Callum fell silent. It was his fault for always maintaining the image of a kind father in the corporation. When he was trying to draw the old-timers of the corporation to his side, he often said this. “Lockton Corporation will belong to Ruth eventually, and I’m just taking care of it in her place. Please work together with me for the Lockton family’s sake.” If he wanted to stand up for Luna, these stubborn old coots would not buy it. Ruth felt better when she saw that Callum was rendered speechless. “Thank goodness the name list was not announced, and we can still solve the problem.”But Callum remained stubborn. “What can you possibly do?”Ruth smiled. “Of course, I can’t do anything, but Mr. Leroy can. Have him upload all the jewelers’ designs along with the criteria for the competition. Then, change the name list.”Leroy was just as famous as Seema. If he did it, he could resolve some of the public’s skepticism. And since he had just become Lockton Jewelry’s person-in-cha
The meeting room gained an unreadable atmosphere, and the air felt suffocating. Someone came to mediate the situation and took up Ruth’s suggestion. They said that everyone wanted to think this through, and the meeting ended. The shareholders got up and left, but Callum did not. In the end, only a few people remained in the meeting room. The person sitting closest to Callum stood up and went to his side to whisper to him, “Mr. Callum, don’t lower yourself to the same level as Ruth. She just joined the corporation, that’s why she’s being so haughty. We’re the ones deciding whether we’re going to take up her suggestion or not. If we don’t take it up, her suggestion is useless.”“Do you have a better idea other than hers?” Callum asked that person coldly. That person fell silent. He did not have a better idea. Callum knew that he could not reject Ruth’s suggestion, either. However, agreeing to it and being forced to agree to it were two entirely different things. He initial
While waiting, Callum was growing more confident. He had a preconceived notion that Seema was close to Ruth and wanted to scam him out of his shares. Hence, he believed that so long as he could meet Seema in person, he could figure out their weakness. Then, he would convince Seema to switch to his side and stop being friends with Ruth. There was no way he could not offer Seema the same benefits as Ruth did. However, he waited the whole afternoon. When night came, no one had called him. Feeling dissatisfied, he called Seema’s workshop. Dulcie picked up again, and wherever she was, it was a noisy place. Her voice was filled with impatience. “Seema’s not meeting you! Didn’t I tell you? Oh? The shares? We don’t want it for the time being! We’ll talk some other time!”Before Callum could even say anything, Dulcie had hung up. He was flabbergasted. Dulcie did not seem to have faked her impatience. Seema was not moved by the benefits he offered. Were they really not interested in t
Ruth did not shout, but the people around could hear her clearly. No emotions could be detected in her voice, but the words were spoken with great arrogance. She was basically implying that if her passenger was interested in Joey, she would win him over. But wasn’t Regality a host club under Blakewell Corporation? Was she saying that she would win Joey over to become a host?They looked toward the passenger seat. In the next second, a tall person appeared before everyone’s eyes. He was dressed in casual clothes, and his perfect, handsome face was cold and distant. He cast a cold and profound glance at the stunned Joey, and his clear voice was frigid. “He’s so-so.”He spoke with an air of superiority, and he was nitpicking Joey’s looks, but no one could hate him. In fact, they thought this was all par for the course. Some people were just born superior to others. The people there fell silent, but Joey was the first to react to the situation. His expression turned sour. “What t
The guesses with their negative implications and the horrible comments caused Abel’s expression to darken even further. Ruth, however, was not angry. She only cast Abel a nervous glance. Then, she tugged at his sleeve and wanted to say something to him, but Calian Colgera, Mountainside Club’s assistant manager, came forward with a group of employees behind him. He spoke respectfully and fawningly. “Welcome, Mr. Blakewell!”The crowd was stunned. When Ruth saw that Calian recognized Abel, she became a little more cautious with her actions. She put her hand down and stared at Abel with a pitifully pleading look that said: Please don’t kick up a fuss here. That would be too embarrassing. Also, people can easily recognize us here.Abel stared into her eyes for a few seconds. In the end, he said nothing and went into the club. Ruth quickly followed after him while they were surrounded by the employees. However, the crowd’s gazes followed them as well. They were still confused
His sudden change in attitude confused Ruth. She could not figure out whether he was smiling out of anger or mocking her. Ruth then came up with an idea. She got up, walked to his side, hugged his arm, and sat down on the couch. “I watched Aquilo Lovehart’s races last night. Guess what I discovered.”Abel looked at her and went along with the conversation. “What is it?”Ruth said mysteriously, “I know him.”Abel widened his eyes. “Not only do I know him, but I also even raced against him abroad at a race my friend organized.”Abel was surprised, but he finally understood why she was so confident. However, he remained cautious and asked, “What’s the difference in skill between you two?”Joey and Aquilo were about the same in their level of skill. Even if Ruth had raced against Aquilo before, it was still too risky. After all, the stakes were really troublesome to Abel. Ruth was simply too rash. Even though Abel was right there, he did not manage to stop her. “I’d say we’re qu
Right after he hung up, his father called him again. This time, the ringing went on for much longer, which showed just how anxious he was. Joey hesitated for a few seconds before he went to a quiet place and answered the call. “What?”“Are you insane, you idiot?! Why did you join the friendly race?! I warned you plenty of times to behave, but you just refuse to listen! Look at what happened! You—”It was the same angry spiel. Joey could already memorize the whole thing. He hung up and even turned off his phone. Meanwhile, before Keith could finish speaking, he heard the mechanical beeps of a busy ringtone. When he called Joey again, he could not even get through. In his anger and anxiety, he ordered his secretary to get his car ready. Then, he left the meeting he was having with his employees and went to the club. ......The race started amid the sound of cheers, and it ended while the spectators continued cheering. Aquilo came in first, as expected. A handsome man in
Abel was shocked that Joey had not left yet and still wanted to race against Ruth. Aquilo was also surprised because he was not expecting Joey to be here. And what did he mean by that? Was he implying that he had a race with Ruth?Aquilo gave them a puzzled look before he gave Joey a questioning one. However, Joey did not look at him. He just stared at Ruth and said teasingly, “But this is the first time I see someone who’s not vying to get into Aquilo’s bed but is instead trying to get into mine.”…What?Ruth did not even know what to say as she stared at Joey. After a few seconds, she said, “Being confident is good and all, but being overconfident just makes you stupid.”Joey just thought she was being stubborn and did not mind. He just gave a signal with his hand. Someone drove a Lamborghini over and parked it in front of them. Joey gave Ruth a challenging look and walked past her to get into the car. When he sat in the driver’s seat, he grabbed the steering wheel with o