Luna, who was still looking for the documents, paused a little. “What is it?”Joshua looked at her with a deep gaze. “In the future…when Neil returns and regains his memory, will you still leave?”Luna was stunned for a while, then she awkwardly laughed, “Perhaps.”“If you must leave…” Joshua sighed and said, “Please be reachable.” Luna’s hand which was searching through the documents stopped once more. “What’s going on?”“I don’t want to stay out of touch with the children. I don’t want my own children to hate me like how I hated my father.”Luna bit her lips. She finally understood what he meant. She sighed and said, “It won’t come to that, the children like you a lot. Also, you are not your father.”Joshua was silent and looked at her for a long time before finally smiling. “You’re right.”Then, he looked at the document in her hands. “Go on.”Luna pursed her lips. She read the documents to him while secretly observing his reactions.Although he tried his best to hide it,
Luna tried to struggle, but she got knocked unconscious soon after....She found herself in an abandoned factory when she finally regained consciousness.The leader of the men in black donned a mask, sitting opposite her, sizing her up coldly. “You do look pretty. no wonder Joshua wanted to get engaged to you so quickly when he hasn’t even recuperated,” he remarked as he stood up and walked toward Luna. He lifted his hand and clasped Luna’s chin.“It’s already five right now. There’s another hour left before the engagement ceremony begins. Say, if you don’t appear during the ceremony later, would Joshua become Banyan City’s laughingstock?”The man had spritzed a thick scent of cheap cologne on him, and Luna had headaches from the smell.She furrowed her brows and looked at the man in front of her. “Who are you?”“You don’t need to know.” The man smiled a little. Those lecherous eyes behind the mask slowly moved down from Luna’s face. Her chin, her neck, her collarbone, fu
It was just as Luna expected.The man instantly frowned upon Luna’s words. He glared at her furiously.“So what if I have a scar? Is this scar ugly? It’s not!”Slap! He smacked Luna brutally. “Stupid b*tch! How dare you laugh at me!”A slap was not good enough for him, so he slapped her once more. Luna could taste blood in her mouth.She bit her lip. Blood started seeping through the cracks of her lips. With her miserable face, she was beautiful and sultry, yet that man could no longer see her beauty. He only had rage on his mind; the rage from being despised and looked down upon! “What use is there looking so pretty? You have a vicious heart. You should be beaten to death!”Then, he swung his hand down on Luna again. This time, before his face could land, a piercing police siren blared out outside the warehouse. Along with the sound of sirens, there was the sound of footsteps and the shouting of police officers.“To the people inside: you have been surrounded! I urge you to
Neil walked toward Luna and slowly took his knife out. He started cutting the rope that bound her and chuckled a little.“Although I like the name, I’m not called Neil. I’m Jake Landry. You should still call me Jake.”“Okay then…Jake.”Luna looked at Neil who was helping free her. Her emotions went from despair to surprise, to a complicated feeling.He said that he was called Jake Landry, but he liked the name Neil. Neil was his original name.She was seriously injured when she was pregnant, and that was why when her children were born, their health was not in good shape.Nigel, Neil, and Nellie.She researched those three names for a very long time. She also consulted many people. In the end, she settled on those three names.Neil’s name was the first gift she gave to him, yet, at that moment, he could not remember his own identity anymore due to memory loss.At that thought, Luna was heartbroken.The moment her ropes were almost untied, Luna immediately pulled Neil tightly
Luna took a deep breath. She raised her gaze to look at Neil. “Do you know where are we? I have to look for my friend right now.”Neil nodded. “My car is just outside. I can send you over.”Then, he headed out while saying, “You’re rushing to attend the engagement ceremony tonight, right?”Luna paused for a while before catching up with him. “Yes.”“I saw the news of your engagement.” Then, Neil stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Luna. “Can I come?”Luna was stunned as she gazed at Neil in front of her. “You…want to come to the engagement ceremony?”“Mmh.” Neil nodded. “I heard that you need an invitation to attend the ceremony, so can you give me an invitation? I want to just have a look around and eat.”Luna was silent for a while. After seeing Neil, she was immensely delighted that she almost forgot she needed to ask him something.“Jake.”She walked to Neil and took an invitation out from her bag and passed it to him. “I welcome you to our engagement ceremony.”N
Theo’s hometown was very far away. If Theo was truly free, that he was going to leave Banyan City, he would definitely contact her. He would not leave without saying goodbye.Also, Nathan and Celeste left Banyan City not long ago. She even especially went to see them. Both of them were still in grief at Theo's passing, not knowing that Theo was alive.Thus…Neil saying that Theo went back to his hometown was just an excuse. At that moment, Theo must be suffering.If Theo was doing well, Neil would outright say where he was and what he was doing. He would not use the excuse of going back to his hometown as a cover.At that thought, Luna’s heart ached terribly. She turned and asked Neil, “Then…are you still in contact with him? Is he doing well?”Neil paused for a while and looked at Luna confusedly. He did not understand why this woman would suddenly care for Uncle Theo. It was Uncle Theo that had a crush on her, but why was she suddenly concerned for him? However, Neil still an
Anne furrowed her brows and said, “Luna, who the hell kidnapped you? You said that he kept mentioning Joshua. He should be one of Joshua’s enemies and wanted to use this opportunity to embarrass Joshua.“But, Joshua’s power in Banyan City has been solidified for many years. No one would dare to do anything to him nor dare touch any of his people, so who in the world kidnapped you?”Luna furrowed her brows and shook her head. “I’m not sure either. I—”Before she could finish her sentence, she noticed three people in front of her.Adrian, Celia, and Michael. Adrian and Celia were dressed up to the nines like they were the parents of the main star of the night.However, Michael, next to them…He looked rather disheveled in his suit. He was walking and tying his tie at the same time. He clearly came in a rush. He had just donned his suit, too.Luna could not help but furrow her brows.For the past few days, every time she saw them, the three of them were always together, as if they
Joshua’s gaze was too cold. Too frigid.Anne was scared half to death by his gaze. She immediately hid behind Luna, not even able to formulate words properly. “I… Luna…she… She’s always been with me.”Joshua smiled and looked at Anne who was behind Luna, then he looked at Luna calmly. “Didn’t you two discuss how you were going to explain to me before coming over?”Then, Joshua looked at Lucas, by the side, flatly, “Go get me two bottles of makeup remover.”Anne was instantly in a daze at his words.Makeup remover?Anne subconsciously looked at Luna’s face. Her bruises were covered well, so how did Joshua notice?Luna furrowed her brows and stopped Lucas, shooting Joshua a helpless gaze. “Are you really going to ask me to take off my makeup here?”Joshua narrowed his eyes. “I just don’t like it that your makeup is too thick.”Luna took a deep breath. Of course, she knew that Joshua wanted her to remove her makeup not only because her makeup was too thick.Luna went in closer t