Chapter 140 A Servant
Instinctively, she glanced at Jonathan.
As all of the company shares were usually meant for the male inheritor, it would mean that Joseph, Connor, and Cedric wouldn’t be able to get any shares because all of it would be transferred to Jonathan in the future.
Wouldn’t I be snatching what belongs to Jonathan away from him?
Despite that, Jonathan smiled when he noticed Madeline’s gaze before he said gently, “Maddie, since Mom and Dad have decided to give it to you, you should take it. After all, I do feel guilty for not being able to take care of you for the past 20 years, and I’m happy that Mom and Dad have decided to give you some shares. I can assure you that I’ll work hard in the future so that the shares in your hand won’t lose their value.”
“Jonathan, why are you even talking like that?” Connor patted Jonathan’s back before he teased, “Why would you say that you won’t let Madeline’s share lose its value? You should say that you’ll work hard so that her profits will double or even triple in the future!”
Immediately, Jonathan broke into laughter before he nodded. “You’re right.”
At this instance, Jonathan and Connor looked extremely relaxed and calm. It was obvious that the two of them were alright with Michael and Crystal’s decision regarding the company shares.
Then, Madeline glanced at Joseph and Cedric before she noticed that they looked calm as well. There were no signs of anger or aggrieved at all.
Since she knew what Madeline was worried about, Crystal walked toward her before holding onto her arm. “Come on, stop staring at your brothers. Your father and I had already discussed this with your brothers, and they have also agreed to it. Your brothers claimed that they’d be less worried if you have those shares with you considering how delicate you are. Even if we won’t be here many years later, your brothers will still take care of you for us!”
“Mom—” Madeline held Crystal’s arm before she whined. “What are you even talking about? You and Dad are still young!
As Madeline was Crystal’s child, she naturally liked Madeline. As Madeline was her own daughter, her presence was pleasing to Crystal’s eyes, and she was starting to like Madeline more and more after spending time with her.
Miraculously, the estrangement between the mother and daughter pair disappeared within less than a month.
They’d spend their time every day together to eat, chat, and shop while Crystal would kick Michael to the guest room and get Madeline to sleep with her, so their relationship had been improving a lot.
Occasionally, she’d feel like she had never lost Madeline or missed her growth because Madeline had been growing up with her, and that was why they were able to get so close to each other within such a short time span.
Thus, Crystal felt really happy when Madeline finally started displaying affection to her.
Since she was unable to control herself, she held Madeline’s hand and guided her to Michael’s side before leading her to sign the document. “Come on, you have to sign this. The guests are still watching, and we can’t waste their time any further.”
Just then, Madeline had no choice but to sign her name on the share transfer document.
After that, Michael took the document and signed his name in front of everyone before handing the document to the lawyer that came to witness the share transfer process.
At that instance, the document came into effect, and Madeline had a net worth of billions from today onward.
Madeline’s fate was a perfect example of Cinderella’s transformation.
Just a few weeks ago, she was still an illegitimate daughter that was looked down upon by others, but now, she became the Wendel Family’s prized daughter, and Michael even transferred 5 percent of the company’s shares to her generously.
Right then, Madeline became popular among the single men.
Not only did she have a large net worth, she was also an exotic beauty!
For the beauty to hold Wendel Corporation’s shares with Michael and Crystal as well as her brothers’ permissions proved that all of them valued her.
There was a huge difference between marrying a girl who was prioritized by her family and a girl who wasn’t.
If one were to marry a girl who was prioritized by her family, her family would surely help their son-in-law out for the girl to be able to live a comfortable life and do their best to help the son-in-law if he had any requests for their girl.
On the other hand, a girl who wasn’t prioritized by her family would easily become a burden that would be abandoned if anything bad happened, and the son-in-law wouldn’t be able to get anything from her family at all.
However, from the Wendels’ attitude, it was clear that Madeline was extremely pampered in the family, so it was time to see which man would be lucky enough to be noticed by the Wendel Family’s princess and become one of the Wendels in the future.
After the document was signed, Michael said a few more words before announcing the start of the cocktail party.
Before his speech even ended, there were already a few well-dressed young men walking toward Madeline.
In no time, she was quickly surrounded by a few young men.
At this moment, Madeline was speechless.
What’s happening?
Still, all of the people who were invited to the party tonight were not ordinary people. Although they were all eager to get to know Madeline, they still valued their reputation and acted politely before introducing themselves to Madeline in a friendly manner.
Despite that, Madeline was still taken aback because she had never been well-received as a person ever since young.
In the past, she had never joined any of the parties held by the Taylors and would avoid them as much as she could so that Isabel wouldn’t bully her.
Thus, she never knew that she could be so popular at an event.
While she was greeting everyone politely and accepting their name cards, Quinton squeezed through the crowd before reaching her and bowed respectfully. “Mrs. Hart, the little young masters miss you, so the Young Master sent me over to pick you up to meet them.”
Upon hearing that, all of the single men at the party went quiet.
Huh? Mrs. Hart? Little young masters? Is this a joke?!
The Taylors had always kept it a secret that Madeline saved Sam by doing an in vitro fertilization as it wasn’t something to be proud about. As Madeline had been growing up in Worrick ever since she was ten years old, and this was her first appearance in Wendel City, no one knew that she had given birth and was already the mother to two children.
Nevertheless, Madeline was planning to hide the fact that she was already the mother of two, so she smiled at the crowd politely before apologizing, “I’m sorry, but I have to leave now because my sons miss me. Excuse me!”
All of the men were rendered speechless.
S-Sons? The princess of the Wendel Family already has not just one but more sons? How old is she even? How can a girl who barely looks like she’s in her twenties have more than one son?!
Those men, who had fallen in love with Madeline because of her beauty and net worth, as well as those who tried to gain her good impression, were all confused right then.
Meanwhile, Madeline ignored all of the shocked looks on the crowd’s faces and nodded politely before following Quinton to the second floor.
At the same time, all of the men stared at Madeline and Quinton’s retreating figures and started making speculations of Quinton’s identity.
Based on Quinton’s behavior, he was just a servant, but the way he dressed and his looks were definitely comparable to any of them right there.
If he hadn’t said anything, all of them would think that he was just another good looking young master from a reputable family with a noble charisma, but he was none of that as he was just a servant.
At this instance, all of them couldn’t help but wonder what kind of reputable family Madeline got married into as even their servant would look and act just like a young master.
