When Mrs. Greenwell saw that Ruth was not a doormat, she sighed in relief and answered happily, “Alright. I’ll call DH’s headquarters later. Please bring the clothes out.”Her last sentence was directed at the harsh woman. Brand dealers were not idiots and would not destroy their own reputation for a bit of money, especially after receiving complaints from customers. The woman’s expression changed. She could not believe that Ruth would take such a tough stance. “Mrs. Blakewell, don’t they say that we should never burn our bridges? You won’t get anything from making me lose my job! I have the best resources you can imagine. If you want them, they’re yours! I’ll reserve whatever you want for you whenever you want, including the limited-edition dresses! No one else can get their hands on them! Think about it!”This was a trick she habitually used. Limited edition dresses could be used to both threaten and tempt her customers. This was a useful method she could use while she worked
They moved the boxes out the same way they brought them in. The MPV with DH’s logo drove slowly out of the residential area. Luna saw this while she was moving in. She stood in her courtyard and watched the MPV drive away. It was her dream to have brand dealers come to her house to give her new clothes every season and buy all the new styles without having to choose anything. Callum continued instructing the workers to move their luggage. When he turned around, he saw Luna daydreaming, and he looked in the direction of her gaze. “What’s wrong?”“It’s nothing. My agent is currently negotiating with DH for me to be their brand ambassador. If nothing goes wrong, I’ll get the contract next month.” Luna turned around to give a natural, gentle smile.Callum patted her head. “You’re amazing, Luna.”Luna leaned into his embrace. “As their ambassador, will I get all of the newest styles of their summer collection?”Callum cocked an eyebrow. “Of course. I’ll tell them to send the c
In a show of great sensibility, Kallan asked, “Should I give orders to switch the actress?”Abel put down the name list. “No.”Kallan was surprised. “Tell Joseph to cancel all our current partnerships with Luna and that we won’t be working with her in the future.”Kallan could not quite understand what he meant. “Why aren’t we switching her out for the show if we’re going to cancel all of our other partnerships with her?”Abel’s gaze returned to his screen, and he said calmly, “She has a plan, so I’ll let her take care of it on her own.”The Ruth he knew would not surrender so easily. Since Vincent Dufor had yet to give the final okay, it meant that she had something prepared. Hence, he would give her free reign to do whatever she wanted while feeling completely at ease. On Monday morning, Ruth received a piece of good news when she got to her office. She had been liaising with a company that designed clothes, did makeup, and designed props for movies and shows. They had
Ruth smiled but did not deny the claim. “We talked about the Gate to the Heart before. Solomon Stone said he loved the novel, and I only spoke to him a little about how I intended to adapt it.”She was being subtle, but they worked in the industry, and Taylor almost immediately understood the full story behind it. The Gate to the Heart was rumored to be something Grand Empire would be producing by itself. But, in the end, they decided to let an unknown company join the production team. It had to be because of Ruth’s connections. Lockton Entertainment was an unknown entertainment company, but in Ruth’s hands, it was growing in fame in an unstoppable fashion. Taylor knew that she was pretty good, but, after speaking in depth to her, he learned that she had also hired Vincent Dufor for the Gate to the Heart. Vincent Dufor was also going to direct Lockton Entertainment’s web drama. It had to be said that Harper Williams was the person who had worked most frequently with Vincen
Ruth was loud, and the underlying meaning of her words was clear. Taylor had been feigning ignorance and acted as if he had only just noticed what was going on. He turned around to take a look with a surprised expression on his face. “What’s going on?”“We’re sincere in working together with your company. Since we’ve already signed the contract, stop cracking the whip at me and testing me. If you don’t want to work with us, cancel the contract right now. Don’t waste my time.”Both Joachim and Taylor were speechless. Apollo watched Ruth rage with a dark expression on her face and thought. “Bravo!”Once Ruth said that, she stood up to leave. “I’ll send someone to flesh out the details with you later. Please excuse me.”After Ruth left, Apollo did not linger around either. With a fake smile, he criticized Taylor, “Mr. Peele, I believe you weren’t the person who told that guy to do this. But, if you want to have a pleasant time working with us, you should know how to make the best
The elevator door shut closed. With those words, Apollo could clearly sense a pair of eyes he could not possibly ignore land on him. And he was sending a message to Abel!His heart raced. The question he had been awaiting for a long time was finally here. He straightened while leaning against the wall. With his height advantage, no one could see his phone’s screen, so he continued tapping away at the screen. “Yup. Did you notice already?” he answered casually. “No one else knows, though. Please don’t tell anyone about it, Sis.”Ruth nodded and hummed in answer. Then, she asked, “What’s your relationship with Blakewell Corporation?”Between the two brothers, one had a good relationship with the person-in-charge of the Blakewell family and had him generously sell them his mansion, while the other was a member of the Grand Empire’s upper management. He also had a close relationship with the richest man’s assistant. It was impossible for her not to think about Blakewell Corporat
Apollo was indeed in the wrong when it came to this. However, at the end of the day, wasn’t Abel in the wrong for deceiving Ruth first with a “romance scam”?That was what Apollo thought, but he did not dare to say it out loud. [Sorry. I’ll reflect on my mistake.]The car drove out of the parking lot slowly, and Apollo changed the topic by talking about what had happened in the room. He told Ruth that the person who caused trouble for her was one of Luna’s exes. Ruth was checking the stock market at that moment. When she heard this, she looked up. “Luna’s ex?”“Yup. Didn’t I put together a collection of Luna’s exes to take revenge for you? That’s why I remembered him.”He was talking about the engagement party. It was only then that Ruth learned that Apollo was the one behind it. Apollo might belong to Lockton Entertainment, but he did not have to do so much for her. Clearly, Abel had asked him to do it. When she thought of this, she smiled faintly. The anger she felt b
“This isn’t the first time you’ve heard that I don’t click with Luna and the Goldwell family. What gave you the impression that I decided to have a fall out with Luna because of you?” Ruth narrowed her eyes while speaking coldly. “I just took out my grudge against her this time.”Callum had dared to use her grandfather to threaten her. That was her berserk button. When Caelus heard her admit it, his gaze became pained. “So, you’re the reason why Grand Empire ended their partnership with her? When Luna thought you had a hand in it, I defended you! Looks like I misjudged you.”Ruth was puzzled for only a moment before she understood what he meant. In a nonchalant fashion, she leaned back against the chair. “It’s not too late for you to learn about me now.”Caelus slammed his palm on the table. “Ruth, snap out of it! The Blakewell family isn’t what it seems! How could someone like him like someone like you?!”Ruth narrowed her eyes and scrutinized him with a cold, fierce stare. He
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!