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“Miss Claire, once we proceed with the inheritance procedures, all 72% of your shares will be transferred under your name within ten days.”After a brief pause, David added, “When your mother passed away, she created a perfect asset isolation. Your stepmother won’t be able to get even a cent from your inheritance.”I grunted and hung up. When my mother passed away, my father bawled in front of her tombstone and almost collapsed. He kept slapping himself and claimed that he lost his rationality after getting drunk and had betrayed my mother’s trust. After my mother’s death, I withdrew from everyone and hid in my room. I did not even want to eat. Scott was the one who barged into my room with a bowl of porridge and patiently convinced me to eat. When I was driven to suicide and jumped, he used his own body to cushion my fall. “Your mother is watching over you beside the Moon Goddess. I’m sure she’d want you to be happy.”Those words kept me going, and he won my heart. But it was a

“Katie!”Scott and my father immediately ran toward her. No one noticed the blood oozing out from between my thighs. Scott covered Katie with his jacket, and my father held Jelena. The entire group rushed to the hospital, but before they left, Scott turned to me in disappointment. “Claire, it seems like I’ve spoiled you. Please think about what you’ve done.”In the blink of an eye, the hall was empty. With trembling hands, I called the hospital, only to be told that all of my supplementary cards had been frozen by either my father or Scott. Ocean’s Heart had fallen on the floor at some point. As I stared at it, I cried. Scott’s love was really just him trying to tame me. He gave me the best cage and the best food so that I would think that I was a princess. But once I disobeyed him, he would stop giving me money until I apologized to him. I no longer wanted his “love.”…Seven days passed. I heard nothing from my father or Scott. Meanwhile, Katie kept uploading

Katie’s reaction made Scott want to laugh out loud. He had misjudged her. She really just wanted money. In the past, he had pitied her. At present, he hated her. Five years ago, his sister had jumped off a building because she was mistreated. On the same day, he met Katie, who cried and said that she was mistreated, ostracized, and humiliated by her own family. As he looked at her face, his heart went out to her because she reminded him of his sister.He protected her, doted on her, and fell in love with her. But Scott’s mother had offered Katie money to break up with him, and she had gone to another pack immediately. Later, she returned and put on a pitiful act to ask for his help. In the beginning, he felt indignant since she had dumped him. He had not rejected her advances immediately.He had indulged her whim, and Katie took advantage of it as she took him to a hotel when he was drunk.She had lied to him and said that she was Claire. That night, he had been comp

Katie looked at Gerald and Jelena for help, but Scott pulled her back to him. If looks could kill, he would probably have killed her already. “I pitied you, but you set me up.”Gerald pulled himself free from Jelena and walked over happily to shake hands with Hoills, only to hear Hoills chuckle. “Don’t thank me yet.”Everyone fell silent, and David brought out a sealed will from my mother. He read it out aloud. “Based on Clause 7 of Magnolia’s will, if any abnormal trades occur under the hands of the entrusted shareholders, their right to hold the shares on behalf of Miss Claire will be automatically revoked.“All profits from the shares sold today will belong to Miss Claire.”Gerald fell back into his chair.Jelena screamed, “Have you lost your mind?! Claire, this is a betrayal! You’re a traitor to the Sunfang Pack!”I found her words hilarious. “Didn’t Gerald say that he wants to hand over the shares to someone better to manage them? Why is he so reluctant to give them up n