The word “family” struck a chord in Ruth’s heart.Over the years, she had long accepted the fact that she had no family.Callum, Bella, Luna, and Jasper were a family, and they had nothing to do with her.However, Abel suddenly told her that he was her closest family. She had a weird feeling, and it filled her with joy.Ruth turned to look at him and purposely asked tentatively, “If I told you, would you help me seek justice?” Abel looked at her. “What do you think?”Ruth was dissatisfied with his answer. She poked his arm and said, “Say it. What I think may not be what you think. What if I misunderstand you?”“No ifs. I told you before. You can do whatever you want in front of me or the others.”Ruth fell silent when she received the expected answer. She could not hold back her joy and smiled. She drew closer and kissed Abel’s cheek. “Honey, thank you. But I can still handle such a small matter. I won’t hold back if I need your help,” Ruth softly said.Abel glanced at her an
Tom smiled. Before he could speak, Pearl said, “But I already had my dinner, so I’m not hungry now.”He spluttered. Seeing that she did not realize he wanted to ask her out, he went straight to the point.“Even if you’ve had dinner, you can still accompany me. Where are you? I’ll go pick you up,” said Tom as he started his car engine.Pearl was dumbfounded. She did not expect him to ask her out. While she was surprised, she was also a little hesitant.She turned and glanced at the room. She still had a quarrel that was left unfinished.Tom casually said in a lazy and calm voice, “You don’t want to? Alright, Miss Amber, the receptionist, just said that she hasn’t had dinner yet and invited me to—”“I’ll go! I’ll send you the address. See you later!”“Okay. See you later.”Twenty minutes later, Pearl crouched in front of a high-end club in a colorful outfit. She looked somewhat down. Tom parked the car when he arrived, and Pearl slowly got in with a sullen face. She closed the
Tom’s expression did not change in the slightest. He said, “How am I supposed to know about other people’s affairs?”“Aren’t you two close? You’re his buddy.”“Does being a buddy mean I should know all his private affairs? Do you know all Ruth’s secrets?”“We’re different.”“What’s the difference?”“Hmm.” Pearl pondered. “Strictly speaking, we've only just become friends. We’re not as close as you and Abel are.”Tom nodded. “If you two aren’t that close, why did you get angry at me because of her last time?”Pearl fell silent. Why was Tom so petty? It was a long time ago, but he still had not forgotten it.Besides, it was clearly his fault. He even sincerely apologized for it. When he brought it up again, why did he use such a dissatisfied tone?Pearl could not figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it and got down to business. “Don’t change the subject. We’re talking about Abel now.”She wanted to continue the conversation, but the waiter interrupted them to serve th
Honestly, Abel had to take responsibility for the fact that Gabriel gave Callum money.He had gone overboard with his words last time about divorcing Ruth. Therefore, Gabriel had become anxious after hearing Abel’s words and wanted to hold the wedding as soon as possible.“Ruth is from the Lockton family. Even if you want to discuss the preparations for the wedding, you have to discuss it with the Lockton family. Do you think everything is settled if Callum agrees to the wedding?” Abel said objectively.Gabriel still held his point of view. “Even if she doesn’t want to, she must listen to her parents.”Abel paused and told him the shocking news. “What if she insists on not agreeing and wants to divorce me now?”Gabriel was shocked. “What?!”Lyla and Apollo were also caught off guard. They exchanged glances and saw doubts in each other’s eyes.Lyla was particularly nervous and anxious. She knew Ruth best. Ruth was capable and powerful. If she really wanted a divorce, the Goldwell
Abel glanced at Apollo coldly.Apollo sat beside him and glanced at the surroundings. Then, he said in a low voice, “If you need Mom and Dad’s help, you can just tell them. Why do you act like you’re getting a divorce?”“I don’t need their help. I only want them to get busy. Besides, do you think they’ll help me or stop me if I tell them I need their help to go against Frank?”Apollo spluttered and fell silent.Gabriel had been blindly respecting Frank’s wishes over the past few decades. He would never go against his father.Apollo sighed softly. “They’ll definitely stop you.”Since Gabriel believed and respected Frank, he hoped that Abel would do the same. He would tell Abel to accept everything and not go against Frank.Abel nodded. “That’s right. This is why you should use different methods in different situations.”Abel was bullied and Ruth was being plotted against, but even so, Abel did not ask for Gabriel's help because he was worried about him. After he learns about eve
Callum snorted coldly and said in a dark tone, “Ruth, do you know what the consequences will be if none of your family members attend your wedding? The Blakewell family will become the laughingstock of the Imperial City, and you’ll never gain their respect!”“Who said I have no family to attend my wedding?”Callum was slightly stunned. He made his stance clear. “I won’t attend unless the Blakewell family fulfills all my requests.”Ruth’s smile remained unchanged. “Grandpa will regain consciousness soon. He’ll attend my wedding.”Shatter!A glass fell to the floor and shattered.Ruth looked at the shattered glass and the shocked Callum. “Good news, right? But I’ve got a better one. You only know that Jasper was arrested for committing a crime, but do you know where he was arrested?”Callum said nothing and stared at Ruth. He had a bad premonition.Ruth continued, “You should be familiar with the western suburbs of the Imperial City, shouldn’t you? Quite a few factories under Loc
The silent confrontation in the living room made the atmosphere tense.After a long silence, Ruth sighed softly. “All right, I expected you to refuse it. I’ll ask the lawyer—”“Wait.”The lawyer stepped forward when Ruth called for him, but he stopped when Callum interrupted her. He looked at Ruth as though asking how to proceed. Ruth signaled him with her gaze, so he stepped back and waited respectfully with his briefcase.Callum slowly looked at Ruth with a somber gaze. “The police will investigate whether or not there is a problem with the drugs manufactured by the pharmaceutical company. I can sign it, but only after your wedding.”Ruth said nothing. She only looked at Callum indifferently. Callum did not want to sign the agreement. However, he did not dare to defy Ruth.Finally, he made up his mind. “I’ll return the wedding gift. But remember, the Goldwell family doesn’t have an ungrateful child like you!”“Thank God. You finally admit that the Goldwell family has nothing t
However, Ruth would be watching the movie with Abel in the afternoon. In that case, who was Lockton Jewelry meeting with?Was his guess wrong?Thinking of this, he sent Ruth a message. [5:30 p.m.?]Ruth immediately replied. [Are you done with your work? I’m on my way to your company. I’ll be there in ten minutes!]Kallan reminded Abel to give his comments. “Mr. Blakewell?”Abel put his phone down and calmly said, “All right, you can carry out your plan. There’s another thing. I want to know who Lockton Corporation sends to meet with Seema.”The person in charge had thought that Abel would get angry and did not expect him to show this reaction instead. He hurried to say in a respectful tone, “Understood!”After the meeting was over, Abel returned to his office. Kallan walked into the office with him and closed the door. Then, he softly said, “I heard that Seema plans to cooperate with Lockton Jewelry. When Nicholas heard about it, he immediately visited your grandfather with Luna
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!