When Ruth heard her words, her eyes lit up. “Are you jealous?”She had a perfect understanding of the micro-expressions people had when they were jealous. And it was all thanks to Abel being jealous so often. Of course, Abel also played a role in how she managed to break the ice with Terran. Apparently, men were not the only ones who liked women acting cute. Women also liked other women who acted cute. “Hmph. I’m not jealous.” Terran scoffed and returned to being an aloof and heartless woman. However, that expression was just bizarre in this sort of situation and atmosphere. Since Ruth knew when to quit while she was ahead, she did not continue being smug and just gently told Terran the reason behind her actions. She wanted to retrieve all the people she brought into Rising Star, but she was in no position to do it, nor did she have the power to do it. Hence, she could only find chances to break the walls keeping her allies trapped in Rising Star one by one, and the situat

Ruth could not be bothered to waste any more of her breath with Luna. She saw Abel’s car by the side and turned to go to it. “Stop!”Luna’s fall reduced her to a pathetic and embarrassing state, but she quickly regained her rationality. When the interview ended, DH might have not been too nice to her, but they did not say much. Clearly, Ruth’s words were nothing to them. Where did the b*tch get the confidence to threaten her?“You have to be responsible for what you say in public! I know you want to smear DH’s name to pull a publicity stunt, but DH won’t just agree to it and do nothing in return! When the truth comes out, I won’t let you off the hook!”She pushed herself elegantly off the ground and looked at Abel. “He’s pretty. It’s no wonder why you like him. Do you dare to tell him what happened three years ago? Are you sure he’ll still protect you after you tell him?”Ruth turned around. When she saw how impertinent Luna was, she scowled. “Don’t you think it’s strange t

Pearl’s phone vibrated. It was her livestream assistant. Whenever something like that happened, her assistant would call her and pretend to comfort her before asking Pearl to not stream for a while. She pulled at her hair, then rushed over to her phone and grabbed it. “I know! I won’t stream for the time being! In fact, I won’t stream ever again!”Her assistant was silent for a few seconds before she spoke tentatively. “That’s not it, Pearl. The boss wants to know whether you really have a bad relationship with Ms. Ruth.”When Pearl went to the hospital and streamed herself meeting Ruth and stopping her from leaving, the feedback was pretty good. The platform manager, thus, asked her to continue with this theme and stream herself doing things socialites do on a daily basis with Ruth, like going out window shopping or having afternoon tea. Pearl had rejected the idea with a vicious no and said that she was not close to Ruth. When she heard the question again, she remembered

Abel noticed how calm she was. She seemed to find it normal. He put some smoked salmon on her plate and gave her a piece of advice. “You should give very clear hints of kindness to those who are a bit dense. Otherwise, they might misunderstand you.”“I just spoke the truth. I wasn’t trying to help her.”Ruth took a bite of the smoked salmon and looked at him. “You seem to know Pearl well.”Abel did not bother to hide it. “Not really. I just took the opportunity to learn about her after she got into an argument with you at the supermarket.”The Harlem and Lockton families were family friends and had been pretty close to each other in the past. Albert Harlem was a loyal friend. If Ruth asked him for help, he would not turn her away. While Pearl did not have a good reputation, she was not a bad person at heart. With Ruth’s current situation, there was no need for her to have a complete fall out with the Harlem family. Ruth was smart, so there was no way she would not understan

Both of them had their own skeletons in their closets, and so, the conversation came to an end. Neither of them spoke about Mr. Kallan or the custom-made rings again. Ruth went back to business and talked about DH. She thanked Abel for helping her check the recording and supporting her in front of Luna. Abel adopted a stern expression. “I’m sorry. I didn’t take care of this properly.”“It’s not your fault. Who would have thought they would do something so out of left field? But, now that things have ended up in such a mess, I’ll take care of it myself.” She already had a plan. Abel did not refuse to let her do it. He just nodded. “Alright.”This entire mess boiled down to DH’s staff members acting audaciously and lying to their superiors. He had to show some respect to Philip, which was why he sent the recording to DH in Ruth’s name—he wanted to give them another chance. If they apologized and dealt with this matter properly so that Ruth was satisfied with it, he would no