Chapter 373 Medication Used During Early Pregnancy
"Then let's take this opportunity to prepare a big gift for them!" Raymond said.
Even if the five major families became four, it was still advantageous for Raymond and Paige.
After all, they had become a family.
Their alliance was much more stable than the Russell family's and the Hamilton family's!
The Hamilton family and the Russell family had almost exclusively married within their own circles over the years to ensure the absolute integrity of their wealth, avoiding marriages with outsiders.
After all, marrying outsiders could lead to changes in wealth if the marriage fell apart.
For top-tier global families, losing wealth this way was unacceptable.
In this regard, the family rules of both families were surprisingly consistent.
Currently, someone from the Russell family was already active in Arcadia, so it was likely that the third generation of the Hamilton family would come next.
However, it seemed that the Hamilton family was noticeably calmer than the Russell family.
Paige said, "By the way, I've reorganized the Universe Group's Arcadia branch."
Raymond nodded, "I know."
Paige continued,"But it was much easier than expected. Andrew has been operating in Arcadia for many years; he shouldn't be incompetent."
Raymond thought, 'Should he tell Paige that he actually helped a lot behind the scenes? But helping out and then mentioning it feels a bit like boasting.'
Raymond smiled, "Maybe he was scared. After all, his abilities are nothing compared to yours."
Paige scrutinized Raymond for a few moments. Paige thought, 'Does he have to be so confident?'
The key issue was that Andrew slipped away from her, and Paige felt this could be a problem in the future.
Paige said, "Raymond, can't we be a bit more low-key?"
Raymond hugged Paige and said. "We've been low-key for many years!"
Hiding within their subsidiary family, they'd been low-key for so many years. Wasn't that enough?
From now on, they must reclaim everything that belonged to them and avenged their parents and family members who died unjustly!
As they were talking, Raymond's phone rang.
Raymond glanced at the screen and saw the name "Louis" flashing.
Paige saw it too.
It had been a while since she thought of that name.
The person who exchanged lives with her and whom she met in the countryside—perhaps fate had destined some connection between her and Louis.
Although Louis received a lot of motherly love from Francesca, Luna also gave her all her motherly love.
Paige had long since let go of the things Louis had done before.
In fact, there was no need to continue holding a grudge against Louis. After all, Xena was dead, and her ashes had been scattered into the sea.
What was the point of holding a grudge against Louis?
Raymond saw Paige glance at the phone screen and knew she had seen Louis's call.
Raymond hadn't had the chance to tell Paige that Louis was still the CEO of Hawke Corporation.
So, Raymond looked at Paige.
Paige said, "Answer it. Why are you looking at me?"
Louis had lived with the Carnegie family for so many years. Even without blood ties, there was still familial affection.
And Paige knew that their relationship wasn't as bad as hers with the Sackler family.
They couldn't just abandon Louis because a DNA test showed he wasn't a true Carnegie family member.
Raymond said, "I'll take the call first, and then we can talk about him."
Raymond and Bradley had already discussed choosing Louis as the successor to replace Paige's original role.
Paige was Bradley's biological granddaughter, so she was originally supposed to take care of Raymond.
But now that she was married to Raymond, someone else needed to take over her duties.
Undoubtedly, Louis was the best candidate!
Raymond stepped aside to take the call. A few minutes later, he hung up and returned to Paige. "There's something I haven't had a chance to tell you."
Paige looked at Raymond with interest, waiting for him to continue.
Raymond said, "After discussing with your grandfather, we decided to let Louis be the steward of the Carnegie family. Louis also agreed to merge the Sackler family into the Carnegie family as a subsidiary family after discussing it with Mrs. Sackler."
Hearing this, Paige roughly understood what it meant.
It meant that for their entire lives and future generations, they would be bound to this major family, serving it while also gaining various social and economic benefits.
It was a win-win situation.
Choosing Louis, and with his agreement, Paige thought it was a good decision. After all, the Carnegie family had invested a lot of resources in Louis.
Most importantly, Louis was outstanding among his peers.
Bradley and Raymond must have felt confident handing this part of the Carnegie family to him.
With the familial bond between Louis and Francesca, Louis would likely be devoted to the Carnegie family.
She didn't doubt Louis's loyalty!
However, Margaret agreeing to this was a bit surprising to Paige.
Paige sighed, "They actually agreed."
Raymond thought Paige was referring to Louis and replied, "Even though he knows his true heritage, deep down, he still identifies with the Carnegie family."
