After an entire night of contemplation, Joshua finally decided to abide by the detectives’ suggestions and agree to an autopsy.He believed that if Granny was watching from heaven, she, too, would wish to see Luna being proven innocent.After coming out of the house, Joshua followed Lucas and got into the car.More than ten cars belonging to the media trailed behind Joshua’s Masevati all the way from Blue Bay Villa to the police station.Joshua’s decision to authorize an autopsy on his grandmother’s corpse spread through the city like wildfire and became the headline of almost every news outlet in Banyan City.When the car arrived at the police station, Joshua was stopped by Adrian and Michael, who had been waiting at the entrance, as soon as he got out of the car.Adrian, along with a swollen, injured Michael, blocked Joshua’s path.“As the victim’s family and only son, I object to an autopsy!” Adrian declared, dressed in a neat suit. “Joshua Lynch, don’t you dare humiliate my
The entire crowd fell into silence upon hearing this.Everyone’s gaze was fixated upon Joshua.“What wrong, coward?” Adrian crossed his arms in front of his chest, a triumphant expression etched in his eyes. “Joshua, please don’t blame Daddy for being cruel like this. Luna killed your grandmother, and we already have plenty of evidence for this, but why are you so stubborn to insist on performing an autopsy to obtain new evidence?“Well, if you indeed find new evidence, then all’s good, but if you can’t find any, then this means you deliberately damaged your grandmother’s dead body.“This is an act of disloyalty to the family, and it’d be understandable if I chased you out of the Lynch family itself, but I’m showing you mercy and only asking you to give up your shares instead of being exiled.”With that, he raised his eyebrows and asked, “So what is it, sign or no sign?”Joshua narrowed his eyes but did not reply.The reporters murmured underneath their breaths at this sudden tw
Michael immediately took out a pen and handed it to Joshua in excitement. “Come on, sign it, quick!”He did not believe that they would find the real culprit just because they cut Granny Lynch up.As soon as Joshua signed this contract, all the assets of Lynch Group would belong to both him and Adrian!Michael was even estimating the number of bottles of champagne he would open in celebration of this event.Joshua narrowed his eyes and walked over to the table in determination, then picked up his pen—“Wait!” a female voice rang out of the blue.This voice sounded familiar…Joshua immediately turned around and glanced in the direction of the police station entrance, where the voice had come from.Luna, dressed in a jumpsuit with Bonnie’s red trench coat draped over her, stood at the entrance, propped up with Bonnie’s help.Joshua’s pupils enlarged as soon as he caught sight of the woman who had grown haggard overnight. He immediately strode over. “Luna…”Michael, who was stan
The coroner opened the door.Joshua, who should have been the first one to get out of his chair, did not move at all. However, his grip around Luna’s hand tightened. Luna knew that he was emotional over the impending news, so she gently released his head. She immediately stood up and asked the coroner in a soft voice, “How is it, doctor?”The coroner removed his mask and let out an exhale. “Mr. Lynch, Ms. Luna, you took a big risk, but it was worth it.”Luna’s entire face lit up when she heard this.Joshua, who had been motionless in his chair, was relieved to hear this well. His furrowed brows immediately relaxed.The coroner took out a description report and explained, “Because the object was removed from a dead body and, on top of that, was not in good condition at all, I can’t show you the artifact itself. You’ll have to look at this report instead.“Mr. Lynch made a correct guess: When Ms. Lydia Hamilton was murdered, she swallowed a foreign object. According to the eros
“What nonsense! The autopsy report isn’t even done yet. Even if the results are out and there really isn’t any evidence, his mother just passed less than two days ago, but he’s already celebrating, just because he received Lynch Group’s shares. What a heartless person!”Joshua sneered when he saw how outraged Bonnie was. “This is a man who instructed his son to kill his own mother… Do you think this kind of person has a heart at all?”Luna, Bonnie, and Lucas widened their eyes in shock as soon as they heard this.“Joshua…” Luna pursed her lips and stared at Joshua. “Have…you decided?”When they were in the police station, Luna had already heard Joshua wanting the coroner to compare Michael’s DNA with the blood on the bandage. She thought he was just suspicious, but with Joshua voicing it out loud…“Yes, it’s mostly decided.” Joshua closed his eyes and let out a bitter smile. “The material from the special bandage is rarely used among the common population.”With that, he opened h
Joshua’s words made Luna blush an even deeper shade of red. Luna pursed her lips and said in a voice so low that it was barely audible, “Actually…I just found out a few days ago.”Logically speaking, she had only been pregnant for less than a month, so she was not supposed to show any signs of pregnancy. It was Bonnie who had seen how haggard she looked yesterday and brought her a pregnancy test kit this morning.The results…Luna was indeed pregnant. Even she could not believe it herself.Because of the miscarriage she had…the only time she had some fun with Joshua was the night when Aura poisoned her.Who would have thought she managed to get pregnant again just from that one night.Six years ago, she tried everything, and only after two years of marriage was she finally pregnant with Joshua’s child.This time, it was practically effortless. Maybe it was all a part of God’s plan. Perhaps God pitied their loss of a child and decided to bless them with the gift of another.Lu
“That’s impossible!” Adrian scoffed and lifted his head to glance at the distance. “Guards, take this meddlesome reporter away!”Before the reporter could say another word, the guards dragged him away.Adrian stood motionless as he stared at the reporter’s retreating figure and could not help pursing his lips in disapproval. “What a wet blanket.”How could that reporter say something so dampening on such a joyous occasion?With that, Adrian lifted his head to smile at the crowd of reporters before him. “Do any of you have any more questions?”The reporters exchanged glances, but none of them dared to ask any further questions about Joshua.“Mr. Adrian, how do you plan to reorganize the company after receiving Lynch Group’s shares?”“Do you plan to run the company on your own, or will you pass it over to your son Michael?”“Do you think the company would become more profitable in you and Michael’s hands as compared to Joshua?”…Sitting in a corner beneath the stage, Bonnie wa
The entire room fell into silence upon hearing Joshua’s words.Everyone, both onstage and below the stage, stared at Joshua in shock.Adrian could not help letting out a chuckle when he saw how confident Joshua looked. He stared coldly at Joshua and said, “You’re the one who brought a murderer along, yet you claim you’re here to send me to hell? That’s my job, but I haven’t even started yet!”He pointed at Joshua and snapped in an angry, contemptuous tone, “You two! One of you killed my beloved, most respected mother, and the other insisted on performing an autopsy to disrespect her corpse!“The reason you did this is that my mother wanted to assign half of Lynch family’s inheritance to Michael and me while she was gravely ill! You wanted the money all to yourself, so you killed her before she could even amend the will. Not only that, but you performed an autopsy so that her corpse wouldn’t be whole again.“Joshua Lynch, how dare you even bring up hell in front of me? If anyone is