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, “I’ll take care of booking the private

“Let’s go with the Struyria

Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why let

nodded in 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

the thought of it made him feel jealous and insecure. He didn’t want to be a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any

an hour to drive to the Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s office and made their way

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

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

with his bodyguards, unwilling to

arrived at the Struyria Banquet, it was already past eleven o’clock.

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

these two men

two men were trying to outdo each other

the one who

Benjamin trying to achieve

did Mr. Benjamin take you last time? I’ve

was injured,” Emmeline explained, “so Ben took me to get

Abel go with you?” Ethan asked,

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