Luna’s behavior and her cold, emotionless tone stunned Joshua.He took a step back and fixated his penetrating stare on Luna, his gaze etched with disbelief and sadness. Then, he stuttered hoarsely, “Luna… You…”This was the first time anyone had seen such a distraught expression on Joshua’s face. “You’re kidding me, aren’t you?”She… How could she be unwilling to leave with him?Why would she choose to stay and marry Malcolm? Did he not promise to bring her home after today? They had three children together, and so many years of misunderstanding had finally been resolved between them.He still had yet to make up for his mistakes…How could she suddenly decide to marry Malcolm so out of the blue?Luna let out an exhale and lifted her head to stare at Joshua with an icy expression. “Do you think I’m kidding, Mr. lynch?”She stared at Joshua’s handsome, chiseled face, as well as the exhaustion so clearly etched on them, and all of a sudden felt reluctant to say what she ori
Despite that, Joshua still recalled what Luna had said about him prioritizing his revenge over her.Joshua let out an exhale and said, “Luna, you must have misunderstood me… To me, you’ve always been more important than my vengeance. I…“I—I’ve always wanted to bring you home as soon as I can, but I knew that if I didn’t defeat the Landry family, I couldn’t see you at all—”“That’s enough!” Luna interjected, her tearful eyes etched with coldness. “What do you mean, you can’t see me without defeating the Landry family?“Joshua, what kind of weird excuse are you going to come up with to explain that you don’t care about me at all?“I’ve told you from the start that I’m at Quinn Mansion and that I was kidnapped by the Quinn family back to Merchant City! You’ve arrived in Merchant City for so long, yet you’ve never come to find me at all!”She bit down on her lip and forced out a scornful, self-deprecating smile. “I’ve given you so many chances. I thought you’d take some time out of
Joshua immediately furrowed his brows when he heard this.He fixed his cold, penetrating stare on Malcolm and replied, “You know fully well that Luna doesn’t love you back.”“That’s fine by me.” Malcolm curled his lips into a smirk and stared at Joshua. “I’m fully content just by her being with me.”Joshua narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists.From a distance, Luna could see Joshua’s clenched fists as well as the veins popping in his forehead. She was worried that Joshua would hurt Malcolm out of rage, so she quickly stormed over and pulled Malcolm’s wheelchair back, then shielded his body behind her own. “Joshua, Malcolm didn’t threaten or force me into this. Everything was voluntary.“If you’re angry about this, you can take it out on me. Don’t try to hurt a disabled person!”Joshua lifted his head to stare intently at the woman before him.The look in her eyes was cold, determined, and hostile, as though he was a person who would hurt someone else out of impulse.The hos
Malcolm let out a sigh. His face was obscured in the dim lighting, and Luna could not make out his expression at all.“Luna, I don’t want to make you uncomfortable. If…” He let out a sigh and continued in a hoarse voice, “If you really can’t give up on Joshua, then I’ll let you go. You don’t have to worry about me at all.”He wheeled himself to the glass window and stared out into the distance alongside Luna. “I’m already in such a bad state; it won’t matter if they treat me worse than this anyway. They won’t really beat me to death as they claim.“To me, your happiness is what’s most important.”A twinge of pain shot through Luna’s heart when she heard this. She bit her lip and shook her head. “No. I won’t let you get injured because of me again.”In the past, Luna did not know why Malcolm had gotten into his accident. However, after hearing what Granny Quinn said yesterday, she finally found out that…Malcolm had gotten into his accident because he had been trying to escape, al
Luna had a very long nightmare.In her dream, Joshua was kneeling in front of her, covered entirely in blood and apologizing profusely.She turned around with tears streaming down her face.To her surprise, the late Granny Lynch was standing right behind her. She took out the knife that had been stuck in her chest and slowly made her way to Luna.All of a sudden, a cold, malicious expression crept across Granny’s face as she snapped, “What did you promise me, Luna?“You promised me that no matter what happened, you’d never give up on Joshua! How long has it been since I told you this? You’ve forgotten this!”Luna clutched her chest and spat out a mouthful of blood. “Granny, I never forgot what I promised you… I didn’t give up on him at all! He gave up on me!“He gave up on me first!”…“Granny—!”All of a sudden, Luna was awake.“Did you have a bad dream?” Malcolm’s low voice rang out next to her.Luna froze for a moment, then turned in the direction of the voice. Malcolm
Malcolm closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time before finally slowly wheeling himself to the washroom.Luna stood motionless and let out a sigh as she watched him leave.She had heard the servants bring up Samuel, Malcolm’s father, before. According to what she heard, the love of Samuel’s life was not Malcolm’s mother but another woman.The entire Quinn family had disapproved of their relationship, so the woman committed suicide out of despair.After learning that the love of his life had died because of this, Samuel went insane and was admitted into a mental asylum for more than ten years. Only after Malcolm had grown up did Samuel finally snap out of his delirium.Even after that, however, Samuel never returned to his family and instead became a priest.As for Malcolm…His mother was actually one of Samuel’s maids. Because of his overbearing grief, Samuel had succumbed to alcoholism for a long time after the death of his girlfriend. One night, in his drunken state
“Lucy has already passed away for so many years now, yet you still bring her up all the time. I wonder who’s the one who hasn’t let go of her, Mother?” Upon Granny Quinn’s interrogation, Samuel curled his lips into a cold smirk and added with an impassive expression, “I guess what lingers the longest is guilt.”Granny Quinn was so outraged to hear this that she widened her eyes in shock. “You!”“That’s enough,” Malcolm furrowed his brows and interjected coldly, seeing that Granny and Samuel were about to get into another dispute. “You haven’t come home in more than ten years now. Did you come home today just to upset Granny?“Reverend Samuel Quinn, aren’t you here to see Luna and me? Well, since you’ve seen us, shouldn’t you be on your way now?”With that, Malcolm lowered his head to glance at the time. “The servant told us that you only had time for a cup of coffee, and that time is almost up now. If there’s nothing you want to say with us, please leave. Pardon me for not seeing y
“Is your…”As soon as he heard Lucy’s name, Samuel stopped in his tracks. “Is your friend’s last name Lynch?”Luna nodded.Samuel let out a sigh and handed a jade ring to Luna. “If you have a chance to see your friend again, please help me pass this to him. Then, he’ll find out everything that happened to Lucy Hamilton. Another thing…”He let out an exhale and added, “There are two identical jade rings. The other one is with Lucy’s biological son. I wish you luck.”With that, he turned and strode away.Luna remained motionless, clutching the jade ring, and did not know what to make of this.Did…Lucy have a son? Granny Lynch did not know this at all, even until her death. If she had found out about this grandson, she would have been overjoyed…Just as Luna was lamenting this, she suddenly felt something bump against her body.She lost her balance and accidentally loosened her grip on the jade ring, causing it to fall onto the ground.“I’m so sorry,” Malcolm’s gentle voice ra