If the bodyguards were being honest, then the boy that they saw that day should have been Neil.Luna closed her eyes, lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She still could not accept the fact that Neil had been helping Aura. Because Theo told her that Neil just lost his memories, in essence, he was still the same boy. Besides, when Neil saw her walking in the pouring rain, he even sent her home on his own initiative. When she was locked up in the asylum, he also contacted her. If he was really brainwashed by Fiona and turned evil, why did he do all this? If he was not brainwashed by her… Then the hacker that Nigel fought against and the fact that the bodyguards said they saw Nigel could not be explained. No matter how hard she tried, Luna could not figure it out. In the end, she could only convince herself temporarily that the hacker Nigel met might be under Aura’s employment, or it might just be a coincidence that he tricked Neil and stole his techniques. A
At Nellie’s words, Joshua instantly grew silent. A long while later, he looked at her seriously. “You…really hope that Daddy can make Mommy stay?”“Of course!" Nellie pursed her lips. “How can there be children who don’t want their parents to be together forever? Besides,” The little girl sniffed, “even though you did something very bad…but when Nigel returned home from Yellowstone Village, he told me that you and Mommy still love each other. To save Nigel and Mommy, you almost fell off the cliff and died. To stop you from falling off the cliff, Mommy clutched onto your hand tightly, refusing to let go. In the end, she was so tired she fainted…”Nellie raised her head, her pair of bright, jewel-like eyes stared fixedly at her father. “Isn’t this like a fairy tale where the prince and princess fall in love with each other?” Joshua laughed at the little girl’s serious expression. He lifted his lips and raised his hand and pinched her cheek, as if he had made up his mind. “Then…should
With that, he lifted his legs, walked to the dining table, and sat down. “It’s been a while since I’ve had a proper breakfast.” Especially…breakfast prepared by her.Luna smiled awkwardly and also headed to the dining table. “Then you should eat more.”“There’s something you need my help with?” He lowered his head, digging into his food as he asked casually. He knew her too well. Her cold attitude toward him last night was her true feelings. Last night she was still taunting and mocking him, and now this warm and enthusiastic treatment meant that she definitely had a favor to ask of him. Seeing as her true motives were exposed, she coughed lightly and sat down opposite him. “You’re right, I do need your help.” Since he had already guessed, there was no point in hiding any further. “I want to meet the few bodyguards that were guarding Fiona the day she was released. I would also like to watch the hospital’s CCTV recording from that day.” The bodyguards on duty that day were all
“Sir.” Lucas’ helpless voice drifted over the phone. “We got the hospital’s CCTV recording from that day, but…” He remained silent for a moment, then finally sighed, “That afternoon, the hospital’s surveillance system was attacked by a hacker, many of the hard drives were destroyed, and the portion of the recording that you wanted…was amongst one of the destroyed hard drives. Therefore…the CCTV recording from that day is now nothing but a long list of unintelligible codes.”Joshua narrowed his eyes. “Take a photo of the codes and send them to me.” “Yes, sir.” Then, Lucas took a deep breath and said, “Sir, the CCTV recordings are lost for the time being but I contacted the bodyguards who were on duty that day. Do you want them to go to Orchard Manor or Blue Bay Villa?” “They don’t need to go anywhere.” Joshua frowned, his voice sounding low and indifferent as he said, “Tell them to get back to work, I don’t need to see them anymore.”Since the other party attacked the hospital’s
“Mr. Lynch, do you know a highly-skilled hacker?” He still remembered during their face-off, how the other hacker almost destroyed all of his security systems within an hour. If he did not come up with an emergency plan in the nick of time and switch his IP address, he would have been discovered immediately! That hacker was working for Joshua! Joshua’s hand that was feeding the spoon into his mouth paused in mid-air. “Hacker?” He lifted his eyes and glanced at his son faintly. “No.” “I’m sure you do!” The little boy bit his lip, his dark, obsidian eyes stared fixedly at Joshua. “I encountered him once, he’s extremely skilled! I was no match for him! Mr. Lynch, even though I don’t know the contents of the CCTV recording that was destroyed, if you ask that hacker, he might be able to retrieve the lost recordings! Because my code did not destroy the recordings, the recordings were merely hidden!” With that, he fell silent for a while then lifted his head. “It’ll be even better if yo
At Nellie’s words, both Joshua and Nigel fell instantly silent. Judging from the CCTV recording, the bodyguards did not lie. A boy who looked exactly like Nigel appeared and signed for Fiona’s release. If this boy was indeed Neil… That proved that Neil was no longer the same boy he was. Nigel could not accept the fact that his little brother, the person who was closest to him had turned into a completely different person. So, he sucked in a deep breath and clutched Nellie’s hand tightly. “That isn’t Neil.” That could not be him, it was definitely not him! Nellie bit her lip. “But…” “No buts.” Nigel took a deep breath and stood up violently. “I’m not feeling well, I’ll be in my room.” With that, he fled upstairs. Nellie pursed her lips, glanced at her mother then shifted her gaze onto her father. Finally, she stood up and ran after her brother. “I’ll take a look at Nigel. He seems…to be in a bad mood.” Then, she too ran upstairs. Only Luna and Joshua were left in the livin
“All along, Aura hated seeing us together. From the incident six years ago when you thought I was having an affair with her, until your accident which she staged, she did all of that because she was jealous of our relationship. Later when you returned to Banyan City, she tried to harm Nellie and Neil several times, also as an attempt at tearing us apart. And now she’s helped Fiona multiple times, also to achieve the same purpose.”He lifted his head and stared fixedly at Luna’s delicate features. “She must know that you and I are far from in love. If we announce our marriage now, she will be thrown off guard. I’m sure she will make a move. Once she does make a move, we can seize the opportunity and bring Neil home.”His words were reasoned and well thought out, the logic behind them clear and impeccable. Luna bit her lip. She had to admit, his plan made a lot of sense. But…She lifted her lips in a sneer, “I will not make the same mistake twice. I cannot allow myself to be blinded
Luna never guessed that Joshua could be so bold. His rock-hard chest pressed against her, pushing her into the sofa. The distance between the two of them was so incredibly small that she could clearly feel the heat radiating off his body, his steady heartbeat, and his rhythmic breaths. Her own breathing grew ragged. Joshua looked at her delicate features with narrowed eyes, his gaze cold and deep. “Answer me, Luna.”He did not believe that someone who would exert her entire strength into pulling him up from the edge of the cliff in such a desperate situation would not have an ounce of love for him and would even go so far as to say that marrying him was an unnecessary hassle. Luna raised her eyes and met Joshua’s deep, bottomless eyes. She did not push him away nor did she struggle, just stared at him with those clear eyes of hers. "You seem to have misunderstood."Her voice was cold and her eyes were indifferent. “In that situation, even if you were a stranger, I would try m