The manager’s expression did not change as he replied diplomatically, “This is an order from the higher-ups. We’re not sure. However, you made a promise on behalf of our shop…”“Who’s your superior? Call him over.”Lily did not fall for his tricks and could not be bothered to waste her breath on him. The manager was stunned by her overbearing attitude for a moment, but when he thought about how he had already dealt with several difficult customers in the past two days, he was not afraid of this young lady.“Miss, my superiors are following the orders of the headquarters. This decision was made by the higher-ups of the Blakewell Corporation. It’s useless no matter who you look for.”“Is that so?”Lily tilted her head and looked at him. “Are you sure it was the higher-ups’ idea?”The manager smiled. “Of course, our every move represents the Blakewell Corporation’s image. This also affects the Blakewell Corporation’s interests. The decision made by the higher-ups is based on the a
The manager automatically pictured a certain person.A terrifying thought appeared in his mind. He looked at Lily with fear. “Is your cousin…”Lily’s smile was pure and sweet as she pointed at the video in the middle of the hall. “There she is!”Since this was a place where people could redeem prizes with Ruth and Abel’s wedding favors, a video of their wedding was being played on a loop.The manager turned around and happened to see Ruth elegantly getting out of the car.Her lightly made-up face was cold and exquisite, and she had a proud temperament. Her gaze swept over indifferently. The manager’s shoulders trembled for some reason.“How is that possible? Weren’t they supposed to be in the hospital? Why is Mrs. Blakewell here—”Before he could finish speaking, a figure appeared at the entrance of the showroom.The woman was dressed in a light green dress and had a slender figure. She wore a pair of high heels and looked casual and elegant. As she walked in, she took off he
In that case, it was true.Lily seemed to be in a passive state with Galen.Whatever she did, Galen was unmoved, making Lily feel quite defeated.Therefore, during the night she stayed at his house, she felt that she was the one who took advantage of him. She felt that stepped into his private life and disturbed his life.However, she did not realize that he was the one who took the initiative to bring her back. She had to be the one to hold him accountable.Unconsciously, she thought about how Demi was back in the car. She was shocked and in disbelief, as she complained about her brother’s actions.At that time, she thought that she was the one who should have been blamed.After all, Demi did not want her to get too close to her brother. She even warned her brother not to be deceived by her.But when this happened, Demi’s first reaction was to stand on her side…Blinking, she stared at Ruth and pouted. “Hmph! We’re basically sisters! Men are the most unreliable! You guys are
The manager wanted to deny it, but he could not.After all, what Lily said was true. He had said that.“Is that so?” Ruth smiled. “How is he going to deal with it for you?”“He said that it will take time to transfer the cars across districts. So, he’ll ask them to come over tomorrow. When they come over tomorrow, he’ll say that the redemption period has already—”“Miss!”The manager raised his voice abruptly, interrupting Lily’s childish explanation.Lily was shocked by his words and frowned slightly. “Why are you so loud? I know you’re doing this for the sake of the company. Can’t you see that I’m putting in a good word for you?”The manager was speechless.If Lily continued, he would not be able to keep his job.Listening to Lily’s words, Ruth put two and two together.Frowning, she asked, “When did you start giving out deadlines for the redemption period? Who asked you to do this?”Every customer who came over happened to come after the wedding. How could they impose suc
The manager was stunned. He did not understand what Ruth meant by that.Just as he was about to ask, dissatisfied voices came from the lounge. “Why are you out of stock again? Didn’t you say that you would definitely be able to give us our prizes today?”“I’m sorry. That young lady just now is not one of our staff. She doesn’t know the situation and has inconvenienced you. I’m really sorry.” The employee gave them a perfunctory apology.“Can we redeem it or not? Is it true that the prize is just a gimmick and that this shop has no intention of giving it to us?” The man’s face darkened as he asked angrily. “No one I know has redeemed a car!”The employee smiled and said perfunctorily, “We don’t know either. Please come back tomorrow. We won’t know the details until tomorrow.”He might as well have told them to get lost.Not only did the couple look upset, but even Ruth could not sit still when she heard that.“Who said that? Didn’t you just tell us that the redemption period ende
The video of the wedding was playing on a loop in the shop. Ruth’s face was essentially her signature. The employees in the shop knew her and would not go against her instructions. They did not dare go against her…The manager quickly realized this and put on a smile again. He nodded. “Alright, I’ll take care of it. I’ll inform them immediately!”At the same time, the young couple made a call.Although the young man tried his best to lower his voice, Ruth could still vaguely hear his excitement.“It’s crazy! It seems to be an internal problem. Mrs. Blakewell has personally come to rectify the issue! We’ll definitely be able to redeem our prizes. Get over here! Hurry up! You might even get to see some tea being spilled”Lily walked over slowly. She looked at the young man before her eyes darted to the manager.She lowered her voice and said, “The manager is not a good person. He might inform his immediate superior to come and take charge. Why don’t you ask Abel to come in to hel
“Oh? Is that so?”Ruth pretended to be surprised. “Then film it and help us clear things up. A staff member made a mistake a few days ago. He’ll be here anytime now.”The young woman was overjoyed. “Thank you, Miss Ruth! I’ll definitely help you out!”The manager stood at the side and looked at the door from time to time.Hearing the blogger’s request, he subconsciously wanted to refuse.However, Ruth answered first, so he could only shut his mouth and not say anything.Seeing Ruth agree, the other bloggers who had brought their equipment all rushed to take it out. They quickly turned it on and started filming.The manager looked at this scene and glanced at the calm Ruth. A hint of mockery flashed across his eyes. He hoped that she could continue to be calm as the situation unfolded.Soon, a few cars slowly drove in.With the manager’s many years of experience, he could see from afar that these cars were very expensive.He straightened his back and raised his voice. “Alright
Everyone was clamoring for an explanation. Even Nicholas could not treat people like that!They were all blaming Nicholas for interfering. Some people even suspected that Ruth and Nicholas had colluded to steal their prizes!Seeing that things were going out of control and that Nicholas had been brought into the drama, the manager panicked.The car had already driven in.The manager could not care less and waved his hand. “Security! Cut off the signal and control the crowd!”As he spoke, he walked forward and respectfully welcomed the car.The car stopped, and the first person to get out was a bodyguard.The bodyguard walked to the back seat of the car. He respectfully opened the door.A polished black leather shoe appeared in front of everyone. The manager spoke in a respectful tone.“Mr. Nicholas, you—”However, the manager froze.“Mr. Blakewell, why are you here?”Abel’s cold eyes swept across the scene. When his gaze landed on Ruth, his eyes became gentler.His voice
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!