His kind and gentle voice made Luna feel flattered.She had heard of the Beyond jewelry set before. It was newly launched by the chief designer of Blakewell Jewelry this year. Not only did it represent beauty and love, but it was also a symbol of status.Up to this point, she had only heard rumors and could not find the products listed anywhere. If she could wear it to the wedding, it would represent the Blakewell family status.“Thank you, Grandpa!”“Go. Nicholas, accompany her.”After Luna left, Frank turned to look at Lyla and the others and sighed helplessly. He looked as if he expected better from her, but in the end, he did not say anything and only warmly invited Notus to walk with him.Notus was silent for a moment before he went with Frank. Aquilo shot Ruth an angry glare before he left with a cold snort.Lyla seemed to have thought of something, and her expression turned even uglier. She did not know where to vent her anger and turned to glare at Gabriel. “Why didn’t y
If Lyla invited Frank to their gathering, who knew what kind of destruction he would cause. If he chased away Ruth’s family, with Ruth in tow, Lyla would explode right then and there.Ruth blinked and leaned closer to her.“I’m fine with that, but what about him?” She pointed in Frank’s direction with her chin.Lyla frowned and imitated her. “I’ve already thought it through. When the time comes, we’ll have the reception at my family’s place. Tell your aunt and relatives that Abel’s father married into my family.”In any case, Frank had been obsessed with gaining respect in recent years. He had not shown any favor toward the main branch of the family because of Abel. Instead, the rest of their relatives, including extended family like Luna who was an in-law who married into the family, received better treatment than Abel did.It was annoying, but with the Acker family supporting her, Lyla did not mind at all. Since she did not mind, she might as well not consider herself a member o
“Are you sure you want to set your wedding on the same day as mine?” Ruth looked at her with a smirk, her eyes held a hint of mockery.Luna’s heart skipped a beat.She had seen Ruth’s look of confidence too many times as they grew up together. Every time this happened, Luna would find herself on the losing side.Even so, the final outcome would not be too bad because Callum always stood by Luna’s side.Today was no different. Even if Ruth had ulterior motives, it did not matter. Notus had a bad relationship with Abel and wanted to secure cooperation with the Blakewell family, so he would wholeheartedly support Nicholas. Then, Luna’s status as the young lady of the Lovehart family would be stable. As long as the relationship remained steady, Notus would stand on Luna’s side.“Of course, I’d love for us to share this special day together,” Luna said in a gentle voice as she turned to Notus. “Dad, you like Ruth, too. You’ll support my suggestion, right?”Notus tried to maintain hi
“Ever since we met, you’ve been emphasizing that she’s my friend. You never mentioned her and Apollo at the same time. But today, she clearly came with Apollo.”Ruth could not figure it out, no matter how hard she thought about it. Demi was such an outstanding woman. How could Lyla not like her?Lyla tilted her head and glanced at Apollo and Lyla not far away. She sighed silently. “I really hope she becomes my daughter-in-law.”Ruth was confused by this.“Speaking of which, I wanted to ask you something else. Do you know which man Apollo is closer to?”Seeing the worried and concerned expression in Lyla’s eyes, and hearing her question, Ruth quickly grasped the situation.Gabriel and Lyla were like two peas in a pod, and they had fallen for the same trap!Abel had lied to Gabriel last time about being gay. This time, it was Lyla’s turn to think that Apollo was the gay one!Ruth tried her best to suppress the smile on her face. She wanted to find out indirectly, but after dartin
Seeing how down she was, Ruth stopped teasing her. After a moment of silence, she spoke with a more serious tone.“Don’t be upset. She genuinely likes you. She just thinks that Apollo isn’t worthy of you and is afraid that he’ll mess things up for you.”After a long silence, Demi asked, “So, she really doesn’t approve of us being together?”Ruth started to feel a growing sense of anxiety and hurriedly said, “Of course not! She’s not like that. It’s just that she mistakenly thought Apollo was—”“Alright, say no more. These are all trivial matters!”“It doesn’t feel like it,” Ruth said in her mind.“Men will only dull our sharp minds! Oh, but I’m still a little unhappy. I don’t think I drank enough tonight. Wait for me. I’m coming over to drink with you! I’ve fallen out of love! Abel won’t be annoyed that I’m hogging you, right?”“He won’t, but there’s no need for you to start drinking, either, because his mom wants—”“Alright, I’ll be there in twenty minutes!”Demi hung up.Ru
Ruth did not know what to say.The case was closed. When two people hated each other, it was not a matter of simple dislike.Demi let out a long sigh and said, “But I only realized tonight that I was too naive! Tell me, how is it that I can still fall for such a trick at my age?”Ruth’s eyes twitched. “Uh, being twenty doesn’t mean you’re old! You’re in your prime, the peak of your youth!”Demi paused for a moment. She was a little tipsy and her thoughts were muddled.After reacting for a few seconds, she nodded in agreement.“That’s true.”“So, tonight, you weren’t upset because you thought his mother doesn’t like you, but because you realized that you’ve been tricked? What trick did you fall for?” Ruth was curious.Demi thought for a moment and said, “It’s a bit of both. Anyway, it’s so uncomfortable here. My 36D chest is throbbing!”Ruth was speechless.It was nice to know that her best friends were the kind of beauties who would not doubt themselves even if they were feel
Ruth smiled in relief. “Exactly, you think the same way, don’t you? Our entire family thinks so, too! Mom even asked Abel and me if it was true.”Demi’s expression was complicated. “Then, is it true?”“Of course not, silly! He’s going to give them to you! Mom misunderstood, thinking that his relationship with you was a secret cover-up!”After knowing the truth, Demi took a long time to recover.It was just so outrageous. To think that she had been seriously heartbroken for so long tonight.After she was done feeling sad, she came to find Ruth. After all, she had the image of an arrogant celebrity. Everyone around her thought that she despised Apollo, so it was not appropriate for her sadness to be known outside.So, she mixed genuine and fake grievances as she complained, occasionally making jokes to disrupt her own complicated emotions. She did not want to lose her composure too much.She looked down at the wine glass in her hand to hide her emotions. After a while, she said fa
Ruth jogged after him and took his arm.“Are you angry? You’re not only jealous of men, but also women?”Abel turned to look at her but said nothing.It was past 12 a.m., the bedroom was quiet, with only the soft, soothing sounds of Ruth’s voice, which was indeed quite good at appeasing.Lying on the bed, Abel reached out and pulled her into his arms. In a helpless, low voice, he said, “Alright, I’m not that easily angered.”Ruth nestled against him, hugged his waist, and looked up at him. “But you’re clearly unhappy. Is it because of your grandfather?”Although Abel’s attitude toward her was cold and distant, he usually did not ignore her.If someone came to disturb their private time late at night, Abel would undoubtedly be unhappy. However, today he did not protest and even told her not to disturb him, indicating that his mood was far from pleasant.“After being together for so long, do you think I’ll be affected by the Blakewell family’s actions?” Abel lowered his eyes and
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!