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
The entire family sat down happily in the living room. Nicholas had a gentle smile practically plastered onto his face. This was his first time meeting Luna’s parents, but he was very friendly with him, as though he had known them for a long time. He was quite a smooth talker and put Luna on a high pedestal. Callum and Bella were beaming. “Since you’re so good to Luna, we are perfectly fine with letting you marry her.”Nicholas nodded modestly. “I’m sorry for making you two worry. I should have come to meet you sooner, but Luna said that the time wasn’t right. It’s because I can finally meet you two that we came so early in the morning to see you.”Luna took over the conversation naturally. “It’s still early, though. I haven’t even finished getting ready.”Nicholas held her hand and whispered dotingly to her, “We’re already married. It’s not like we’re asking them for permission to get married. Do you really need to dress up to meet your own parents?”Luna rolled her eyes and
Callum remained stunned for a few seconds. He could not wrap his head around what Nicholas had said. But he did feel that while Nicholas always appeared to be a polite gentleman, he was really aggressive. A strange thought appeared in his head. Suddenly, Callum had a feeling that Nicholas might have married his daughter for Seema. In the end, Callum did not agree to the collaboration. He only told Nicholas that he needed to speak with the board of directors about this before he changed the topic. After breakfast, Callum and Bella saw Nicholas off, but they had Luna stay back. When they were alone in the living room, Callum asked, “Luna, be honest with me. Did you get into some sort of agreement with Nicholas? You two did get married in a hurry…”Luna was briefly taken aback before she grumbled, “What on earth are you saying? I’m not like Ruth. I don’t treat my marriage as a bargaining chip.”Callum was relieved to hear that. Then, he earnestly gave Luna some advice. He told h
He changed the conversation topic awkwardly. “We’re done with the procedure to make Lockton Entertainment a publicly listed company. We were supposed to have a party to celebrate the event, but the headquarters has just hired an internationally renowned jeweler, and they’re going to throw a welcoming party for them next week. Our schedules clashed with each other—”“We don’t have to answer to any headquarters.” Ruth interrupted him. Mr. Herbert explained, “Lockton Entertainment still belongs to Lockton Corporation at the end of the day. Becoming a publicly listed company is a huge deal. We need the headquarters to come forward and organize the party on our behalf.”Ruth said coolly, “Lockton Entertainment no longer belongs to Lockton Corporation after I took it over. Just organize the celebratory party. You don’t have to talk to them.”Mr. Herbert was shocked by her words. He had been quite happy when the company was publicly listed, but, when he reported it to the headquarters, t