Ryan almost agreed instantly and didn't hesitate at all.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, curved my lips, and locked gazes with him. "Are you really willing to give me 10% of the company's shares?"

His eyes were clear. "I'm giving the shares to you and not some outsider."

At that moment, I had to admit that money was really good at proving loyalty.

All the emotions that I had suppressed during the morning had finally eased.

As if trying to prove something, I asked with a smile, "What about Jessica? Are you willing to give her shares?"

He fell silent for a moment and then gave me a definite answer. "No."

"Seriously?"

"Seriously. All I can give her is the director's position."

Ryan pulled me into his arms and said in a warm and gentle voice, "I'll get Gary to bring the share transfer agreement in the afternoon. From today onwards, you're one of the Frost Group's shareholders. Everyone else will be working for you."

"What about you?" I asked with a smile since I was in a better mood.

He cocked his brows. "What?"

"Are you working for me?"

"Of course." He smiled and rubbed my head. He then leaned in and whispered in my ear, "I'm at your service both in and out of bed."

I blushed at those words and then glared at him.

This was what Ryan was like. He looked like a serious man, cold and distant, but his words could make someone blush easily.

Seeing that my mood had improved, he looked at his watch. "I've got a meeting to go to. It's the weekend tomorrow, let's head back to the Frost family's residence tonight and have dinner with Grandpa. I'll wait for you in the car park."

"Okay." I obviously wasn't going to refuse. I gave it some thought and made a decision. "Honey, I have a surprise for you tonight."

A few days ago, due to his lie about the necklace, I wasn't sure if I should tell him about me being pregnant.

But now that he could tell the difference in importance between me and Jessica, I felt that I shouldn't keep such a matter a secret anymore.

"What surprise?" Ryan was very curious and wanted to know the answer right away.

"I'll tell you when I get off work!" I went on my tiptoes and kissed him on the lips.

After doing so, I went back to work and didn't talk to him anymore.

After Ryan had left, I focused my attention on the designs.

Not knowing how long had passed, someone knocked on the door of my office again.

"Come in," I said without raising my head.

"Am I disturbing you, Charlotte?" Jessica's gentle voice sounded.

"A little," I replied honestly.

I didn't like being interrupted during work.

An awkward expression appeared on Jessica's face. She then said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I just found out that the director of the Design Department should have been yours. I accidentally took your position, so I thought I'd come and apologize."

"It's alright."

Ryan had already made up for it.

10% of the Frost Group's shares was something I couldn't earn in my whole life working as the director of the Design Department.

My calmness and indifference seemed to have surprised Jessica.

"Are you sure you're alright with this? If you feel uncomfortable about it, you can just tell me. I can switch to another department. I don't want to be unhappy because of this." She walked casually to the sofa and sat down.

"I'm fine, Jessica. You can stay in the Design Department."

Actually, I was just concerned about her causing trouble in other departments. I also didn't want the shares that I just got to be worth nothing.

If Jessica was in the Design Department, I could at least make sure that nothing went wrong.

"That's good to hear. We're a family, so you can just tell me if you have any problems. Don't keep everything to yourself." Jessica acted like a caring sister. She caressed her hair and said in a soft voice, "Ryan already said that I could choose any position in the company anyway. He felt that I hadn't worked for so long, so it doesn't really matter which department I go to, it's all the same anyway."

I wondered if I was too sensitive or something, but her words made me feel very uncomfortable.

Jessica made it sound like she was the one closest to Ryan and she was his wife.

"Ms. Wilson." Gary saw the door to my office was open, so he knocked and walked in straight after. He then passed the agreement to me. "There are two copies. You can check it and sign it if there aren't any problems. Mr. Frost has already signed it. You can keep one copy for yourself."

Ryan was really a man of his word.

"Okay." I opened the agreement and quickly read through it before signing my name and passing one copy back to Gary. I then smiled politely. "Thank you."

"Is that a share transfer agreement?" Jessica seemed to have seen the cover of the agreement.

At an angle where I couldn't see, she lost her elegance and her nails were digging deep into the palm of her hand.

Only after hearing Jessica's voice did Gary turn around. He was a little surprised to see her. "Sorry, I didn't see you there Ms. Frost. I won't disturb you anymore. I need to get this agreement back to Mr. Frost."

He didn't answer Jessica's question at all and quickly left the room.

Disbelief appeared in Jessica's eyes. "Did Ryan give your shares of the company?"

"I don't think there's a need to report such matters to Ms. Frost, right?"

After the matter of the necklace, I had a mixture of feelings towards Jessica.

It seemed that I couldn't pretend nothing had happened.

"Charlotte, why do I feel that you have a grudge against me?" Jessica stood up with a helpless expression on her face. "I didn't know if it was the necklace or the matter of the position this time that made you dislike me, but you have to believe me that I've never wanted to take anything from you. I'm not interested in such things either."

