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,

grinned. “Emma’s back and it’s definitely

could this show

eagerly offered, “I’ll take care of

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

Banquet it is,” Ethan

was the perfect choice. The last thing he wanted was to run into Adrien at a Ryker Group hotel.

it made him feel jealous and insecure. He didn’t want to be a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any

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

Janie joined Benjamin in his Bentley. Emmeline didn’t drive, so she had to sit in Abel’s

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

with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them

they arrived at the Struyria Banquet, it was already past eleven o’clock. They took the elevator up to the designated

while Abel took her purse from her hands. Ethan looked

these two

two men were trying to outdo each other in showing their attentiveness

Abel was the one who should have been

to achieve by

Ethan tested Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin take you last time? I’ve been

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

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