Ruth returned to the bedroom to take a shower and went straight from the walk-in closet to the study on the first floor.Abel was on the phone when he saw her from the corner of his eye. He gave the person he was calling a few more instructions and quickly hung up.“Finished talking to Lily?” he asked.Ruth stood up from the sofa and walked up to him. Leaning against the desk, she crossed her arms and looked down at him. “Do you know what she’s been doing recently?”Abel nodded and said lightly, “I can roughly guess.”Ruth narrowed her eyes. “Then how did you guess her motives? Aren’t you surprised at all?”Abel met her scrutinizing eyes and quickly understood what she meant. He said rather ambiguously, “Grandpa asked me to keep it a secret.”Ruth was confused.She looked at his puzzled expression.It took Ruth a while to react. Perhaps what Abel meant was that Lily’s investigation was a step in the right direction. He could guess what was going on and was not surprised becaus
Abel hesitated for a moment before asking, “Are you sure you want to verify this?”Ruth was amused. “At this point, what reason is there not to do so? Besides, you must have helped Lily to find out about this, right? You didn’t plan to hide it from me, did you?”Lily could not find any information about Notus overseas, so there was no reason for her to suddenly find it in Sommerset.It was true that she had connections, but Janet’s medical records in the Lovehart family’s medical and beauty industries were very secretive. Not everyone could obtain them.“You already know that Callum isn’t your biological father. If Notus isn’t…”Abel’s words were careful, but he did not finish his sentence.He just stared at her quietly.People who grew up with such mysterious circumstances surrounding them would always want to find out the truth. Lily was an obvious example.What about Ruth?Would she also want to find her biological father?Her grandfather took care of Lily and did not rest
Abel stared at her for a few seconds, a smile appearing in his dark eyes.However, he pretended to be confused. “What do you mean?”Ruth was speechless.“Mrs. Blakewell? Ruth? Miss Ruth?”Ruth frowned and looked up at him in dissatisfaction.Coincidentally, she locked eyes with him. There was a teasing smile in his eyes.She immediately reacted and slid down from his lap. “It’s fine. Goodnight!”“Sweetheart.”Ruth felt a tight grip on her wrist. The next second, she was pulled back into his warm embrace. “Be good. Stay with me to deal with work for a while.”Ruth pursed her lips and turned to look at the desk. “What? You need someone to stay with you? Most men let their wives sleep first and work overtime silently!”Abel wrapped an arm around her and placed his free hand on the keyboard. He lowered his head and gently planted a kiss on her forehead. “Come on, you know you love me.”Ruth was speechless.There was no way to reject this.Ruth leaned quietly in his arms, feeli
“I know what you are worried about. The rumors on the Internet are just rumors. The Lovehart family has never said anything about it. But have you forgotten that I agreed to it when I visited the Blakewell family?”Notus’s gentle voice comforted her.Ruth’s frown deepened.Notus did not notice. He thought for a few seconds and continued, “I heard that your aunt met the Acker family. She’ll be back on the day of the wedding, right?”Ruth replied, “Of course.”Notus’s interest was piqued. “Are you very close to your aunt?”Ruth smiled and said, “Mr. Lovehart, you’re absolutely right. The only elders in the Lockton family are my aunt and Grandpa now. If I don’t get close to her, who else can I get close to?”“No, I mean, were you close to your aunt in the past?”Ruth did not say anything and just looked at him indifferently.Notus felt a little guilty when he saw that. He said in a stiff tone, “I was thinking that when your wedding is arranged by the Lovehart family, your aunt wi
Lily’s actions seemed dangerous, but they were actually quite slow, giving people enough time to dodge.However, Ruth had a tacit understanding with Lily, so how could she not know what she was up to?She stopped dodging and sat still in her seat, watching the knife and fork fly toward her face.The next second, a large hand blocked the sharp utensils.At the same time, Lily held the tray firmly with her other hand and did not spill a single drop of coffee.Ruth’s eyes flickered as she looked up at Notus in a daze. Even though she had guessed that he might block the sharp utensils for her, she was still a little surprised to see him do so.“Are you okay?”Notus sounded worried. He turned around and glared at Lily. “What’s wrong with you? Do you know how dangerous this is? Call your boss over!”His voice was so loud that Lily shrank back in fear. However, when she saw the blood seeping out of the back of his hand, she raised her eyebrows slightly.“It’s fine. Just be careful ne
Notus frowned and his expression did not look good.“If our conversation today had been civil, it wouldn’t have come to this,” Ruth continued.Notus asked coldly, “You know that I’ve let you down. How can we be civil?”Ruth laughed out loud. “Is that so? The people who know the truth will think that you have let me down. The people who don’t will think that I am trying to climb up the social ladder by using the Lovehart family.”“You…” Notus could not continue.“I know you think that I have no choice but to get married from the Lovehart family’s side. And that’s why I have to listen to you. That’s why you want to see my aunt and order me to make arrangements. You know that I’ll have no right to refuse at that point.”“What makes you think that? I just—”“If things come to that point, I’ll indeed have no right to refuse.” Ruth interrupted him and said seriously, “Also, I won’t be resentful about this. I have never thought about getting married from the Lovehart family’s side, nor
The words that she had painstakingly thought of saying disappeared when he replied. Her mind was blank. Instinctively, Lily chose the simplest and fastest way to end the call.The car fell silent. Her face was burning.The sudden silence brought Ruth back to her senses. “What’s wrong?”Lily suddenly turned to look at her and paused for two seconds. Then, she started to scream, “Ahhhhhh, Ruth! I scolded someone just now! I actually scolded a man with an attractive voice! I’m dying! I’m dying! What should I do? How can I salvage the situation?”Ruth’s eyes twitched.Lily was attracted to nice voices.Every boyfriend she had had had one thing in common—a nice voice.To her, scolding a man with a nice voice was a heinous crime…“He doesn’t even know you. What’s there to worry about?” Ruth did not care.Lily said seriously, “How can you say that? I still want to know him! He has a good relationship with Demz. We might be able to eat together sometime… Maybe we can even drink toge
Dr. Tom wanted to set the scene by being mysterious, but Abel interrupted him. “Is there a parent-child relationship?”Tom was speechless.It seemed like Abel was privy to insider information.“The sample similarity rate is 99.99%. There’s a parent-child relationship.” Dr. Tom sounded curious. “Can I ask whose samples these are?”Abel paused for a moment. “I can’t tell you. I didn’t ask for his permission.”Dr. Tom was confused.“Wow! I sent the news to you immediately! However, you can’t even let me know who they are, huh? What does your family take me for?”Without waiting for Abel to answer, he continued tactfully, “Forget it. Ignorance is bliss!”Abel suddenly changed his mind. “You’re not an outsider. Alright, I’ve decided to tell you.”Dr. Tom was speechless.“Also, do me a favor.”Dr. Tom knew that nothing good would come of it.Half an hour later, Lily took a shower, put on a face mask, and slowly walked down the spiral staircase. “Ruth, did Dr. Tom call you? I can’
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!