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
Pearl felt like she was about to shrivel under the sun. When she saw a familiar face, she felt as excited as if she had just seen a long-lost relative. Tears spilled down her face. She stumbled into the car and started bawling. She cried so loudly that it shocked Tom. He quietly handed her a piece of tissue. At this point, Pearl had completely forgotten about keeping up her image. “How could she do this?” she complained while crying. “Ruth is… How could she? She’s evil! I got a tan! Sob… I’m not going to be friends with her anymore. I won’t talk to her anymore, sob…”Tom was struck dumb. So… she was sad because she got a tan?He pursed his lips and wanted to correct her by saying that this was really dangerous, and that Ruth did not treat her as a friend. He also wanted to warn her to stop talking to her when he saw a familiar car in his peripheral vision. He remembered it. It was Pearl’s Ferrari. She had come with it in the morning. Pearl was in his car, so was the one