Looking at how aboveboard she was, my mind was in a little bit of a mess.

In the evening, I dug out the pregnancy test report from inside the cake and placed it in my bag.

I was prepared to head downstairs and tell Ryan that he was going to be a father.

The two of us had a child.

Thinking of how Ryan was going to react to the news and the child in my womb, I couldn't help but increase my pace a little.

I couldn't wait to share the surprise with him.

The elevator headed straight to the underground car park and I quickly found my way to the black Maybach.

Ryan's tall figure was leaning against the car and waiting for me patiently.

I pounced into his arms and could smell the unique scent on him. "Honey, I haven't kept you waiting for long, have I?"

"Not at all." He didn't pull me into his arms like before. Instead, he pushed me away uneasily. "Let's get into the car first."

"Wait, let me tell you the surprise first." I stopped him.

"What is it?"

He was no longer looking forward to the answer like he was in the afternoon. Instead, he seemed a little distracted.

I frowned but didn't overthink things. I looked into his dark eyes and said seriously, "Ryan, you're going to be..."

"Ryan, why aren't you getting into the car?"

The passenger side window was suddenly lowered and a voice cut me off.

At that moment, I just happened to lock gazes with Jessica, who was sitting in the car.

I was stunned as I looked at Ryan. I wanted an explanation.

However, Jessica had beaten Ryan to it. She said in a soft voice, "I've sent my car to the garage for maintenance, Charlotte. I'm going to the Frost family's residence as well, so I thought I'd ask Ryan to give me a ride. You definitely wouldn't mind, right?"

Jessica knew that Ryan was waiting for me.

She was the one asking for us to give her a ride, but she still sat in the passenger seat.

I really wanted to turn on my heels and leave, but reason told me to stay. I reached out my hand and said to Ryan, "Keys."

Ryan remained silent and just placed the keys in my hand.

I walked around the front of the car and sat in the driver's seat. I smiled as I looked at the surprised look on Jessica's face. "No problem at all. You're Ryan's sister, so it's normal for you to ask us to give you a lift."

After saying so, I looked at Ryan, who was still standing next to the car. "Get in. Grandpa is probably already waiting for us."

No one spoke throughout the journey.

It was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Jessica wanted to talk to Ryan, but she didn't because she probably felt that it would seem a little awkward if she kept on turning around to talk to Ryan.

Ryan had probably sensed my unhappiness, so he opened a bottled drink and passed it to me. "Mango juice, your favorite."

I took a sip and then frowned a little before passing the drink back. "It's a little too sweet, you can have the rest."

I was into sour food recently. In the past, I would force myself to finish things that I didn't really like because I didn't want to waste any food.

However, that was not something I could do at that time.

"Okay," said Ryan and then took the bottle without question.

"I don't think it's appropriate to give him something that you've already drank, right? There are a lot of germs in the mouth. This is how the Helicobacter Pylori is passed around," Jessica said worriedly.

I couldn't help but smile. "According to what you're saying, the two of us sleeping together at night would be even more dangerous?"

We were all adults, so it was obvious that Jessica knew what I was talking about. "I didn't expect the two of you to still be so intimate after being married for so many years."

"Are you jealous?" Ryan asked coldly.

On occasions like this, Ryan's attitude towards Jessica would make me think that he didn't like the latter.

It seemed to be how the two of them interacted and they were used to it.

"So what if I am?" Jessica retorted.

"No one cares."

"Yeah, yeah." Jessica pouted her lips and a smile appeared on her face. "I wonder who was it that kept me company on his wedding night when he found out that I was hurt..."

"Jessica Frost!" Ryan's face changed and his voice turned sharp.

I suddenly came back to my senses and slammed on the brakes. The car stopped just inches away from a zebra crossing.

I looked at Ryan's dark face through the rearview mirror and my heart ached more than ever before.

My heart was instantly filled with grievances.

It was rare for Ryan to panic in front of me. "Charlotte..."

"You were with her that night?"

Only then did I realize how bitter my voice was.

I almost couldn't control the emotions in my heart.

No matter how the two of us got along now, he just left me by myself on our wedding night after a phone call. That was something I couldn't forget.

The marriage between the two of us was arranged by his grandfather, William Frost.

During the beginning of our marriage, the two of us acted like strangers for some time, so I didn't get a chance to ask him where he went that night.

The answer was kept a mystery until that day.

However, at that moment, I felt like Jessica grabbed my heart and squeezed it as hard as she could.

I looked between the two of them and felt like I was a joke.

Jessica covered her mouth in a panic and looked at Ryan. "Didn't you tell Charlotte about this? I'm sorry for not thinking things through and being too straightforward."

It was as if she was saying that Ryan and I weren't as close as we thought. Otherwise, why would Ryan keep such a matter a secret?

"Jessica Frost, are you out of your goddamn mind?" Ryan's face was colder than ever.

