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.”

Janie raised her hand, “I’m in too.”

“I knew it,” Ethan grinned. “Emma’s back and it’s definitely worth celebrating!”

could this

Abel eagerly offered,

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

Struyria Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed.

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 in the

thought of it made him feel jealous and insecure. He didn’t want to be a

already past 10 am, and it would take an hour to drive to the Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s office and

drove his Lexus, while Janie joined Benjamin in his Bentley. Emmeline didn’t

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

followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them

it was already past eleven o’clock. They

pulled out a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from her

two

to outdo each other in showing their attentiveness to

who should have been the most

achieve by meddling in

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

“so Ben took me to

go with you?” Ethan

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