Janet’s interest was piqued.When she took Luna to a high-class place, Luna was always timid and inexperienced.She was nothing like Ruth.Not only was she calm hearing about it, she even boasted about already having a membership herself.While Janet was miffed about it, she was also a little surprised. Ruth was actually worthy of Lyla’s attention!It made sense. After all, the first time Janet met Ruth, she felt that Ruth had more character than Luna.“Help me clean up, and you may all leave first.” Janet dismissed the beauticians indifferently.She ended the session early to have a good chat with Ruth.However, Ruth was not done enjoying herself. She said calmly to the beautician beside her, “Don’t go. You can continue. After the facial treatment, give me a full-body treatment. Don’t worry, I can afford it. Even if I can’t, Miss Janet is here.”Janet sputtered. She stared at Ruth coldly and could only watch and wait as Ruth finished with her beauty treatments.Afterward, Ru
There were two photos attached at the end of her comment. One was a family photo of the Lovehart family. The other was a photo of Katie, Janet, and Luna together.When Katie made the post, it broke the Internet.Countless articles started trending, and they were all about the Lovehart family.Most people were shocked by Katie’s identity, and a number of people were speculating what Katie meant by making this post.[No wonder Katie’s temperament is outstanding! She’s the real daughter of a wealthy family!][There’s no Luna in the family portrait. Does this mean that the Lovehart family hasn’t completely accepted Luna yet?][I’m so happy. The two beautiful ladies I like are actually biological sisters!][You’ve got to be kidding me! Katie is the legitimate daughter. How can that pathetic-looking Goldwell brat be worthy of the Lovehart family?][Hey, do you have to be so mean?! Katie has already acknowledged Luna!][Can’t you see it’s just a clarification? Do you think it’s some
Abel sat on the armchair opposite her and looked at her seriously for a moment before he sighed softly.He asked, “Do you want to chase Luna out of the Lovehart family?”Ruth did not give a straight answer. “Janet desires it. For our mutual benefit and cooperation, we can only sacrifice Luna.”“Do you know why Notus supported Luna?”“Does it matter?”Abel hesitated.Notus’s intention in indulging Luna was to deal with Janet. Although it was heartless, it was also to clear the obstacles for his real biological daughter’s future.Abel could keep this matter a secret for the rest of his life, but he did not object to Notus planning ahead and paving the way for Ruth.Hence, he watched the internal strife between Luna and Janet from a distance and even supported Luna.“I’m not interested in the Lovehart family and I don’t want to know about it. I’m sorry if I caused you trouble, but I don’t care about anything else.”Ruth’s voice was indifferent. As soon as she finished speaking,
Mrs. Greenwell and Mr. Jackson could come out at any time. Was he really that shameless? And he wanted her to beg him? If she did not beg him, would he just continue here?During the brief pause, a warm hand climbed up her back. Ruth was shocked and blurted out, “Please! Let’s go to the room!”Abel’s low laughter vibrated in her chest. He stood up while holding her in the current position—with her legs around his waist—and took her back to the bedroom.After he stripped his suit jacket and unbuttoned his shirt, Abel lay on top of her on the bed and said with an evil grin, “Mrs. Greenwell and Mr. Jackson aren’t home.”“Huh—”Without giving her a chance to speak, Abel pressed his lips down on Ruth’s again.He held her hand and intertwined their fingers like he always and pressed her down against the soft bedsheets.Just then, his phone rang.Abel frowned slightly and ignored it. He was more focused on kissing Ruth.The phone continued to ring until it stopped, then it rang again
In Grand Empire’s office, Katie sat on the sofa and stared at the phone. Her face had turned pale.His attitude toward Ruth was clearly different from what she had expected.She never wanted to believe that Ruth was lucky enough to open Abel’s heart just because of this strange marriage.Joseph, who was sitting nearby, had clearly heard the voice from the other end. He looked as though he just received a death sentence.He knew that he would get punished for this!It was scary enough to let Katie disturb Mr. Blakewell, but it was worse that Mrs. Blakewell had heard it.Having Joseph work overtime for a month was considered a kindness from Mr. Blakewell! But Joseph had to find an opportunity to explain himself to Mrs. Blakewell.“Katie, I already told you that it’s not good to disturb them at night...”Joseph came back to his senses and tried to persuade her, but Katie suddenly raised her voice. “Their marriage is just for mutual benefit! Abel would never love her!”Joseph wa
Lily was puzzled. “No, I can’t say I’ve been keeping up with the situation over there. Solomon is in the country, isn’t he? If you need help, look for him!”Ruth said, “Even my husband couldn’t find out anything, so I don’t think Solomon would come up with better results. Moreover, Notus has been overseas all these years, which means that the person I want to know about should also be overseas...”When Lily heard this, her eyes lit up. She did not hear the whole of Ruth’s sentence and only caught a few keywords.Solomon could not find anything, and neither did her rich husband Abel.Ruth was handing this matter over to her, which meant that she was better than these two big shots. Hahahahaha!“Tell me, who do you want to investigate? I’ll turn every database upside-down to find them!”“Notus used to have a lover, but he cheated on her. She left the Imperial City while still pregnant.”“Wow, I like these kinds of melodramatic love stories!”Ruth suddenly lowered her voice and sa
Abel thought for a moment and asked, “What do you want to know about?”Ruth asked seriously, “Tell me something I don’t know about you! Something interesting that no one else knows!”Abel said calmly, “My evaluation in the financial reports is too one-sided. I’m actually not the richest man in Sommerset anymore.”In moments, countless shocking guesses popped up in Ruth’s mind. “Promotion of the marketing account? A fake tycoon who’s actually poor? He went bankrupt recently?”“In the latest international billionaires’ list, I’m ranked third. The first two spots are occupied by a business magnate and a foreign royal figure. This number was just calculated this year and hasn’t been officially released yet. Even the rest of the Blakewell family are unaware of it.”Did that mean that he was richer than billionaires outside the country?Ruth felt like she was on a roller-coaster ride. She thought the ride was about to derail and plummet into a chasm, but instead, it flew up into the cl
Ruth felt excited and asked, “Does that mean you’re going to the launch with me?”Abel said, “How can I not be present at my wife’s product launch? And have you forgotten that you’re collaborating with a designer from Blakewell Jewelry?”Ruth said seriously, “I don’t plan on revealing Seema’s identity tomorrow. If I reveal too much information at this time, we won’t be able to control the direction of the public opinion.”Abel nodded. “Then don’t make it public. I’ll attend as a partner.”Ruth was speechless.They were going to attend together either way, right?The venue of Seema’s press conference was booked by Lockton Corporation. It was at the Camere Hotel.Luna’s press conference was also here because the hotel was owned by Lovehart Corporation.At 7 p.m., many celebrities from both the media and fashion industries arrived at the venue.Dulcie and Alex stood at the entrance to greet the guests politely. Backstage, Demi and the models who would showcase the new accessories
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!