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
“Tell me, did you see Michael do anything inappropriate to you?”Luna narrowed her eyes.Adrian’s reaction… It was obvious that he knew what Michael had done, or he would not have defended him like that. The fact that Adrian asked Luna that was because he was sure that when Michael kidnapped Luna that time, he was wearing a mask.At that thought, Luna felt chills running down her spine.Adrian would indulge in his illegitimate son kidnapping his other son’s fiancée, yet still insisted that he was in the right.Was this type of person actually Joshua’s biological father?“That’s enough, enough.” Celia immediately came to soothe the situation. “Today is Joshua and Luna’s happy day; don’t fight because of small matters. Let’s not mention that Michael did anything to Luna. Even if he really did something…as long as Luna isn’t hurt, it’s fine. Just treat it as a joke between family members.”Then, Celia smiled at Luna. “Your makeup is gorgeous!”Luna narrowed her eyes and said nothi
Neil’s appearance caused an uproar at the venue.Everyone had seen Luna and Joshua’s son before, and that was Nigel.At that moment, Nigel, in a suit, was sitting in the corner, just as stunned as everyone else as he looked over.“Nigel, it’s Neil.”Nellie bit her lip and carefully grabbed Nigel’s hand. Nigel lifted his head and coincidentally met with Neil’s gaze.Both of them looked at each other in the distance through the crowd.The crowd looked at the boy at the entrance, then they looked at Nigel, who was sitting on the sofa.The both of them looked exactly alike! Not only did they look alike, but they were also dressed alike, and with a bow tie, even. It was like a mirror image!However…The boy just said that Joshua abandoned his mother and got engaged to another woman? Amid the stunned gaze of the crowd, Neil took a deep breath and carried the tablet in his hands, walking to the stage situated in the middle of the venue.Joshua and Luna’s photo had been placed on t
“That’s right. Joshua, the scumbag, had an affair with my mother while being married to Luna.“Later on, that jerk schemed to hurt Luna, causing her to meet in an accident and die. Then, he turned around to get engaged with my mother. He coaxed and cheated her to get engaged with him.“Also, he told the public that it was Luna who had an affair and she killed herself because she was guilty about it. He even forged Luna’s will, letting my mother think that Luna killed herself and writing in her will for her to get married to Joshua. That was why she willingly became Joshua’s fiancée.“I’m sure all of you know what happened next. My mother became the fiancée without any status for five years. It was until when Luna returned to Banyan City with her two children once more, Joshua was suddenly sick of my mother. He colluded with Luna to send my mother to the mental asylum. In the end, they forced her to quit the entertainment industry and leave the country.”Everyone was so shocked at N
The moment Aura knelt, chaos broke out. Everyone gazed at the sobbing woman on the screen, discussing among themselves in hushed tones.Luna shuddered a little.Aura was lying. Although the ceremony that night was strict, no one could enter without an invitation, but…Luna had already made sure the bodyguards were familiar with Aura’s face. As long as Aura appeared, they would immediately recognize her.Whether it was the front entrance or back door, no one informed about Aura appearing since the beginning of the ceremony.This woman did not even go close to the venue. She only filmed herself being near the venue, asking for pity!What Aura said about Joshua or Luna not giving her an invitation was not true at all!Luna always thought that Aura would personally come to the ceremony to cause trouble, but she never expected that Aura would not appear, that only a recording of her would.Luna was the one that personally gave Neil, the one who brought the recording in, the invitati
“Joshua Lynch, what on earth are you afraid of?”Michael walked up the stage and took the microphone in Neil’s hands. He mocked, “Are you afraid that people would know that besides Nigel and Nellie, you have another illegitimate son?“Or, are you afraid that once Aura and her son turn up, they’d expose how you harmed Luna back then, then wasted five years of Aura’s life, only to abandon her in the end?”Michael harrumphed coldly and pointed at Joshua below the stage. “You’re a scumbag! A b*stard! How could the Lynch Group be in the hands of someone like you? It’s a disgrace to the Lynch family!”Joshua smiled and gracefully leaned back on his wheelchair. His deep gaze looked at Michael on stage calmly.“I’m not fit to be the president of the Lynch Group or manage it… but you are?”Michael harrumphed coldly. “At least I’m no dirtbag! I’m clean!”Joshua sneered. “Yes, you are clean.”He then raised his gaze and looked at the man with an arrogant expression on stage, holding the m
