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
Abel swallowed, but his voice remained cold. “I’m not. Let go.”“No. Hug me, please. My head is spinning…”Abel stayed silent for a while, then wrapped his arms loosely around Ruth. In the end, he was unable to find it in himself to push her away. Instead, he gave her a condition. “Call me.”Ruth tilted her head and stared at him while blinking in confusion. “Call you what?”Abel drew closer and said in a dangerously suggestive tone, “Don’t you know what to call me?”His warm breath spilled over Ruth’s face, and her long lashes fluttered. Her eyes moved slowly down his handsome face. In the end, they stopped on his red lips. So gorgeous…She wanted to kiss him. So, she tightened her arms around him and tilted her head upward to press her lips against his. Abel was surprised. A moment later, he started tightening his hold around her waist. The autumn night breeze was a little chilly and could make people shiver. But when Ruth and Abel returned to the car, things got as h
“Damn!” Ruth thought. “No wonder my body’s sore! He’s a monster! How could he bang me when I was drunk?! He must be out of his mind!”“Did you see the tweet? Oh, Lord! How dare they start a rumor about Mr. Blakewell! By the way, the tweet blew up. Most netizens thought you’re not worthy of Mr. Blakewell and said horrible things about you!” Mr. Herbert continued to complain angrily.Ruth subconsciously clicked on the comment section and skimmed through the comments.[Who is this woman? She’s clearly seducing him! What a shameless woman!][Seems like Miss Ruth has been quite busy lately. Despite having an ambiguous relationship with her brother-in-law not too long ago, she’s pursuing Mr. Blakewell as well.][After pretending to be a rich woman, she wants to sleep with the richest man. What kind of public image does she want to present?][Am I the only one who thinks they look cute together?][You must be blind! Or are you hired by Ruth to stick up for her? How much did she pay to
Abel was dumbstruck.Mr. Herbert became a little uneasy. “How could you tell other people what I said?! Who are you talking to?”Ruth said indifferently, “My husband.”The next second, Mr. Herbert hung up without saying anything.Ruth glanced at the black screen and threw the phone on the blanket. Then, she continued to glare at Abel.Abel stared back at her.After looking at each other for a while, Abel closed the door and walked toward Ruth. “It’s not difficult to look out for you. I can do better.”When Ruth saw his cunning gaze, she backed away warily. “What do you want to do?”“I can serve you.”“No! I don’t need that!”“This is what a husband should do. The competitor is too excellent, so I feel threatened.”Abel kissed Ruth without giving her a chance to refuse. ......The consequence of provoking Abel in the morning was getting out of bed later.Abel only let her go when she cowardly promised not to divorce him, regardless of who pursued her.After washing up, R
Galen was stunned for a few seconds before looking at Ruth in surprise. “Are you confident that it’ll be smooth sailing in the company for you? Or are you counting on other people’s support?”As he spoke, he glanced at Abel indifferently.Abel did not join the conversation from the start. He just sat at the side and flipped through a magazine.When he heard Galen’s questions, Abel glanced at him. His voice had a hint of displeasure. “I guess you only deal with cases and never pay attention to the news. My wife invited VIPs of Lockton Corporation to the celebration party last night. Do you know what a VIP is? What makes you think she has to bear with Callum’s attitude after joining the company?”To Abel’s surprise, Galen had seen the news. “You mean the jeweler that even you couldn’t hire?”Abel’s silence proved that Galen’s guess was correct. He practically had the words “My wife is amazing” carved onto his face.Galen nodded in understanding. That explained it. Ruth had a lot of
Galen contemplated between defending his dignity and saving himself the trouble. After much consideration, he chose the latter.“On what conditions?”“It’s weird for you to ask this question. Callum should be the one to ask,” Ruth said with a smile.Galen was stunned for a moment. “You’re right.”In the end, Galen did not stay for lunch. He only spoke with Ruth for a while to know her plan and left.When the sound of the car engine disappeared in the distance, Ruth was still a little puzzled.“I thought he wanted to stay for lunch.”“He’s not as thick-skinned as Tom,” Abel casually said.He put the magazine down and said to Ruth, “Galen suggested you compromise because he thought it would be better for you. He’s not that incompetent.”Ruth nodded in agreement. “I know. I’ve heard of his way of handling cases.”Abel cocked an eyebrow in surprise. “You heard about him?”Ruth explained, “He’s Demi’s brother. She used to tell me stories about him, um, to boast how amazing he is.
After Ruth joined Lockton Corporation, Callum only kept his cool for one week.Callum called to tell Ruth to come home for dinner that weekend, and he specifically told her not to bring any outsiders with her since it was just a small family gathering.The outsider obviously referred to Abel.Ruth knew what Callum was up to. She could go against him by bringing Abel with her. But rather than doing that, she told Abel not to wait for her for dinner and drove to the Goldwell family’s mansion.She slowly parked her red Bentley in the yard of the mansion.Ruth could not be bothered to key in the password, so she used the program Alex had given her to open the door.Hearing the sound of the door opening, four people in the living room turned around with different gazes.Ruth glanced at them, and her gaze fixed on Nicholas, who sat beside Callum. “Didn’t you say this is a small family gathering and that outsiders are not allowed to join?”Seeing the direction of Ruth’s gaze, it was e
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!