What did he do? Why was he suddenly mentioned?He looked cautiously around the lounge and cleared his throat before reminding them that the dinner was about to start. “Aren’t you going in? Abel, isn’t your wife here yet?”The question was so deliberate that it was clear he was being provocative. Apollo refused to back down and retorted. “Have you decided on your plus one? Which one are you bringing today? Please don’t tell me the plus one you picked can’t come because the dinner clashed with her schedule?”“You little brat…”“What about me? You treat your relationships like a game. Your parents must be so worried about you.” Apollo even took the opportunity to mock his third uncle and aunt. He might not dare to criticize Frank, but Dillon was a different story. While he was talking, Abel’s bodyguards hurried inside and told him something. Abel’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly stood up. “I have some matters to take care of. I need to leave. Cancel the segment wh
The sky turned dark, and the Imperial City’s night life began. Misty Rain was a high-end club. It was also Serenity’s territory. Ruth was in one of its rooms. The moment she sat down, she downed a few shots of alcohol. She was acting just like when she found out that Caelus cheated on her. Serenity felt that she had transmigrated to some alternate universe. She quietly turned to Pearl, who looked just as stunned as she was, and whispered, “What’s going on?”Pearl whispered into her ear, “I think she got her heart broken.”“She’s married. How could her heart be broken?”“Could her husband have cheated on—”Serenity put a finger to her lips and shushed her urgently so that Pearl would zip her mouth shut. “It’s a solid guess, but, please, don’t voice your guesses anymore.” She thought. The last time Ruth’s boyfriend cheated on her, she got into a shotgun marriage. If her husband cheated on her, who knew what sort of insane stunt she would pull next. While Serenity was po
“He said he likes me…”Wait. Ruth combed through her memories. Joseph was the one who said Abel wanted to confess to her. He was also the one who gave her the flowers. Meanwhile, she was the one who filled in all the blanks with her imagination. She imagined that he liked her, which was why he willingly did so many things that “touched” her heart. When she saw the car earlier, she even thought that he had staged their first meeting. Since she was looking through the lens of him liking her, everything made sense, and there were no logical flaws. Her rational was impaired, and she overlooked a certain fact, and that was that he had never said that he liked her. “Do you like him?” Serenity hit the crux of the matter. Ruth instinctively retorted. “No way!”Serenity shrugged. “It’s done then, isn’t it? There’s nothing different about you two. You’re both the same, both dishonest. You’re only married in-name. You can do whatever you like and live your respective happy lives.
Abel glanced at the row of gigolos coldly, and, when he spoke, he was practically hissing. Serenity took two steps back. Her mind was blank. Wife?This man was Ruth’s husband?The boss of Blakewell Corporation?She was no longer worried about her friend. Instead, she was beginning to worry about her best gigolo. However, Pearl was the best at adapting to situations. She quickly realized that something was wrong and stepped forward like an obsequious servant and said, “No, no! No one caught Ruth’s fancy. She said none of them could compare to you!”Serenity immediately agreed with her. “That’s right. It’s not as if she was picking anyone here. We were the ones picking.”“Is that so?” Abel said coldly. “Kallan, send the good-looking hosts from Regality to the Springfield and Harlem families as my thanks.”Serenity was baffled. Regality was a host club under Blakewell Corporation, and it was much larger than Misty Rain. Their hosts were also of much higher standard than Mist
“Ruth!” He pinned her against her seat. “That’s enough!”Ruth raised her chin. “No!”Abel felt speechless, but only for a moment. When he looked into her stubborn and provocative eyes, he could not tell whether she was really drunk or just faking it. They were really close to each other, and he could smell the strong scent of alcohol coming from her. He scowled and sighed almost inaudibly. “How much did you drink tonight?”A dazed look settled on Ruth’s face. She seemed to be actively thinking about his question. “You still remember that you’re married, huh?”Ruth said nothing. Her eyelashes fluttered. “Tell me. Which married woman would go to a nightclub and ask for gigolos? Which one would grope any stranger they find?” Abel’s familiar breath poured on her face, but his clear voice was filled with anger. Ruth’s sluggish brain finally kicked into gear, and she stared at him for a while. “You’re really Abel?”Abel narrowed his eyes at her. “You finally recognize me, huh?
Caught off guard, Abel pursed his lips and turned to look at Ruth. But she had already turned her head away and fallen asleep. When they reached Kingsland Manor residential area, it was already really dark outside. Kallan got out of the car and opened the car door. “Mr. Blakewell…”When he saw Ruth sleeping away with her head rolled to the side, he fell silent. Abel’s expression was dark as he went to the other side of the car to open the door. He wanted to grab the drunkard and help her get out, but Ruth opened her eyes. His hands froze in the air for a moment, then he pulled them back, and straightened up. “If you’re awake, get out of the car by yourself. We’re here,” he said coldly.He was always in a position that made him superior to others. Hence, Abel had never been treated so rudely before. Even if he was in the wrong first, he had indulged her every whim and had never hurt her. Ruth had gone too far this time. First, she went to look for the company of gigolo
She stumbled toward the bathroom, but she was too dizzy and could not even walk straight. She hit the door frame. Abel pulled her back easily with a single hand and grabbed her waist. “Didn’t you ask me to help you wash up? Why don’t you need me anymore? Waiting for you is so boring. Since I got your money, I need to do my job.”His low and husky voice was so nice that it made Ruth’s heart race. She lost all her rationality. Her thoughts became slow and sluggish. When she finally realized what was happening, she had already been pushed into the bathroom. She grabbed her collar tight and shook her head in refusal. She even stumbled over her own words. “I-I don’t need it anymore. I-I don’t want—”“You don’t have a say in that.”Abel did not give her the chance to reject him. He grabbed her head and kissed her to stop whatever she was going to say. He also stopped playing nice and started removing her clothes.Ruth struggled against being put into the bathtub, but she went ove
On the surface, Nicholas sounded like he was just taking responsibility as the organizer, but, in truth, there was a flirtatious connotation to his words. Usually, his assistant or the hotel took care of such matters. He was giving Luna special treatment by taking it upon himself. “Here’s my chance.” Luna thought as she thanked him softly. Then, she gave him her contact number. Once she turned around and left, Nicholas’s assistant opened the door for him while he gave Nicholas a report. “That’s Luna Goldwell of Lockton Corporation. She was previously engaged to Rising Star’s president, but, some time ago, they canceled their engagement.”Nicholas got into the car. Then, he asked in puzzlement. “Lockton Corporation, you say? But her surname is Goldwell, isn’t it?”The assistant had a deep understanding of all the VIPs, so he gave a brief introduction of the Goldwell family. Once Nicholas heard the full story, he smiled. “I was wondering why she’s so skilled at approaching a
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!