Wedding favors littered the bed.The lights were turned off at some point, leaving only a warm wall lamp that reflected the overlapping shadows in the room. A soft breeze outside the window fluttered the white curtains.Ruth was in a daze. Men were such pests!The next morning, when Ruth woke up, it was already noon, and the room was tidied up.The money-counting machine and the cash were placed neatly in the small cabinet by the bed.Beside it was a note with the numbers recorded on it.Ruth was not very satisfied with seeing the results since she did not get to count the money herself.She unlocked her phone only to be hit with a barrage of messages from her family as well as the Rivas family.They were all saying the same thing: it was a long story and they had no choice but to keep it from her.Did that mean they were in cahoots?Ruth had just calmed down, but now she was angry again.She closed their messages and opened the group chat she had with her girlfriends. Her i

Luna was getting all the hate instead.Ruth sent a message to the group chat.[I’ve seen it all. I’m very satisfied with the results.]The first to reply was Serenity. [You’re only seeing the news now? Wow! Abel sure kept you busy during the wedding night, huh?]Demi: [That seems to be the case. Also, I heard from the grapevine that the duke’s car was at Kingsland Manor last night.]Pearl: [Doesn’t he even know that you guys have moved out? Is he really Ruth’s biological father?!]As soon as he said this, the entire group fell silent.Everyone still remembered what happened at the wedding yesterday.Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was a fact that Ruth had left early. They had gossiped a little last night. Seeing that Ruth did not respond directly, they thoughtfully changed the topic to Luna’s nonsense.They did not mention this again.At this moment, it was already very brave of Pearl to ask about this.Pearl realized that the group had fallen into an awkward si

Ruth suddenly thought of Sean.He looked like he was at a disadvantage because of Notus’s return, but in fact, his strength was slowly showing.The members of the Rivas family were Denver’s supporters. They had been supporting him for so many years.Notus had been so impulsive yesterday and jumped straight in front of Ruth, leading to many issues being exposed.He had exposed how the previous royal family did not get along with Duke Charles and were forced into a corner.He had also exposed how the Cavendish family was now in power again. The previous royals had no place to turn things around. They could only attack Duke Charles’s weakness.Sean was just a knife in their hands. His attacking Reina did not necessarily represent his true intentions. It represented the intentions of the person manipulating Sean.That person definitely did not want to harm Ruth’s mother because she was Notus’s ‘lover’.Thus, it was because of Duke Charles…Just as her thoughts reached this point,

Luna shivered and turned to look at him. “You can’t hit me! You haven’t signed the contract with the Lovehart family. If you hurt me, Dad will not let you off!”“Notus can’t even deal with his own wife now, let alone mine. Also, do you think you’ve only ruined this wedding?”Because Luna’s identity and image were far inferior to Ruth’s, Nicholas’s attitude had already wavered.Nicholas’s position in the Blakewell family was also on the verge of collapse.At the thought of this, Nicholas became even angrier. He raised his belt.“Ah! Nicholas! You monster!”“Monster? Didn’t you provoke a monster like me first?” Nicholas’s voice was distorted by the cracks of the belt against Luna’s skin.Luna felt dizzy from the pain, but because of his words, her mind was surprisingly clear.Yes, she was the one who provoked him first.She was the one who sent herself to him.“Nicholas! You devil! You’ll go to hell— Ah!”“Don’t worry, I’ll bring you with me to hell!”After an unknown perio

Ruth was amenable to persuasion but not coercion, so she listened to him. However, it was very easy to arouse her rebelliousness if Charles still wanted to put on airs and scold her at a time like this.Abel stood at the side and looked at her. He knew what she was feeling upset about.He reached out to hold her hand and explained in a low voice, “Ruth came here today because she wanted to sit down and have a good talk. When she made that quip, she meant that you guys have lied to her for so many years.”Facing Ruth’s shocked eyes, he smiled at her and turned to look at the others. “My mother-in-law died because of Callum and that apprentice of the Rivas family. Sean worked with that apprentice of the Rivas family, but he didn’t get to make any decisions. Therefore, it couldn’t have been Sean’s idea to attack my mother-in-law.”He meant that Rose had not died in Reina’s place. Rose was the target from the start.These words stunned Reina.Lily was also confused.Did that mean th