He then changed the focus. “He might be thinking about commissioning a piece of jewelry. Last week, Mr. Kallan was contacting all sorts of major jewelry brands, but he wasn’t satisfied with what they offered.”Ruth cocked an eyebrow. “He has pretty good taste.”Her gaze instinctively moved to the bag beside her while saying that. He should like her gift, then. After Joseph left, the office fell silent. Ruth waited for a little over ten minutes. During that time, she flipped through the magazine in boredom, went to the french window, and looked at the cars underneath. When Abel came in, he saw a woman in a red one-piece dress. Her legs were straight and long, and her feet were wrapped in a pair of slingback heels. The straps encircled her fair ankles, which made her look delicate and aloof, but beautiful. Ruth added a splash of bright colors to the originally monochrome-colored office. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned around and saw Abel standing at
When his lips touched Ruth’s, she fell silent. She blinked and stared at his now entirely too close eyes. She was stunned for a few seconds. However, soon, she reached out to grab his neck and clumsily but enthusiastically responded to his kiss. Once Abel noticed what she did, the love he had been suppressing burst forth like a flood. He grabbed her waist and deepened the kiss. When they broke off, Ruth leaned into him like she was boneless and panted softly. After a few seconds catching her breath, she said softly, “We kissed. You’re no longer mad, are you?”Abel looked down and put his forehead against hers. His voice was husky and deep. “Who taught you this? You know how to bribe someone now, huh?”“You did. Just last night.”He liked it when she acted cute and cooed at him in a cutesy voice. He liked it so much that he even taught his sugar mommy to do those things!Ruth suddenly remembered something and smiled mysteriously. “I have a present for you!”She sat up str
Abel pursed his lips. “Sorry. I should have been the one who prepared the rings.”Ruth’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. She already told him that she would prepare the rings. Why would he be the one to prepare them?But that was not important. As long as her husband was happy, the rings completed their mission by 200%. She picked up the man’s ring and put it on his finger before inspecting it carefully. The metallic surface of the ring seemed to shine even more when placed against his fair skin. It looked really good. “Do you have a wish? I’ll fulfill it,” Abel suddenly said. “Hmm?” Ruth gave him a puzzled look. “You want Lockton Corporation, don’t you? I can help,” he elaborated.The cold feeling on his finger went straight to his heart and made him feel an impulse he never had before. He wanted to fulfill all of her requests. Ruth was stunned for a few seconds, then she laughed. “How could you help? Lockton Corporation doesn’t consist solely of Lockton Entertainment. It
In the last few years, Caelus had spent more time at the Goldwell family’s mansion than the Warren family’s mansion. The moment he saw Callum’s behavior, he could tell what he planned to do. His heart sank, and ruthlessness appeared in his downcast eyes. The old coot had always looked down on him. Whenever anything a little bad happened, he wanted to cut ties with him. “The screenshots are real. I can’t deny them,” he said faintly. Callum flew into a rage and grabbed the ashtray beside him to throw at his head. “You’re an embarrassment to us all! Are you really going to marry Luna while everyone knows that you were the sugar baby of a woman?!”Caelus did not avoid it and let the ashtray hit him. “Of course not! I won’t let Luna be unhappy because of this!”Callum scoffed. “And how are you going to not make her unhappy? With your words or your face?”Those incredibly scornful words dealt an even more destructive blow than the ashtray. Caelus balled his fists and let the blo
“I didn’t want to bother you with this, but Rising Star has just spent a lot of money buying the copyright for a major piece of work. It’s something that I custom-made for Luna. It’s her welcome gift from Rising Star. I’m also going to be spending a lot of money later on, so I can’t fork out any extra money.”His last few words made Callum feel sympathy for him. Even though Caelus was mediocre in all other aspects, he did manage to make Rising Star become an influential company, and Callum was also satisfied with the way he treated Luna. Hence, his expression became more pleasant. He only criticized Caelus a little more before he dismissed him. “Treat that wound and leave. I’ll donate the money as soon as possible. Take care of everything else on your own.”……Ruth noticed that her sweet words and present had managed to make Abel happy, but not fully. He went straight into the study after he returned home. He did not eat dinner with her and did not say whether he was coming
Abel had been feeling distressed for a long time because he missed the best chance to tell Ruth the truth. However, he soon smoothed out his train of thoughts. As long as he was not lying with the intent to hurt Ruth, it should be harmless. He would just look for a suitable chance to tell her the truth. Ruth was not an unreasonable person, anyway. After all, this entire thing started because of a misunderstanding. Besides, she had a strange way of thinking. She might actually be glad once she learned of his true identity and would work even harder to curry his favor. But he would have to push back his plan of going to the family gathering with her…It was close to midnight when Ruth returned to her room to take a shower. Then, she turned on her laptop to answer some emails, but no words actually entered her brain. Abel did not tell her anything about the family gathering. Was he still angry?That shouldn’t be?It was just a misunderstanding, and she already told him all th
