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
Ruth grabbed Abel’s neck and looked at him affectionately. “I can’t let you pick me up. This is a date I planned. What if you complain that I’m not considerate? I’ll have to do something to make up for it.”Abel grabbed her waist and touched her forehead. “I’m not that petty.”Ruth tilted her head. “You’re a cunning businessman. I must be careful.”Abel smiled and did not refute her.They got in the car, and Abel drove out of the underground parking lot.Ruth had been using her phone with a straight face since she got in the car. It seemed like she was dealing with some business.Abel glanced at her and casually asked, “You haven’t finished your work?”Ruth hummed in agreement. She sent the last message and looked at Abel with a serious expression. “Honey, I have something to tell you.”Abel raised his eyebrows. “I’m all ears.”“Callum hasn’t returned all the money! He’s shameless! I told him to transfer the money to me within three days. On the last day, he only transferred t
“Muster up your courage! A relationship will only start if you take the initiative!”Her friends continued to encourage her.Abel’s hand stopped. He realized that he was the topic of discussion. The girl was encouraging her friend to ask him for his number.Abel closed his eyes. He gave up on sending Ruth a message and planned to go out to look for her.When he stood up, the lights above dimmed. The movie had not started yet, and he could see a slender figure walking in from the front.Ruth wore a flashy, beautiful dress and a pair of 4-inch heels. When she pursed her lips, she looked cold and arrogant. She had flowers in one hand and a bucket of popcorn in the other as she slowly walked toward Abel.Abel was stunned. He thought she went to ask the staff to clear the hall.Why did she have flowers and popcorn with her?The other movie-goers all watched her, and the veins at Abel’s temples twitched. He had a bad premonition, and Ruth’s action soon proved he was right.She slowl
Ruth looked at the drinks the others were holding and the popcorn she was about to finish. She was indeed a little thirsty.But when she thought of how she struggled to walk into the hall after holding the flowers and popcorn, she said self-righteously, “I don’t have a third hand to buy coke. Be satisfied with the popcorn and flowers.”Abel pinched her squishy cheek. “You did a good job. I’ll ask someone to prepare everything next time.”Ruth was amused. “Honey, I didn’t realize you have such a girly side. You even wanted to eat popcorn while watching the movie!”Abel was puzzled. “I wanted to eat popcorn?”“Wasn’t that it? Didn’t you look at everyone else’s popcorn and say you wanted some?”Abel did not answer and stared at her. Realization struck Ruth. She realized she might have misunderstood him. “Could it be that you were asking me to book the entire hall just now?”Abel confirmed her guess. “That’s right.”After saying that, he got up to leave the hall. Ruth followed hi
However, Ruth became displeased as they chatted.Katie seemed to have a good relationship with Abel.Judging from Abel’s reaction, it did not seem like he treated her preferentially. However, she kept bringing up Abel and made Ruth think that she was close to him.“He always watches my movies alone in the past. I was quite surprised when I saw him together with you,” said Katie. She seemed to be teasing, but it also felt like she was testing.Ruth smiled shyly. “Why were you surprised? You’re smart. I’m sure you have guessed it.”After saying that, she glanced at the flowers she gave Abel with a faint smile.Katie’s smile froze. She had seen the flowers when she walked over. However, she did not believe that a workaholic like Abel would ask a woman out for a movie and even buy flowers and book a table in a restaurant in advance.However, Ruth seemed to be saying that what Katie believed was wrong.“I already told him I don’t like roses, but he still insisted on buying them. I c
Ruth was gloomy after chatting with Katie. However, her mood brightened because of Abel’s words.She sighed softly and said cutely, “Yeah, I don’t like romance movies. It’s my fault that Abel is not so dedicated to work anymore. He won’t watch the movie unless I join him. Let’s take Promises Under the Starry Sky as an example. He initially planned to watch it but didn’t because I had something come up.”Ruth spoke insincerely and acted as if it was a pity. Even Abel could tell that she was doing it on purpose.However, Katie did not notice it. She looked at them in surprise and asked in puzzlement, “Your wife? You two are really married?”Ruth narrowed her eyes and looked at her. “Yes. You don’t look surprised, why is that?”Katie calmed down and forced a smile. “Actually, Abel is not just my boss, so it’s not surprising that I heard about it.” Ruth asked, “He’s not just your boss?”Katie did not answer Ruth. She only continued with the meal quietly.The dinner ended in a sile
Ruth spluttered and forgot entirely about the rest of her complaint. She raised her voice instead. “Fine! You didn’t ask me to make it up to you to watch another movie! I was just flattering myself and shot myself in the foot because of it! Happy?! Move!”She struggled. This time, she was really mad and used both of her arms and legs to fight against Abel. In fact, she was even using her grappling techniques. But, as if Abel had predicted her reaction, he elegantly negated all of her movements and pinned her down again. He even cooed at her gently, “Be good now. Let’s talk.”“Be good, my *ss! I don’t want to talk to you!”Ruth was so mad that she did not even want to bother maintaining her image. Abel pressed down on her and had to put in a little effort to make her stop struggling. He also stopped teasing her. Instead, he asked her gently, “Are you jealous?”Ruth stilled for a moment. Now that Abel exposed her thoughts, some of her fight left her body, but she still refused to
Ruth’s voice was still fierce, but there was no real heat in it. When she mentioned that Katie was trying to steal Abel away from her, Abel’s pupils dilated. He bowed his head and gave a light peck to her lips while he caressed her face. “I wasn’t watching you make a fool of yourself, and I don’t regret marrying you instead of Katie.”“I don’t believe you.”Ruth was being unreasonable, but Abel did not find it frustrating. He patiently explained, “I’ve never been interested in marrying Katie for convenience, and she’s the same.”Ruth frowned and asked in a more serious tone, “She’s not interested, either?”Abel nodded. “Do you remember the first time we met? My grandfather arranged for us to meet each other on a date, but she was late. I heard that she even found someone to show up at her place.”That was how the entire misunderstanding fell into place. Both the Lovehart family and Blakewell family thought that Abel and Katie did not view each other as suitable partners. But,
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!