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
Neil was lying on the sofa, he was covered in bruises.His face was still red and swollen with a handprint on it. His left eye had a black eye, clearly punched by someone.There was not an inch on Neil’s body that was not covered in bruises. Every inch of his skin was either red or purple.A bunch of his hair was pulled off, exposing the white and red scalp.His right leg was limply hanging off the ground. It seemed that the bone of his calf had been fractured.Jude might be almost thirty years old, but this was the first time he has encountered someone in such a terrible state.Even though he was in a bad state, Neil, who was lying on the sofa, still smiled at the doctor who was disinfecting his wounds. “Thank you. You have been disinfecting my wounds for a long time. Do you want to rest for a while? It’s fine, I don’t feel that much pain anymore.”Looking at how strong Neil was being, the doctor wiped away tears while cleaning his wounds. “You’re a good kid. You will get bet
“You are my child! You are mine!”Neil pursed his lips. He reached out his bruised hand and hugged Luna. “Hmm. Mommy, I will be good and listen to you in the future. I’ll get along with Nigel and Nellie. I believe I can find back my memories.”Luna bit her lips and nodded. She wanted to say something when…Bang! Suddenly, the sound of a heavy object landing on the ground rang out.“Daddy!” What followed next was Nellie and Nigel’s agitated yells. Luna was stunned. She turned around.Joshua had already passed out on the ground. His face was a miserable place.Jude and Bonnie immediately helped him up. The doctors immediately tushed in. Some checked up on Neil and treated him, the others stitching Joshua’s wounds up.Luna rushed around helping them out.After a busy day, the Blue Bay Villa finally resumed its calmness during the evening.Neil’s fractured leg has been put in a cast. The doctor said that he is still young. If treated correctly, there should not be any big proble
Luna did not expect that Joshua would wake up at that particular moment. She paused, raised her eyes, and met his tired gaze. She bit her lip. “When did you wake up?” “Just a few moments ago.” He lifted himself up and Luna hurriedly helped him lean back on the headboard, then handed him the glass of warm water from the bedside table. “So you plan to ask Aura to move in with us, then make her believe that we’ve had a falling out so she has a chance?” At her words, Joshua laughed softly as he sipped from the glass. He lowered the glass, gently grazing his thumb over her lower lip as he said, “So you agree that we’re now as close as we used to be?”The rough pad of his thumb grazed lightly over her soft, sensitive lips, leaving her feeling slightly numb and itchy. She blushed immediately, then pulled his hand away. “When did I grow close to you again?” He laughed lightly as he looked at her, his gaze deep and bottomless. “If we aren’t close, how can we have a falling out?” Sh
Luna blushed at his words. She placed the bowl on the table, took the marriage certificates out of her pocket and stuffed them back into his hands. “The person named in the marriage certificate is Luna Gibson, and I’m Luna.” With that, she left, carrying the empty bowl in her hands.The room door was closed again. Joshua clutched the two marriage certificates, the smile hanging from the corners of his lips widening by the second.…The next day. 7 a.m., the doorbell to the Blue Bay Villa rang. Luna frowned as she stood in the kitchen preparing breakfast for Nigel and Nellie, and a lighter version for Joshua and Neil. She knew Aura was moving in today. But…this early?! She had not even prepared breakfast yet. Lily, who was cleaning, rushed to open the door. To Luna’s surprise, the door revealed to open not Aura, but…Granny Lynch. At that moment, Granny Lynch hobbled in slowly with the help of Adrian Lynch and Celia Giles. Luna could not help but bite her lip as she wa
Adrian turned ghostly pale when he heard Joshua’s words. Beside him, Celia frowned and could not help but step in. “Joshua, Michael is your brother, how can you say that? Even though he…”“Even though he has both parents, he's still scum.” Joshua interrupted Celia coldly and turned to look at his father, his gaze ice-cold. “My mother died when I was a child, my father is no different from dead, but still, I have the basic moral compass of a decent human being. The two of you did not educate your son properly, till the point where he tried to murder someone in public. Now that there is concrete evidence and he was arrested by the police, not only do you fail to reflect on yourselves, instead, you try to force Luna to retract her case. Asking someone else to fix your mess, is this how Mr. and Mrs. Lynch are as human beings? No wonder you’ll have a son like Michael.” Adrian’s eyes bulged so far out in anger that they almost popped out of his head. Celia, on the other hand, was much c
She did not look as if she was being threatened. He closed his eyes and smiled bitterly. “Granny, do you really think someone like Michael has the right to be my younger brother?” “Whether he has the right or not, he is your brother!” Granny Lynch glared at him coldly, supported herself on her cane and strode toward the door. “It is decided! You and Luna will go and retract your case today! If you don’t, you’re no longer my grandson!”With that, she turned and called out, “Adrian, Celia, let’s go!” Adrian glared at Joshua coldly then left with Celia, both of them supporting the old lady, each on one side. The door closed behind them with a bang. The living room was immersed in silence. Luna stared dazedly in the direction in which the old lady left, then turned and glanced at Joshua. “Why not…I retract the case.” Even though she wanted Michael to rot in jail too, after all, Granny Lynch was the one who brought Joshua up. She was also the only elder he respected in his family t
Because of Granny Lynch and their unwelcome visitors, Luna lost her appetite early in the morning. She prepared breakfast and called Nellie and Nigel to the dining table, then headed to visit Neil and finally pushed Joshua’s door open, balancing the tray of food in her hands.At that moment, Joshua lay at the head of the bed, reading a copy of a medical report. Luna frowned and approached him, taking a peek at the report. To her surprise, it belonged to Granny Lynch. She paused, set the bowl on the tiny table and raised her eyes, glancing at Joshua. “What’s wrong with Granny?” “She relapsed. It happened some time ago, but she never told me.” Luna’s hand that was about to feed him a spoonful of oats paused slightly. “Is it serious?” “Yeah.” Joshua nodded, a hint of exhaustion appearing on his face. “She fell prey to a feuding family many years ago. Because of their extremely low-handed trick, she couldn’t even sit up in bed, but to protect the entire Lynch family, she didn’t