The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 119

Chapter 119

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“Oh, Noelle,” Grandpa Samuel said, his voice full of concern. “You’re so stubborn. That’s why things turned out the way they did last time. You need to take these shares, whether you like it or not. Now sign it! Aren’t you going to listen to me?”

He pretended to be upset. “Your sister got her shares when she turned eighteen. It’s only right that you get yours too. If your parents won’t give them to you, then I will.”

Noelle looked at her grandpa, feeling torn. She had never really wanted anything from him.

He was right. On her eighteenth birthday, the whole Shaw family was against giving her shares in City Ring Corp. She had felt so sad, but not because she did not get the shares. She was hurt by the way her parents, Julian and Jade, had treated her.

“I never wanted to fight over the family fortune. If I take these shares now, won’t Julian and Jade think I’m

trying to compete with Winter?” Noelle was worried. She had a hard enough time getting along with them already, and claiming her part of the inheritance might make things worse.

they think? I want you to have this.

If you don’t accept them, they might end up with your sister…” Mr. Thompson added, unable to keep quiet. “Please,

“But Grandpa…”

ignore my wishes?” Samuel’s face was stern. “Do you want

do you mean?” Noelle was confused. “Why

of that. You’re young and might not see it, but your sister has never been

in her heart. She might not know much about business, but she understood

point.

shares means no one can keep you out of

heart. She had waited until Samuel and Mr. Thompson were gone before leaving the coffee

words weighed on her, leaving her feeling trapped and unprepared. She felt like she

“Get in the car!”

next to her, jolting Noelle out of her

out from the car window, surprised. “What are you doing here?”

“Get in,

there for a while. Ever since Noelle mentioned she was going