Aura clung onto Joshua’s arm, signaling for him to leave.Bonnie furrowed her brows at this sight and was about to say something when Nigel piped up, “Alright then. Goodbye, Daddy, Aunty Aura. Nellie, Aunty Bonnie, and I are going to visit Mommy now. I can’t stop worrying about Mommy knowing how sick she is!”With that, he let out a sigh and grabbed Nellie’s hand. “Don’t cry. You’ve been crying the entire journey.”Joshua, who had been just about to leave, stopped in his tracks when he heard this. He turned around to look at Nigel and Nellie. “Aren’t you here to visit Granny?”Nigel blinked innocently and replied, “Yes, we are, but we’re mainly here to visit Mommy.”He cocked his head to one side and continued with an innocent expression, “Daddy, weren’t you the one who asked Aunty Aura to text me saying we should come over to visit Mommy? Why are you so shocked?”Aura’s entire body stiffened when she heard this. Joshua furrowed his brows once more, and he turned to glance at A
“No, no, no!” Aura immediately tried to deny everything. She was so agitated that tears started streaming down her face. “How can you suspect me, Joshua? I’m really…”She bit down on her lip nervously. Her face was already red from the crying, and it made her look exceptionally pitiful. “I was just afraid that the children wouldn’t be able to see Luna for the last time…”She lowered her head and continued in a sobbing voice, “If I had known there was only one car—one that had broken brake cables—left at Lynch Mansion, I wouldn’t have asked them to come in the first place!”She turned and shot Nigel and Nellie an aggrieved look as she said, “It’s all Aunty Aura’s fault. Can you forgive me?”Nigel narrowed his eyes and turned to glance at Joshua. He knew that Joshua had no intention of punishing Aura for this. Even though he felt a little displeased by this, he still knew that there were reasons as to why adults choose to do certain things.Therefore, he stopped Nellie, who was ju
“After that, you started to go crazy because you missed your child too much, so Jason had no choice but to contact me. We had to go through many connections before we could finally find some medicine to wipe your memory and let you forget the past.“If your child is still alive now, he’d be the same age as Nigel and Nellie now, but… Tsk, tsk. Too bad you won’t be able to see him at all.”Aura turned around and grabbed hold of Joshua’s arm. “Since you’re so free, why don’t you mind your own business instead of sticking your nose into everyone else’s?”With that, Aura turned and strode away with Joshua.Bonnie stood in the same spot, frozen in shock. Then, after a moment, she reached out a hand to knock on her head.Aura was right…Six years ago, before Jason left Banyan City, Bonnie had indeed lost about a year’s memory. However, Jason had told her this was due to a fever, which led to a concussion and subsequent memory loss, but it seemed that...“Aunty Bonnie.” All of a sudden,
Bonnie almost dropped her phone when she heard this.Neil was missing?Bonnie bit down on her lip and forced herself to calm down. “When was this, and how did this happen?”Theo let out an exhale and explained, “Neil has been in the hospital with me. His broken leg still hasn’t recovered yet, so Luna got someone to make him a special wheelchair so he can move around freely.“Today, the wheelchair finally arrived at the hospital, so he tried to get in touch with Luna to tell her the good news, but he couldn’t get through to her at all.“After that, Luna’s phone was picked up by a nurse, and the nurse told him that Luna’s fallen ill, that she’s in a grave condition now…“I wanted to visit her today with Neil, but I left for a short while to buy him lunch and returned, he was nowhere to be found!“Can you help me find him? I don’t feel like contacting Joshua about this…”Bonnie gripped her phone tightly and snickered. “Even if you contact him now, I don’t think he’ll have the time
Nellie pursed her lips but did not reply. The three of them quickly entered Blue Bay Villa’s living room.Inside the living room, Neil was sitting in his wheelchair in silence. Meanwhile, Aura’s arm had been slashed with a knife and was bleeding profusely. At this moment, the doctor was wrapping her arm up.Joshua sat in the distance, his expression dark. No one could make out what he was thinking.The doctor soon finished wrapping up Aura’s wound. “Mr. Lynch, Ms. Gibson is fine now, but…”The doctor pushed his spectacles up on his nose bridge and continued, “Just now, when I did a checkup for Ms. Gibson, I discovered that her blood panel didn’t seem quite right, and it turns out she’s pregnant.“Therefore, I gave Ms. Gibson some medication that won’t harm the fetus, so you don’t have to worry about that.”This was the first thing Bonnie heard as soon as she stepped foot through the door. She furrowed her brows and shot Aura a stern look. “She’s pregnant?”The doctor nodded.
Aura let out a sigh. “This antidote is only enough to save one person.”With that, she lifted her head to glance at Joshua, then at the rest, who had turned pale as soon as they heard this. “The reason why I didn’t bring out the antidote earlier is that I haven’t decided whether this antidote would be used to save Luna or Granny Lynch…”The entire house fell into silence upon hearing this.Neil, who was sitting in his wheelchair, froze in shock. He turned to glance at Aura, then at Joshua. “This antidote can…save only one person?” Neil had always known that Aura had the antidote with her but did not know that…the antidote was only enough to cure one person. One was their well-respected Great-Granny and Daddy’s most important family member.The other was their beloved Mommy.The three children fell into silence as they mulled over this. Bonnie opened her mouth, then quickly snapped it shut. She, too, was unsure of what to say at this moment.Everyone’s gaze fell unanimously
Aura let out an exhale and said, “Actually, the antidote isn’t with me. I need my sister…my friend, to send it over.” She lowered her head to glance at the time and calculated before adding, “It’ll need about three days.”With that, she snaked her arm around Joshua’s and fixated her wide eyes on him. “Even though the antidote will only be here in three days, I have some medication that can help ease Granny’s symptoms. Should we bring it to the hospital for her?” Joshua went silent for a moment, then smiled and patted Aura on the head. “Sure.” This scene pained Bonnie and the three children. The four of them exchanged glances and seemed as though they wanted to say something, but they could not.After all, they could not reprimand Joshua and tell him that he should not save his grandmother, could they?After a long pause, Bonnie said in a husky voice, “Neil, let’s send you back to the hospital. Theo can’t find you, and he’s worried sick.” Neil shot Joshua a meaningful glance bu
As soon as she saw Michael’s frozen expression, Aura knew that something was wrong, but she tried not to show any emotion on her face. “Yes, I’m pregnant with Joshua’s child.”Michael’s expression darkened. “You…”“Michael!” Before he could finish his sentence, Celia, who was standing behind, smacked him and said, “What are you doing? Isn’t it just Joshua and his new girlfriend having a baby together? What’s there to be surprised about? Why did you throw the fruit basket on the floor?” She picked up the fruits scattered all over the floor and sneered, “This basket was prepared for your Granny Lynch. A few of them are spoiled from the drop, but it should be enough for an old lady who doesn’t even have much time left.”She continued in a scornful tone, “After all, we’re outsiders from the Lynch family, so we won’t get any of your fortunes. She should appreciate the fact that we even bought some stuff to visit her with our savings.”Joshua narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. He smi
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