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
Five minutes later, Demi and Apollo both showed up at Ruth’s office door. “Hello! I got here first! That means I get to go in first!”“Do you even know the pecking order here? I joined the company first. I’m your senior. Is that how you talk to your senior? You even want to go in before me? You want to get fired, don’t you?”“Yeah, sure. Go on and ask my BESTIE to put me on the shelf! Go on! I dare you!”“I’m going in right now! Move!”“Why should I?! I got here first! I’m going in before you!”“So long as I’m still here, I won’t let some witch get into Ruth’s office ahead of me!”As Ruth listened to the lame conversation outside, she massaged her temples. It was no wonder why Mr. Herbert could not handle them. She spoke up and interrupted the argument outside. “Could you two not be so lame? Whoever gets into my office later isn’t going to die, you know?” Demi yelled with an air of self-righteousness, “You don’t understand! This brat just keeps competing against me in eve
“Have you read the script I asked Mr. Herbert to show you?”“I did. But I’m not working with this troublesome rich brat. I won’t entertain any discussions about it,” Demi said bluntly as she denied the suggestion of acting together with Apollo. In a rare blue moon moment, Apollo agreed with her. “Same here. I can’t work with her, either.”Ruth decided to start with Apollo. “Why not?”Apollo snorted. “Her acting is only so-so, but she keeps nitpicking mine. If it weren’t for Solomon, I would have quit the Gate to the Heart long ago!”“Stop making it sound like you’re the only one suffering out of the two of us. I’m tired of you, too! You’re so fussy with your personal habits! I’ve tolerated you for far too long!”“Fine, then! Don’t work with me anymore!”The office fell silent. Ruth stared at Demi and Apollo, who had both crossed their arms over their chests and turned their heads away from each other. She cocked her eyebrow in amusement. She picked up her cup, took a sip, a
Apollo spent a few seconds spluttering, but he still did not manage to form a complete sentence. Ruth observed his expressions quietly and added regretfully, “The best combination is naturally the both of you. Besides, your fans do look forward to you two working together. But I can’t just go against your wishes and force you guys to do something you don’t want to.”Apollo hesitated a little. “It’s not like I especially don’t want to work with her…”“But she doesn’t want to work with you.”“Why?!”“Exactly. She’d rather work with Lamont Wolf than with you, and I’d like to remind you that she doesn’t even know him. What’s the grudge between you two?”Apollo pursed his lips and said nothing. Ruth continued on, “Lamont Wolf joined the company together with Demi. His greatest wish is to work with her. He even visited her when Demi went to film a show in a mountain. He asked about her well-being and was really concerned about her—”“No!” Apollo shot to his feet and wanted to run o
Ruth could not understand it. “Why didn’t she turn up when your grandfather arranged for them to go on a date? She even asked someone to take her place.”Apollo got worked up. “She betrayed Abel! How could she still meet him after that?!”“How did she betray Abel?”Apollo quickly zipped his mouth shut when he saw Ruth’s puzzled gaze. He knew it. His brother really did not tell Ruth about it. He let his tongue slip again. Ruth started deducing the situation in a cool voice. “Someone can only betray another person if they have some kind of relationship with each other. If Abel didn’t have any relationship with her, how could she have betrayed him? If they did have some sort of relationship with each other, what kind of relationship was it? I highly doubt they treated each other like siblings.”“No... Wait! It’s not what you think it is. Strictly speaking, she’s also a victim…” Apollo wanted to explain what had happened but seemed to have a hard time saying certain things. He kept