“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,
Abel was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He never kept his hands to himself while they were talking. When she sat up, her dress slipped off her shoulders and slid off her body. She was naked, and she felt defenseless. That was why she had instinctively thrown herself into his arms, but she fell into his trap instead. Abel chuckled and kissed her hand before he leaned down and kissed her lips again. He nibbled and sucked on it before moving to her neck. The night was silent. Doing certain things in such silence would only lead to a night of passion. When they were done, Abel cleaned her up, and she returned to their bed. Ruth checked her phone as she leaned against the headboard. Abel had also finished bathing. When he came out, he toweled his hair dry and asked, “Who are you talking to?”Ruth stared at the picture on her phone for a while before she returned to her home screen and looked at Abel. “Did you know that Nicholas married Luna?”Abel put down his towel. “He did bring
Callum jumped up excitedly from the couch and started pacing about in the living room. “That’s great! It’s wonderful news! These are two great pieces of news for us! When are you two coming back? I’ll meet you two with your mo—”“It’s late now, Dad. We won’t be going back tonight.”“Ah, of course. Silly me. Have fun on your wedding night. Just remember to come home tomorrow!”Once he hung up, Bella went forward and asked him what happened. She had heard Callum talk about a wedding night, so her daughter must have gotten her wish. Feeling giddy, Callum told the butler that his new son-in-law was coming over tomorrow, and that they were to prepare his welcome. He only told Bella about the two joyful occasions that were set in stone after he was done instructing the butler. Bella was not as surprised and disbelieving as he expected, however. She just sighed. “I knew she could do it.”Once he got over his excitement, Callum lamented. “It’s all thanks to Luna that we were able to hi