She herself knew…how much despair filled her chest the moment she saw the slip of paper and thought that Nellie and Nigel had been kidnapped. They had no idea. They thought this was good for her, a welcome surprise. The worry, panic, despair that she felt on the journey here should not exist, she should be happy. “Luna.” Joshua pushed down the pain radiating from his belly, and strode toward her like a healthy man, holding the present he prepared for her in his hands. He looked at her, his eyes warm and gentle. “After so many years, this is the first time I’m celebrating your birthday with you.” He handed the gift to her. “I hope you like it.” The moment the words left his mouth, the crowd started to shout in excitement.“Luna, come on, take it, President Lynch put in a lot of effort into choosing your present!”“Exactly! He booked the entire beach and hotel, he’s so romantic!” “I can’t believe this is their first time Luna’s birthday, no wonder he worked so hard for this…”
Instantly, it was so quiet that the only sounds that could be heard were the crash of the waves against the shore. Everyone stared at Luna in shock. No one expected that a perfect birthday celebration would turn out like this…Nellie stared at the scene in front of her eyes dazedly, nearly bursting into tears of anxiety. Actually, hers and Nigel’s disappearance, and the note, were both her ideas. Daddy actually opposed this idea, saying that Mommy would not like it, that she would be anxious and worried. But she thought this was the best plan. Under her insistence, Daddy finally agreed. And now…Mommy slapped Daddy! She jogged to Luna’s side anxiously and grabbed her hand. “Mommy, don’t be mad, actually I came up with this idea, not Daddy! If you’re mad, just get mad at me. Daddy just wanted you to be happy…”But at the moment, anger had overtaken her mind completely. She looked at Nellie who tried her best to shoulder responsibility for this mishap and a sneer appeared on her lip
“Two hours.” “Okay.” Luna took a deep breath. “I’ll send you off at the airport.”“Send me off?” On the other end of the phone, Christian was surprised at the unexpected show of affection. “Aren’t you supposed to be celebrating your birthday right now? Why…” He paused. “You didn’t go?”“Yeah.” Luna sniffed, “I don’t like celebrating my birthday.” With that, she did not say much else and ended the call, hailed a taxi, and headed for the airport. She did not want to go home to Blue Bay Villa. Neither did she want to go to Anne’s apartment. She did not want anyone to find her. She knew anyone who found her right now would scold her for her actions just now, and tell her once again how much effort Joshua poured into tonight’s celebrations. She did not need all that. So, she decided to go send Christian off at the airport. It was late at night, no one would guess that she would go to the airport. Some peace and quiet would be appreciated. Soon, the taxi slid to a stop outside the
“But in fact what?” Seeing Christian pause in the middle of his sentence, Luna frowned and could not help but ask. At that moment, the announcement rang in the airport, Christian’s flight was calling for its passengers to move through security and board the plane. He took a deep breath and quickly stood up. "I should get going." Luna frowned. “Can you finish what you just said?” She was curious.Christian lifted his lips and laughed lightly, “Luna, you claim you don’t care about Joshua, so why do you insist on finding out what I was about to say?”She paused. “I’m just curious.” With that, she pursed her lips and turned away. "If you don't want to tell me, then forget it."Christian looked at her and smiled. He pulled out a document from his backpack and handed it to her. “Something so important shouldn’t come out of my mouth. Even if I told you, you won’t believe me. I have been trying to complete this task for the past few days, so I collected quite a lot of information. Rea
After Luna flipped through the entire folder, tears had already flowed down her face. Her body trembled uncontrollably.It turned out...it turned out that everything Luna did was for Nigel! It turned out that the ‘good-hearted man’ who donated bone marrow to Nigel was Fiona.She closed her eyes, countless images of Joshua protecting Fiona appeared before her eyes. So, what he did was not because he was in love with Fiona, but because of his deal with her. He took Fiona to Orchard Manor and lived there with her, ignoring Nigel ever since…because he knew very well that as long as Fiona was taken care of, Nigel would be saved. It was not that he did not care about Nigel, in fact, he cared about him too much…Luna bit her lip. Even though on the surface, he was cold and unfeeling, behind their backs, he had so much on his shoulders…but not only did he say nothing, but he also endured it all silently.She thought that he chose to save her and Nigel that day on the mountain when they wer
Leaving the airport, Luna switched on her phone. Tons of messages pinged on her phone, all from guests who attended tonight’s party. Some apologized to her while others complained that she should not have left. However, the majority of notifications were missed calls. Luna bit her lip, ignored the news, and directly dialed Joshua's number. His phone was switched off. Then, she dialed Lucas’ number. His cell phone was also switched off. At that moment, Luna’s phone rang with a call from Gwen. Luna did not want to answer, but on second thought, Joshua and Luke were quite close... Since she failed to reach Joshua, maybe he could. So she pressed the answer button. As soon as the call was connected, on the other end of the phone, Gwen started scolding Luna ferociously. "Don't you think you’ve gone too far? Joshua spent the whole day preparing the party for you! Luke said it was really difficult for Joshua to personally prepare a birthday party for you! He was seriously injured, and h
Guilt and shame knitted together like a net, enveloping her entirely. She bit her lip, a hint of a sob in her voice. “Are all of you still at the beach?” She wanted to apologize to him in front of everyone, to say sorry and admit her mistakes. She let him down, failing to appreciate his care toward her. Right from the start, he treasured her and the children in his heart. But she hurt him time and time again.“We already left.” Gwen sighed, “To tell you the truth, Joshua prepared quite a lot of surprises for you tonight. Besides the fireworks show that would continue until midnight, he even prepared something else. The present he prepared for you...” Gwen sighed again, “He bought the first piece of work you designed abroad, he said it’s your start and beginning. He wanted to give it back to you as a souvenir.” Luna closed her eyes, tears finally dripping down her cheeks silently. Because she knew how difficult it was to buy the first piece of work she designed as Moon. In the begi
“Joshua!”Luna could not help but scream out! How did this happen? She gritted her teeth and applied pressure to his wound to stop the bleeding with trembling hands while fishing her phone out to dial the emergency number.“Quick! Someone has been injured on the beach! Someone’s hurt!”Joshua’s bleeding made her eyes feel wet and hot. She was so agitated she could not even speak clearly.“T-The b-beach, you…will be able to see it once you reach it. I-I b-beg of y-you, p-please be quick…”The operator on the other end of the line paused for a while.“The beach? A man already called for an emergency ten minutes ago. Our ambulance is almost reaching. Please hold on.”Luna was stunned. 10 minutes ago…Joshua was probably only hurt less than one minute ago! Luna could not think that far. She immediately hung up the call and pressed on Joshua’s wound with both hands hard. “Joshua, you have to hold on!”Perhaps Joshua heard Luna’s voice. Joshua, whose eyes had been shut feebly, s