Landon had just revealed something truly explosive. Everyone was flabbergasted by what they had just learned.
After a moment of pause, Winnie broke the silence with a shriek.
"Grandpa, you have got to be kidding. Right?"
'Shouldn't grandpa be on my side?' she thought. She believed that the man had no reason to allow the marriage of Jay and Doris.
Her mind was a mess. She couldn't think properly.
"Yeah, grandpa must be kidding!" Jennie seconded.
"Ahem!" Eric's face turned red due to fright. He patted his chest as he coughed and stammered, "Dad! Please don't make such absurd jokes again. I can't really bear them!"
"I'm not kidding. I'm serious," Landon said with conviction.
The old man's words made Jay uneasy.
Jay was just trying to get rid of Winnie, not to really marry Doris!
If he were to be honest, he had once considered it,
but everything happened so quickly.
And so Jay said, "Grandpa, marriage is a really big deal. Give me some time to think about it... Then, let's talk about it later!"
"What?" the old man exclaimed. Landon sported a long face as he said, "Now you have two choices. One is to marry Winnie as soon as possible. The other is to marry Doris. Which one do you choose?"
"Of course, he'll choose Winnie!" Jennie and Eric spoke in unison.
"Well, if you agree to marry Doris, then I will give you ten percent of the Fang Group's shares. However, if you choose to marry Winnie, then I will give the shares to Doris!" Landon finally played his trump card.
Strangely enough, the old man recalled the time when Doris got hurt for his sake. That was the point when he seemed to have chosen that woman to be Jay's wife.
Moreover, he felt that Doris was the kind of woman who could keep Jay in check!
Doris was clever and smart, unlike most girls from wealthy families-who were pretentious and superficial.
Naturally, Jay yearned for his grandfather's shares. So did Jennie and Eric.
"Grandpa, don't you like me?" Winnie was sobbing. She could not comprehend how an ordinary woman won Landon's approval; more so, over a lady of her stature.
"Silly girl, of course I like you! But as the lady of the Fang family, I believe that Doris would be more suitable than you..." Landon said with utmost earnestness.
"Grandpa!" Winnie began to weep.
Landon decisively shook his head. If it weren't for Doris, he wouldn't have turned Winnie down. Objectively speaking, Winnie really seemed childish when compared to Doris!
"Grandpa, I promise to marry Doris tomorrow!" Jay decided after thinking for a while.
He wanted to resist Landon's will, but he knew that marrying Doris was for the best.
Doris, on the other hand...
She was truly dumbfounded.
She was utterly confused!
It seemed that no one cared what she thought of their marriage.
"Uncle! Auntie!" Winnie called Jay's parents out of despair.
Eric pretended not to hear her. Jennie, on the other hand, simply waved at her.
Winnie walked up to Jennie. The lady simply whispered, "Winnie, if you really want to be with him, just bear with it for a moment. Do you understand?"
"So, in the future... Will you help me, auntie?"
Doris asked. And so, Jennie slowly nodded.
It seemed that there was nothing Winnie could do. Clearly, everyone's interests were united.
Winnie knew she had to compromise.
Doris stared at Jay.
Up until that point, she was really uncertain with Landon's motives.
"What's wrong, Doris? Don't you agree?" Landon asked with a smile on his face.
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