During their time together, they had grown to see Natalie as their own daughter. As someone had said, their daughter had been lost to the sea, and Natalie had come from the sea. Perhaps this was their daughter's way of choosing a new daughter for them, someone to stay by their side in her place.
"I don't care what any DNA report says. I only know that you are my daughter, our family's daughter. No one will ever bully you again."
Marcus Ward added, "Natalie is our family's daughter. I don't want to hear any of you speak ill of her again. And what we said before still stands: the shares of the company we promised Natalie will only increase, not decrease."
Elaine turned to Natalie. "The head of Aurelius Dominion Group will be here soon. You should stand with us when we meet him. After all, half of the Ward Group will be yours one day."
Natalie couldn't believe it. They knew she wasn't their biological daughter, yet they still wanted to give her the company.
"Your willingness to accept me is more than enough. Why would you give me shares?"
Elaine turned back to the crowd and said loudly, "Because some people only respect money. Who are you looking down on? Even if Terence has left the Lockwood family, he still has us, the Ward family, behind him. Our family has now partnered with Aurelius Dominion Group. In the future, we might just surpass the Lockwood Group. So you had better be polite to my daughter and son-in-law. Otherwise, I don't care who you are, you can get out right now."
Declan was pragmatic enough to know when to back down. "Mrs. Ward, I apologize. We'll be quiet. We're just here hoping to meet the head of Aurelius Dominion Group."
Elaine didn't give him any ground. "In that case, you'd better behave yourselves and watch your mouths!"
Simon whispered, "Brother, why are you being so polite to her?"
"We're on their territory. It's not good to make a scene. Besides, the head of Aurelius Dominion Group is about to arrive. This isn't the time to cause trouble."
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