A Crazy One-night Stand novel Chapter 93

Lincoln frowned and said solemnly, "It's news to me that I seem like such a fool in your eyes." 

"No, Grandfather, that's not what we meant," Nancy immediately explained when she saw that Lincoln was angry.

Rainee was also worried that if she angered Lincoln, it would backfire. If he became enraged, he might give out more of his shares to spite them. 

She tried to calm Lincoln down. "Dad, of course not. We didn't mean it like that. It's just that Alina is still an outsider after all, isn't she?"

Colton chimed in, "Grandfather, Miss Alina's gifts added up to no more than 100 thousand dollars, but you gave her shares of the company in return. You'll make all of us feel disheartened!" 

Since Sophie had already decided to take over Alina's shares after this, she felt annoyed when the members of George's family kept resisting Lincoln's decision. 

Sophie spoke up angrily, "In my opinion, we should respect Father's decision. It's his shares of the company, thus, he has the right to give it to anyone he wishes." 

Upon hearing Sophie's words, Rainee was displeased. She raised her voice and taunted, "Oh, of course! You are on her side now that you can take advantage of her. Since Miss Alina is your son's girlfriend, it's no wonder that you are changing your tune to help her." 

Seeing as they were about to erupt into a fight, Lucas waved his hand to signal the reporters who were hidden on a large tree to secretly start taking photos.

He knew that there would be a big argument coming up. 

The reason for the quarrel was because of Alina. The reporters would take photos of the fight and it would be in all the major headlines tomorrow. "Mr. Scott's 80th birthday celebration erupted in a catfight because of Miss Alina, the president's fiancée! What would be the future of Scott Group?" 

Although Lincoln had always insisted that even if there were internal conflicts within the family, they should show a united front to the outside world. However, Lucas couldn't care less about that now. No matter what, he must get his hands on the shares of Scott Group. He knew that Wilson would definitely raise the price of the shares sky-high later on.  

Since Wilson planned to collect a tidy sum from the stock market, Lucas wanted to have a slice of the pie. 

Of course, financial benefits should be shared with everyone in the family. 

Colton continued, "Grandfather, Alina gave you such a cheap present, but you're giving her shares of the company. On the other hand, we carefully prepared expensive and luxurious gifts for you every year, but we get nothing in return. Grandfather, don't you think it's unfair for us?" 

Hearing Colton's words, Lincoln waved him away. "If I had known that this would happen, you don't have to prepare gifts for me! Why don't you give me cash directly instead! In this way, there would be no comparison between the value of the gifts. I would just have to calculate the money that I was given and repay with my shares accordingly to how much money each one of you have given me. Do I look like I need the money?" 

"Grandfather, you know that we don't mean it that way. You are the biggest shareholder of Scott Group, so how could you be in need of money? Gifts are not valued by their material worth."  Lucas spoke out to help ease the situation.

Lincoln retorted, "If you don't measure a gift by its value, what do you measure it by?"  

Lucas noticed that his grandfather's wrath had eased a little. He was not as angry as before, nor was he as stern as before. He replied immediately, "Of course, it's measured by our sincerity and filial piety to you."

Lincoln swept his gaze to the people seated around the table. "What do all of you think? Is the cost of the gift more important or is it filial piety?

As soon as Lincoln said that, Lucas suddenly felt that something went wrong. However, he couldn't put his finger on it. 

He turned to Caitlin when he felt her resentful gaze burning into him. She stared at him with reproach. 

Lucas frowned. He knew that he must have said something wrong, but what exactly went wrong? He couldn't help but scratch his head in frustration. 

Rainee was a thoughtful person and she knew that Lucas fell into the trap set by Lincoln. However, there was no way to refute his words.

He had presented everyone with a choice. You could either choose the cost value of the gift or the intentions of filial piety behind the gift. 

In truth, it was not a choice. The only possible choice was filial piety. 

Rainee laughed dryly and said, "Dad, the most important thing to a gift is obviously the intentions of filial piety. It can't be bought no matter how much it costs. You know that we try our best to be filial to you, right?"

Wilson sneered.

Since ancient times, those who had ill intentions towards others would come to a bad end. Those who dug a pit for others would fall into their own trap.

Bennett was dressed in a well-fitted suit. Following behind Mr. Kyree, he walked into the private courtyard with his briefcase in hand. 

Lincoln glanced around the table again. "I'm going to distribute some shares to Lina. Does anyone have any objections?"

"No, Dad!" Rainee answered immediately.

She was afraid that if Lucas said anything further, Lincoln might give Alina more shares than he intended to just out of spite. That would mean fewer shares for all of them. Lincoln had always been a stubborn old man and it wasn't easy to persuade him to change his mind. Especially at his moment, he was clearly furious.

If Lincoln became angry, the consequences would be very serious.

Rainee tried to calm herself down. After all, Alina was just an outsider. Regardless of how much Lincoln liked her gift, he wouldn't give her much of the shares, would he? It was possible that he would only give less than 1% of his shares. If that was the case, it wouldn't be a big deal at all.

She thought that Lincoln was angry because of their gifts. They only gave gifts that were expensive without thinking of the intentions behind them. He was angry with them and did this to retaliate. 

Thinking of this, she managed to calm down and composed herself. 

Seeing that his mother had spoken up, Lucas, Colton, and Nancy echoed her. "No, we have no objection."

Lincoln nodded with satisfaction and said to Bennett with a smile, "Bennett, draft a new contract for shares transfer. I am transferring 5% of my shares to Alina. From now on, Alina will be one of the shareholders of Scott Group."