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
Back in the private room at Regality, after three rounds of drinking, Ruth’s friends completely let themselves go, especially Serenity.“To be honest, I do have feelings for him!” She gestured with her pinkie finger, her voice had risen in volume. “But isn’t he pushing his luck? Have you ever heard of someone starting a relationship after just one night?”She paused and turned to Ruth, and everyone followed her gaze.Ruth had downed a few drinks herself. Her face was flushed, and her eyes were blank and unwary.“Why are you all looking at me?”“Spill! How long did it take for you and Abel to start dating after you slept with him?”Ruth blinked. “I didn’t!”Serenity rolled her eyes. “You’re just short of carving the words ‘taken’ on your forehead! When have I ever called you out without good reason? Anyone with eyes can see that Abel is very possessive of you!”Ruth was surprised. “Huh? You can tell?”Serenity was speechless, and maybe a little hurt. It would have been fine if
However, after carefully comparing them, Apollo realized that it was mostly Serenity who was the vulgar wolf, while Demi and Ruth were like innocent little rabbits. They were adorable drunks.Damn. Abel’s worries were not unfounded. He had to do something about Serenity!Joey was a good candidate. Although he was known to be a playboy, he seemed dead set on Serenity. Most importantly, Serenity had feelings for him, too!At the thought of this, Apollo got up and left the private room…At exactly 12 a.m., Ruth’s phone alarm rang, and she sobered up within seconds.“Oh no!”“What happened?” Her friends, still engrossed in their gossip, were very confused.Ruth showed them the time. “Abel said that this is my curfew. If I go home late, I’ll be done for!”Serenity sneered. “You’ve been talking about him all night. Are you mocking us single people?”Ruth glared at her. “Aren’t you the one who has been begging me to talk about him all night?”“…Bye!.”Since Ruth insisted on leaving
Moreover, they were unaware that they were whispering rather loudly into each other’s ears. It made Aquilo feel that they were being especially arrogant.“Miss Ruth!” he said unhappily in a serious voice.Ruth turned back to him, and her voice was cold and proud. “What?”Aquilo choked for a few seconds before he said, “Luna may leave the entertainment industry, but it has to be her own decision. Get Joseph Hansford to withdraw the statement!”Tonight, Grand Empire Entertainment had suddenly announced that they would never work with immoral artists. To make sure that everyone knew who he was talking about, he went and liked the marketing account that exposed Luna’s indecent photos.Luna had not been doing well for a while. Tonight’s incident was the final straw. She had sent him a long heartfelt message and tried to end her own life. Fortunately, Aquilo had suspected something and managed to save her in time.Luna told him that as long as she was alive, that jealous and vengeful R
Drew felt as though someone had hit the pause button.While he appeared calm on the surface, he was actually screaming in his heart, “Ohmygod!!! She really IS Mrs. Blakewell!”“I’ll see to it immediately. Then, what about Mr. Aquilo…?” He looked at the dark-faced Aquilo inquiringly.Serenity struggled to help Ruth to a sofa nearby. “You should know how to deal with people who pursue your lady boss.”Aquilo widened his eyes and subconsciously followed them. “You’re talking nonsense—”“Mr. Aquilo!” Drew quickly stepped forward and blocked his way with a smile. “Have some self-respect!”Aquilo was speechless. No matter how he tried, Drew still “invited” him to leave.After confirming that Ruth was Mrs. Blakewell, Drew became even more courteous toward her, but he also paid more attention to her boundaries.When Serenity and Ruth walked out of the hall and got into the car, no one was allowed to touch them. Serenity had to drag Ruth into the car herself.When she stood up to catch
A few seconds later, a phone in the glove compartment rang.Ruth paused for a moment and finally looked up at the driver. She assumed that he was her usual driver, so she politely said, “You may go first. I’ll wait for someone to pick me up.”The driver ignored her, took out his phone, and answered it.At the same time, Ruth’s call went through. Her cold tone changed instantly. “Honey… I’m drunk...”“So drunk that you can’t even recognize me?”Ruth’s hand paused, and she thought she was hallucinating. The voices overlapped. Abel’s voice on the phone and the driver’s voice in the car came at the same time.Ruth craned her neck to look at the driver from the rearview mirror and said into the receiver, “Say something again.”Abel remained silent on the other end of the call. The long silence did not stop Ruth’s curiosity. She tilted her head and placed her hand on the driver’s seat. She wanted to confirm her guess.Abel put down his phone and let out a soft sigh. He moved his
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!