Chapter 191 The Birth Agreement
Chapter 191 The Birth Agreement
Chapter 191 The Birth Agreement
They were frightened, never expecting that who they were talking about would be here.
But Natalie didn't show any feelings and just asked, "You guys know it from the internet?"
Seeing that they gave no reply, she raised her eyebrows, "Aren't you going to answer me?"
One of them hesitated for a long time and lowered his head because of Natalie's look. He finally
plucked up the courage to say, "Well, there is a post talking about you on the internet, but I don't think it
is true."
"No. But the post has been deleted."
Natalie didn't have much time browsing the internet and reading hot news.
She didn't know at all that the post went viral on the internet in the early morning and it was all about
her, Mrs. Ramsey.
Someone sent a post in the gossip group to expose her "family background", saying that she was a
dishonorable illegitimate daughter and her mother was a bar girl and a mistress. The post also
mentioned that she married into the Ramsey family in a deceptive way (to bring good luck to Mr.
Ramsey actually). It even inferred that she loved someone else and was unfaithful to the marriage,
adding that she dropped out of college and bullied her roommate who thus suffered from depression.
The post was written from the perspective of that roommate, attaching a diagnosis of depression.
Certainly, all of that just set the scene.
Finally, the post mentioned that Seth originally planned to give Mr. Ramsey the whole group. However,
because Mrs. Ramsey had a congenital heart disease, he thought about the health of the family's
future heir and had been hesitant.
The post was quickly deleted, but it still caused a lot of discussions.
The Ramsey family was the first financial magnate in Hamgrad. However, because of strict family rules,
its descendants seldom showed up in the entertainment news.
As for Melvin, he was on legal news for his crime.
The netizens just read the news for spilling the tea.
Apart from that, it was written to take the bull by the horns, directly targeting at the establishment of an
heir. Therefore, it was for the group's senior director and Seth to read.
But the post was just nothing, no matter how bad she was, whether she was an illegitimate daughter or
a misbehaving woman, even though the fact that she bullied others was true. As long as she gave birth
to a healthy child, nothing mattered.
And that was the living reality.
Nobody cared about what the mother was like, as long as she could deliver a baby.
And then she would be rewarded with a million-dollar mansion.
Many wealthy daughters-in-law lived that kind of life.
Sure enough, because of the post's influence, Ramsey Group's stock price plummeted on the opening
trading in the morning and its market value dropped by several hundred million in an instant. The PR in
the group was forced to show up, clarifying that Seth, the chairman, was in good health and had not yet
thought about choosing an heir. They also added that the participants would compete fairly and Seth
would choose the best.
Natalie rested her hands on the wall.
She knew that what happened this time was not to be sniffed.
The post targeted her on the face of it, but in fact, it was against Kendrick, the successor of the group.
She gritted her teeth so hard that it made her sore.
Suddenly, she was confused. Why did she come here? What for? What was she going to do exactly?
There were so many things coming to her at once. The latter was harder than the former. Although she
could solve all the academic problems and even perform surgery on Kendrick and Susan, which was
rather difficult, she...
Should she deliver a baby right now?
But how could it be? And there was only one purpose for giving birth to a child and that was to be a tool
for competing for heirs.
Obviously, it was not what she wanted.
...
There was an emergency regular meeting in the morning.
Seth pulled the long face throughout.
As the meeting was over, he came to Kendrick's office.
Seth was sitting on the sofa with his cane banging on the ground.
Kendrick just read the document with no expression on his face, having no intention of getting round
his grandpa.
Seth was rather angry. He smoldered and then he shouted at Kendrick, "You just spoil her, don't you!"
He was furious. Kendrick just criticized everyone on the board and even showed him no respect. He
said in anger, "If she stamps on your head one day and doesn't take you seriously, you just stew in
your own juice then."
And then he relented and tried to play the sympathy card, "Well, you can favor a woman, but do not
pamper her. If you spoil her a lot, she might not know who she is. Well, you are rather innocent in
personal relationships and restrained by her. What if she runs away one day? What should you do
then?"
Kendrick raised his eyes.
Seth continued to play the same trick, "Just listen to me. Ask her to sign this. Well, to tie her down first,
at least."
A stack of documents was handed to Kendrick.
He opened it and a birth agreement loomed into his view.
At first, he thought that giving birth to a son would be rewarded with a 100 billion mansion.
It was rather common in a wealthy family.
But he underestimated Seth who was rather calculating.
Obviously, the agreement just boxed Natalie's life. To deliver a healthy baby boy within two years? If
not, the Ramsey family could reproduce with a better gene, to put it shortly, find someone else as the
mother.
In that circumstance, Natalie only needed to parent the child and be a good nanny. It didn't matter
whether the child was her own or not.
At the very moment, the selfishness of human nature was fully demonstrated.
Kendrick frowned rather deeply.
If Natalie saw the agreement, it would inevitably cause an uncontrollable family conflict. He knew what
she was like.
She got pride and self-esteem.
It was impossible for her to sign that agreement.
Kendrick pushed the agreement back and restrained his tone, "That's unreasonable!"
And it was just ridiculous.
Seth was filled with an ungovernable rage, "How? Well, it is a kind of risk prevention and avoidance.
You have also heard that there is an 8% genetic factor. What? Do you want your son to be like you?
Never run or jump at all?" He moved on after a pause, "Based on her character, I don't think that she is
willing to have children obediently. She has a lot of ideas. Well, I admit that she is rather capable, but
that is not the point."
