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

should we choose?” Abel eagerly offered, “I’ll

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

Banquet it is,” Ethan agreed. “Why

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

He didn’t want to be a ticking time bomb, ready to

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

Janie joined Benjamin in his Bentley.

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

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

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

a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse from

are these two

two men were trying to outdo each other in showing their attentiveness to

the one who

trying to achieve by meddling in this

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

“so Ben took me to

didn’t Abel go with you?” Ethan asked,

his name. “Him?” she said,

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