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!”

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hotel should we choose?” Abel eagerly offered,

chimed in. “Let’s go with

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

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

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

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

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

seatbelt. But just as he was about to reach for her

with his bodyguards, unwilling to leave them alone. Benjamin’s bodyguard car also kept up with

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

out a chair for Emmeline, while Abel took her purse

two

outdo each other in showing their attentiveness

was the one who

achieve by

Ethan tested Emmeline, “where did Mr. Benjamin take you last

was injured,” Emmeline explained, “so Ben took

go with you?” Ethan

glanced at Abel when Ethan mentioned his name.

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