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!”

remained, could this

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

in. “Let’s go

settles it then, Struyria Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why

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 in

and insecure. He didn’t want

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

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

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

frustrated. Luca followed behind with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them

eleven o’clock. They took the elevator up to

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

two men

were trying to outdo each

who should have been the

Benjamin trying to achieve by meddling in this

Mr. Benjamin take you

“so

go with

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