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

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

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

it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why let someone

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 he didn’t want to be caught

didn’t want to be a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any

would take an hour to drive to the Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s office

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

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

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

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

Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from her hands.

are these two men competing

each other in showing their attentiveness

one who should have been the most

Benjamin trying to achieve by meddling

tested Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin take you

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

with

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