Abel’s mind was blank. He only realized what was going on when he was pulled onto the bed. “Apollo, you incompetent idiot! You betrayed me again!”Ruth’s reply to Caelus remained trending for an entire night, and things spiraled further out of control. After the screenshots of the money transfers were uploaded, they were followed by screenshots of countless orders for luxurious items. The enthusiastic netizens put two and two together and realized that they had seen all of the luxurious items on Caelus before. It was practically a sealed deal that Caelus was Ruth’s sugar baby in the past. #SugarBabyCaelus##CaelusDatedRuth##PitifulRuth##WhosTheHomebreaker#These were the tags on trending on the second day. The topic’s popularity just kept increasing, and the netizens were arguing nonstop about it. [Why aren’t you saying anything, Caelus? Shouldn’t you be thanking Ruth for spending so much money on you?][Unless Caelus is revealed to be Mr. Blakewell’s illegitimate s
If even someone who was not part of the family knew this, Ruth naturally did as well. She had never thought about asking Caelus to pay up, but since he offered, it would be a waste to refuse it. “Is that so? Wait a minute. Demi Barker’s manager will contact you soon.”Mr. Herbert could not make heads or tails of what Ruth said. Demi Barker was a famous artist from Rising Star, similar to Apollo in popularity. She was a real A-list actress, and her acting skills as well as fame were both on point. But what did she have to do with this?Ruth hung up and called an unregistered phone number. “Sweet—”The word “heart” got stuck in her throat as she remembered something. She then swallowed it and went straight to the point. “Sign a contract with me? It’ll be the same as last time. I’ll pay the breach penalty.”When she first took over Lockton Entertainment, she had wanted to hire Demi Barker to help her stabilize her position as the boss. However, due to Apollo stepping in, she
Galen stood nervously at the side. At first, he wanted to step in and help, but he held himself back.In the end, he gave up and watched the fight.The more he watched, the more startled he was.Despite her delicate frame, her moves were calculated and ruthless.Many of her moves were lethal.She was a young woman who was loved. She was pampered and adored by everyone. How was such a person so ruthless in combat?It was as if she often fought to the death…Mr. Watson was shaken as well. He covered his neck with one hand, while his other hand hung limply by his hand. He looked at Lily in shock. His other hand hung weakly by his side. He looked at Lily in shock.How could such a small and delicate-looking person possess such strength? Was she really the heiress of the Cavendish family?“Do you want to verify it? The wounds match with the one who attacked me. I broke his right wrist on the spot, though. After that, I didn’t wait for reinforcement to come. I moved immediately an
Her hand paused while hefting the silver fork.Ruth’s husband was really very considerate. He loved her sister truly and everyone in her family.She decided to find a boyfriend like him for herself in the future.“I definitely will!” She thought.She stood in the spacious living room and looked at the man beside Galen who wanted to get to the bottom of this investigation. Her fingers tightened on the fork. “Words might not be enough to explain. If you don’t believe me, why don’t you give this a try?”Galen had not reacted when Charles spoke, nor when Abel had talked about switching it to a blunt weapon, but he definitely did now. “Nonsense!” he said sternly and stood up.Lily’s fighting spirit was ignited, but his stern rebuke deflated half of it. “Why not? Is it now allowed? You said attacking a police officer wasn’t allowed, didn’t you?”“He doesn’t count!” Galen said with disdain.Lily’s aggressive stance was completely deflated. “Well… if he doesn’t count, then his skills
The seemingly innocent question was directed at the young police officer.He looked troubled.Her delicate appearance did not help.The young police officer turned to the stern-faced man beside Galen for some help. The man pursed his thin lips and spoke in a deep voice.“Your Excellency… Madam… the nature of this case is severe, but the process of investigation is smooth. If your daughter doesn’t reveal the whole truth, it’ll be difficult for us to reach the crux of the issue. I assume that you don’t just want the result from this investigation but also the truth?”His firm voice was authoritative yet respectful.Charles turned to look at him. His brown eyes were calm, and he was sizing up this person.The police officer’s cold demeanor momentarily faltered. He quickly looked away and did not dare look him in the eye. “We’re just following procedures. To prevent this matter from escalating further, we hope for your cooperation.”He sounded intimidated yet resolute. It seemed