Adrian’s men soon brought in Aura.Aura wiped her tears as she was brought in. She slowly headed toward the stage. Aura was still in the same clothes as she recorded the video, dressed in white. Her knee-area was stained with dirt from kneeling a moment ago.The fabric around her knees was also somewhat torn. The tears on her pants around her knees made one think back about how pitiful she looked when she knelt on the ground, begging Luna and Joshua to let her go.The crowd bemoaned.Luna stood in the same spot, looking at how Aura was escorted in. She felt as if a huge hand was squeezing her heart tightly over and over again. It was sufferable.Before the ceremony that day, Luna had already expected that Fiona would show up. That was why she thought of all the ways, including keeping watch on the entrances tightly, checking through each and every staff member.Luna thought the stricter she was, the more anxious Aura would want to enter to wreak havoc.However, she never would h
At that, he looked at Gwen. "Actually…"Steven found himself unable to finish his sentence. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. "Forget about it.""Steven…" Gwen looked at him, and her tears fell.Her heart was not made of stone. How could she not know Steven's feelings toward her?She was silent for a long while. In the end, she stood up and slowly walked over to Steven with arms opened wide. "Give me a hug."Steven hesitated for a while, but he still stood up.They hugged."Gwen." Steven hugged her thin figure. "I have to meet you earlier in the next life so I can compete fairly with my brother."Gwen nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Okay."They thus hugged once more. Minutes later…"He's gone," said Stefan.Tears kept falling.They hugged for a while longer before pulling apart. Gwen looked at Stefan with her tear-stricken face. He had tears on his face as well.She bit her lips and reached out to wipe his tears. "A—Are these tears…yours or his?
The next day, Rachel flew from Merchant City to Sharnwick City to diagnose Anne's condition. Theo tagged along as well because he had another identity, Rachel's boyfriend."According to the report, Anne's condition is slowly recuperating." Rachel was relieved after assessing the report. "Although she is very weak, she is going to get better with lots of rest."There is nothing wrong with her vocal cords too. It could be a psychological thing that makes her lose her voice. A knot in her heart that causes it." She looked at Luna, then at John. "Considering all factors, I think that knot is Luna."Rachel continued, "John, I know Luna is the root cause of all these bad things. Being away from Luna, Joshua, and other people is going to guarantee a safer life for you and your family. But have you thought about it from Anne's point of view? Other than you and Sammie, she has her own life and her circle of friends. Never has she blamed Luna for what happened, yet you forced her to leave Lun
It was almost a miracle for Anne to willingly leave the house just to visit him!Robyn, meanwhile, sobbed at the sight.The nurse who accompanied Anne to the ward was puzzled. What was going on with these people?She snuck her phone out of her pocket and took a photo of this surreptitiously. Then, she sent it into the nurse's group chat with the caption, [What a strange family I met today.]The nurses in the group chat began gossiping about this. One of them tagged a fellow nurse named Daisy and said, [Hey, isn't this the guy who saved the old man you're looking after? What a hero!]Daisy was, at this moment, walking into Andy's room to help him change his wound dressing. She saw the message but was not able to type on her keyboard to respond, so she recorded a voice message instead. "Yes, that's the man. What's wrong with his family? What are you guys talking about?"As soon as she finished her sentence, she lifted her head and finally realized that Andy was not there.Instead,
Anne stared at John for a long time before forcibly smiling and told him in sign language, "Robyn didn't return after so long, so I got worried and came by to check on her.""Daddy, Aunt Robyn, are you two hugging?" Sammie asked, blinking innocently as she raised her head in curiosity.John and Robyn turned pale at this.It was understandable for such a young child like Sammie to misinterpret them as hugging, but what would Anne think of this?John leaped off the bed and staggered toward Anne. "Anne, it's just a misunderstanding…"However, he was still so weak that his legs could not hold up the full weight of his body at all, and he almost crumpled to the ground.Quick-witted Robyn managed to catch him before he could fall, but this gesture appeared once again rather intimate to both Anne and Sammie. Sammie furrowed her brow and asked rather indignantly, "Are you hugging again? Daddy, how can you hug Aunt Robyn like this when you've never even hugged Mommy and me like this befor
