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,

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

this show go

eagerly offered, “I’ll take care of booking the

“Let’s go with the Struyria

it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why let

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 Group hotel. Having Benjamin on one side and Adrien on the other would only lead to trouble, and he didn’t want to be caught

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

Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s office

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

he leaned over to fasten Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just as he was about to

with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them alone.

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

chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from her

two

outdo each other in

who should have

achieve by meddling

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

Emmeline explained, “so Ben

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