When Ruth saw how guilty Dulcie looked, she grew wary. She turned to Abel, who looked as calm as ever, and gave him a serious warning. “Honey, that girl is always scheming. Don’t get tricked.” Abel nodded. “Don’t worry. I’ll only fall for your tricks.”Ruth felt speechless. What on earth had they been talking about?She observed his expression. When she noticed that he did not look angry or displeased, she felt a little more at ease. After some thinking, she said, “Do you have any questions for me?”Abel took a sip of wine and countered, “What do you want me to ask? Or rather, do you have something to tell me?”Since Ruth asked him the question, she intended to be honest with him. So, she took over the conversation smoothly. “It’s about my relationship with Dulcie and Alex. Aren’t you curious about why they showed up here?”“They’re your friends. It’s normal for them to come here.”…Huh. Her husband had suddenly become really empathetic!Ruth smiled and drew closer to hi
“If you figured this out so easily, why didn’t you manage to figure out that I was Harper Williams?” Ruth pouted and wanted to use this embarrassing stain in Abel’s life to knock him down a peg. Yeah. He managed to figure out that she was Julius’s student, so? In any case, he was smart. But even someone as smart as he was failed to guess that she was Harper Williams. Abel’s eyes sparkled in amusement as he stared at her deeply. “So, are you saying that my guess was correct?”Ruth wanted to deny it, but she remembered their promise.They were to take their time understanding each other and be honest with each other. Fine, then. She would keep him guessing. ......Lockton Corporation had booked the entire top floor of the Sky Hotel to throw the internationally renowned Seema a welcoming party.They also invited famous jewelers and presidents of famous businesses. Blakewell Corporation was among them. Aside from the person-in-charge of Blakewell Jewelry, plenty of people
Kaylen and Alex were pretty famous as well. Besides, considering the current situation, they should already count their lucky stars that someone working for Seema decided to come. They would not mind that they were just assistants. Callum called for Luna to go with him to welcome Kaylen and Alex. Luna gave him a resigned smile. “Dad, I’m sure Seema can sense our sincerity. You should calm down. We can welcome them when they arrive at the door.”“Yeah, I’m sure they sensed your sincerity and just forgot your address. They went to Lockton Entertainment’s celebration party downstairs.”Dillon’s airy voice made Callum come to a screeching halt. He turned around and glared at Dillon with an unpleasant expression. “What did you say? Where did they go?”Dillon was also in a bad mood, so he did not think about what he was saying. He even raised his voice, because he was used to being flamboyant. “I said, your VIPs went to Lockton Entertainment’s celebration party! You’ve been in the
Everyone at the celebration party downstairs was getting along splendidly. Despite Ruth feeling that Abel had mocked her intelligence, she could not be angry at her darling husband, so she could only vent at Dulcie. She went to Dulcie and stared at her coldly. Dulcie tried her best to ignore Ruth’s stare, but she could not. In the end, she could only brace herself and face Ruth. “Look. I just heard that Blakewell Jewelry’s First Love is still selling well even after all these years, so I wanted to know its designer. I also wanted to get some inside information through connections. I seriously didn’t tell him anything. Stop staring at me like that!”It was scary, okay?Ruth narrowed her eyes at Dulcie. “We agreed that we won’t be working with Blakewell Corporation, so we shouldn’t be plotting to get anything from them. But look at you. You’re bold enough to go to its president and ask for information.”“Come on, what president? He’s your husband and kind of my brother-in-law.
This was the first time Dillon saw Ruth after his recovery. He boiled with rage the moment he saw his mortal enemy, especially since she was the reason why a certain part of his body was ruined for life. “What a coincidence, Miss Ruth.” Ruth smiled and spoke with amusement in her voice. “Not really. This is Lockton Entertainment’s celebration party. You should know who I am by now. Why are you calling me ‘Miss Ruth’? It makes it sound like we’re strangers. “By the way, didn’t you say something along the lines of the chances of me being your sister-in-law being lower than the chances of you being my biological father?” Ruth turned to Callum. “If you’re my biological father, Dillon, then who is Mr. Callum to me? My adopted father?” Callum was surprised when he heard this. “What nonsense! What on earth are you saying?!” Ruth shrugged and remained nonchalant about it. “I was just telling the truth. Was I wrong?” “If possible, I would rather you have not been born at all! Ou
Nicholas looked at Abel, and a cold look appeared in his gentle eyes. “That’s a strange thing to say, Abel. Kaylen and Alex know that Lockton Corporation threw a welcoming party for them, but they went somewhere else. Don’t you think that’s problematic? Seema may be famous, but I don’t think they’re such an arrogant and impolite person. How else could you explain why Kaylen and Alex showed up here if not because they went to the wrong place?”“The welcoming party is for Seema. Did they invite you two?” Abel asked Dulcie. Dulcie shook her head. “Uh… No, actually.”Abel then asked, “Did Miss Ruth invite you to her party?”Dulcie nodded. “She did. We’re good friends! If she didn’t, I’d have been so mad at her!”Abel turned to Nicholas. “Hear that? How’s that for an explanation?”Nicholas stared at Ruth in stunned silence. He could not believe it. Ruth was good friends with Kaylen and Alex?“I can understand why Lockton Corporation feels embarrassed by Seema missing the welcoming
Callum turned to Kaylen and Alex and said that he had gotten confused. He had never thought to blame them. He then thanked them for coming and told Ruth to be a good host to them. Once he was done building his image as a good father and boss, he left in a hurry. Mr. Herbert had been standing not too far away, but he did not get the chance to come forward and help Ruth before his enemies left with their tails between their legs. He settled for staring at the group in front of him, especially Abel. After scrutinizing him for some time, he started talking to Nathan. “Don’t you think that Mr. Abel is a little too nice to Miss Ruth?”Nathan remained calm. “Is he? Doesn’t everyone normally do that when they see someone being treated unfairly?”Mr. Herbert found himself unable to say anything in return. Meanwhile, he was thinking. “But that’s Abel Blakewell! The person-in-charge of the Blakewell family and the richest man in Sommerset!“He never shows up to boring activities like t
Albert’s eyelids twitched. His heart also leapt to his throat. No matter what, Abel was the richest man in Sommerset. How could Ruth be so impudent?Rumors had it that Abel stayed away from women. Albert had given thought as to why these two would suddenly get married, and the only plausible reason behind it was that they were working together!So, how could Ruth be so rude to the one who was clearly the dominant party in their partnership?He wanted to lecture Ruth, but “the dominant party” spoke up first. “It was my luck to be able to marry Ruth.”Ruth looked prideful and smug. “You hear that? He’s the one who got lucky!”Albert found himself speechless. He had wanted to ask Abel to take care of Ruth on the grounds that he was an elder, but he could not say that at that moment. Somehow, he had a feeling that their relationship was not what he imagined it to be. Thus, all of his requests were unnecessary. In the end, Albert said nothing. But, when he was on his way back
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!