When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 139

Chapter 139



I nudged Clyde's hand gently, and he immediately grasped my implication.

"Grandpa, we're both competent, and besides, the company has other managers as well," he reassured.

"Yet, no amount of managers can replace family. Your brother is still a Patterson by blood," he stated, making his intentions crystal clear - York had to be involved.

I looked up, meeting York's smug gaze head-on.

"Don't worry, I'll dedicate myself to this. After all, I've managed the company for a considerable period before," he boasted. "Besides, I'm now a shareholder in the Patterson Group. It's only right that I help manage it."

The moment York mentioned his shares, Clyde and I tensed up. Technically, the Patterson Group was still under Merritt's control, with him holding the majority of the shares.

Now that York also had shares, wasn't this setting him up to compete with Clyde?

lightly, "York has indeed been a great help to you both. This is

10% of the shares once she gives birth, starting with

that be?" Lucia chimed in, instantly regretting her words before swiftly changing her tune. "Merritt, since it's about giving birth, why

thought Clyde and I

this with Merritt. At our wedding, he said I was a shareholder, claiming

it was about having a child first to

now, this. I leaned back on the sofa, expressionless, facing

need any shares, but as the CEO, it doesn't look

squeezed my hand, signaling me

out now was tantamount to making enemies, but I

worked hard for his position in the company for years. Why

a moment, "Alright, I'll give you 3%, and another

not acceptable.

could. Lucia seemed to want to argue further but was cut

York.

all, Clyde is his grandson. I understand that my 2% is already more

more than

was warm, betraying no hint of