niece; it was the calculating scrutiny of a merchant appraising goods.

Her cousin Sebastian appeared just as amiable on the surface, yet a trace of disdain flickered in his eyes. 2

Sharon had never felt much attachment to the Kalen family; toward these two strangers she was meeting for the first time–her uncle and cousin–she felt even less.

politely to them both, her tone courteous yet distant, without the slightest trace of the joy or warmth one might show when meeting

brief

the introductions,

“Sharon, Victoria–like your three elder brothers, you’ll also need to go through a year of

them weren’t ordinary heirs–especially Sharon, who not only was

only ten percent, yet that ten percent carried more weight than the same share held by Shayla’s faction

Sharon’s stake granted her direct voting rights in Kalen

others merely collected dividends, Sharon could shape the

the hands of a young woman barely in her

and Sebastian couldn’t completely hide

last safeguard–a personal reserve of shares entirely her own, untouchable even by Richard himself. If the McKinzie

Chapter 1068

Victoria. “Victoria, why

Scott both nodded encouragingly

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