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
The moment Ruth heard Abel tell her to get out of the car, she automatically puffed out her chest and squared her shoulders, and she became a formidable woman again. She turned to Abel with disbelieving eyes. Were all powerful bosses such dictators? Was she not even allowed to express her emotions anymore?“Get out, huh? Fine!”She would be an idiot if she made up with him so easily again!Her mind was racing at three hundred miles per hour. Her face was red with anger, and it was as if there was fire burning in her eyes. She grabbed the handle and wanted to open the door... ...But Abel just grabbed her wrist and stopped her. Ruth snarled like a cat who had her tail stepped on. “What’re you doing now?! You asked me to get down, didn’t you?! I’m doing it right now! It’s not as if I want to get in your car, and it’s not as if I want you to pick me up, either! Did you actually think that I really wanted to go back with you and let a bunch of strangers stare at me like I’m some
She withdrew her hands in embarrassment and returned to her seat. Just moments ago, she had been like a hissing and spitting cat, but at this point, she had withdrawn her claws and returned to her seat with her ears drooping low. She even put her hands on her knees like an obedient child. A flash of amusement appeared briefly in Abel’s eyes, but it soon faded away. He knew Ruth was just pretending to be submissive. After all this time together, he had already figured out this awkward aspect of her behavior.If she ran into relationship problems, she never spoke to him about it. She would use her own imagination to “figure out” the reasons behind an event, and, in the end, without even verifying the truth, slap a humiliating label on him. “Did you hear some rumors about my family? Are you worried that they’re going to treat you unkindly?” he asked tentatively and sounded puzzled. Ruth shook her head. “No.”Abel then thought about it some more. “Did you hear some rumors about m
That incident had indeed impacted him quite a bit. But it had nothing to do with Katie. At most, she was the cause of it, but things had then developed in a manner that went against everyone’s predictions. Everyone around Abel, including Apollo, thought that Katie was special to him, so they carefully made sure that they never gossiped about it because they were worried that it would trigger him.He knew what they were thinking, but he just could not be bothered explaining what he really thought to them. However, this embarrassing event had caused Ruth’s mind to run wild, so he believed that he had to explain to her what had really happened. “I see.” Ruth came to an understanding. “I thought…”Abel looked at her coolly. “You thought what? You thought that there’s something between Katie and I in the past and even now? And that I had even shamelessly decided to keep it a secret from you?”“Um…”Even though that was really what she thought, Ruth still felt awkward when Abel sai