“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’
Ruth was actually quite surprised.To be honest, even as Abel’s wife, she had only just learned of this news.How had he moved so quickly? He had even prepared a new identity!In order not to cause trouble for her aunt and the rest, she planned to keep a low profile during this period of time. She did not want to be in the limelight or cause trouble. She wanted to minimize her presence.But Abel was smarter.Abel efficiently made a plan to ensure everyone would be okay!If Notus wanted to meet up with Reina and the rest, then he would have to do it on Abel’s terms.“When did you get this?” Ruth pushed Lily aside and asked Abel blankly.Abel explained, “After Aunt Reina left, I transferred her and Lily’s household registers to Grandpa. Then I crafted simple new identities for them.”Hiding their identities was not a solution.Lily was a wild child. She had just arrived at Imperial City and wanted to know about everything.Imperial City was not big, but it was not small either
Why was Abel telling her this?He did not know what kind of person Lily was.This was harming Demi’s brother!“Brother? Demz has a brother?” Lily’s eyes lit up as she lay on Ruth’s lap and leaned toward Abel hopefully.Abel acted as if he did not see Ruth glaring at him. “Yes, I didn’t know that she had a biological brother. I only found out about their relationship after I heard from my uncle that he had a fiancée who was his sister’s good friend.”Ruth was speechless.Why was Abel so adept at digging these things up?“He has a fiancée?” Lily only caught that fact.“Not anymore. His fiancée is now married to someone else,” Abel said casually.Lily heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s a relief! No matter how much I like him, I can’t be a mistress…”Just as she finished mumbling, she met Abel’s deep eyes. Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt guilty that her little secret had been exposed.She stammered and was about to say something to salvage the situation when she heard Abel
The New Year festivities were coming to an end, and everyone was getting busy again.The Lovehart family was no exception.This morning, Katie went out a few minutes late and complained about Aquilo as usual. However, Luna carefully stood up for Aquilo and caused a family dispute.“Luna, stop standing up for him just to win his favor! I’ve been arguing with my brother for years. You don’t have to judge me.”She could not take it anymore. This was the first time she did not consider Luna’s feelings by snapping at her in front of the entire family.Janet glanced coldly at Luna and then at Notus. Notus frowned impatiently and got up to go upstairs.How could Luna let him go so easily?She said aggrievedly, “Katie, what did you just say to me? Are you trying to twist my intentions? If this family doesn’t want me, I can leave. I won’t come back ever again!”As soon as she finished speaking, she stood up and prepared to walk toward the door.Notus stopped in his tracks and looked at
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!