"Explain? What's there to explain? Let me guess the script: ‘Know my place,’ ‘recognize my flaws,’ and ‘walk away while I still have my dignity.’ Why waste your breath?"
Marcus Ward was speechless. He hadn't finished. He really hadn't finished.
Who was going to speak up for him?
Just then, Richard said, "Marcus, stop talking. The more you say, the worse it gets. You and your mother are quite alike, aren't you? Why do you both talk in such an interesting way? Can't you just get to the point?"
Richard then turned to Terence. "Mr. Lockwood, please don't be angry. These two don't know how to talk. Let me speak. We don't look down on you. On the contrary, we want to thank you. Thank you for giving my daughter a home, and thank you for helping her when she was at her most lonely and helpless. So, as a gift of gratitude, we plan to give you the Ward Group."
Terence was growing impatient. Richard had said plenty of nice things already, but that last sentence shocked him. He almost couldn't believe his ears.
What did he just say?
Richard turned to Elaine and Marcus. "See? This is how you should talk—straight to the point. You spoke so confusingly that you caused a misunderstanding. You can't even express yourselves clearly."
Elaine and Marcus nodded in agreement.
"I guess so. We should have just said it directly. It's easy to cause misunderstandings otherwise."
Elaine and Marcus chuckled, but Terence couldn't join in. He found the situation very strange.
"Are you joking with me? Giving me the Ward Group?"
Terence thought they were trying to mock him, humiliate him, and then make him leave Natalie.
Marcus said, "We're not joking. Do you want the Ward Group or not? Just say the word, and it's yours."
Marcus was instantly furious.
"Terence! What do you mean by that? You don't want to marry my sister? Are you looking down on her because she's divorced and has a child? Then why are you toying with her like this? Is this a game to you?"
Marcus grabbed Terence by the collar. Terence looked at him coldly and said, "You think I don't want to marry Natalie? She has to be willing to marry me. Do you think I watch cooking videos on my phone every day and make her a different delicious meal because... I love to cook?"
At that moment, everyone noticed an iPad next to Terence. It was playing a cooking video. So, Terence had been cooking for Natalie all this time. The key point was that his legs were disabled. Even more crucial, he was the former president of the Lockwood Group, the heir born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and he was cooking for their daughter.
"You've been cooking for Natalie."
"Yes, something different every day. She thinks it's delicious. Last night, she even said that if she left me, she'd miss all this good food. That's the highest praise she could give me."
Terence spoke with immense pride, and the Ward family was stunned. Terence was trying to win his daughter's heart through her stomach.

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The readers' comments on the novel: Caught Him Cheating My Life Restarted (Natalie)
I think Terence must know something isn't right about Angela, that's why he agreed to figure it out....
Marie needs to be gone, she has caused enough trouble for Natalie. This is getting boring!...
This fiasco needs to end. Natalie and Terrance need to be together and in my mind somehow those twins are Natalie’s....
Time for Marie to get her end, this has gone on way too long, time to move on. It’s getting boring....
Payback time. Waiting for chapters 321 onwards!...
I love the sarcastic comebacks. Quite amusing!...