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

knew it,” Ethan grinned. “Emma’s back and

remained, could this

hotel should we choose?” Abel eagerly offered, “I’ll take care

the expenses,” Benjamin chimed in. “Let’s go with the

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

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

didn’t want to be a

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

drove his Lexus, while Janie joined Benjamin in his Bentley. Emmeline

Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just as he was about to reach for

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

o’clock. They

pulled out a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took

these two

outdo each other in

was the one who

trying to achieve by

“where did Mr. Benjamin take you last time? I’ve been

“so Ben

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