Abel was unmoved, and the car did not show signs of slowing down.Ruth glared at him angrily. When she was about to lose her temper, Abel took a small box out of nowhere and handed it to her.“This is a Valentine’s Day gift. If you don’t like it, you can throw it away, but I won’t pick it up for you for the second time.”Ruth was silent.Her eyes were downcast, and her eyelashes fluttered.He said it casually, but his words left a huge impact on her heart and made it beat faster.Abel was superior to many people but was willing to compromise for her.No!He was in the wrong!Ruth snorted and grabbed the box. “Since you insist on giving it to me, I’ll show mercy and accept it.”Abel’s voice slightly softened, and he imperceptibly cooed at her. “Will you stop being angry with me after accepting it?”Ruth froze with the box in hand after hearing Abel’s words.Did he think she was a gold digger and would forgive him if he gave her something like this?But what he thought seeme
After taking a shower, Ruth’s body finally smelled good. The faint stench of the restroom no longer shrouded her.However, her happiness only lasted for ten minutes. Another thing became more problematic.Her menstrual cramps got a lot worse.After Abel took a shower in another bedroom, he sat at the dining table and waited for half an hour. However, Ruth did not come downstairs.His dissatisfaction increased.Although the weather was hot, the temperature in the dining room dropped sharply.Abel was always emotionally stable. Even when he was taciturn, he never showed it on his face. Mrs. Greenwell and Mr. Jackson rarely saw him like this, so they were frightened. Mr. Jackson hesitated, then said, “Maybe the madam is too tired, so she went to bed first. After all, it’s late now.”“Is 9:30 p.m. late?” Abel asked.Mr. Jackson could not say anything.“Were the things in the car meant for the madam? Women are often in a bad mood when they have their period. They also easily get
The world became quiet.Abel stood against the light, so Ruth could not see his expression. However, his cold aura showed that he was unhappy.A part of Ruth’s survival instinct that was driven away by anger returned. She silently pulled the blanket closer and slipped under it. She hugged her weak self and said softly, “My stomach hurts when you move me. It hurts so much that I lose control of my emotions.”The underlying message was this: It is you who touched me first.Abel had experienced things in the past two days that he had never experienced before.No one had ever dared to be so rude to him nor kick him or ask him to get out.However, he knew he was in the wrong, so he could not get angry.He remembered what Mrs. Greenwell told him. “She will be irritable and get angry easily. Try your best not to oppose her or make her unhappy.”After looking at Ruth’s weak appearance, he patiently asked, “Besides your stomach, do you hurt anywhere else?”Ruth pulled the blanket tig
Tom proposed a few common solutions, such as drinking more hot water, applying a heat patch, and not offending her.Then, Abel asked Tom to come over to check on her.“Your husband is very worried about you, so he asked me to come over to check on you,” Tom answered Ruth with a smile. He seemed familiar with Abel.Ruth looked at them with questions in her eyes. “He asked you to come over to check on me? Do you two know each other?”Abel was caught off guard and showed an unnatural expression.He had forgotten about it.Tom quickly stood up and extended his hand politely. “Hello, Ruth. I didn’t get to introduce myself properly last time. I’m Abel’s friend. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”After hearing his words, Ruth looked at the extended hand and was dazed for a moment.Because of her grandfather’s condition, she had tried to contact Tom, a cardiologist, many times, but he had never replied.She was surprised to hear from him out of nowhere back then. Now that she knew his rela
Pearl cried with her head up. After taking several steps closer, she realized that the person who came out was not Ruth.The crying stopped abruptly.She hiccupped again.The corners of Tom’s mouth twitched. When he met Pearl’s bright eyes, he cautiously said, “Hello, Miss Harlem.”Pearl wiped her tears. “Why are you here, Mr. Acker?”“I…” Tom hesitated and said, “I came to check on Ruth.”Pearl was stunned. Her expression changed from joy to anger. “To check on Ruth? What happened to her? Did Abel hit her? F*ck! I knew that b*stard wouldn’t show Ruth mercy after taking revenge on us! What’s so great about having money?”She rushed back to her car, bent down, and took a baseball bat from the back seat. Then, she rushed into the mansion with her head held high.She was as fast as the wind. Tom did not even have time to stop her.She stomped on the marble floor with her high heels and made loud footsteps.“Abel Blakewell! How could you hit a woman?! You’re shameless!”There wa
It was a question, but it was also a statement. Ruth nodded with a grunt. She had nothing to hide about it, anyway. After all, if Abel wanted to check how her company was doing, he could do so easily. Abel was silent for a few more seconds, as if he was waiting for her to continue, but Ruth showed no intention to continue talking. She just picked a watch, put it on, and started putting on her shoes. After some thinking, he asked, “How do you intend to take care of it?”Ruth did not even look up when she answered casually, “If Callum wants to target Lockton Entertainment, he will definitely use the connections he has to put stumbling blocks in my path, but I have certain connections that he can never hope to touch.”Abel’s eyes crinkled into a smile, and he gently asked a leading question, “Such as?”Ruth grabbed her handbag, stood up straight, and faced him. “Such as the genius investor of the entertainment industry, Harper Williams. She’s coming back next month and will join
Tom was handsome and looked like royalty. It was as if he was born with regality and elegance. Just like Ruth, he gave off a noble and prideful air. Both Ruth and Tom were completely different from Pearl. This was something she was well aware of. Hence, since she was not confident, she wore flashy items to appear a member of the upper-class society. That was also why she was envious and admired people like them from the bottom of her heart. When Tom asked her the question a second time, she found it incredibly attractive. Pearl gritted her teeth as she thought about how Ruth always bullied her and pulled pranks on her. She did not bat an eyelid even when she betrayed her!Pearl did not want to adopt those annoying traits. She was different from Ruth!“No. I’ll wait for her. If I leave now, she’ll stop being my friend.” Her head drooped low, and she looked like she really did not want to stay but had no other choice. Tom cocked an eyebrow in surprise. He was not expecting
Yeah… When Ruth put it that way, the excuse did sound kind of fake. Pearl went a little overboard there. Could she get a chance to redo?Of course not. Ruth would not give her that chance.Five minutes later, at the overpass of Riverside Road, Pearl stood by the roadside and refused to budge from where she clung to a signboard for dear life. She yelled at the Ferrari that left without a care in the world, “Ruth, you witch! If some car comes and kills me, I’m going to haunt you!”A car came charging in her direction, which terrified her so much that she hugged the signboard even tighter and shut her eyes in nervousness. It was Monday, and it was the morning rush hour. There were plenty of cars on the overpass, and they were whizzing down the road at lightning speed. There were no pedestrian underpasses nearby, so Pearl did not dare to move. The scorching sun rose to the sky and cast its bright rays on the ground. It also shone on the alloy signboard, so the rod that was curre
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!