As soon as Cooper Reese finished speaking, everyone in the Montgomery family was instantly stunned. Even Tom and Linda, as well as Alice herself, felt like their brains couldn't process what was happening.
First, Cooper gave away a family heirloom, and now he wanted to sign a $30 billion investment contract in Alice's name. Wasn't this basically offering money to Alice? Even for charity, this was too outrageous. What could Cooper possibly be after?
Such an astonishing proposal caused the conference hall to fall into a brief silence.
"I... well..." Alice was dumbfounded. She didn't know what to say for a moment and even wanted to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming. She steadied her nerves, trying to keep her voice from trembling too much. "Mr. Reese, I..."
Before Alice could finis
