Nora was a little surprised.
Mrs. Hunt gave her money only because she had never believed in her “friends”, but wasn’t Joel in the Imperial League? Didn’t he see what King said in the group?
King had already said in the group that gold prices would rise in the future. He should have become aware of it after seeing the message, so why was he still giving her money?
Suddenly, Nora thought of something and she looked straight at Tanya. She asked, “I see. What about Dad?”
Tanya replied, “Dad has been paying a lot of attention recently to what is happening to you but he didn’t offer to give you any money this time. When I bumped into him while I was on my way here today, he didn’t mention anything about it, either. I reckon it probably didn’t occur to him? Is the money not enough? I still have some, and so does Joel. How much more do you need?”
Now that Joel was Ian’s son, Tanya had also become his daughter-in-law.
Therefore, she also addressed Ian as Dad now.
Upon hearing what Tanya said, Nora suddenly understood.
As it turned out, Ian was still using that
count? Didn’t he already give it to Joel? Why did he take it back? Honestly…
With that in mind, Nora cast her eyes down and slowly asked, “How is Joel doing lately?”
At her question, Tanya glanced at Nora. A moment later, she finally sighed and said, “Actually, there’s something I don’t know whether I should say or not.”
Nora replied, “Is there still anything the two of us shouldn’t be saying to each other?”
The two were already close friends when they were still in Switzerland.
Now that Tanya was with Joel, she was leading a blissful and happy life. Coupled with how much of a cutie Mia was, even her firecracker-like temper had significantly changed for the better.
She had always been a straightforward woman, though, so she simply decided to come straight out and say it. She said, “To be honest, Joel’s relationship with Dad did become a little delicate after your return. Dad had given all of his shares of the company to Joel, but now that you’re back, Joel often says that everything that the Smiths own should have been yours.”
Just as Nora was about to speak, Tanya sighed and went on. “But Dad said that you are lazy and don’t like taking care of such things, so he wants Joel to continue taking care of the company. You should also know that the management of a family business requires absolute control in company shares, so this led to Dad having to give him 51% of the shares. Dad only had 70% of the shares, so he can only give you 19% now. Because of this, Joel keeps saying that you’re at too much of a disadvantage, so he has decided that for as long as he’s alive, he will give you half of all the dividends he receives.”
Nora: “!”
He really didn’t have to.
She was fine as long as she had enough to spend. What would she need that much money for?
She refused her right away. “No, it’s fine. I will set up my bank account to reject the funds.”
Nora’s way of doing things had always been direct and decisive.
Tanya covered her mouth and laughed. Compared to before, she had really become much gentler. At the sight, Nora couldn’t help but remark, “Just laugh if you want to. What are you covering your mouth for?”
Tanya rolled her eyes. Then, she said emotionally, “Nora, do you know? I have always thought that people’s relationships with one another are predestined and everyone we meet will surely impart to us a little knowledge. In Mia’s case, she taught me how to be gentle. How would I possibly dare to be loud when I speak to her? Before I knew it, even the way I laugh became a lot gentler!”
Nora agreed with her, though.
Since she was a child, she had always been lazy and had never thought about having children at all. Who would have known that she would become pregnant all of a sudden and even give birth to three at one go…
No matter how lazy and unwilling to communicate with others she was, with Cherry the little chatterbox sucking up to her all day long, before she knew it, even she had started to talk more.
She felt that she had talked more to Cherry than she ever did during the first twenty years of her life.
While she was thinking, Tanya got back to business. She said, “I knew you wouldn’t want it, so Joel said that he has thought of a way to make it up to you!”
A way to make it up to her?
“What is it?” Nora asked.
Tanya pursed her lips and replied, “That’s something top-secret among the Smiths, so how would I know? In any case, he told me not to worry.”
“…Oh.”
She handed the check back to Tanya. “When you’re back, tell Joel that gold prices will rise in two days. If he’s interested, he can also buy
some.”
Tanya didn’t really understand, but she was a messenger between the two, so she took back the check and said, “Okay, I’ll tell him.”
Then, she got up and left.
It wasn’t until she stepped out of the Hunts’ manor that Tanya suddenly realized something.
Because of what had happened to Justin, her heart had been very heavy when she came. She wanted to keep Nora company as much as she could, yet she also had to restrain herself and make sure that she didn’t bring up Justin, lest it saddened Nora.
But as she chatted with Nora, upon seeing that she was in such a good state of mind and completely didn’t look like she had just lost her beloved, she forgot all about the matter.
It wasn’t until she left that she finally remembered.
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