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.”

raised her hand, “I’m

“Emma’s back and

could this show

eagerly offered, “I’ll take care

the expenses,” Benjamin chimed in. “Let’s go with the Struyria Banquet, after all, it’s

then, Struyria Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why let

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 didn’t want

didn’t want to

to the Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s office and made

his Bentley. Emmeline didn’t

leaned over to fasten Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just as he

frustrated. Luca followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them alone. Benjamin’s bodyguard car also

o’clock. They took the elevator up to the designated

out a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from her hands.

these two

men were trying to outdo each other

Abel was the one who should have

to achieve

Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin take you last

was injured,” Emmeline explained, “so Ben took me

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