Mr. Ambrose fell silent, "I know what you are talking about."
Mrs. Hill smiled, "Then you should also know I am not being unreasonable. Ruby goes out to shoot with other men, and she might have to do compromising shots, wear skimpy clothes. Where will we put our face?"
Mr. Ambrose remained silent, a frown touched his forehead.
"Our family is one of the major investors now. If we wanted, we could have stripped Ruby off that role. But our family likes peace and harmony so we have never thought of acting against you in any way."
A long silence lingered in the living room. Mrs. Hill sat elegantly, visibly unbothered by the impact of her words.
Who didn’t know that the Ambrose Family was no longer as glorious as it seemed on the surface?
The Ambrose family was at their peak when Ruby’s father was around.
Later, business went downhill following a few major wrong decisions. And Ruby’s father passed away, giving control of the family business to his adopted brother.
But this adopted brother not only took over the company, he married his dead brother’s wife as well.
On the surface, the Ambrose family was still stable in their position yet internally, they were more of an empty shell.
Nevertheless, the Hill Family could still squeeze quite a lot of benefits out of this shell.
And Ruby, as the future matriarch of their family, was the Hill Couple’s first preference. Hence, they did not want to retract this marriage arrangement as easily.
"The reason Ruby can be so arrogant right now is because she has gotten some backing, and a role. She thinks she can be the new generation’s superstar," Mr. Ambrose suddenly spoke up, "But what if you snatch away this newfound hope of hers?"
Mrs. Hill’s eyes glowed when she heard that, "But what if this ’backing’ meddles in it?"
Mr. Ambrose fell silent.
"You cannot want us to walk into a trap, can you?" Mrs. Hill narrowed her eyes, "These days, the entire Vermilion City is filled with whispers of Ella’s involvement with... that person."
"So what?" Mr. Ambrose chuckled, "That girl, Ella, is not that fiercely loyal to Ruby. She can defend Ruby once or twice in her playtime. But do you think she would go that far for her?"
Mrs. Hill nodded slowly, "That girl... is quite evil. Other than fiercely loving my son, I haven’t seen her ever being that devoted to any other person. So, you are right."
"Then, that’s a deal," Mr. Ambrose shook hands with the woman.
Both the people did not notice a shadow behind the pillar, standing on the floor above, gazing at them.
A flash of red hair fluttered in the gentle breeze as Mrs. Ambrose turned around and returned to her room.
9:30 pm, Eve Mansion.
Ella sat by the dresser in the Master Bedroom as she diligently did her skincare.
Every once in a while, she looked at the reflection of a certain someone in the mirror.
Adrian was seated on the bed with a file in his hand. His face was straight but it wasn’t difficult to see the grey clouds surrounding him.
He seemed... impatient.
And somehow, every time she stared at him, his impatience seemed to grow.
Ella sighed softly...
These past few days, Ella had not done her skincare. This morning, she returned to her room to do her skincare.
But then, she got a call from ’Lilac’ headquarters who informed her that they had sent her the dividend of profits that was promised.
After their newest launch, Lilac has been thriving.
However, Ella had not remembered to track the sales or even her own social media account lately so she was clueless until Jerome, the Vice President’s younger brother told her about it personally.
Later, Ella called Mo Jun to check up on the progress of the court case against Jenny.
And lastly, she called Ruby who had called her a few times during this week but Ella had not been able to talk to her.
By the time Ella was done, a few hours had passed. When she returned to the Master Bedroom, a few rotten mushrooms hung in the air while a certain someone sulked on the bed.
But even before she could say anything, she realized that a brand new shiny dresser had been installed in Adrian’s monotonous room.
And all her preferred products had been stocked atop it!
To say it was an eye-opener would be an understatement. She was gone for a few hours and he altered his room for her.
But then, this was a typical Adrian move! She just couldn’t get used to the ways of the rich, ah!
"Not done yet?" Adrian closed the file and placed it on the dresser, his eyes wandering to her.
Ella took her sweet time patting the moisturizer on her face before she approached him.
"Baby, do you want me to do your skincare too?" She arched a brow, standing in front of him with the bottle of serum in her hands.
Adrian’s eyes darkened.
"You don’t want to? Fine..."
Ella had already started to walk away when Adrian grabbed her waist and pulled her to his lap.
"Do whatever." He closed his eyes, his arms firmly wrapping around her, drawing her close to him.
In a matter of a few seconds, the sly smirk on Ella’s face disappeared.
She had just started to apply the serum on his face when she felt something poking her inner thighs, through the delicate fabric of her nightgown.
Ella squirmed, trying to get off his lap.
But Adrian held her in place, "Don’t move. Continue." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NovєlFіre.net
His eyes remained closed and his face was still offered to her.
Had she not felt him poking her down there, she would have really believed that he was completely normal.
Still, seeing that he had no intentions of letting her go, Ella applied the serum on his face before she gently massaged it.
All this while, she had her bottom slightly so that she wasn’t sitting on him completely, but rather hovering atop him.