“Joey finally got into the mood for a race, he definitely needs a Lady Luck.”“That’s right! That was such a pointless question!”“Are you going to choose one from among us? We’re all willing!”Joey’s fangirls began offering themselves. Aquilo could no longer watch and went to stop Joey from marching to his own death. He drew close to Joey and whispered, “Do you know who she is?”Joey just quirked a nonchalant eyebrow at him. “I don’t care who she is. She’s the one who flirted with me first.”Aquilo was skeptical. “She flirted with you first?”However, Joey did feel a little guilty when he said this to his best friend. After all, the root cause was that Joey was the one who flirted with her first and got angry because of her attitude. In the end, he was the one who had made that bet. He waved Aquilo off to signal that he did not want to talk about this anymore. Then, he shouted at his fangirls, “To all the girls who want to sit in my passenger’s seat, you can queue up now!”
When Abel saw that Ruth was answering him seriously, he finally felt satisfied. Just as he was about to say something, Joey grew impatient. “What’s with the hold up? Are you going to race or not?”He had never been ignored like this before. This woman was going overboard with her entire act of playing hard to get. He was actually beginning to think that she really did not care about him.“Of course, she does,” Abel said coldly. “But, if you want to race against her, you’ll have to get through me first.”His words caused everyone else to fall silent. A number of Joey’s fangirls looked over, and their eyes lit up in excitement. They had been focused on Joey just now and did not notice this other handsome man appear in the club. Both his looks and temperament were outstanding. Joey smirked and looked at him mockingly before he stared at Ruth. “You want him to race against me? I’ll make this clear: I’m only racing against one person today. If he races against me, the results of th
Ruth did not even know what to say to this. What was this? Did he have too much money to spare?Just when she was about to say something, Abel said, “Hang on tight.”They had come to a very steep and sharp bend. Abel did not even slow down. He turned the steering wheel. The back wheels of the car had such great friction against the road that sparks flew. Ruth was caught off guard. She fell toward the driver’s seat and crashed into Abel. Her chest rammed against the center console, and it hurt so much that she grimaced and wanted to curse. At that moment, Abel elegantly placed his hand on her head and pushed her back. “Be good now. If you do that, I can’t overtake him with ease.”“…Excuse you?!” Was Ruth to blame for Abel failing to overtake Joey?!Ruth returned to her seat and glared silently at Abel. But Abel’s gaze remained trained ahead. He was focused, and his face showed no emotions as he steered the car with a natural ease. It seemed like he was not at all affected
Under Ruth’s puzzled yet displeased gaze, Abel moved his hands over the steering wheel and gear shift smoothly while he stepped on the gas pedal. Then, his Bugatti Veyron began to pick up speed and went neck-to-neck with Joey’s car again, even though it had never been able to speed up all this while during the race. However, unlike the previous time, Abel did not give Joey any chance to react. He beat Joey to the punch and drew closer to Joey’s car, just like what Joey did earlier to force Abel back. In fact, what Abel did this time was much more dangerous than what Joey did. He inched closer to Joey’s car. Joey was shocked by Abel’s reckless action and instinctively steered away to quickly avoid the Bugatti Veyron. At that moment, Abel sped up again and switched lanes to drive ahead of Joey. Before Joey could calm down, this new move shocked him once again and caused him to step on the brakes. He cussed, “F*ck!”Cheers filled the finish line as the crowd geared themselv
Joey raised his chin and challenged Abel. “Set a time. I’m challenging you to another race!”He was intent on teaching Abel a lesson.Ruth was startled by Joey’s voice, and she finally realized that there were people around them. She instinctively took a step back and awkwardly smoothed out her hair. Meanwhile, Abel just watched as Ruth stepped out of his embrace. Then, he turned to Joey, and the desire in his eyes faded away, only to be replaced by a cold, hard stare. “You’re no longer worthy of challenging me.” His voice was filled with displeasure. As he spoke, he helped Ruth adjust her coat and pulled her into his arms possessively. Joey could no longer think straight. “I’m not worthy? Why don’t you ask the people who I am? You took her place to race against me just now, didn’t you? I’ll give you the chance to set whatever requirements you want for the next round! Accept the challenge if you’re a man!”Ruth cleared her throat and patiently explained what Abel said, “He’s
There were many connotations attached to his apology. Joey had provoked Abel and was disrespectful to him, and he was even thinking about his woman.Keith did not dare to say it explicitly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he glared fiercely at Joey.Joey curled up on the sofa. He was unhappy and angry, but he did not dare to say anything. He was moping.Abel held the teacup with his well-defined fingers and took a sip. He did not speak, and his expression was unreadable.Keith Oakland was nervous. He turned to look pleadingly at Aquilo. After all, he was Joey’s best friend and a member of the Lovehart family. Keith hoped that Abel would give him some face if Aquilo spoke on his behalf.Aquilo Lovehart was silent for a few seconds before saying, “Mr. Blakewell, at the end of the day, this was my mistake. I was a bad host and didn’t tell Joey your identity.”“Ignorance is forgivable. I didn’t mind that,” Abel said calmly.Keith Oakland was stunned. As expected, the Lovehart
Ruth came back to her senses and looked around him. “Are you done?”Abel nodded and stared at her with his clear eyes. “You don’t seem satisfied with this outcome?”Ruth was stunned for a moment before she shook her head. “I didn’t know you were so good at driving.”Abel asked, “And now you know.”“Look over there.” Ruth pursed her lips and raised her chin slightly to indicate something. “So many of your new fans are all watching you.”Abel looked at her in puzzlement. “What are you trying to say?”“I’m just curious. My husband’s driving skills are so good, and his looks are outstanding. Didn’t he have a romantic encounter when he was racing in the past?” Ruth joked.Abel was speechless. “A romantic encounter?”Ruth took a sip of her wine and asked even more directly, “Well, it’s called a romantic encounter when someone barges into your room at night and sleeps with you.”Abel’s eyes twitched. His thoughts were immediately pulled back to that awkward and ambiguous night.Duri
Fortunately, he was no longer a racer.Ruth silently heaved a sigh of relief.Aquilo walked over to them with a glass of wine and sat opposite Abel.“Mr. Blakewell, should I address her as Miss Ruth or Mrs. Blakewell?” He looked at Ruth with a faint smile. Clearly, he had already figured out their relationship.Ruth looked up and said gently, “Just call me Ruth.”Aquilo gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity. She thought that it was probably because she had been in the entertainment industry for too long that she felt this strange sense of familiarity with good-looking people.Aquilo felt the same way about her. The two of them shared many topics in their conversation.Then, Aquilo stiffly changed the topic. “Joey isn’t a bad person. He just has no filter. Don’t lower yourself to his level.” Ruth put away her friendly and easy-going expression and hugged Abel’s arm. “Honey, Joey really is too much. Even his friends think he deserves it.”Aquilo was speechless. Was th
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!