Paige smiled faintly. "I was talking about Margaret. She has dedicated her life to guarding the Sackler family. The Sackler family was once so glorious, and now she actually agrees to merge it into the Carnegie family as a subsidiary."
Raymond replied, "Perhaps this is fate. You are a child of the Carnegie family, yet you experienced so much pain with the Sackler family. Now, in a way, the Sackler family belongs to you."
Paige said, "Well, this is good too."
Raymond added, "This is a subsidiary family that Bradley and I have carefully chosen for you."
Paige said, "For me? I've already chosen a subsidiary family for myself."
Northwind's Smith family, smart and capable, has been excellent in all aspects after such a long period of assessment.
Although Northwind was not an old established family, it was a rising star.
It was precisely such a family without deep roots that could better walk hand in hand with her.
When Paige mentioned she had already chosen a subsidiary family, Raymond guessed it immediately. "Is it the Smith family?"
Paige nodded, "You guessed it right."
Raymond also approved of the Smith family.
During Paige's time in Northwind, the Smith family had performed well in all aspects.
Raymond nodded, "The Smith family is good. By the way, why didn't you bring Amelia this time?"
Paige replied, "I've already arranged for Pearl to send a plane to pick her and Locas up. They should be here soon."
Raymond laughed and said. "Isn't the Smith family very anxious about Amelia's marriage? How could they let her go this time?"
Paige replied, "I've already called the Smith family. I told them I have other plans for Amelia's marriage."
Amelia has always resisted the arranged marriage, and the Smith family has been worried, constantly trying to find suitable young men for her.
Now that they had a partnership with the Universe Group, the Smith family no longer hoped for Amelia to marry into a top-tier family but just wanted to find someone who could take care of her for life.
However, Amelia's resistance has prevented any success.
But now, with Paige's assurance, the Smith family had no objections. After all, if Paige was willing to take care of Amelia's marriage, she would undoubtedly find a better match.
Raymond suddenly understood why Paige hadn't brought Amelia to Arcadia earlier.
Paige had planned not to see him again and feared that bringing Amelia might leak the news from the Smith family!
Raymond tightly hugged Paige. "Paige, no matter where you are in the world, I will never give up on you."
Why the sudden deep confession of love?
Paige hadn't realized that Raymond already knew why she hadn't brought Amelia to Arcadia initially.
Raymond smiled and changed the subject. "Louis said he wants to come to Arcadia soon."
Paige frowned slightly. "Isn't his business focus in Northwind?"
Now that Paige had returned to the Carnegie family and reunited with Bradley, she wasn't ready to meet Louis again with her new identity.
Moreover, the fact that she and Louis had exchanged lives was something she had to face anew.
Raymond immediately understood that Paige didn't want to see Louis.
He smiled, "He will be your chief steward in the future, so you will meet eventually. Besides, apart from the Northwind business, he will gradually take over other businesses. Also, Francesca has been intermittently ill since coming to Arcadia. Louis wants to visit her, after all..."
Raymond couldn't finish the sentence.
After all, Paige was Francesca's biological daughter.
But clearly, their relationship was difficult to repair.
Louis and Francesca, on the other hand, were more like mother and son.
Paige lowered her head. "Whatever."
If she didn't want to see Louis, there were many places she could go to avoid him.
She didn't acknowledge Francesca as her mother, so why stop Louis?
Moreover, it wasn't her decision to make.
If Luna hadn't passed away and knew about this identity, she and Luna would still maintain their mother-daughter relationship.
Human nature, years of nurturing, and mother-son relationships couldn't be severed easily.
Raymond knew Paige was avoiding the topic, so he didn't say more.
Louis taking over the previous business was something Paige had no objections to.
With everything arranged by Raymond, and the plane Pearl arranged arriving the next morning to bring Locas and Amelia, Paige's mood was completely lifted.
Seeing Paige again, Amelia joyfully ran over. "Ms. Ellison, you and Mr. Carnegie have reconciled? That's great! I was worried every day back home that you might be lonely here."
Paige smiled, "With so many people here, loneliness is impossible. But how have you been lately?"
Amelia made a face. "What else? I'm just grateful to Ms. Ellison for the rescue!"
Everyone around couldn't help but laugh.
In the midst of everyone's laughter, Locas kept observing Paige's appearance and complexion.
He had been busy recently, and as soon as he received Paige's call, he packed up and set off.
Besides Paige herself, Locas was the only one who knew that Paige had used the lab's medication even before she knew she was pregnant!
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