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!”

question remained, could this show go on

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

“Let’s go with the Struyria Banquet,

it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why let someone

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

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

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

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

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

feeling frustrated. Luca followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them alone. Benjamin’s bodyguard car also

Struyria Banquet, it was already past eleven o’clock. They took the elevator up to the designated floor

took her purse from her hands.

are these two men competing

men were trying to outdo each other

was the one who should have

achieve by meddling

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

“so Ben took me to

with you?” Ethan asked, intentionally

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