Joshua stormed into the stairwell without any hesitation, with Luna still in his arms. “Let go of me…” Luna protested weakly.However, she was too tired and in so much pain that her struggles were futile.“I won’t.” Joshua zipped down the flights of stairs and, holding Luna tightly against his chest, said, “I’ve appointed three more teams of medical professionals to reassess your mental condition. You have to go home with me right now. If Dr. Robert’s diagnosis is wrong… I won’t forgive him for this!”Luna let out a bitter smile as she listened to the thumping of Joshua’s heart against his chest. “Three medical teams…”Her voice was so hoarse that it seemed even a simple sentence like this used up all the strength in her body. “So you still need to hire some doctors to determine if I’m mentally insane or not, don’t you? You don’t believe me after all…”Joshua’s entire body stiffened when he heard this. Was that true? Did he not believe her?All of a sudden, Joshua recalled wh
As soon as he hung up, his phone rang with another call.It was from Granny Lynch.Joshua knew perfectly who it was that was calling him. He let out a sigh and picked up the phone.“Mr. Lynch,” Nigel’s cold voice rang out from the other end of the line. “I heard you went to Sea City. Have you found my Mommy?”Joshua’s eyes narrowed slightly. He had confiscated all of Nigel and Nellie’s devices last night and asked Granny Lynch to take them to the family villa at a rural village to lay low for the time being. The village did not have strong network coverage, so the residents could not frequently communicate with the outside world.Despite this, Nigel still found out that Joshua had gone to Sea City in search of Luna and even managed to find a way to contact him.Seeing that Joshua did not answer, Nigel pursed his lips slightly and said, “Mr. Lynch, I know the signal isn’t good here, but I’ve added a signal booster and got on the neighbors’ good sides so I can connect to their
With that, Luna lifted her head to stare at Joshua and smiled. “Didn’t Dr. Robert say that if he doesn’t find Janice before tomorrow morning, he’ll sue Nigel and Nellie for kidnapping his wife? Nigel and Nellie are only six.”Joshua interjected curtly, “Even if Dr. Robert calls the cops, he won’t actually sue them in court. You don’t have to worry about that.”However, Luna shook her head. “People all over the internet are already talking about Nigel and Nellie now. Everyone thinks that they’re far more mature for their age and already devoted criminals at their age…”Joshua immediately furrowed his brows. “Who’s talking about this?”“Everyone is.” Luna let out a chuckle. “Ms. Fiona has been taking interviews non-stop and said that even though Nellie and Nigel are only six…they’re actually far more mature than even adults.” She curled her lips into a smirk. “Didn’t you know about this, Mr. Lynch?”Joshua’s expression darkened. He immediately took out his phone and pulled up the
Joshua’s expression darkened almost immediately. He stared at Luna with a complicated expression and asked, “Do you think…I don’t deserve your trust?”“Yes.” Luna met his gaze fearlessly; coldness and determination were etched into her clear eyes. “I won’t trust anyone who refuses to listen to me and instead chooses to send me into a mental asylum.”Joshua felt as though his blood had run cold. Finally, after a long moment, he let out a bitter smile and replied, “Alright. I’ll do as you wish.”He tucked the sheets around her before saying, “I’ll get a doctor right now and see if they’ll discharge you… Then, we’ll go back to Banyan City.”With that, he turned and left.Luna laid down on her bed, watching him leave, and bit down on her lip. She knew that she should be hating and detesting him, but when she saw the disappointed look in his eyes when she said she did not trust him, as well as the loneliness in his footsteps as he walked away…She could not help feeling a little uncer
“I can look after Luna. I think you should ride in the other car…”This time, however, Joshua did not reply.Lucas’ offer was met with deathly silence.Despite her eyes being closed, Luna could still feel Joshua’s gaze on her. She could help but feel a little flustered at being stared at like this. With her eyes still closed, she tried to convince herself not to believe what Joshua had said.How could Joshua be worried about her? If he was genuinely concerned, he would not have sent her into the mental asylum in the first place…Luna’s head grew heavier and heavier as she thought of this until she finally fell into a deep slumber.While she was asleep, she could still vaguely feel someone picking up her injured left hand.Joshua stared at Luna’s broken little finger with a penetrating yet somehow complicated stare. To some people, a broken little finger would not affect their daily lives much, but Luna was a designer. Joshua had witnessed countless times how Luna had used
Luna curled her lips into a smirk as she stared at Joshua. “Alright.”She no longer had the energy to argue with him, so she decided to relent and instead smiled at him. “I believe you, but just this once. As soon as everything is settled, you’ll bring Nellie and Nigel back and allow me to take them away from Banyan City, right?”Joshua’s heart leaped into his chest. After a moment, however, he curled his lips into a smile and replied, “I will.”He had never wanted to convince Luna to stay. After all, he was the one who had caused the death of both Neil and the unborn baby in Luna’s womb. He had no right to ask her and the children to stay by his side.Therefore, even though he knew Luna did not truly trust him and was instead just saying it for his sake, Joshua was still willing to tell her the truth.Luna, on the other hand, was surprised by his answer. She thought that he would find an excuse to change the topic, but this was good, too.Luna’s expression darkened as she said,
“I know about everything that happened to Violet and Shaun…”Janice closed her eyes and slowly stood up. “Even though Violet’s fall was an accident, her death wasn’t. “Robert is a highly skilled doctor. When Violet was sent to the hospital, her condition was still treatable, but…“When Violet died, I thought that Robert had just made a mistake. On top of that, he was a teacher of mine that I admired, so I didn’t expose him at all. However, when my ex-husband Shaun got into an accident, Robert was the doctor in charge of his operation, but he still didn’t manage to save Shaun.“At that time, I had an inkling of what Robert was doing. He had betrayed his moral values and let Violet and Shaun die just so he could be together with me again. However, I didn’t want to face this truth until…“Until one day, I discovered that he and Fiona had devised this together, and they even destroyed the evidence of his manslaughter… That was when I finally saw Robert for the person he is, but at th
As soon as they heard this, both Joshua and Mr. Chase lifted their heads and shifted their gaze to Luna.Mr. Chase clenched his teeth and glowered at her. “What kind of evidence do you have? Did you forget that you’re a mentally insane patient right now? None of the things you say can be taken as evidence!“If anything you say can be taken as proof, then everything that my staff here at the hospital say can be taken as evidence as well, but what makes you think anyone will help you? Who would stand on your side and say that you didn’t break your finger?”Mr. Chase was highly confident about his power and influence in this hospital, so he did not think Luna would be able to prove him guilty at all. Luna curled her lips into a slight smile, then strode over to Joshua’s side and glanced around the room. Then, finally, she caught sight of the speaker that the hospital staff usually used for alerting the patients of lunch and dinner.She took out the recording device from her ear and