Ruth did not know what to say. This family could be a whole theater group by itself. But, at the end of the day, they were insisting that she had to pay. Ruth stared at their disgusting faces, but did not expose the truth that they wanted to be unreasonable because the internet was down. She just went straight to the point. “I did come here for money today.”The moment she said those words, Callum and his family looked at her. “Lockton Entertainment is in debt, and the money it earns isn’t enough to cover its expenditure. Lockton Corporation has been covering its expenses, hasn’t it? Mr. Goldwell, you’ve been balancing the accounts for years, so you should provide an explanation to the public, don’t you think?” Ruth said casually. Callum’s expression changed. “What are you saying?”“I’m giving you a chance to cover the debt. Deal with it within three months, and I’ll let this slide. Otherwise, I’ll announce it to the public.” After saying that, she turned around gracefully to
Abel stared at him in displeasure. Apollo pointed at his phone, then looked at Abel in shock. In the end, he gave up on trying to explain to him what was going on and just handed the phone to him. It was a message from Lockton Entertainment’s work chat. Ruth’s assistant had sent the group a message and everyone to retweet Ruth’s twitter post. When he opened Twitter, he saw that the post was about what Ruth had stated on the stage. She announced that Luna would be donating sixty million dollars to her hometown as a celebration for her engagement. Abel was not surprised when he saw the message. He just pointed at the person who sent the message to the group. “Who’s this person?”“Ruth’s assistant! He’s as imposing as Ruth and is so prideful that you’d never think he’s the assistant of a dying company’s CEO.”Abel stared at the screen as he pondered in silence for a few seconds. “We’re going to the Lockton family.”The driver changed the car’s direction. Apollo was shocked
Kallan bowed down respectfully. “Amazing, Mr. Blakewell.”The people in the study were intimidated by the man’s imposing demeanor. Callum walked forward with trembling legs and asked anxiously, “Who are you?”Kallan turned around and cleared his throat before making introductions. “This is Mr. Blakewell.”Callum nearly tripped. He had never seen Abel before, but Kallan had mentioned who he worked for. The only person Kallan would treat so respectfully was the leader of Grand Empire and the man who stood at the top of the Blakewell family. He had never dreamt that he would one day be able to see the richest man in Sommerset and get to know him. Once Ruth calmed down, she jogged over. “Didn’t I ask you not to come?”Abel looked her up and down before his eyes landed on the red mark on her face. He scowled, and his voice filled with displeasure. “You’re hurt?” He stroked the mark. His warm breath landed on her face, and Ruth’s eyelashes fluttered. When his rough finger touch
The banquet continued, and Caelus attended to the guests. When he saw Apollo in the crowd, he went to talk to him in joy. But Apollo was a slick person. He just told Caelus that he was not there to talk business, but to congratulate the couple. “I’ve been with Luna for three years. We have plenty of good memories together, and we invited all of you to witness our moments together,” Caelus answered proudly and told his assistant to play a video. This was an engagement party, so they had naturally prepared a video of their happy moments together, and it was about time for them to show it, anyway. After Apollo brought it up, Caelus pretended that he valued his words highly and immediately had the video started. The lights dimmed, and the projector lit up. The first picture was of Luna and Caelus’ happy domestic life. Caelus did not pay attention to it. He only watched Apollo’s reaction, since he was certain that he had come to be happy for them. After all, there were plenty
Honestly, it would have been worth it. Everything was within her control. That’s why when she heard him lecturing her, she felt offended. He was overstepping. She squared her shoulders and was about to stubbornly refute him when he sighed and said softly, “I’m worried about you.”She was unable to say anything back. The angry words at the tip of her tongue did a u-turn and died in her stomach. Ruth was like a noble Persian cat whose fur had been smoothed out. When she spoke, her voice was much gentler. “I’m fine. Look! They just hit me here. Blow on it, and I’ll be fine.”As she spoke, she pulled closer to him. The streetlights shone through the scattered leaves and landed on her pretty face. They cast her in a striking and dazzling light. Abel frowned as he stared at the face now close to his own. When he saw how dejected and pitiful she looked, he thought that he had been too harsh on her, which was why he explained why he did what he did in a gentle tone. But it was
Night fell, and many news stories quietly snowballed into something larger. The collection of photos featuring Luna’s exes was deleted, as if it had never been shown during the banquet. Meanwhile, a gloomy and somber atmosphere descended on the Lockton family’s mansion. Caelus sat on the couch in the living room. Luna stood by his side and cried up a storm. “Caelus, don’t believe those photos. Many of them only looked bad because of the angle…”However, they were true, so she could not just deny them outright. She cursed Ruth up a storm in her heart. “That b*tch! How did she manage to get so many photos?!”“She’s clearly trying to sow discord! That brat just came here to throw everything into chaos! Caelus, don’t get fooled!” Bella spoke up in support. Jasper was sitting by the side with a bruised face. Right when he wanted to speak up, he sucked in a sharp breath and kicked away the servant who was applying ointment on his injuries. “Are you trying to kill me?!”“Enough!”
Caelus smiled at him gently. “Thanks, Dad, on both me and Luna’s behalf.”......Once Ruth finally got her husband to feel better, she started busying herself at home. The moment she finished her bath, she made a call. It was quite noisy on the other end of the phone, but, after a series of clacking sounds from heels, the other’s surroundings became slightly quieter. “If I recall correctly, it’s still night time in Sommerset, isn’t it? Isn’t your husband working hard in bed? Why do you still have energy left to talk to me?”Ruth’s eyelids twitched, and she really wanted to grab Serenity’s brain to fish it out of the gutter. “I have a favor to ask.”“Go on. As long as you’re not asking for a gigolo. I’ll help you with anything else.”“Callum asked me for sixty million dollars—”“Are you mad?! Wasn’t it enough to have provided for that sc*mbag of an ex? Why do you want to give money to your b*stard of a father as well? Your savings are constantly being emptied by men! Think abo
Abel’s hand froze, and his heart began to race. He looked down at the woman in his arms. When she was wide awake, she appeared so aloof and prideful that she gave off a domineering air that screamed, “I’m rich, and I’ll protect you.”This was the first time she appeared pitiful and delicate. Well. That was not exactly true. She had acted cute in the car on their trip back, but that was because she was shamelessly trying to avoid being scolded. Honestly, he never took what she said about the big house seriously and had no idea she had such an obsession toward big houses…He looked down and asked in a low and raspy voice, “Do you want it that much?” His voice was inexplicably seductive. Ruth’s shut eyes fluttered, and she pouted. “I don’t want you to live a bad life. I want to buy one for you.”Abel was silent for a few seconds before he said, “Alright.”Ruth was puzzled, and a thought popped in her mind. “What did he mean by that?”She really wanted to ask, but her eyelids
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!