No objections!“Nellie, do you want some cake?” Nellie was sitting in Adrian’s lap. She shook her head at his offer, her gaze fixated on Luna’s retreating figure. “I’m not in a good mood. I don’t want anything…”Oceans apart, Nigel was watching all of this unfold through a surveillance camera. Upon seeing this, he closed his eyes. Then, after a moment, he reached out a hand to touch the image of Luna on the screen. “Mommy, I’m sorry…” If it were not for Nigel’s disease, his mother would not have had to return to Banyan City and get in touch with Joshua. If it were not for Nigel, she would not have gotten hurt by that scumbag all over again. …At the back door of the hotel.With his grip still around her, Joshua dragged Aura all the way to the hotel’s back exit.“Joshua!” Aura exclaimed. Her wrist was starting to hurt, and they had left the scene rather briskly. Aura felt like she had reached her limits. Joshua finally let go of her. Aura leaned against the door, massaging
“Luna, you’re drunk.” Seated in the corner of a bar, Malcolm glanced at Luna, who was downing yet another pint of beer. “You should stop drinking now.”Luna pretended like she did n\ot hear him and reached out to grab another glass. “Stop drinking!” Malcolm couldn’t take it anymore and finally extended his arm to snatch the glass away from her. “You know full well that you can’t hold your liquor, so why are you pushing yourself like this?”Luna gave him a blank stare and let out a chuckle. “Malcolm, it hurts.” She drunkenly pointed towards her chest. “It hurts here. I’m so stupid. I thought that he would be different. I thought that people prioritize family over anything else, but…”She wiped the tears from her face before continuing. “Am I too naive? I know that he hates me, but I never thought he would hate his own daughter too… after seeing the way he cared for Nellie when she almost got killed, I thought… I thought that his children meant something to him, but I was wrong, Mal
“I’m sure Nellie is devastated by this…”Nellie had narrowly escaped death multiple times. Although she was a mentally strong girl, having encountered hardships and difficulties since she was young, it was still a very emotionally overwhelming event for a young child to witness her father showing mercy towards the woman who had almost killed her. It was unforgivable!“It’s already late now,” Nigel said, letting out a sigh. “I’ll try to comfort her tomorrow after she wakes up.”Neil nodded. “Okay.”Neil was the one who sent Nellie back to be with Joshua. He had done that so that Luna would have a reason to reach out to Joshua and so that there would be someone helping her from the inside. However, the situation now spun totally out of his control. Neil was a bright boy, but even he was at a loss now.Neil sighed and lowered his head to glance at Luna on the floor below him. She was utterly wasted now at this point. There was a hotel on the floor above the bar. Malcolm was trying
The cool night breeze drifted through the air.Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and gave Luna an icy glance. “Why do you hate me?”“I hate you…” Luna let out a dry laugh and looked up at him. “I hate you because you don’t give a sh*t about me, and you don’t give a sh*t about Nellie either!”Joshua took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one. “What do you mean, I don’t give a sh*t about Nellie?”Luna froze. “If you care about her… then why aren’t you punishing Aura?” Luna pursed her lips and struggled to form her next sentence. She was feeling dizzy from the alcohol and stumbled in Joshua’s direction until she eventually slumped against him. “Just be honest… you don’t care at all… you don’t care about Nellie, and you don’t care about me either.”Joshua did not feel like entertaining her at first, but now that Luna had slumped against him, he had no choice but to put his arms around her and prop her up.“Don’t touch me…” Luna slurred, her whole body weak. “You love
Nellie woke up in the middle of the night and went downstairs to drink water, overhearing the conversation between Lucas and their servant.“Sir’s situation is more urgent. The woman is dead drunk.”Alarm bells started ringing the little girl’s head.Woman, dead drunk?She bit her lip and approached them furiously, raised her head and looked at him. “Lucas, what woman are you talking about? What happened to my Daddy?”Lucas jumped up in shock. “Little princess.”“I’m asking you what woman, what do you mean dead drunk?”Lucas sighed helplessly, he had no choice but to tell the truth. “It’s Luna. She’s drunk and Sir brought her into his bedroom.”The little girl paused.After a moment, she finally bit her lip and said, “Then… quickly prepare a drink for her hangover.”Then as if she remembered something important, she looked at Lucas innocently. “I heard people become more honest when they’re drunk? Is it true?”Lucas was surprised. “Little princess, who taught you that?”“
Nellie did not expect her father would agree so easily, she remained in a daze for a while before coming to, walking into his room with her short little legs.The little girl sat on the small platform before his bay window, glancing at Luna who was still dead drunk on the bed, her worry and concern evident in her eyes. “Daddy, why is Aunty in your room?”Joshua's eyes darkened. “She’s drunk.”“Oh.” Nellie pursed her lips. “Aunty must be so sad tonight.”He lifted his glass and filled it to the brim. “Would she be?”“Of course.” Sitting on the platform, her short legs swung to and fro in the air. “Aunty said she thinks Aunt Aura isn’t nice to me, she wants to sort out the problem about Aunt Aura before she leaves, otherwise, she would be worried.”With that, the little girl glanced at her father, her expression fully expressing her grievance. “But what about you, Daddy? You let the evil Aunt Aura go just like that. Aunty is worried about me, plus, she feels you do not care about m
But if Joshua pursued Luna, things would be different. Even if Mommy still refused to expose her true identity, the two of them would have a chance to hit it off! With this thought, the little girl reached out her hand carefully and tugged at her father’s sleeve again. “Daddy, just try. I can help you!”Joshua smiled helplessly, shaking his head. “No.”“Why not!”Nellie bit her lip, glaring at him unhappily, “Are you worried you’ll forget you’re just acting and really fall in love with Aunty? So, your love for Mommy is so weak after all! Then I won’t help you persuade Mommy to come back! You yourself don’t believe that you’ll always love her, why would she come back! You’re not even willing to put on an act with Aunty, you don’t really love Mommy after all! You don’t really want me to reunite with her!”Joshua was quiet. “…”Facing the unreasonable little girl, suddenly, he was at a loss of how to react.He sighed, pouring himself another glass and emptied it. “I’ll consider it.”
The night deepened.Sitting in the hotel room, Malcolm Quinn looked at the scene on the big screen, frowning fiercely.He had been looking for Luna for more than two hours now, combing through every corner of the hotel.Finally, he spotted her slim figure in the CCTV recording from a roadside camera.The woman on the screen was dead drunk, stumbling in a certain direction.And the direction she was headed toward… was Joshua’s Blue Bay Villa.White half-moons appeared on the tips of his fingers that were clutching the wine glass.Luna only knew he was here today to attend Granny Lynch’s birthday party, but she did not know he came purposely for her.He and Joshua were sworn enemies.The Quinn family’s business endeavors didn’t extend to Banyan City.He rescheduled a few meetings just to come here and see her.That night, he received many overseas phone calls, urging him to return home.But the woman he cared about and valued above everything, not only did she drink for anoth