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 in

Ethan grinned. “Emma’s

could this show go

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

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

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

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

didn’t

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

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

driver’s seat, he leaned over to fasten Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just

with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them alone. Benjamin’s bodyguard car also kept

was already past eleven o’clock. They took the elevator up to

Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from her hands.

are these two men competing

each

the one who should have been

achieve

Ethan tested Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin take

Emmeline explained, “so Ben took

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