Nicole froze for a second and blinked her eyes. ‘Did Dad just tell me this? Shouldn’t this be for Grant, who’s a man?’Grant silently bowed his head and ate, pretending not to hear them.“Clayton doesn’t want to take over. He doesn’t have feelings for the Sloan Corporation. If I hadn’t mentioned Michael, Clayton wouldn’t even want to take care of it.”Floyd listened and frowned slightly.“Right, it’s only logical that Michael should inherit Sloan Corporation.”Grant pursed his lips, wiped his mouth, and said in an indifferent tone.“It’s no longer the Sloan family’s, so what’s rightful about it? Let’s just take it as it is for now and consider it as buying a bet for Nicole’s safety. At least, Quavon won’t be able to find trouble with us again for a while.”Floyd nodded in agreement.The three of them finished eating. Nicole was not sleepy at all and intended to go to the screening room to watch a movie.Before she went up, she heard a commotion outside.Not long after, Maveri
Nicole was stunned for a moment. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I would’ve asked Dad to prepare some gifts for you to take over.”Maverick shook his head. “There were too many people. Almost all of their relatives were there, so I just went to greet her.”Nicole wrinkled her brows and thought for a moment.“Almost all of them? Did you introduce yourself when you went?”Maverick nodded. “Molly said that I should just be honest and introduce myself, but after I introduced myself, her mother looked very happy. It’s really strange. Her mother knew about me already, so why was she suddenly so happy?”He was puzzled by this and was thinking about it for the whole night.Interpersonal relationships were really too complicated for him.Nicole smiled with understanding.She went over and patted his shoulder. “Your excellence saved you!”Maverick did not understand. He raised his eyes in confusion and pushed up his glasses. “What do you mean?”“You went over to introduce yourself i
Early in the morning.Nicole was still sleeping.Tigger started to burrow in and bounce around.“Mama, it’s time to get up!”Nicole waved away the annoying little tiger.Tigger persistently called out to her, and finally shouted until her sleepiness faded away.Mr. Anderson came up, stood outside the door, and knocked on the door gently.“Miss, are you awake?”Hearing no movement, Mr. Anderson continued to knock on the door. “Miss, Chairman said that you should come downstairs earlier so that you won’t be seen by the guests later. That’ll leave a bad impression!”Nicole sobered up completely and sighed.“Got it!”When Mr. Anderson heard the reply, he sighed in relief and went downstairs.Once Nicole gradually awakened, she remembered that Molly’s parents were coming over today.Floyd must have taken it very seriously.Nicole immediately went to freshen up, then went to the dressing room to choose a more casual and decent outfit that was not too eye-catching. It was light
Aida walked in with a smile and nodded at Floyd in greeting.“Good morning, Dad!”Floyd nodded. His expression eased a lot. “You’re here! You’re much more understanding than Grant. It’s such a big day, but he’s not even here yet!”Floyd really never missed a chance to complain.Nicole looked at Aida speechlessly before she pointed at her watch.“Dad, it’s not even 8:00 am yet. Grant went to the office early to work overtime!”“Hmph! The company won’t go bankrupt if he doesn’t go for a day anyway. He’s just worrying for nothing!”Floyd indignantly turned around and walked away.Nicole helplessly looked at Aida and shrugged her shoulders.“He’s really too excited…”Aida laughed. “But why does dad look kinda nervous?”Floyd was the Chairman of Stanton Corporation and had single-handedly built this business empire, so he had seen all kinds of people before.Why was he so nervous then?Nicole looked like she could see through it all and mysteriously leaned in.“He has low self
Aida unconsciously laughed.“It seems that your big brother’s brain can only think about work now…”This sentence was coincidentally heard by Floyd.Floyd responded with extreme approval.“That’s right. Even you said so! He’s really dim-witted to still keep this up…”Aida laughed. “Dad, come and have some snacks. Molly’s parents will only be here later.”Although Floyd kept saying that he was not hungry, his body was very honest.He sat down unceremoniously and picked up a piece of pastry to examine it.“It’s so pretty. Are you sure it’s for eating?”Floyd then tried to take a bite. He could not take sugary foods, but he could not help it.He took a bite. The pastry was soft and fragrant. It was not very sweet and was simply delicious.Floyd nodded and devoured it in two bites.He saw Nicole staring at him dumbfoundedly from across the table and stared at her speechlessly.Floyd then pointed to the snacks on the table. “You should learn!”Nicole looked at him innocently.
Not long after, the butler received a call from outside saying that someone was coming into the estate.The neighborhood’s entrance was several kilometers away from the Stanton Mansion, so it looked like they had already arrived.Not long after the call, a car slowly stopped in the courtyard outside the front gates.Floyd stood outside with the few of them. The sun was warm and nice as it shone on them.The butler went over to open the car door. A man and a woman came out from the back seat, and Molly got down from the passenger side.The man and woman both looked very distinguished. The middle-aged man was elegant and handsome. He looked bookish and had a few similarities to Molly.The woman looked well-maintained, dignified, and elegant. However, she looked nervous as she swept a glance at the luxurious Stanton Mansion.Soon, the woman hid the surprise in her eyes.Molly smiled and glanced at the people standing there with slight surprise.She then took her mother and father
Mr. Stewart smiled, “Chairman Stanton, I didn’t expect you to be so enlightened.”Floyd waved his hand. “If we go up three generations, whose family isn’t a poor farmer? I also came from a farming background, so I don’t care about this. How about this, let’s talk about the bridal gifts that our side will prepare?”Floyd’s topic jumped a bit too fast that Molly’s parents could not catch up.“We’ll give Molly $66 million cash, a 300 square-meter villa on the lake as their newly-wed house, a 100 square-meter small apartment in the city center for Molly so that it’s easy to go to and from work. Oh right, there’s jewelry too…”Floyd was planning to continue talking when Mr. Stewart finally could not help but cough a few times until his face turned red.“Chairman Stanton, isn’t it too early to talk about this?”“No, it’s not too early. The more things we give, the more it represents how much we value Molly. Our whole family loves Molly!”Floyd smiled and looked at Molly.Molly felt s
Nicole walked around holding Mrs. Stewart’s arm and stopped when she saw that Mrs. Stewart was interested in the flower garden.There was a swing in the middle, and there were garden tables and chairs. Sitting there, one could smell the flowers, which was simply pleasant.Mrs. Stewart sat there and was eager to try it.Aida smiled at one side.“Mrs. Stewart, try sitting on the swing. It’s very comfortable…”Mrs. Stewart did not hesitate and immediately sat on it.She had not been this relaxed for a long time.Nicole and Aida looked at each other and sat on the chair not far away. Mr. Anderson had the good sense to bring up some flower tea.“Miss, this year’s flower tea is made from the flowers in our own yard. Do you want to try it?”Mr. Anderson had always been idle and had lived here for decades, so he treated this place as his home.Nicole smiled. “Yes, let’s try it together…”She carefully poured the tea for them and gave one cup to Mrs. Stewart, another cup for Aida, an