The Ramsey family was not ordinary.
It was the first financial magnate in Hamgrad and thus was fabulously wealthy. Money was just nothing
to them.
The most important thing now was the establishment of an heir.
Kendrick spoke calmly but forcefully, "I will never let her sign it."
"I don't think you have the gut!" Seth pointed at Kendrick and shouted angrily, "Look at you, you just let
her lead you by the nose, don't you? Well, as she marries you, I don't think that she will ask for more
from you and do nothing for you. If she really loves you, I'm sure that she will sign the agreement
quickly."
Generally, a man would shake his thoughts after hearing such words.
If she loved me, she would do anything for me, wouldn't she! Signing an agreement like that would just
show that she loved me and was willing to sacrifice for me!
Kendrick frowned and looked quite impatient. Well, whatever. He didn't think he would listen to his
grandpa.
"If you don't let her sign it, then you can sign a divorce agreement with her!" Seth was so furious that
he said without a second thought, "The shares are still hers and there won't be any injustice or
mistreatment towards her."
What a calculating man. To give birth to a baby obediently, or ask someone else to do it? If she refused
to do any of them, she would take the shares and be asked to leave the family. Seth felt that he would
never put the heir at risk.
Seeing that Kendrick didn't yield an inch, Seth played his best card, "Just make a choice. If you ask her
to sign it, I will give you all my shares. Finance, electronics, real estate, biomedicine and chemicalNôvelDrama.Org owns this text.
industry are all in your charge! When your child is born, I will hand over the group to you officially."
Well, it was indeed a huge temptation.
After all these years of hard work and planning, Kendrick just wanted nothing but take charge of the
group.
Now Seth had relented. And he would be true to his word, as long as Natalie signed the birth
agreement, agreed to start taking injections or medications to prepare for pregnancy, became
pregnant, no matter what way was used even though it was the test tube, and finally gave birth to a
baby boy who must be healthy without any disease.
It would sacrifice all her time and interest, completely turning her into a tool for childbirth.
Kendrick had never encountered something like that in the past 26 years.
It was absurd and outrageous.
But it was rather common in a wealthy family. There were many girls signing contracts as soon as they
got married.
Seth was still egging him on, "Well, after so much favor, I'm sure that she will be willing to do something
for you. If she refuses to sacrifice for you at all, what is the point of giving her all your heart?"
Kendrick's blood froze as he heard that. Such highly provocative words were just swirling in his mind.
Finally, he raised his eyes rationally and said in a calm voice, "I do want to have the group and lead it to
another peak. But I want to do it with my ability instead of someone else's sacrifice or compromise."
After all, he was a man. How could he gain his own interests by asking her to sign such an unequal and
oppressive agreement!
"Natalie is a person!" Kendrick said word by word, "Not a tool. It's rather normal for her to have her own
ideas and consciousness. She is not someone unreasonable. There is no restraint between me and
her. We just show respect to each other." He tried his best to break free from Seth's logic and told him,
"I won't let her sign something like that. Nor did you push her!"
Seth was speechless, "..."
Kendrick just knew all of his thoughts and plans.
All right, just pissed me off!
Seth exhaled desperately and knocked his cane on the ground angrily, "You... how can you stand up to
me? Will I do anything bad to you? Tell me!" He just stood up and said, "Well, I just plan for your future.
Although you two are in a good relationship now, won't you change your heart one day? I don't know.
As you have nothing to tie her down, how can you still spoil her like that? Look, you just show me your
righteousness. When it comes, you will just stew yourself in your own juice then."
"I don't think Natalie will stay by your side obediently. I know what she is like. Well, when she is not
under your control, it will be the day she abandons you."
Seth had experienced a lot and met many people.
Certainly, he didn't think that feelings alone could make a relationship last for a long time.
The eternal love relationship must work with various complex interests.
As his grandson was disabled and couldn't stand up, he didn't look like someone who was rather good
at running a relationship. He felt that Kendrick just couldn't control his wife. If something like that
continued, he was really worried that his grandson might be hurt in the end.
Kendrick did have thought about it before.
He once begged Natalie humbly and asked her to make a promise.
Now Seth just spoke it out clearly. Kendrick only felt solemn. He slightly tugged at the corner of his lips
and said finally, "Then I will respect her choice."
Seth was boiling with anger.
Was Kendrick really the one he taught who was strong and tough and who would destroy everything
that he couldn't have?
"Good. You just disobey me for the sake of such a woman. All right. I will just leave you alone. What
you will do is none of my business."
"She is my wife!" In front of his grandfather's great anger, Kendrick just spoke calmly with an
indescribable tenderness instead.
He never thought that he would make a choice between the group and her one day.
But it didn't seem to be difficult to do so.
Compared to his previous cold and boring life with work only, he preferred the mundane but warm days
now with hustle and bustle.
A man did need a sense of career and ambition.
But it was not an excuse to sacrifice the interests of those around him.
Seth was so angry that he just turned around and left.
The glass door was open.
Natalie was standing at the door.
She met Seth's gaze.
Seth knocked on the floor with his cane without even looking at her. He just straightened and walked
away with a long face.
As Natalie just left the hospital and came to the company, she heard Rose saying that the chairmen
were inside the room and that there seemed to be a dispute between them.
She walked in and found that Kendrick was tidying up the files on the desk.
She just found the birth agreement at a glance.
At first, she was puzzled and then she asked curiously, "Is it that kind of agreement that will reward a
mansion for having a child?"