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.”

hand, “I’m in

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

could this show

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

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

settles it 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

of it made him feel jealous and insecure. He didn’t

am, and it would take an hour to drive to the Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s office and made their way to the underground parking

Benjamin in his Bentley. Emmeline didn’t drive, so she

Emmeline’s seatbelt. But

reluctantly started the car, feeling frustrated. Luca followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling

Struyria Banquet, it was already past eleven o’clock. They

a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from her hands. Ethan looked on,

two

to outdo each other in showing their attentiveness

the one who should have been the

achieve

Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin

Emmeline explained, “so Ben took me to

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