Emmeline tugged at her little hand, but Abel had a death grip on it and wouldn’t let go. It was starting to hurt, and she winced, “Abel, ease up! You’re going to bruise me!”

Abel finally loosened his grip a bit, but Emmeline still couldn’t free her hand. She huffed in frustration and gave up, resigning herself to being held captive.

Without missing a beat, Abel wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close, enclosing her in a tight embrace.

“It’s so good to have Emma back,” Ethan chimed in, trying to diffuse the tension. “Let’s celebrate with lunch today. My treat, everyone’s invited.”

“I’m in,” Abel spoke up first. “Ethan’s right, it makes sense. Count me in.”

Benjamin and Janie exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves,

What’s Ethan meddling in now? Everything was going fine.

But could they really argue with his proposal now?

“Mr. Benjamin, Janie,” Ethan turned to them. “Do you think it’s a bad idea?”

Benjamin reluctantly nodded, “It’s fine, I agree.”

hand, “I’m

grinned. “Emma’s back and it’s

question remained, could this show go on

hotel should we choose?” Abel eagerly offered,

“Let’s go with the

Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why let someone else

Struyria Banquet was the perfect choice. The last thing he wanted was to run into Adrien at a Ryker Group hotel. Having Benjamin on one side and Adrien on the other would only lead to trouble, and he

and insecure. He didn’t want to be

and it would take an hour to drive to the Struyria Banquet.

his Lexus, while Janie joined Benjamin in his Bentley.

Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just as he was about to reach for her small hand, she withdrew

the car, feeling frustrated. Luca followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling to

Banquet, it was already past eleven o’clock.

Abel took her purse from her hands. Ethan looked on,

two men

men were trying to outdo each other in

Abel was the one who should have been

achieve by

“where did Mr. Benjamin

Emmeline explained, “so

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