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
“Everyone, don’t worry, I moved into the Blue Bay Villa for my son, Jake Landry. I will do my best to protect him. The wounds my son suffered after being tortured by Luna are being treated. I will inform everyone the moment the results of his treatment are out.“Luna? Of course she stays here too. Such an evil woman like her, she would definitely take further, more drastic actions against me now that I’m here, but for my child, I’m not afraid.“Alright, if later on, I’m bullied or tortured, I’ll inform everyone immediately, so the public can punish them!” …Sitting in the car, Luna looked at Aura standing at the entrance to the villa and could not help but laugh out loud. The evil ones are always the ones who sound the alarm first. But right now she could not go home. So, she asked the driver to turn around and instead headed to Anne’s house. Anne despised Aura for beating Neil and further insisting on moving into the villa, cursing her out in front of Luna throughout the enti
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