At Kingsland Manor, night fell, and the villa was enveloped in the silence of early summer.On the balcony, Reina was lying on a recliner, scrolling through messages on her tablet. She frowned as she read the comments.“How ridiculous! Is Luna that popular?”“She’s not, but she’s willing to spend a lot of money on publicity! She’ll do anything to slander Ruth! However, I bet she didn’t expect to anger Abel this time!”Lily was similar to Ruth. She did not care much about what other people thought. She simply wanted to get her own back at Luna.If Luna said that they were bullying her, then they would actually bully her to see how she liked it!However, Reina was not satisfied. “The entire Internet is talking about Ruth and Abel now. It’s not good to continue like this.”Lily shrugged. “There’s nothing we can do. We can’t shut everyone up.”Reina was silent.Abel also seemed to not be doing anything.He probably wanted to wait until the wedding was over before making a fuss.
Abel put away his phone.He guessed that Charles’s visit this time would definitely be more high-profile than the last time. However, he was worried that there would be minor hiccups. So, he sent Charles an indirect reminder to sort things out.Abel felt much more at ease after he texted Charles.He wanted to make sure everything went perfectly for Ruth.“Who are you texting? Why are you so happy?” Ruth popped up out of nowhere.Abel tapped her forehead. “I’m just confirming the guest list with your father.”Ruth leaned against the back seat of the car and suddenly remembered something. “Oh, have you told Father? You still have to tell Julius and Grandpa!”Abel nodded and said, “I’ve told them, and I’ve also invited some of your peers from the training grounds.”Ruth nodded and suddenly fell into deep thought.Abel waited for a while but did not hear her continue speaking. He turned to look at her.“What’s wrong?”“Do you think it’s inappropriate to invite Grandpa and the ot
It was early summer, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.The Imperial City was very lively. Two high-profile weddings were taking place. Naturally, controversy followed them.Luna’s marriage to Nicholas signified the unification of two of the most powerful families in the Imperial City. This was a mutually beneficial collaboration and would help each other build a more powerful business empire.Due to Ruth’s previous actions, the hotels under the Blakewell Corporation had rejected hosting their wedding banquet, making this wedding even more interesting.Thus, the Lovehart family had booked the Camere Hotel for the wedding.At the entrance of the hotel, there were rows of luxury cars.Countless media outlets carried their cameras and entered one after another. They were ready to get the best scoops as well as take pictures of the beautiful bride.Luna was touching up her makeup backstage and looking at the front hall displayed on the big screen beside her—Frank and N
After saying this, the stylist left angrily with her team.Katie did not even have the chance to convince her to stay.She turned to look at Luna with a frown. “Why are you throwing a tantrum now?”She knew that Luna was snobbish, but she did not expect her to be so unbearable at a time like this.Luna leaned back in her chair and played with her exquisite manicure. “Katie, you must be joking. Don’t you know that I need to show them who’s in charge by throwing a tantrum or two?”Katie was speechless.Indeed, she was the most influential person in the Lovehart family today.Even if Luna killed someone, Notus would clean up the mess for her.In fact, Notus had personally asked her to invite this styling team over.However, Katie did not expect Luna to offend the stylist so badly.“I don’t care what conflict you have with Dad, but Alice is my friend! Go ahead and make things difficult for Dad but don’t mess with my friends!” Katie’s voice turned cold.Luna shrugged nonchalantly
“No, Luna, it’s truly insane.”The bridesmaid understood what she meant and corrected her seriously, “The lineup is unprecedented. The guests from the bride’s side are led by the armed police. The accompanying convoy is led by a military off-road vehicle, followed by cars with blank license plates…”At this point, many bridesmaids leaned over. “No way? Could there be a mistake? Is there another wedding at the same venue today?”Someone immediately denied it. “Impossible. The news spread a few days ago. Only Mr. Blakewell’s wedding is being held there today!”Another bridesmaid exclaimed, “Oh my god, the media staff in the front row are all from nationally-certified companies! They’re so well-mannered and disciplined!”“Who exactly is Ruth? She has so many international guests!”The group of bridesmaids huddled together and exclaimed as they watched. They did not realize how ugly Luna’s expression was.She took out her phone to browse the Internet.New topics dominated the trend
The wedding favors rained over a wide area.After a series of screams, someone spoke first.“Oh my god! I got a thousand dollars in vouchers! I can exchange them for cash at the bank under the Blakewell Corporation!”“I got them too!”“Me too! Me too!”“I got three thousand in vouchers!”“Is it true that I got a voucher for a hundred thousand dollars? Someone pinch me to wake me up!”“Aaah, I only got a greeting card, but it’s so pretty! I wish the couple a happy marriage!”Charles stood on the stage and accidentally heard the last person’s words. It was a young woman. He looked at the young woman who was watching the live broadcast below the stage and raised his eyebrows imperceptibly.Then, he reached out to the host.The host handed him the microphone.Charles personally asked the young woman, “Did you pick up a red card or a pink one?”The young woman was stunned for a few seconds.It was only when the people beside her nudged her that she came to a realization. Meet
Ruth hesitated. “Will it be bad if we leave first?”Abel nodded in understanding.Then, he turned around and gave Lyla a look. Lyla received her son’s signal and quickly reminded the host to proceed to the next segment.Under the guidance of Abel’s parents, Ruth and Abel entered the hotel first.The members of the Acker family stood at the entrance of the hotel and welcomed the guests warmly.Charles had enough of interacting with Ruth’s fans. He turned to leave quietly.However, he did not have to. The same young woman from before pointed out that everyone was leaving and urged him to leave too.Charles was touched by her sincerity.He was also stunned for a moment. When he turned around, he realized that he was alone.They did not even tell him!He looked so upset that everyone started to laugh.After he left, the host began to guide the official media outlets into the venue in an orderly manner.No other media outlets were allowed in. Thus, the wedding had an elegant
The front hall of the Camere Hotel was looking empty.Many of the younger guests found excuses to leave in a hurry.Notus was confused.Then, he accidentally heard the conversation between two guests who walked out. “There’s also a top-notch VIP card! If we’re lucky, we might be able to snatch it!”“I’m not interested in that. I’m interested in Seema’s jewelry!”“They’re only giving out 99 sets of her jewelry. The chances of getting it are very small!”“Help me keep an eye out. If anyone doesn’t need it, I’ll buy it from them!”“It depends on luck!”Notus did not know what they were talking about, but he knew about Seema.She had worked with Ouyan and would appear at Ruth’s wedding.Her eyes flickered as if she had thought of something. He instructed Lucas, “Go and check on the situation at the Pearl Moon Hotel.”After giving his instructions, Notus welcomed the guests who had just entered. He exchanged a few pleasantries with them and sent them to the venue.When he came o
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!