If Serenity heard this, would she be proud?Abel did not explain his dissatisfaction with Serenity. He had just recalled that he came down to find Ruth about a serious matter. “I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”Without hesitation, Ruth said, “The bad news.”Abel said, “Callum Goldwell used the mansion they’re living in as collateral to borrow 500 million from the bank.”Ruth was not surprised by this news. The compensation for the breach of contract between Lockton Corporation and Seema had yet to be negotiated. If Lockton Corporation did not relinquish the shares, Dulcie would not show any mercy in terms of the compensation.Callum had very little capital at this point, so he had to think of a way to take out a loan.But Ruth was still very angry. The mansion they were living in belonged to her mother.However, Abel’s next words made her furious. “The bank is under Blakewell Corporation, but the loan officer is Nicholas.”In other words, this
“Treat me to dinner tomorrow night! I’ll choose the restaurant. You treat, but I’m paying!” With that, Tom looked at Abel as if he was explaining something. “See? I didn’t take advantage of your wife!”Abel did not speak, but instead threw a disdainful look at him.They had known each other for so many years that Tom knew Abel’s thoughts like the back of his hand.But his attempt to placate Abel was too obvious. Even Ruth realized the inconsistency. “You’re paying? There’s no such thing as a free meal.”Tom smiled gently. “We’re all friends! Speaking of which, you’re practically my sister now, but I haven’t even treated you to a proper meal yet!”“Sister-in-law.” Abel corrected him coldly.Tom clicked his tongue and pointed at Abel. “Look at him fussing over these superficial things.”Abel put his arm around Ruth’s shoulders and walked toward the ward. “Let’s go see your grandfather.”“Alright! Sister-in-law, it is!” Tom quickly stopped the two of them. “I’ll book a restaurant
When he initially advised her not to offend Pearl, it was so that she could gain the support of the Harlem family. Thus, he had always thought that her relationship with Pearl was solely for the sake of benefits, which gave them a superficial harmony.However, Ruth’s words just now had impressed him. Not only was she vengeful and mercenary, but she was also sincere to the people she truly accepted...Ruth explained casually, “We’re not close, but that doesn’t mean we’re enemies! Besides, who said I’m standing up for her? I just don’t want to get involved in their trivial matters! Once you do something for someone, they’ll keep coming back for more! They’re going to ask again, just wait and see!”Looking at her disdainful expression, Abel’s eyes darkened, and the corners of his lips curled up involuntarily.Ruth’s only flaw was her stubbornness.......Later that night, Abel left the ward with his phone while Ruth dozed off in front of George’s bed.He went to the end of the corr
The night grew darker, and neon lights flickered as the city’s nightlife began.Inside Regality, someone bumped into an exquisitely handsome waiter and knocked over his wine glass. A group of women lounging nearby started teasing him.The youngest woman of the group was sitting on a sofa with her legs crossed. She said, “Young man, you’re too soft and delicate. You’re really not suited for this line of work! Why don’t you come with me tonight? I’ll cover all your expenses for next year!”As soon as she said this, someone immediately laughed and said, “Miss Coral is so stingy! You’re only going to keep such a stunning beauty for a year?”The girl crossed her arms. “What do you know? It’s natural for women to want new things! What if I fall in love with someone else a year later? I can’t be two-timing, right?”“Hahaha, Miss Coral is so thoughtful!”“Hey, handsome! Just listen to her! Otherwise, you won’t be able to bear the consequences tonight!”“You should feel honored that Miss
She screamed and jumped up in pain.After taking a few steps back, she heard a leisurely voice beside her ear. “Wow, I’m really sorry. My hand was shaking! The boiling water I poured didn’t scald you, did it?”Everyone was speechless.Wasn’t that obvious? She already knew that she poured boiling water, and yet she had the gall to ask if it scalded her? No matter how everyone looked at it, it seemed like this lady did it on purpose.Serenity Springfield slowly walked forward, grabbed Joey’s arm, and pulled him up.Her beautiful eyes sized him up. “Weren’t you very arrogant just now? Why are you suddenly on the floor? Do you owe her money or something?” With that last sentence, she glanced sideways at Coral.Joey looked at Serenity and was somewhat stunned.Before he could speak, Coral raged at Serenity, “You crazy b*tch! Where did you come from?! Do you have a death wish? How dare you pick a fight with me!”Serenity nodded and said nonchalantly, “So what if I do? Are you going
Serenity was caught off guard and almost lost her balance when Joey pulled her. Her eyebrows raised slightly as she gazed at his tall and straight back. This kid was righteous. He actually moved to protect her. It was a pity that she was not a damsel in distress, but a hero.Serenity stood on tiptoes and leaned close to Joey’s ear as she praised him, “You’re quite impressive, suddenly getting all tough! Are you worried about me? You’re too considerate...”Joey jerked to the side when he felt her breath in his ear. He glared at the fearless Serenity. “You still have the mood to joke at a time like this?! Do you know whose territory this is?”“I know. It’s the Blakewell family’s establishment!” Serenity still looked indifferent.Coral’s expression turned even uglier when she saw the two of them conversing in low whispers. They were not taking her seriously at all!Her cold eyes glared at Joey as she gritted her teeth and said, “Alright! Since you want to act like a hero, I’ll fulf
Coral glared at him angrily.She knew that Abel’s subordinates would not be respectful to her, but she did not know how they would show it.Mr. Drew may look like a smiling saint, but in fact, he was cold and heartless. Coral was sure that if she insisted on causing trouble today, he would chase her out. He would even expose this to Abel and the entire Blakewell family…She looked away and glanced at Serenity, who was watching the show at the side. Coral pointed at her and said indignantly, “Serenity, right? Just you wait!”Joey saw the monstrous hatred in her eyes and subconsciously moved his feet to block Coral’s view of Serenity.Serenity stuck her head out and smiled slyly. “The door to Misty Rain is always open for you, Miss Coral! I will never complain!”Mr. Drew was flabbergasted. Was she goading Coral? That was too much!Coral stomped out of the club with her bodyguards in tow. The group of ladies who came with Coral all looked at each other. They did not know what to do
Mr. Drew was the manager of Regality. Although he had heard of Serenity’s reputation, he did not take her seriously.The reason why he even paid attention to her was because Mr. Blakewell had personally instructed him to send a few seasoned hosts to Miss Serenity’s establishment.Mr. Drew dubiously did as he was told and secretly asked Mr. Kallan about it. It was only then that he learned that Miss Serenity had brought Mrs. Blakewell to Misty Rain to look for hosts, which provoked Mr. Blakewell.The ins and outs of the matter became unimportant. The important points were: One, Mr. Blakewell was married; and two, Mrs. Blakewell and Miss Serenity were friends!Therefore, Mr. Drew had to be especially considerate of Miss Serenity. It was as though she had a big sign above her head that read: Mrs. Blakewell’s Bestie!However, even if she was Mrs. Blakewell’s friend, she could not insult Mr. Drew like this.“I’m sorry, I was careless with my words,” Serenity apologized sensibly and 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!