After going back to her room, Malorie was still in a state of shock. Arielle’s gaze was too terrifying! That
looks so much like Cindy’s.
Suddenly, goosebumps crawled all over her body. She also decided to chase Arielle away as soon as
possible. That little minx! I can’t let her stay any longer in our house.
As soon as Malorie regained her sense, she rushed forward to the door to knock on the door intensely.
“Open the door! Open the door! I want to see Rick! I need to talk to him!”
The bodyguard who guarded outside the room stuck his ear to the door and said, “Mrs. Southall,
please don’t make this hard for us. According to Mr. Southall’s order, you’re not allowed to go anywhere
now.”
“I’m his mom! If you don’t open the door now, I’ll fire all of you!”
However, the bodyguard only responded with a short sentence, “I’m sorry.”
Malorie started to panic and paced in circles. She had left her phone in the living room, so she could
not contact Henrick right then.
Had Henrick lost his mind? Why did he lock me up for Arielle and that uncivilized man? Malorie was
utterly confused.
“Hey! Open the door…”
Meanwhile, Henrick lowered his head with an awkward laugh. Sweats appeared on his forehead as he
pulled Arielle over. “Sannie, tell Mr. Nightshire that your Grandma isn’t always like this. She has been
treating you nicely all along.”
“Treating me nicely?” Arielle stared into Henrick’s eyes.
Feeling a little guilty, Henrick turned away to avoid her gaze. “Sannie, don’t put me in a difficult position,
okay? You can’t deny that I’m always nice toward you, right?”
Arielle snorted under her breath, but she continued to put on an obedient expression. She looked at
Vinson, letting out a sigh. “Vinson, forget about it. Grandma is old now. I don’t want to blame her, so
don’t you take that to heart too.”
In other words, she was hinting that Malorie did not treat her well. With that, she could also get herself
some benefits.
Vinson instantly understood what she meant. He turned around to glare at Henrick with a frosty look.
“Mr. Southall, Arielle is always a good girl. Because of her personality, she always gets bullied by
others. I thought that you would protect her since you’re her father. Unfortunately, she gets mistreated
even in her house. How can I not worry about her if this is the case?”
Henrick’s heart dropped upon hearing how Vinson addressed him.
After all, Vinson had not paid him for the renovation cost for Southall Group yet.
Henrick got so panicked that his face flushed red. Nervously, he asked, “T-Then, Mr. Nightshire, how
are we going to settle this?”
“That’s simple.” Vinson raised a brow. “Just prove to me that you’ll take care of Arielle properly in the
future.”
Henrick was puzzled. “How am I going to prove that?”
Vinson tilted his head toward the direction of the backyard. “From what I know, you gave ten percent of
your shares to Shandie when she was eighteen. Now that Shandie is gone, and since Arielle doesn’t
have any shares with her yet, how about…”
Henrick replied before Vinson finished his sentence, “I’ll go get the agreement to transfer Shandie’s
shares to Arielle right now!”
However, Vinson shook his head in a displeased manner. “Isn’t that too little? Arielle is also your
biological daughter. Even Shandie gets ten percent of company shares. Don’t you think you should give
her another ten percent in that case?”
Henrick’s face darkened upon hearing that. If he gave another ten percent of the company shares to
Arielle, she would have twenty percent in total.
Twenty percent is not a small amount! He gulped.
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