When the nurse pushed Anne to John's ward, she overheard John and Robyn fighting from the door. The fight was about how John was anxious to return home because he was worried about Anne and Sammie.However, as someone who used to work as a nurse, Robyn knew John should not leave the hospital after being shot by a gun. At least, he needed to stay in the hospital and be observed for 24 hours to make sure that he was fine before leaving the hospital. If an infection happened, John's body would crash easily and he would become weak just like Anne.In the ward, John frowned and talked with a serious tone, "I'm really fine. Get me my clothes so I can go upstairs to thank Miss Andie and go back home immediately. If Anne knows that I'm hurt, she is going to worry. She will easily be suspicious since you haven't gone back home for a long time. What if she worries about me and brings Sammie to the hospital to look for me? Can you bear yourself even just thinking about it? She's weak and Sammie
Sammie's soft and cute babyish voice melted Stefan's heart immediately. It had been quite some time since he actually put a smile on his face. "Hi, there. What's your name and how old are you?"Sammie tilted her head to look at Stefan's handsome face and smiled sweetly, "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sammie."Then she did not forget to introduce Anne to Stefan too. "This is my Mommy. Her name is Anne."At this point, Stefan had given all of his attention to Sammie and did not notice Sammie mentioned that her mother's name was Anne. He pinched Sammie's cheek and said, "Your Mommy is not feeling well. You have to be a good girl and take care of her, do you understand?"Sammie nodded seriously and said, "I will.""Alright, sir. I will bring them to where they want to go," the nurse saw Anne signing to her anxiously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I will take good care of them."The promise from the nurse gave an assurance to Stefan that they would be well taken off. He smil
This was the first time Anne brought Sammie out. Ever since she escaped from death, she became a different person—a recluse and was afraid of the sun. This situation became even worse after she became mute.The last time she left the house was two weeks ago when she had to go for surgery.However, she worried about John. In the morning, Robyn told her John was hurt and needed to stay in the hospital to rest. However, she had a hard time believing what Robyn said.After spending so many years together with John, Anne reckoned she was the one who knew John the most. If it was a minor injury, John would never want to stay in the hospital. He cared too much about her and Sammie, so he never dared to let her worry about him. Therefore, it just did not sound reasonable if John would stay in the hospital because of a small injury.Furthermore, Robyn had not returned home since the morning, which was nearly three hours since she left the house. After much consideration, she decided to call
Tara fell silent upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously and shot Gwen a tentative glance. "I didn't mean to offend you, Gwen…" "I know." Gwen let out an exhale and interrupted Tara before she could finish, "I know you meant no harm, but I can't deny that this is something I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around. In the future, neither of you—even you, Luna—should bring this up again." Her love life was such a mess that not even she could unravel the ties, much less expect other people to understand. Tara pursed her lips and did not reply. Luna stared at Gwen in silence for a while before finally saying, "But you have to face this eventually, Gwennie. After all that you've been through with Luke, all of us hope for nothing but the best for the two of you. Even if you avoid it now, you'll have to face the truth eventually. Otherwise, are you planning on spending the rest of your life in this complicated relationship with Luke? Can you bear the thought of not being
Stefan was mildly amused by the look on her face. He extended his arms out in a gesture of defeat and said, "I never intended on ratting you out to Joshua. You three spoke about these secrets in my presence." With that, he shot Andy a rather helpless look. "Don't you agree, sir?" Andy was surprised to be called out all of a sudden. "Of course!" Although Gwen and Luke had been together for a long time, Luke had never much cared for maintaining good relations with his future father-in-law. He always thought his relationship with Gwen did not concern anyone else outside of the two of them. Combined with the fact that Andy had done some hurtful things to Gwen in the past, Luke grew even more disdainful of his future father-in-law. Because of this, he had never given Andy as much as a second glance throughout their relationship and rarely ever addressed him directly like this. The truth was, Stefan had already called out to Andy once before, during their rescue mission the day befor