Chapter 177
Maybe because Emily had been busy traveling and hadn’t seen
of the Bennett family, or maybe it was just that Charles was backing her up, but for
a while, Emily and the Bennetts actually got along peacefully
During this time, Bennett Group officially announced a new project and also revealed its collaboration with the Jenkins family.
In no time, the Jenkins family’s status in Cloudridge soared, and thanks to Sofia’s shrewdness, the news spread like wildfire throughout the city Even Austin, who spent most of his time hanging around the old neighborhood, had heard about it. He brought it up to Emily while they were eating Emily never really paid attention to the Bennett Group, whether in the past or at that time, so she didn’t know much about it and never planned to
“It’s fine if you didn’t know before.” Austin said, his smile sweet and gentia. “But now you should keep an eye on it, especially this new project Andrew’s running. Who knows, you might be in for a surprise”
Emily’s hand froze mid–air, fork still in hand, as she looked up at him. “What did you do?”
She knew Austin was capable, but without even an ID, trying to take on Andrew in Cloudridge was basically like throwing an egg against arock.
Austin gave a mysterious wink. “If it’s a surprise, it’d ruin the fun if I told you now.”
He’d been laying the groundwork for this surprise a long time ago. He still hadn’t let go of the fact that Andrew had hit Emily.
Emily wasn’t oblivious; she knew full well that Austin was targeting Andrew because of her. She opened her mouth, but for a moment, no words came
out
From the moment they met, Austin had always shown her nothing but genuine sincerity, even though she couldn’t figure out what she’d done to deserve such devotion from someone who was practically a stranger at first.
After a long pause, Emily finally asked, “is what you’re doing risky
When Austin saw t
that her first reaction to hearing about the Bennett family’s new project being tampered with was to worry about whether he was in danger, his dimples grew even deeper.
He picked up a piece of ribs and placed it in Emily’s bowl. “Don’t worry, Emilly if there’s any risk, I’m not going to shoulder it alone.”
If he couldn’t even pull off a little trick like that, he’d probably have lost his life a dozen times already, falling into other people’s traps over the years.
Emily didn’t really know what Austin was truly capable of, but after spending so much time together she knew that if he said he had it under control, he definitely did, so she didn’t say anything more.
After tidying up the kitchen, Emily headed out to the balcony to sketch and work on her art commissions.
Under Austin’s careful management, her account was thriving A few of her videos had gotten some buzz, and more and more people were reaching out to commission her work.
But since Emily had been pretty busy lately, she only accepted simple, non–urgent commissions, just something to help her chill out and recharge. Austin didn’t bother her, just quietly sitting on a small chair about a meter away.
He seemed to be chatting with someone, his thurbs tapping away on his phone, a shadow flickering across his sunlit
Sunlight streamed through the trees in the neighborhood’s greenbelt, spilling onto the balcony and over the two of them, peaceful and calm, it looked just like a picture perfect moment.
But then, out of nowhere, a sudden knock shattered the peaceful scene
Austin’s brow furrowed instinctively. He glanced at Emily, who seemed lost in her own world, then quietly put away his phone and walked softly to t
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door.
Before the next knock could come, he yanked the door open and was met with Lucas’s impatient face
Austin frowned, practically wearing the words “not welcome” on his face. “What are you doing here?” he asked,
Lucas shot him an equally unfriendly look. “I’m here to see Emilly, obviously!”
With that, he craned his neck and called out into the house. “Emily, I know you’re in there, I need to talk to you about something really important
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