He had profound facial features, his face was cold and he was emitting a cold aura that sent shivers down one's back. This was one of the reasons why he was able to be in control of the Frost Group at such a young age.

"Alright, alright. I'm sorry. How could I have known that you didn't tell her about this matter!" Jessica quickly apologized. Her voice was innocent, but intimate.

She seemed to know that Ryan couldn't do anything to her.

A familiar ringtone suddenly sounded. "Give it to me."

I reached out and told Ryan to give me my phone back.

I answered the call and then calmed myself down a little. "Grandpa."

"Are you on your way yet, Charlotte?"

I was already planning on getting out of the car and leaving, but my heart softened when I heard William's voice. "We're almost there, Grandpa. It's quite windy today, so you don't need to wait for us in the courtyard."

Everyone said that William was strict, old-fashioned, and acted on his own thoughts, but I felt that if my grandfather was still alive, he would only probably treat me just as well as William.

It was early Autumn, so the time of day was getting shorter.

When the car arrived at the Frost family's residence, it was already dark.

There were lamps around the courtyard to light the path.

I parked the car, took my bag, and got out of the car.

I had asked William to not wait for us in the courtyard, but he did anyway.

I could still hide my emotions on the phone, but William could immediately tell that something was wrong when he saw me.

"Did Ryan bully you again?" William sounded like he was going to give Ryan a beating for me.

"No, not at all." I didn't want William to be worried, so I quickly dragged him back into the house. "It's quite windy outside, I hope you won't get a headache from it."

I was trying to cover for Ryan, but when William saw Ryan and Jessica getting out of the car together, his face still darkened.

Uncle Luke and his family were also present, so William didn't lose his temper.

My father-in-law, John, was very happy to see Ryan. "Ryan, I've heard that Jessica has gone to work at your company, right? You need to take care of her to make up for what you owe Lauren."

Due to the fact that we were having a family meal, I pretended to not hear those words and just carried on eating.

Ryan looked at me and then said indifferently, "I know what I'm doing."

"Charlotte, you have to take care of Jessica with Ryan as well," said John as he turned to look at me. He wasn't going to let Jessica suffer any grievances in the company.

I took a sip of my drink and said calmly, "Don't worry. Jessica's now my superior, I probably need her to take care of me."

As soon as I said those words, everyone around the table had different looks on their faces.

"Charlotte, I've already told you that I could give you the director's position at any moment if you're not happy with me being the director." Jessica made herself sound mature and generous.

In comparison, I seemed to be a little immature and overbearing.

William slammed the glass in his hand on the table. It was obvious that he was angry. His voice was sharp as well. "Give? That position belonged to Charlotte in the first place! Don't you know your place? Ryan is paying back what he owed Lauren but do you think you're really worthy of being in the position?"

"Grandpa..."

"Don't call me that. I'm not your grandpa."

I heard from Aunt Chloe that William had never accepted Jessica into the family.

He also opposed John marrying her mother, Lauren, as well.

That was why the Frost family's assets had nothing to do with this father-in-law of mine either. He would only get a million dollars a year to spend and nothing else.

John quickly said, "Dad, Jessica's now alone and has no one to rely on. Why..."

"Shut that mouth of yours!" shouted William.

In the past, I only knew that William disliked Jessica, but this was the first time that he embarrassed Jessica in front of everyone.

Jessica's face paled and stood up with her bag nervously. "I shouldn't have come today. I'm sorry for spoiling everyone's mood."

With that said, she quickly ran out with tears in her eyes.

John looked at Ryan. "Aren't you going to go after her? She just got divorced, Wouldn't you feel guilty if something happened to her?"

I finally understood why Ryan spoiled Jessica.

If someone reminded me every day that I owed someone, then as time progressed, I would really feel that I owed that person even if I didn't.

William wanted to stop Ryan, but the latter had already gone after Jessica.

I looked at his receding figure and sighed helplessly.

As Ryan's wife, I should show that I cared about Ryan even if I didn't want to. "I'll go check on Ryan, Grandpa."

"Okay." William nodded. He then turned to a servant. "It's cold outside, go get a jacket for Charlotte."

I walked out of the house and saw the Maybach was still parked where it was, so I decided to check outside the courtyard.

As soon as I walked out of the courtyard, I heard voices arguing.

"What the hell do you want? Don't tell me you didn't do what you did in the car on purpose!" Ryan asked domineeringly.

I only saw this side of him at work.

Jessica wasn't soft and elegant anymore. She was crying and shouting as she looked at Ryan. "Are you blaming me for telling her what happened that night? But I'm jealous! I can't help it. I envy the two of you!"

"Jessica Frost, she's my wife. What right do you have to be jealous?" Ryan sneered. His voice was cold and heartless.

"I'm sorry..." Jessica was crying so hard that even her shoulders were trembling. "I'm divorced already, Ryan. You know full well that I did it for you."