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

Benjamin chimed in. “Let’s go with the

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

Ryker Group hotel. Having Benjamin on one side and Adrien on the other would only lead to trouble, and he didn’t

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

drive to the Struyria Banquet. They all left the CEO’s

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

got into the driver’s seat, he leaned over to fasten Emmeline’s seatbelt. But just as he was about to reach

his bodyguards, unwilling

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

a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took

two men

each other in showing their attentiveness to

was the one who should have been

Benjamin trying to achieve by meddling in this

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

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

go with

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