"It took you almost three years to make a decision," Theodore sighed. "If you hadn't made a decision by the end of this year, I had already made plans of donating everything to charity."
Without waiting for Justin's reply, he inquired, "You didn't bring Edward with you?"
"No, I will bring him to meet you soon."
"Yes yes, bring him home," he exclaimed excitedly. "In fact, I was thinking why don't you and Edward live with me. We have such a big house, it will become lively if there is a kid running around."
When Justin did not say anything, he quickly added, "It's fine if you don't want to, as long as you promise to visit me every weekend, I don't object."
Justin had settled in the same city as him was more than enough for him. Theodore didn't want to force him to do something he wasn't comfortable with. If he visited him at least once a week, it would be more than enough.
"Grandpa—"
"Wait—" Theodore interrupted Justin. He then quickly took out an envelope from his drawer. "Here, sign this first and then we can continue talking."
"What is this?" When Justin opened the envelope, there were a bunch of legal documents.
"These are transfer papers," he answered. "Once you sign them, everything that is mine will be yours."
"Grandpa, you don't have to do that." Justin shoved the paper towards him. "I don't need them."
"It's not about whether you need it or not, it's your right," Theodore stated.
"But—"
"Justin, you and Edward are the only family I have and I want to leave everything I have, big or small for the two of you." He pushed the documents towards him. "That is the right thing to do."
Left with no other choice, Justin picked up the pen and started signing the documents one by one.
Meanwhile, Theodore took out another set of documents from the drawer. "And these are for Edward and any other future child you will have."
When Justin looked at him, he added, "Each and every one gets a part of me, that is the rule."
Keeping quiet for a while, Justin asked, "Grandpa, are you sure?"
"About what?"
"Handing this company to me, are you sure?" Though he was already signing the legal documents, he still had his doubts. Though he has a business major, he did not have any prior experience in handling a big company like the Hans Corporation. He was worried he would end up making a mistake which would have a negative impact on the company.
"Of course I am sure," Theodore stated. "Justin, I am not handing this company to you just because you are my grandson, it's because I know you can do this. After me, the only person who can handle the company and take it to a new level is you."
Pausing for a while, he sighed, "I know things have been very hard for you after Abraham left us."
He was aware of how Justin had to step up for everything after his big brother's demise, including taking care of the newborn Edward. And now he had to take over the company as well.
"I know taking responsibility for a child all by yourself isn't easy as well," he added. "And now even I am burdening you with this company."
Keeping quiet for a while, Theodore remarked, "I started this company from scratch with your grandma. I have a very special attachment to this place. I don't want to hand over the company to someone who will not take care of it on his own."
He grabbed Justin's hand. "You are my own flesh and blood, you are the only one I can trust. You are the only one who will take care of this company like I do."
"Grandpa, I'll try my best." Justin had no idea who things would turn out to be but he didn't want to turn his grandpa down. He had already been through a lot for the past few years, he didn't want to give him any kind of stress which would affect his health.
After he signed the papers, Theodore quickly summoned his assistant and asked him to send the papers to their lawyer to complete the legal procedures.
"Now let's talk about another important thing." Theodore took out another envelope from his drawer and placed it in front of Justin.
"How many of these do you have in there?" Justin frowned.
"This is the last one." He gestured him to open it. "This is for my future granddaughter-in-law."
Without saying anything, Justin quickly went through the content inside the envelope which included several property and land papers, including some shares of the company. It also had a passbook of a bank account which had a huge sum of money in it.
"How much asset do you have?" He curiously looked at Theodore. The old man was given away his properties like halloween candies.
His question made Theodore burst into laughter. "I have been in this business for more than fifty years now, what do you think I do with the money I have earned all these years? And moreover, I was my old man's only son, he left me everything he had too. I had plans of distributing it equally amongst my kids and grandkids but—"
He sighed. "Anyway, since you are the only one I have now, everything I have is yours."
"But what about you?" Justin frowned. "Did you even keep something for yourself?"
"Of course, I have enough assets to support me until I live," he answered.
Without waiting for Justin's reply, Theodore said, "Okay so let's talk about marriage now."
"You are thirty-one, it's high time you find yourself a wife and start a family," he added.
"Grandpa—"
"Wait—" he interrupted Justin. "I know you young people think marriage is not important but it is important. And I have already found you a perfect match."
Before Justin could say anything, Theodore took out his phone. "I have her picture. She is a beautiful and well-mannered girl. I have had my eyes on her for a really long time."
He quickly opened his gallery and showed Justin the picture. "Her name is Rachael Watson, she is Michael's daughter."
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