Luna was shoved by Michael unexpectedly.She directly fell over face first. The stage was at least three meters tall! Also, large spotlights had been placed below the stage for lighting on the stage. There were many sharp and metal edges on the spotlights.Luna looked at the sharp edges and closed her eyes tightly. She could already foresee what was going to happen when she fell over.She closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the pain to arrive. However, she did not expect that when she was in mid-air, a large hand reached over and held her.Luna shuddered and subconsciously turned back to look. The person holding onto her was the miserably pale Joshua! She was so stunned she could not find her words. Joshua was still injured! She wanted to help him, but she was in mid-air. Only her toes were by the edge of the stage. She could not exert any strength at all.Just when she was worried whether Joshua would also be dragged down by the weight, Bonnie immediately yelled at the bod
“Dad, what should I do! I-I…I was too angry just now. I don’t want to get caught! I cannot go to jail! You know I used to have…” Michael did not finish his remaining sentence, because he was already sobbing hard.The veins on Adrian’s forehead popped. When Michael reminded him only then did he remember. Michael has a few previous criminal records on him. They were all settled with money. If he was really captured this time, perhaps Joshua might even turn over all of his previous cases. By then, it would not be as simple as going to jail!At that thought, Adrian could not care for much anymore. He immediately knelt in front of Luna with a thud.“Ms. Luna, I admit that what Michael did just now was wrong, but you shouldn’t be so heartless. Please forgive him on the basis that he is Joshua’s brother.”Luna was stunned by Adrian’s actions. She never would have thought that Adrian would directly kneel in front of her. Luna looked at the middle-aged man kneeling on the ground in fr
That voice…Luna paused a little. She immediately lifted her head. Sure enough. It was Aura.At that moment, Aura was taking off her shades and hat, walking toward the stage.“Master Lynch, you said I was the one who contacted you saying Joshua is almost dead, asking you to get your son to take over his fortune. Do you have any proof?“You also said that I was the one who told you the news and asked you to announce Joshua’s death and hold a press conference. Let me ask you, do you have proof?”Adrian’s expressions instantly turned ugly at Aura’s string of questions. He gritted his teeth and glared at Aura fiercely.“How could I have proof! You used a fake number to call us! You’ll hang up after a few sentences! We won’t even have time to record it!”Aura narrowed her eyes a little. Turns out Adrian, the old man, actually thought of recording their conversation. Thank goodness she was smart enough to not leave a trace.However, Aura also knew that it would be hard for her to use
Adrian glared at Aura. He rushed over to Aura with a threatening gesture.“It’s all your fault! It’s all your fault!”“Adrian!” Celia, who just received the news, rushed in. She immediately ran up the stage and hugged Adrian. “Michael is in trouble now. We…”She looked at Joshua and Luna. She knew it was useless pleading at them. She bit her lips and immediately said something in Adrian’s ears. Adrian’s expressions slowly calmed down. He took a deep breath and left with Celia without saying anything.The moment they left, Jude’s voice rang in Joshua’s earphones. “Your father and his wife just hailed a taxi and headed for the Lynch mansion. Should I send some men to protect your grandmother?”Joshua narrowed his eyes. He coldly replied, “You better send all your men over.”Jude rolled his eyes and hung up. He should not have worried for Joshua!At the press conference venue, seeing Michael being arrested and Adrian leaving, the reporters thought that they would no longer have a
Luna was completely in a daze upon Aura’s words. Then, she angrily glared at Aura. Her voice was rather croaky due to anger.“I hit your child? You were the one that hit my child! Aura, you will be punished for targeting such a young child!”Aura wiped her tears and stood up. She reprimanded Luna angrily too, “I should be the one saying this!”Aura took a deep breath, wiped her tears, and picked up the microphone. Her voice was filled with grief. “A few days ago, I handed Jake over to you in perfect shape, yet you returned him to me in such a state!”Aura bit her lips. Her tears fell. “Luna, only you would know what you have done! How dare you say I beat your children? You were the one that beat my child up! Your children are being protected properly in Blue Bay Villa every day. How could I beat them? My Jake, on the other hand…”Aura cried while displaying the photos in detail.“Jake only went to your place for a few days, yet he was beaten up so badly! Luna, you’re a mother you
Luna gritted her teeth and glared at the tear-stricken Aura.“What the hell do you want?”“Nothing much.”Aura held onto the microphone. She looked at the reporters below the stage. Her tone was rather aggrieved and sad. “I don’t hate Luna for beating my child up, but I hate Joshua for not protecting our child! I only want to do three things right now.”Aura took a deep breath.“First, Joshua has to find the best medical team to treat my son.“Second, to protect the safety of my son’s life, I want to be like Luna, I want to stay in Blue Bay Villa, to make sure that I can protect him at any time.“Third.”Aura narrowed her eyes and looked at Luna, who was sitting on the floor on the verge of breaking down.“Luna has to turn herself into the police, admitting that she tortured my child!”Joshua was hugging Luna. He swept Aura a cold gaze and said, “Are you sure?”Aura’s heart skipped a beat at that man’s deep gaze.If she remembered correctly, this was the first time Joshua
The reporters captured how arrogant and proud Aura looked.Luna was in Joshua’s arms. She had tried to rush over angrily a few times, but Joshua held her back. Luna tried to struggle, but she was wary of his injuries. She did not dare to struggle too hard.When Aura was done with being smug and arrogant, Joshua narrowed his eyes and looked at Aura coldly.“So, where is Jake? I can get the best doctors to treat him, but provided you hand him over to me.”Aura smiled. “I’ve already sent him back to Blue Bay Villa.” She smugly said to Joshua, “Look at your phone. You should have already received the news.” Joshua narrowed his eyes and looked at his phone. Lily did send him a message.[Neil is back, but he is badly hurt! Sir, I’ll go ahead and get the family doctor over! Please find a specialist too, I’m afraid the family doctor won’t be able to handle it!]Joshua’s gaze instantly turned cold. If the family doctor could not even handle it…That meant that Neil’s situation was mu
Joshua feebly leaned back in the back seat. His voice was so weak it was almost inaudible.He bit his lips and sighed heavily and said, “Call Dr. Rowena Shaw. Get her to send two of the best trauma physicians and an orthopedic doctor over to the house. Head home.”Jude furrowed his brows while driving. “Joshua, I think you should still go to the hospital. Your wound is so serious, getting the doctor to go to your house might…”“Go home.”Joshua shut his eyes and leaned back on the leather seats. His voice was low. “Neil has been tortured by Aura. He is currently in Blue Bay Villa already. I want to go home. I don’t want to go to the hospital. If I don’t see Neil, I’ll worry…”Luna, who had been pressing on his wounds, was stunned upon Joshua’s words. She lifted her head and looked at Joshua in shock. Her voice was hoarse. “You… care that much for Neil?”All this while, Luna never felt Joshua’s love for the children. It was only recently when Nigel and Nellie got closer to him, th
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