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.”

her hand,

“Emma’s back and it’s definitely worth

question remained, could this show

we choose?” Abel eagerly offered, “I’ll take care of booking the private

in. “Let’s go with the Struyria Banquet, after all, it’s

it then, Struyria Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed.

nodded in agreement, thinking to himself that the Struyria Banquet was the perfect choice. The last thing he wanted was to run into Adrien at a Ryker

made him feel jealous and insecure. He didn’t want

Struyria Banquet. They all left

drove his Lexus, while Janie joined Benjamin in his Bentley. Emmeline didn’t drive, so she had to sit in

the driver’s seat, he leaned over to fasten Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just as he was about to reach for her small hand, she

reluctantly started the car, feeling frustrated. Luca followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them alone. Benjamin’s bodyguard car also kept up with

already past eleven o’clock. They took the elevator up to the designated floor and

chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from

are these two

two men were trying to outdo each other in showing

Abel was the one who should have

was Benjamin trying to achieve by meddling

Ethan tested Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin take you last time?

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

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