Joshua lowered his eyes. Looking at his daughter’s sparkling eyes, his heart softened.He hugged Nellie in his arms. “You are too innocent.”How could Luna be unhappy because she was leaving? She was the one that insisted on leaving. It was not as if he did not give her a chance. He waited for her the entire night the night before, yet she did not even appear.Why pretend that she was reluctant and in a bad mood at that moment? At that thought, Joshua sighed. “Let’s eat. After lunch, I’ll bring Lucas to let you pick out a new servant, okay?”Nellie bit her lips and nodded. “Okay.”After Mommy leaves, she did need a person who could take good care of her. Although Nellie felt that she could be independent, her brothers and Mommy insisted that she has someone take care of her. After lunch, Lucas took Nellie downstairs to a meeting room in the Blue Bay Villa.A row of women was standing respectfully in a line.“Little princess, these are the women that applied to be your serv
When Nellie took Lily back to her room, Luna went to the garden in the backyard to give Malcolm a call.Once the call went through, Malcolm at the other end of the call chuckled. “You saw Lily?”Nellie sighed helplessly, “I never would have thought that you would send them here yourself.”“I happened to have a business meeting in the country, so I just took them along. I did not send them here on purpose.”“It just happened to be such a coincidence?”Malcolm was silent for a while. Then, he laughed. “No, not really. I missed Neil and Nellie. I miss you a little too.”Luna’s heart skipped a beat.After being silent for a long time, she sighed, “Are you going to Granny Lynch’s birthday banquet tonight too?”“Hmm.” Malcolm smiled faintly. “I want to see who are the people who used to bully you.”Luna closed her eyes. She had so many things she wanted to say to him, but when he picked up the call, she could not form her words.After a while, she smiled helplessly. “Then, see you
When she was lifted on his shoulders, Luna finally realized the seriousness of the matter. She struggled with all her might, but to an aggravated man, her struggles only strengthen his urge to dominate her.Joshua carried her into his bedroom.This was the first time Luna has entered his bedroom after six years. What made her shocked was everything in the bedroom was exactly the same as it was six years ago.Even the potted plants by the window were the same type of plants she once planted.However, so many years have passed, her plants must have already withered and died. This plant at that moment was still alive and well, so did Joshua get people to change a new pot every now and then? He must be having too much free time on his hands.However, it was not the time to think of that at that moment.Slam! The bedroom door was slammed shut.Luna, who was still stunned, was being pressed onto the door by Joshua. Kisses fell on her like raindrops.“Mr. Lynch.”“Joshua Lynch!
Lucas was silent. He did not know how to answer.“Sir, I-I… I have not seen Ma’am before.”Joshua who was still dowsing his face with cold water paused for a while.After a while, he laughed bitterly. “My bad.” Lucas has only been working for him for five years.Luna Gibson has left for six years already. It was only normal that Lucas had never seen her before.Noticing the disappointment in his boss’ eyes, Lucas gently sighed. “Sir, do you think it’s because you feel that Luna the maid and Ma’am are alike, that’s why you would treat her more special than the others?”Lucas tried his best to comfort Joshua. “If that’s the case, you did nothing wrong. You don’t have to beat yourself up…”Joshua closed his eyes. He said nothing.Were there similarities between Luna the maid and Luna Gibson? Yes. Many times, Luna gave him a familiar feeling. Just like Luna Gibson. However, he knew clearly that she was not Luna Gibson. Luna Gibson looked at him with adoration. There was light
Joshua strode away.…Granny Lynch’s birthday banquet was being held at the Starhill Hotel.The Lynch family was wealthy. They booked the entire hotel. Not only the ballroom, but all the suites as well.Those staying there were relatives, friends, and business partners of the Lynch family.Because it was Granny Lynch’s 80th, so this year, the Lynch family invited an extraordinarily large number of people to the birthday banquet.When Luna brought Nellie to the hotel, the lobby was already filled with people.This was the first time Nellie saw so many people.She looked shocked with widened eyes. She said in a hushed voice, “Does our family have… so many friends?”Luna nodded. “I guess so.”She never knew how many friends and relatives the Lynch family had because when she got married to Joshua, the Lynch family only sent a representative. Her wedding was so simple it was pitiful. However, back then, her eyes only had Joshua. She felt that as long as she was with him, she wa
Luna was a little stunned at Aura’s words.After a while, Luna smiled. “Congratulations, Ms. Gibson.”“I know that you can’t believe it.” Aura slowly put the wine glass down on the table. She looked at Luna with her intricately made-up eyes. “You’re just short-sighted. It’s not your fault. How long have you been working for Joshua?”Aura smiled smugly. “Do you know why Luna Gibson, that coward, only dared to send her daughter back but not show herself?”Luna lowered her eyes and fiddled with the wine glass on the table. “I don’t know.”“Because she does not dare to come back. She knew better than anyone that her accident back then was not an accident. Someone planned it.”“Is that so?” Luna raised her eyebrows. She looked at Aura. “How do you know, Ms. Gibson?”“Because Joshua was the one that planned the accident. Of course, I know about it.”Aura’s voice was still calm, but her smile was smug. “Joshua always liked me. When he knew that Luna was pregnant, he was afraid that
“Nope.”Luna took a deep breath. She pushed aside the unhappy emotions that were aggravated by Aura. She moved aside to let Malcolm sit and got him to sit next to her.“When did you arrive?”“Just a moment ago.”Malcolm smiled a little. He sipped his wine while observing the crowd. “It’s a pretty huge affair.”Luna nodded. “After all, it’s Granny Lynch’s eightieth.”Malcolm changed into a more comfortable posture. He smiled. “If I hadn’t investigated the Lynch family before, I wouldn’t have dared to go up against Joshua, looking at the crowd here today.”Luna paused a little. “You… want to go up against Joshua?”“I intend to.”“There’s no need, Malcolm.”Luna sighed, “I’ll deal with my matters myself. I don’t need you to help me.”“It’s just a business competition.” Malcolm smiled a little. “But, if you need me, I’ll always be supporting you.”His words sounded too intimate. It made Luna a little uncomfortable.After a while, she cleared her throat. “Have you seen Neil?”
The crowd began to wonder. If it was a marriage announcement, the groom should be there. Why was Joshua not there? Why was it only Aura and Granny Lynch announcing the marriage?“Because Joshua is not here.”Malcolm, who was on the sofa, looked at the stage. He smiled a little. “A few minutes ago, Joshua got a call. His father was at the airport and asked him to pick him up.”Luna furrowed her brows. “Joshua’s father is coming?”She has married Joshua for many years, not once has she seen his father.It was said that Joshua’s mother died when she gave birth to him, from then onward, his father has been depressed ever since. Wallowed himself in drinking. He was not willing to even look at Joshua.In his eyes, Joshua was bad luck. If there was no Joshua, his wife would not have died, so he has never once taken part in Joshua’s life.Joshua rarely mentioned his father too.Back then, Luna had to ask the older servants about Joshua’s father. The servants told her that he has never