Joshua sighed helplessly at her words. He reached out a hand and tidied her messy hair. “You’re spouting nonsense again.” The words that were about to leave her throat remained stuck there when she heard him. She wanted to tell him that the boy who accused her of domestic violence, of having an unstable mind, was actually Neil. She also wanted to tell him, that night at the fireworks celebration that the man she hugged whilst hidden behind the rocks on the beach was actually Theo. But his words ‘spouting nonsense’ made her swallow the truth down into her stomach again. What was the point in talking to him any further? To him, she was only ‘spouting nonsense’. So she chose to shut her mouth, no longer wasting energy to explain herself to him. However, to Joshua, Luna’s actions looked like obedience gained after her little secrets were exposed. He sighed deeply. It was all his fault. When Luna just woke up, he was busy with Nigel’s bone marrow transport and taking care of Fiona
As she spoke, she even started wiping at her tears. “If I knew Ms. Luna was in this condition, I would not have argued with her over certain matters…”Luna raised her lips in a sneer. In front of her, the figures of both Fiona and Joshua became smaller and smaller, but she could still vaguely hear Fiona’s hypocritical tone. It made her sick.…Luna was brought to the mental asylum. All of the staff members were polite and courteous to her, the man that brought her there even tended to her wounds personally. Luna looked at the man as he held his head low, focused on applying the balm on her wounds, and her eyebrows furrowed together. “Can you untie me?” The rope had bound her wrists together for the past five or six hours, the part of her skin that came in contact with the ropes was already rubbed raw, every movement brought pain that echoed in her core. But the man smiled coldly. “I’m afraid I can’t do that. If I untie you, problems will arise when I treat you later on.”Luna
Luna bit her lip and threw herself on the floor, squashing the ball of paper beneath her. Then she turned and smiled cheerily at the nurse and said, “This is fun…so fun!”She exerted all her strength into twisting and turning her body, acting as if she had really lost her mind, and turned and laughed cheekily at the nurse. The nurse must be used to seeing patients getting such attacks like this in the middle of the night, she merely frowned and slammed the door shut with a bang, shouting, “Get some sleep!”Listening to the nurse’s retreating footsteps outside the door, Luna sighed a long breath of relief and wiped at the cold sweat beading on her forehead. Finally, she took out the piece of paper hidden underneath her body. Opening the ball of paper, she saw a line of strong, big letters that read, ‘Hang in there. I’m thinking of a way to contact your friends so they can come to save you. I'll try to come up with a plan too. This is a communication device that I made. If it works
In the Orchard Manor, Nigel’s computer kept beeping, notifying him that a new message had been received. But the little guy was not in the mood to check his messages at all. At that moment, he and his little sister were busy conducting a hunger strike to protest against Joshua. Throughout the entire day, no matter what they did, they failed to get in touch with Luna. At first, they thought she was sleeping at home and did not pay much thought to it. But later on, no matter how many calls they made, they still failed to contact her in person. In the end, her phone was even switched off completely. So Neil contacted Anne. Anne and John rushed to the Blue Bay Villa but did not see Luna, instead, they saw Joshua and Fiona walking out one after the other. There was someone else with them, an old man with snow-white hair and wearing a pair of wire-rimmed glasses. After that, no one could contact Luna, no matter who it was. Nellie and Nigel contacted everyone they knew but no one had an
Joshua sighed and glanced at the two children in front of him. For Luna, they refused to eat or drink and insisted on confronting him. He knew that if he did not give them an answer tonight, they would not give up. “Joshua, say something!” Beside them, Granny Lynch wiped at her sweat anxiously and sat on the chair coughing. The two children had not eaten or drunk any water in the last 13 hours! Joshua sighed, and promised reluctantly, saying, “Eat, I’ll bring you to see Luna tomorrow.” Nellie turned and met her brother’s eyes. He gave her a meaningful glance. Even though he and Joshua had not known each other for long, he understood how difficult it was to make someone like Joshua, who was resolutely firm in all his business decisions, offer them a compromise in such a short period of time. They should not cross the line. Otherwise, if they angered him, they might not even be able to meet their mommy. The two children exchanged glances, then climbed onto their chairs and star
The little finger on her left hand was now lying flatly on the ground as if it had no bones to support it. A heart-wrenching pain radiated from her smashed little finger. She was in so much pain her consciousness was starting to fade. No matter how hard she tried to recall, she could not remember who it was who refused to let her go even when she was sent to an asylum. The only thing she remembered was the words Joshua said to the leader of the nurses yesterday when she was lifted out of Blue Bay Villa on a stretcher. “Treat her wounds when you’re at the hospital. Her hands are quite pretty, it would be a pity if they were scarred.” Luna closed her eyes, Fiona’s baleful gaze floating in front of her eyes when Joshua said those words. She laughed bitterly. She was already in this condition, and yet Fiona would still feel jealous of her just because of a single sentence out of Joshua’s mouth?The severe pain prevented her from pondering on this issue for too long. The pain was all
Hearing the words of the woman sitting outside the railing, Luna fell silent for a second, and finally laughed out too loud. “Joshua loves me? Protect me?” In the past, when Jude said that Joshua loved her, she would still remain skeptical and doubtful. But now…When he sent her into an asylum, to endure inhumane torture, all she felt was that the people who claimed that Joshua liked her were either stupid or were simply mocking her. And Aura was obviously doing the latter. "Yes, Joshua used to love and protect you, but you just didn't know.” As she spoke, a taunting sneer hung from her lips. “Otherwise, Luna, do you think you could survive till this day? Without Joshua, even your ashes would’ve been spread in the wind!” Then, she yawned, “But never mind, that’s all in the past. Since the moment you were brought here yesterday, everything’s changed.” As she spoke, she glanced at Luna’s tightly-wrapped little finger. “It must hurt terribly, right? But let me tell you, this
Neil sighed and patted Theos’ shoulder lightly. “But don’t worry, Uncle Theo. You risked your life for me, back then, you lost your memories because you tried to save me. That’s why you’re in this state now. I’ll help you get your girl, whether she’s a good woman or not.”“Who does your Uncle Theo like?”The moment Neil’s words left his mouth, the door to the backseat of the car was opened. Aura put on the same pair of sunglasses and settled into the backseat, asking faintly, “You’re just a boy and already you’re helping a man pursue a woman?” Seeing that Aura was back, Neil laughed awkwardly and said, “No, it was just a joke. Uncle Theo isn’t young anymore, I was just wondering whether he used to have feelings for a woman…”Aura scoffed, “He was in love with a woman once. But unfortunately, she’s about to die soon.”Theo’s body stiffened violently. Luna…was about to die? The last time he saw her, she was still fine…Seeing the slow-witted expression on Theo’s face, Aura waved h