Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 1136 Changing the Surname

"Smart move," Craig said, spreading his hands wide. "Alright, let's cut to the chase." Sadie nodded, giving him the go-ahead. "Go on."

Craig's face got all serious. "This marriage deal between our families? It's something Tristan and I decided together. No one's begging here. Our family's shown plenty of goodwill. It's out of respect for you, Tristan, and the James family. But if you keep dragging your feet, it's just plain disrespectful."

Sadie bit her lip, feeling the weight of his words. She dipped her head a bit in apology. "I'm really sorry; that's on me. Honestly, even if you hadn't come to me today, I would've come to you." Craig's gaze softened a bit, but he still looked at her intensely. "So, you got an answer?"

"Before I give you an answer, there's some stuff I need to clear up first," Sadie shot back, just as direct. "I think there's some stuff you wanna know too, right? Let's just lay it all out." "Good!" Craig replied, clearly pleased. "I like talking with smart folks."

Sadie took a deep breath. "First off, Micah and I never got around to getting a marriage certificate, and our wedding was never finished. So, we're not technically married. But he has guardianship of the three kids. After some talks, Noah will live with me, and I'll be his guardian."

"As for my shares in the James Group," she continued, locking eyes with Craig, "whether I get married or not, I'll return them to Tristan. I'm not taking them with me."

After saying this, Sadie watched Craig's reaction. Sure enough, his eyes flickered a bit. He clearly didn't see that coming.

"That's how it should be," Joe chimed in right away. "When you marry me, I'll take care of you, and the shares won't matter."

Sadie glanced over at Joe, catching the genuine sincerity in his eyes.

"Anything else?" Craig quickly regained his cool and asked with a smile.

"Not for now," Sadie said politely, "What does Duke Louis want to ask? Just ask straight up."

"You just said you'd become Noah's guardian. So, you should change his last name too, right?" Craig got straight to the point.

Sadie's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't thought about this before. The kids used to have her last name, Roth. Later, Raymond asked them to change it to Clemens, and she didn't refuse.

At that time, the kids had already reunited with Micah and liked him a lot as their dad. Micah was genuinely good to her and the kids and went through a lot to marry her.

A lot happened later. The Clemens family took the kids away and forced her to leave, indirectly causing her to be hunted by Nick and Amelia and leading to Brenda's tragic death. She had thought about revenge, but for the sake of the kids, she ultimately gave up on hatred and chose to stay away from the Clemens family.

Even so, she never thought about changing the kids' last names again.

She believed that a name was just a label and not important, and changing it back and forth would only hurt the kids.

She didn't need to consider Micah's feelings, but what would Noah think? What would Nathan and Mia think? This might hurt their young hearts.

So Sadie answered clearly, "I won't change Noah's last name. I think a surname is just a label and not important."

"Tristan never mentioned this?" Craig continued to ask.

"No," Sadie frowned, "What does Duke Louis think? Why not just say it directly?"

Craig thought for a moment and said flatly, "Noah's name doesn't need to be changed now, but after you marry into our family, I hope his last name can be changed to ours!" "Dad..." Joe stammered in shock.

"That's not happening," Sadie shot back, "Even if I do marry Joe, that's my business and has nothing to do with Noah. Why should he change his last name?"