The Cherished Wife

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.

“Why worry about what they think? I want you to have this. Just sign it already!” urged a voice.

you don’t accept them,

“But Grandpa…”

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

mean?” Noelle was

Xavier’s marriage to your sister is part of that. You’re young and might not see it, but your sister has never been interested in business, only

heart. She might

point.

keep you out of

out of the Homestyle Garden House with a heavy heart. She had waited until Samuel and Mr. Thompson were

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

“Get in the car!”

her, jolting Noelle

from the car window,