Eunice’s mean face was instantly filled with smiles as she fawned over George and thanked him many times. She wished she could treat George like he was her own father.Meanwhile, her real father, Andrew, sat at the head of the table with a strange look on his face. He was skeptical of George’s show of goodwill.However, Kingsland Manor residential area was one of the richest districts in the Imperial City and was highly attractive. Andrew could not simply reject the offer outright. Hence, after a moment’s hesitation, he asked, “The houses in Kingsland Manor residential area are expensive, aren’t they? When did you buy one? Are you really willing to let us stay there?”The phrasing was very skillful, as he used “we.”Abel raised his eyebrows slightly, and Ruth rolled her eyes silently.“Of course, we have two houses in the Kingsland Manor residential area. One is my granddaughter’s new house, and the other is YOUR granddaughter’s new house. After your granddaughter was acknowledged
Ruth watched as the vans drove away.The courtyard was quiet.Mr. Jackson stood at the door with Eilam and a row of veteran bodyguards.Ruth glanced at them, and then at Abel. “Did you call the bodyguards here?”Abel nodded. “I was worried that they wouldn’t leave.”The dozen or so members of the Parsons family were all shameless, regardless of their age. Abel would not waste time arguing with them. If they really refused to leave, he would have let the bodyguards handle it.But he never expected...“Grandpa, what are your thoughts on this? Why do they think we’ll beg them to come back?” Ruth could not figure it out, so she looked at George with a puzzled expression.George thought about it seriously for a moment. “I think they’re what young people nowadays call Karens and Terrys.”Ruth was speechless. George was no ordinary person. He even knew how to use this term!The long train of vehicles left the manor in a grandiose manner.Inside the black car at the front of the con
Ever since Callum handed over Lockton Corporation, he felt much more relaxed.There was no need to deal with company matters. There was no need to compete with the old foxes of upper management. He did not have to continue pretending, or to live in the shadow of the Lockton family. Every decision he made was wrong in their eyes, after all.With the 10% shares in his hands, he would have an income for the rest of his life.He drank tea and played chess all day long. He raised birds and planted flowers. His life was very comfortable. He even thought that if he had known that things would turn out so well, he would not have cooperated with the Lovehart family at all.However, compared to his relaxed life, Bella was unhappy.She had worked tirelessly to enter high society and join the social circle of wealthy wives. But since Callum handed over Lockton Corporation, her plans were ruined.Worse still was that Lockton Corporation did not need her investment, so the chances of her makin
The interior of the house had more or less returned to its original state. However, the repairs on some of the modified decorations of the house exterior still needed some time.At the dinner table, Ruth poked at the food in her bowl. Her eyes were downcast, and she was lost in thought.George passed her a spare rib. “Finish your meal, then hurry home after you’re done. You still have work tomorrow, so there’s no need to linger here.”Ruth thought. “Grandpa, that’s cold!”But she said seriously, “Grandpa, I still think this place is too far away. It’s not good for you to stay here.” George’s hand paused. He looked into her eyes and did not answer. Her words did not sound like she was trying to persuade him to go back to Kingsland Manor with her.“We understand that you’re nostalgic, so we won’t force you to stay with us,” Ruth continued, “But the Goldwell family’s mansion is where we used to live. You could consider moving there!”George looked at her calculating expression and
After a long while, George sighed in relief. “Forget it. Ruth has been bearing grudges since she was young. You might not be able to persuade her.”The conversation was still about persuasion, but George actually did not bat an eye when Abel mentioned the secret.After a few seconds, Abel could not help but ask in a low voice, “Mr. George, why did you and Miss Rose choose to hide it?”“Revealing the truth will be too hard on her.”“But it’s not her fault.”“That’s right. Children shouldn’t bear the grudges of the previous generation.”George did not seem surprised that Abel knew about it. Since he brought it up, he could see that Ruth was aware of it, too. If one of them knew, how could the other not?Abel looked at him and did not miss the expression on his face. He suddenly said in a hushed voice, “What I mean is that all of this actually has nothing to do with her. Why did you create such a secret?”George finally looked at him. He was more shocked by this than when he heard
To put it bluntly, this plan was part of her plan. Husbands and wives should help each other, right?“I’ve seen the plan for the launch of Lady in Red. The first batch of pre-sale products will be launched on New Year’s Day. It’s quite reasonable to set the date of launch to after our wedding. As for the profit share, we’ll charge the production and raw materials to Blakewell Corporation according to your requirements. Blakewell Corporation will only take 30% of the profit.”Ruth’s eyes snapped open, and she whipped around to look at Abel.He wasn’t even negotiating despite the unfair terms?He just agreed to it!Ruth was feeling embarrassed for being so greedy.Sensing the change in her emotions, the corners of Abel’s lips curled up slightly, as if he had found a way to solve the puzzle and was capitalizing on the advantage.“Sunset Resort is owned by a friend of mine. After he renovated the place, he left me a private hot spring for my exclusive use. I heard it’s one of the
After what happened at Luna’s press conference, that b*stard Nicholas did not even offer his condolences. This time, he was adding insult to injury.Callum had known all along that Nicholas was only interested in his own gain and was not a good person. But he never expected him to be so ruthless when he turned against the Goldwell family.He hung up the call and immediately dialed Nicholas’s number.The person on the other end seemed to have been expecting his call because it was answered quickly. “Hello?”Callum was so angry that he dropped all pretenses and interrogated him, “Nicholas, what is the meaning of this?!” The voice on the other end was soft as always. “Dad, what’s wrong?”Callum took a deep breath. “Why is the bank demanding money now? Didn’t we agree to return it a year later? We’re family, but you doubt I can’t pay it back?”“About that...”Nicholas sounded a little helpless. “With Lockton Corporation’s current situation, the risk management department will defi
“Your sister doesn’t even want it anymore. What’s wrong with letting Samantha wear it? Besides, we’re all blood relatives. What’s Luna’s is also Samantha’s!”“How shameless can you be? What kind of logic is that?!”“Oh my god, Callum, look at what your son is saying!”Seeing that they were about to start arguing again, Callum felt like his head was about to explode.He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but then Bella appeared out of nowhere, so the battlefield became even more chaotic.Compared to the noisy quarreling atmosphere of the Goldwell mansion, Kingsland Manor was especially quiet these past two days.In order to worsen the situation of Lockton Corporation to the extent where the bank could urge Callum to pay, Ruth did not deal with any of Lockton Corporation’s affairs during this period of time. She was only occasionally urged to provide progress reports on her cooperation with Seema.Everyone suspected that the bold words she had said to the board of director
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!