After breakfast, Dulcie and Alex arrived together with Demi. Apollo had tagged along for fun.Ruth sat on the carpet and turned on her laptop. She glanced at Apollo in disdain. “Why are you here? Aren’t you busy today?”Ever since Ruth exposed him, Apollo stopped hiding his feelings. “My vacation isn’t over yet, so I’ll go wherever Demz goes!”Demi resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She looked down at the hand on her waist and gave him a warning look.Apollo approached with a smile and explained in a whisper, “Abel and Sis are my parents’ spies. They’ll tell them how we interact! Please cooperate with me!”Demi fidgeted uncomfortably. “But that means I would be acting and lying to my best friends. It’s too shameless.”Apollo changed his tone to sound even more charming. “Can’t you just treat it as though it’s real?”Demi stared at him in shock. She did not quite understand what he meant.For some reason, because of this sentence, her heart skipped a beat involuntarily, and her
Alex had been patting Dulcie’s back carefully in an attempt to comfort her.After listening to the sequence of events, Abel had gained a rough idea of the situation.Seeing the anger on Dulcie’s face, he shook his head and exasperatedly said, “You’ve been rivals with Leroy for so many years now, so you should know his strength very well.”“What rivalry?! He’s just a marketing dog. He’s not worthy of being a rival!” Dulcie snapped.Abel said, “Since he’s not worthy of being called a rival, what’s there to worry about?”Dulcie was speechless.“The first time Leroy peeped at your work, he carefully deleted the surveillance records, proving that he was apprehensive. Why did he peep at your work a second time? It’s because he had no clue about what the final product would look like.”“That’s right!” Ruth agreed. “A person who can’t be considered a rival only wants to imitate you. He’ll never be able to adopt the essence of our work.”Abel smiled. “You’ve been twisting yourself into
The official announcement from Seema’s workshop did not go smoothly. The Lovehart family played a part in this... especially Notus.The Lovehart family was still comforting Katie.“Seema’s team has no foresight at all! They actually chose Demi when you were clearly the obvious choice! When the time comes, we’re going to send your father’s assistant to have some words with them. It’s too ridiculous!”Janet was sitting at the breakfast table with a silk shawl draped over her shoulders. She gripped the cutlery tightly, and her face was filled with displeasure.Aquilo was seated opposite her, and he poured her a glass of cold water. “Seema is very famous in the jewelry design industry. Dad’s assistant might not even be able to meet her!”Janet was instantly displeased. “You’re a horrible brother! You’re not even comforting your own sister! And you’re saying they’re better than us?!”Aquilo gave up. “Alright, alright. It’s all my fault. I’ll shut up, okay?”“If your father’s assistan
Janet’s eyes suddenly turned cold and resentful when she glared at Notus.She was also a victim of what happened back then. What was he putting all the blame on her?For the past twenty years, Notus never took care of the Lovehart family’s affairs. He had been running around for that woman! And up until now, he still wanted Janet to treat that woman’s b*stard child as her own?!“Notus, do you think that everyone is dying to be your wife?”“Are you saying you weren’t one of them?”Their eyes met, and the silence became suffocating.Aquilo and Katie had learned long ago that their parents did not have a good relationship. Considering the prestige of a wealthy family marriage, there were plenty of couples who maintained appearances despite the distance in their relationship.However, there was clearly something else behind Notus’s words today. The two of them held a grudge against each other.Aquilo tried to advise Notus, “Dad, calm down. Mom is only doing it for Luna’s sake, she
When Janet saw Luna’s wound, she was at a loss.Although she was mean to Luna, she had never been rough with her.Janet thought about how Luna spoke just now, she had seemed flustered and anxious, and her words were littered with half-truths. She was, in fact, trying to fool Notus.She let Notus think that Janet was harsh, disgusted, and jealous of her. Furthermore, she made Notus believe that Janet would even hurt Luna for a small endorsement just to let Katie have the privilege of choice.It was a poor performance, but the enraged Notus, who already hated Janet, readily took Luna’s side.Janet was suddenly amused. She got up and went upstairs. When she passed by Luna, she lowered her gaze and looked at her wrist. She softly said, “My, aren’t you careless. I hope you recover well and that your endorsement goes smoothly.”Luna shivered.After Janet left, only the Lovehart twins and Luna were left in the living room.Luna looked up at them pitifully and said nervously, “Katie,
Katie sighed helplessly and resisted the urge to roll her eyes. “Don’t get involved in the conflict between Mom and Luna from now on!”Aquilo’s eyes flashed, and he asked, “You don’t like her, either?”“Do you like her that much?”“I can’t say that I like her. I just think that she’s quite pitiful.”“Pitiful? Ha! Please use your brain more. Does this ‘pitiful’ person always provoke conflict when Dad comes home and cause him to be even more dissatisfied with Mom?”“It has to be a coincidence. She can’t be that mean.” Aquilo thought for a moment and remembered something. “By the way, do you think Dad still hates Mom for what she did back then?”Katie closed her eyes. “Indeed, only foolish men like you can be fooled by such cheap tricks. And who cares if they hate each other or not? After all, we’re family.”As soon as she finished speaking, a face flashed through her mind.It seemed that HE was the only one who would never fall for Katie’s tricks. Whether it was sophisticated or
Erica was called over in the morning to help Demi put on the new jewelry.She was a little surprised to see Ruth there. However, when she stood at the side and accidentally heard a few words, she stayed rooted to the spot as though she had been struck by lightning.What?Ruth designed the rings herself? Ruth and Abel Blakewell were preparing to hold a wedding?Her mind went blank for a few minutes.It was not until Dulcie called for her to set up the order that Erica suddenly came to her senses. She nodded and walked over quickly to Dulcie.“You want me to set up an order?”“Yes. Can you?”It was not a question of whether Erica could or not. She was still an employee of Lockton Corporation, after all. Erica could not help but ask nervously, “You trust me enough to handle setting up an order?”Amused, Dulcie said, “Do you mean as an employee of Lockton Corporation? You didn’t read the employment contract carefully, did you?”Erica was confused by this.“You’re Ruth’s assist
Erica widened her eyes and followed Dulcie.“You ate it yourself? Are there no side effects? Or are all the members of the Rivas family immune to poison?”Dulcie paused and wordlessly stared at her. “Have you watched too many TV dramas? Immune to poison, my foot.”Erica parroted Dulcie’s line, “‘The things shown on TV can also come from real life’!”Dulcie was amused again. She handed the small bottle to Erica and said kindly, “This pill has another name: Chocolate Beans! It can lower your blood sugar. Want one?”Erica was speechless and politely declined.Not long after, Demi came over. After the fitting, she went straight to the photoshoot area to get the promotional photos done as soon as possible.Erica was busy the entire time, and her mind was reeling. She only recovered a little after filming started in the afternoon.She had heard too much news this morning—about the workshop, and about Ruth. Despite her shock, she was also excited. It was as though they had accepted he