“At least I’m willing to lie to you.” Serenity thought and turned indifferently. Then, she continued to ask Ruth, “What’s the matter with paying his debt off?”Ruth did not know where to start.Speaking of which, she was also very puzzled.Abel said he would not take advantage of women that night, but she thought that he simply did not want to lose face in front of Kallan.However, he never mentioned it again, as if he did not need her help.This confused her.If he did not want her money, what was he after?She had a poor reputation, was not favored by her father, and was known to be promiscuous.After listening to Ruth, Serenity touched her chin and said emotionally, “This man is not simple! Could it be that he thought a simple trap would not be enough, so he decided to play hard to get?”Vincent shook his head. “I don’t think so. Seeing how love-struck Ruth is, I don’t think he needs to play hard to get!”Demi agreed with him this time. “Yeah!”Ruth had nothing to say.S
Ruth had not sorted it out nor figured out what kind of person Abel was. If she let Serenity interfere in this matter, the situation would become a mess.She pondered it for a few seconds. “Did I tell you that Apollo is staying at my house for the time being?”Serenity raised her head and looked at Ruth in shock while standing beside the car. “Girl, this is not right. How could you two-time? That’s immoral!”“He’s Solomon’s fan, and, since Solomon is starring in the Gate to the Heart, they’ve gotten close lately. They often come to my house to discuss the plot—”“I suddenly remembered I have some stuff to do in the clubhouse. I’ll drop by next time!”Before Ruth could reply, Serenity was gone.Ruth was not surprised. She was happy to see Serenity, who seemed to be running for her life, disappear in the distance.Among the members of the Springfield family, only Solomon could control her.The red Bentley slowly merged into the traffic and stopped for a few seconds at the interse
Abel left the conference room in a hurry. However, he was not going to his office but to the elevator.Kallan barely caught up to him by running after him. However, he happily smiled as he knew that the wedding ring on Abel’s hand was designed by Seema.If Ruth could make an appointment to order the wedding rings while Seema was on vacation, she had to have a way to contact them!There was still a chance of inviting them!After entering the elevator, he said happily, “Mr. Blakewell, is it a message from Mrs. Blakewell? Can she help us contact—”“She’s coming to pick me up.”“Huh?”Kallan was puzzled.After getting into the car, Abel ordered coldly, “Get to Grand Empire within twenty minutes!”Then, he called Joseph.Abel ordered him to go downstairs to wait for Ruth and buy him fifteen minutes. After hearing that, Kallan understood what was going on.He thought. “Oh, it seems like Mr. Blakewell told Mrs. Blakewell he is an executive of Grand Empire. Mrs. Blakewell suddenly s
Abel got out of the car calmly and headed to the elevator. “Don’t make such a low-level mistake next time.”Kallan just stared at him with the most baffled expression ever. Next time?He would rather throw himself on the ground and beg Abel not to have to drive at such a speed and with such passion ever again. Ding. The elevator stopped on the first floor. Right after the elevator door opened, Abel saw two familiar people standing in front of him. Ruth had a huge bouquet of roses in her hands, Her aloof and beautiful face was bright with a smile, which made her even more gorgeous than the flowers. Beside her was Joseph, who stood a respectful step behind her. Even so, this sight made Abel frown. He found it a complete eyesore!“You’re finally done with work, Mr. Blakewell?”Joseph did not notice the hostile look in Abel’s eyes and just sighed in relief. Thank goodness he arrived on time. When he did see Abel’s cold expression, he started explaining what was going
Abel drove Ruth’s car on their way back. Ruth sat in the passenger’s seat, while the roses lay on the back seat. The small car was filled with the fragrance of roses and a long-period of silence. Ruth was happy when they left, but, perhaps because of the silence, she was starting to feel a little awkward. Now that this happened, how should they live together in the future?Should she increase his pocket money?After all, she did not expect this to happen before their marriage. They had never made any sort of contract related to this either. She turned around quietly to look at him. Abel’s face looked to have been chiseled out of marble, which made him look cold. But when the dim street lights shone on him, they cast a warm glow on him. When they first got to know each other, she thought that he was a cold man who was born with an air of superiority. Even when they did the most intimate things, he was still untouchable and unreadable. However, at this moment, she sud
She shook her head rapidly. They were just holding hands!There was nothing strange about that. They had already kissed and even slept together. She had to act like the imposing sugar mommy she was supposed to be!With that thought in mind, she grabbed his hand and squeezed her fingers between his so that they could interlace them. Then, she raised her head pridefully. “Of course. I won’t let him steal what’s mine so easily.”Abel looked down at their interlaced fingers and instinctively tightened his grip. “Some elaboration, perhaps?”Once they started talking about work, Ruth cast aside her girly shyness and excitedly shared her plans. She wanted to make Caelus waste his money and become her stepping stone. Abel was a little surprised. He only thought that Ruth wanted to make Caelus waste his money to vent her anger; he was not expecting her to dig a trap for him. Admiration grew in his eyes as he stared at her. As expected of the woman he liked. “When you cast your b
Caelus’ expression turned sour. The production company was Lockton Entertainment. It was a small, obscure company, but Ruth was someone he hated and feared. He had witnessed her strategies before. If she dared to do something like this at this point in time, then it meant that she came into this prepared. He had a bad feeling, and he became even more fretful. “Why is she causing trouble now?! Luna has already given up on the role of Remilia Walton! What else does she want?!”“I asked our friends over at Lockton Corporation. Apparently, she’s not happy with us ruining her reputation while doing our promotion.”With those words, Caelus remembered what he did. With the increase in Silent Love’s popularity, more and more people praised their relationship and compared the two daughters. Most said that Ruth could not compare to Luna, since she wanted to draw Caelus to her side with materialistic goods, among other things. Caelus had felt great when he saw those comments in th
However, in just an instant, reality gave him a harsh slap and snapped him out of his daydream. That plan was only suitable to take down a small production team with no money and support. Strictly speaking, Ruth did have someone supporting her. That person from the Blakewell family was her greatest bargaining chip. If he decided to interfere, the Goldwell family would not even have the right to speak. When Luna saw Caelus fall silent, she exercised an appropriate amount of control to not appear so confident and returned to be the gentle, frail, and delicate woman. She knew that Caelus loved gentle and kind women, so she drew upon her own strength. “Honestly, it’s because of you and Dad acting as my support that I did this. Without you two backing me up, I wouldn’t have dared to fight back with such courage.” Her words instantly reminded Caelus that people became fearless when they had support. If someone as kind as Luna would counterattack because she had support, Ruth, w
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!