Chapter 139 Generous Move
The cocktail party convened the next day as expected.
After the party officially started, Michael, Crystal, Madeline, and four of his sons descended down the spiral staircase engraved with flowers slowly.
Madeline, who was walking between Michael and Crystal, was wearing a white gown that was embroidered with diamonds, and it shone brightly as if it was the night sky.
At this moment, everyone’s gaze landed on her.
What happened in the Wendels recently had been circulating among the elitists in Wendel City.
Anyone with access to a wider circle would know that the young lady of the Wendel Family was switched at birth by Cameron, and the past young lady of the Wendel Family, Angie Wendel, was Cameron’s daughter while Cameron’s daughter, Madeline Taylor was actually Michael and Crystal’s real daughter.
Now that the truth was revealed, Angie returned to the Colts in Dusktown while Madeline was taken back to the Wendels.
Some of them felt like the Wendels didn’t handle the situation well because it was too cruel to discard their ‘adopted’ daughter without any warning. Nevertheless, those who knew more explained what happened between Angie and Nicholas.
Upon hearing that, those who pitied Angie stopped trying to defend her and ended up sympathizing with Michael and Crystal instead. So what if the Wendels are the richest in Wendel City? They can’t even take care of their own daughter well and ended up raising their enemy’s daughter for more than 20 years after they got switched at birth. How pitiful!
As Madeline grew up in Worrick, she never stayed in Wendel City before, so most of the people present tonight had never met her. It was obvious that they all thought that Madeline was raised up terribly because Cameron was an illegitimate daughter that was notoriously known for having a terrible reputation. It was rumored that Madeline was kicked out of the house by Cameron when she was ten years old and almost died on the streets. Just then, they all thought that a girl that had been roaming the streets ever since she was young would surely grow up to become a jittery person with no confidence, but they were all wrong.
Madeline, who showed up at the cocktail party, was not only gorgeous but extremely elegant at the same time. Just then, her tremendous charisma shocked everyone at the scene, especially the single men there as their eyes brightened up instantly.
As Madeline was the Wendel Family’s only daughter, it was obvious that she was pampered seeing how Michael and Crystal stood at both of her sides as if they were her bodyguards.
Other than that, she was also a surreal beauty. Madeline had a pale complexion, thick eyebrows and bright eyes. Her facial features were extremely intricate, and her body was curvy without any hint of extra fat, especially her bewitching slender waist that made others somehow feel like touching it to feel her skin.
Even the thought of it was an enjoyment.
Love at first sight existed as long as someone was extremely beautiful.
During the cocktail party, many single men had completely fallen for Madeline’s charms as they waited impatiently for Michael to do his opening speech before rushing to Madeline to introduce themselves to her in hopes that she would give them her phone numbers so that they’d be able to make their first moves.
If they could get the beautiful woman to fall in love with them, they might not even need to work as hard anymore considering the wealth that she could bring to them.
On the other hand, Michael and Crystal walked down the staircase along with Madeline before they stopped.
Then, a waiter came and bowed slightly before holding the platter filled with glasses of wine in front of Michael.
After taking a glass of wine, Michael raised a toast to express his gratitude to all the guests that came. “Friends and family of us Wendels, to celebrate my daughter’s return, my wife and I decided to throw a cocktail party, and we would like to thank all of you for joining us tonight. I hope that all of you guys can take care of my daughter in the future after this. Here’s a toast for you guys!”
He raised his glass at the crowd before bringing it to his mouth and downed the entire glass of wine.
After Michael placed the glass down, another waiter walked toward him holding a platter.
This time, there was a document on the platter.
At this moment, Michael took the document and declared, “I’m sure everyone here already knows that my daughter was switched at birth cruelly when she was born, and the truth was only revealed recently, allowing me to finally meet my real daughter now. I acknowledge that it was my inability that caused her to be stranded on the streets, so after discussing with my wife, we’ve decided to give Madeline 5% of Wendel Corporation’s share as compensation to her, and all of you are to bear witness of it… Maddie…”
He called out for Madeline before taking the pen and gave it to Madeline. “Come sign your name on this.”
What he said created an uproar among the crowd.
Even in Dusktown, the capital of the country, or Wendel City, the city adjoining Dusktown, daughters in influential families had no inheriting rights as per past agreements despite the law stating that both male and female had equal rights for inheritance. However, influential families placed strong emphasis on family traditions. As the share of the family business was fundamental for the family’s growth, the inheritor of the family must have all of the share to prevent the company’s share from getting divided and causing the inheritor to lose say in the company before the family business broke into shambles. Even a son who wasn’t an inheritor could only get a small portion of share if they were extremely pampered, while those who weren’t had to work hard on their own as they wouldn’t be able to get any assets or budget from the family.
When the head of the family was still healthy, he would already prepare a will to distribute his inheritance; the family business, company shares and assets would all go to the son.
For the daughter, she would only be able to get cash, a few houses and small companies if she was really pampered, while the others would only get one or two houses.
In short, it was extremely rare for the head of the family to give family corporation shares to daughters willingly.
Even though Michael and Crystal had four sons, they actually gave five percent of their company’s share to their only daughter instead. Although five percent didn’t sound like a lot, it was definitely still a generous move because Wendel Corporation had a total net worth of up to billions. While this didn’t mean that Madeline had become a billionaire, she was definitely financially secure because she would be able to profit every year as long as Wendel Corporation was still around.
There were many guests of different genders that came to the party tonight
Upon hearing Michael’s decision, the single men’s gaze toward Madeline became more eager while the ladies stared at her with jealousy.
If only our fathers are as generous as hers!
Nevertheless, Madeline was shocked as well because Michael and Crystal had never told her that they were transferring her a small part of Wendel Corporation’s share prior to the party.
Right then, she stared at Michael in shock before she tried to reject him. “Dad, I can’t have this…”
“Why not?” Crystal grabbed the pen in Michael’s hand before placing it in Madeline’s hand. “Maddie, this is your father and my love for you. You should take it and sign your name.”
Yet, Madeline hesitated. “I-Is this really a good idea?”