He was already determined to stake everything on his plan.“Right,” Lily said, “What about those bodyguards assigned to protect me? How were they swapped?”“Abel offered them ten times the price and bribed the group of bodyguards hired by Denver. The two poor people were taken down. The rest were replaced by our own people,” said Galen icily.Lily was shocked. She looked at him and then at Abel, who was driving calmly.Ruth looked at her husband with the same shocked face.So, this was how money made the world go round!When Denver had transferred money to that company, Lily had caught wind of it, but it seemed Abel had found out even sooner.He had already made arrangements to take drastic measures.“Don’t they have any morals? I heard that those kinds of organizations have principles. They won’t willingly betray the ones who employed them,” said Ruth.“As long as it’s not a terrorist organization, every organization needs connections. William’s group was already in dire stra
It was mainly because Denver clearly fabricated an alibi. But he had appeared on the scene and had been taken away.It was indeed quite puzzling.At that point, everyone looked at Abel in confusion.Abel looked straight ahead and did not speak. He only spoke when he was asked directly.“The father and son lost because they didn’t know each other’s motivations. It’s easy to bribe their people to send a message to the other and get them to the scene…”Before they set off, Sean received news that Denver was going all out and wanted to go down with Lily in the manor in the suburbs.Sean did not doubt it because Denver had been acting increasingly strange recently.He was transferring his assets and buying and renovating manors. It was as though he was prepared for death.He had even arranged for his funeral.Afraid that his son was taking things too hard, he put down whatever he was doing and rushed over to the scene.Since that was taken care of, it was easy to deceive Denver af
“See what you are doing? What if something happens to your sister?”Charles was not known for showing affection or caring about people outright.However, when his daughter cried and threw a tantrum, he could not stop himself.Charles stood by Lily without hesitation and scolded Abel for his incompetence.Ruth was originally filled with resentment and wanted to vent it out on Abel too, but when she saw that the father and daughter duo had joined forces to attack her husband, half of her resentment dissipated.With four bodyguards that had been arranged to deal with two outsiders, coupled with Lily’s abilities, her life was indeed not in danger…She glanced at Lily hesitantly. At this moment, Galen had cleaned up all the stains on her palm.Other than the redness between her thumb and index finger, she did not seem too badly hurt.All the resentment was gone. In fact, she was even a little protective. “Why did you have to deal with the four bodyguards?” Lily lowered her head an
Everyone was speechless.This discussion was fruitless. Everyone had their own opinions, and no one wanted to give in.In the end, Reina and the old man took a car, while Ruth, Abel, Charles, Galen Barker, and Lily got into another.The fire slowly died down.The cars left one after another.After Mr. Lockton got into the car, his cloudy eyes became shrewd. He asked his daughter, “Do you think that police officer is also interested in Lily?”Otherwise, why would he be so active and rush to the front? Why would he find such a lousy excuse to be the one to drop her home?“I think so, but unfortunately, Lily doesn’t seem to be as interested as before,” Reina said helplessly.Otherwise, why would she reject such a good opportunity to get into his car?Wouldn’t she have acted pitiful enough to earn his sympathy to get into the car?Mr. Lockton frowned. He was in deep thought.The last time he had heard that his granddaughter had fallen in love with another man who happened to be
Also, she was sure that if it was Luna being attacked at that time, he would have helped her without hesitation.This man was just like Notus. He was stupid, stubborn, and hypocritical.The reason why she spoke on his behalf was that she could not stand Luna’s smug face. Even if she wanted to drag someone down, she had to ask first.It was just the truth. She would not die if she made that clear anyway.Luna’s smug look cracked as she stared fixedly at her. Her gaze shifted from doubt to resentment and unwillingness.Aquilo was not surprised when Lily accused him. He knew that he had done something wrong. If not for Abel’s careful consideration, they would have died here today.However, he was quite surprised to hear her defend him.As he was handcuffed and escorted to the police car, he could not help but turn to look at her.“Lily…”Lily was about to walk to her car.She paused for a moment and turned to look at him calmly.Her usually playful eyes were indifferent at that
Aquilo opened his mouth but did not know what to say.Just then, a team of uniformed police officers rushed over to the scene to rescue the hostages.Looking at the people standing before them, they could not tell which ones were the hostages.Galen Barker walked over from behind and glanced at them. “What are you still standing here for? Get out quickly!”This manor had an ancient Sommersetese courtyard.The place where they were gathered was a small open space in the courtyard.After passing through the desolate artificial mountain pavilion, they arrived at the large courtyard outside the manor. There were many people gathered there, with many police cars parked nearby.A fire truck had also arrived.To Lily’s surprise, Sean Lovehart and his father were also there and were being escorted into the police car.When he saw her coming out, Denver’s face filled with hatred. He wanted to rush to her and strangle her. “You’ve got guts! You risked your life to drag us down with you!