“Impressive.”As expected of the richest man. He was meticulous when it came to work, and there were no exceptions in his work ethic.The online situation continued to escalate. This time, Leroy had made his anger and stance clear, condemning Ruth for exposing his assistant online.Soon, a lawyer’s letter was sent to Seema’s workshop. It claimed that Seema lacked substantial evidence, and that what they had done amounted to defamation. They were to be held legally accountable.This strong stance reassured some of Leroy’s supporters, who believed in him even more.However, there were also some onlookers who objectively expressed that Leroy’s actions were quite unusual from his previous tolerance and magnanimity. It felt more like he was angry from embarrassment.Was he resorting to legal threats because he was certain that Seema did not have any more direct evidence?While the netizens continued their heated discussion, Ruth posted a personal update.[I just joined the company n
Dulcie wanted to say that things were different now. However, before she could say anything, she heard a cold voice from Ruth’s end. “Is that so?”Click! Ruth hung up immediately.Dulcie turned around and said to everyone, “Let’s not wait for Ruth. Live and let live.”Everyone understood. “Alright, marrying young and dying early, how unfortunate for her.”When Alex heard this, he quickly made his stand clear. “You can’t say that. I don’t care what my wife does. As long as she tells me where she’s going and asks for a ride, that’s all I need.”After saying that, he whispered a few more words to Dulcie before leaving the private room.Apollo was still thinking about how to win back Demz’s favor. Marriage was not a misfortune. There were many happy and sweet moments...Then, he saw Alex’s actions and found it unbelievable. “You can do that? Is Alex really so self-assured?”This was Misty Rain! It was a gold mine of handsome men for many wealthy women!Even Apollo was not at e
“You want to go out?”Ruth’s eyes lit up. “Can I?”Abel smiled. “Of course. Who do you think you are? There’s no way I can control you?”Ruth’s eyes twitched. Just how much did he hear? Did she sign her own death warrant?“But Misty Rain won’t do. You have a history there.” Abel did not continue teasing her. All he did was coldly announce her fate.Ruth’s hammering movements slowed down. After some thought, she asked, “Does that mean that other places are fine?”Abel was pleased with her question. “Yes.”Ruth sat up from the sofa, hugged his neck, and kissed him. “Honey, you’re the best! I knew you weren’t that petty!”Abel was stunned for a moment before he formed the tiniest of smiles. His voice also became gentler as he decided to go along at her pace.“I’ll help you make the arrangements. The Seema issue has come to a close, so it is a good time to celebrate.”“You’ll arrange it?” Ruth was surprised.Abel nodded and said, “Yes, I didn’t help much, so it’s only right th
Ruth’s face was blank as she followed Serenity’s gaze to the door. In the next moment, a man dressed as a waiter came in with some expensive wine.The man was tall and slender, and he had a handsome face. His eyes surveyed their room like a hawk.Ruth suddenly recognized him. “Joey? The three-month period is up. Why haven’t you left yet?”The man’s lips curled up. He professionally opened the wine bottle and poured it for everyone.His gaze was on Serenity from the beginning to the end.“I did leave, but my business skills weren’t up to par. It’s hard to find another place to work in, so I came back.”Dulcie almost dropped the watermelon she was holding. She stared at Joey in surprise. “Are you for real? There are actually people who like the service industry? Aren’t you the young master of the Oakland family? Are you short of spending money or something?”Dulcie had actually been present at the night of the race that landed Joey here. The crowd was so dense that she did not hav
Drew glanced at Joey and nodded in understanding. He then led everyone to another room.The door closed again, and the private room fell into silence.Joey stood before Serenity and looked down on her.Serenity stayed in her seat with an unnatural expression. She took a sip of water and coughed lightly. “Everyone in the Imperial City knows that you’re a playboy. How can it be your first time?”“It’s my first time selling myself.” Joey managed to say this with a straight face and without his heart skipping a beat.Serenity put down the glass of water with a bang and immediately said self-righteously, “Then why didn’t you make that clear? You were being so ambiguous; it sounds like you’re trying to scam me!”Joey’s eyes moved slightly. “If it was really my first time, would you take responsibility?”“Nope,” Serenity replied decisively, and she found his question funny. “Will you be responsible for every woman you slept with?”Joey frowned. “You’re not like other women.”Serenity
Apollo was dumbfounded. He turned to look at Demi. “Demz, your friend is a sc*mbag. Let’s hang out with her less from now on!”Demi coldly said, “Then YOU can go ahead and leave!”Apollo snapped his mouth shut in embarrassment and curled up in the corner of the sofa.A thought suddenly came to his head. Abel clearly knew that Apollo was here, but he should have trusted Ruth. Why did he still let them both come to a host club together? Did he do it on purpose?Was Abel using Joey to make Serenity turn over a new leaf so that she would not lead Ruth and Demz astray in the future?“I have a bold idea!” Dulcie said excitedly.Ruth replied, “Let’s hear it.”“Joey is obviously interested in Serenity! But she doesn’t seem interested in him at all, so she ran away after playing with him! The two of them have been in a tug-of-war that has lasted for a few months now. Joey is now pursuing her, but she’s still running away. She’s hoping that Joey would eventually lose interest and decide
Demi was speechless. As expected, only best friends understood each other best.“I’ll just ask you. What happened? Did the negotiations fall apart, or did you two reconcile?” Dulcie stared at her with her big, bright eyes.Serenity gave her a disdainful look. “What kind of question is that? We aren’t even in a relationship. What ‘reconciliation’?”“Oh, then it means that the negotiations have fallen through. Is he going to stop pestering you?” Dulcie asked.Serenity was silent for a few seconds. “He wants to work at Misty Rain. I’ll get someone to handle the HR stuff with him tomorrow.”Dulcie was speechless, and so was Ruth.She picked up her phone again and opened the chat with Abel. She proudly texted him, [Ha! My bestie didn’t fall for your trap. She’s not interested in him!][?][She agreed to let Joey work at Misty Rain instead!][Check again and update me later.]Ruth was puzzled. [?]Although the matter seemed to have been resolved, Serenity did not seem very happy
Notus was silent for a moment and avoided the topic. “You’re trying to hide Ruth’s identity from me, aren’t you? You don’t want me to investigate it because you want to protect her. If the press conference goes smoothly, I won’t bring up the issue of her identity again! I thought you had the same idea as I did, but you—”“Weren’t you trying to attack Seema as a show of strength?” Abel exposed him coldly and watched Notus’s expression change. “And not bringing it up doesn’t mean it never happened. If you don’t want to own up to your past mistakes, then don’t hurt her.”Ruth was a proud woman. She would never accept such a humiliating identity. If she wanted to return to the Lovehart family, she would only do it openly and willingly. She would not act like Notus, who was too cautious and tried to avoid other people’s judgements.“So, you admit that you ARE trying to hide Ruth’s identity!” Notus became excited.It was one thing to guess, but it was another to be certain. From the mome
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!