The next morning, when Luna woke up, she heard noises coming from the garden.She furrowed her brows and pulled the curtains open.Downstairs, Harvey, dressed in yet another red hoodie, had his hands on his hips while he instructed a group of workers who were carrying bunches of roses into their designated spots, arranging the bouquets into a heart shape.Meanwhile, Joshua stood aside, holding a gigantic bouquet of roses and talking into his phone. He seemed to be on a video call with Nellie.Luna could vaguely hear the sound of Nellie’s cheers coming out of his phone.Coincidentally, just as Luna pulled the curtains open, Joshua lifted his head to glance in her direction.Their eyes met. Joshua tucked his phone away and smiled at her. He was wearing a grey trench coat over a white sweater and khaki pants. He even had on a pair of rimless glasses.Under the morning sun, Joshua’s smile no longer carried its usual aura of dominance and coldness, and instead, it had a hint of war
Jim sat down next to Bonnie and pressed her head down onto his shoulder, then quickly snapped a few photos on his phone.Bonnie sensed the unfamiliar scent of male pheromones wafting off Jim’s body, and it felt as though she had been electrocuted.She removed herself from his arms and, out of instinct, extended her arm out and brought her palm down toward Jim’s face—However, Jim grabbed hold of her arm mid-air. He curled his lips into a smirk and dangled his phone in front of her. “Didn’t I tell you yesterday that Malcolm sent away all the men who have been following you and me? Do you know why?”Bonnie furrowed her brows, her arm still hovering mid-air. She wanted to smack him, but Jim was resisting her, yet at the same time, she could not pull her arm back either.She glared at him somewhat awkwardly and snapped, “What do Malcolm's actions have anything to do with you sexually harassing me?”“You call this harassment?” Jim curled his lips into a smirk and pressed Bonnie down a
Joshua waited in the garden of Tea Cottage for an entire day.When evening came, Harvey wailed that he was hungry and demanded Joshua and Jim to bring him for some good food.Joshua glanced at the time and realized that it was already 6 p.m.He had no choice but to say a few quick words of farewell into the recording device, then packed his things and left.Luna let out a sigh of relief after seeing they had left.Thank God they had all left. Otherwise, she would not know how to sneak out to Lucky Den to see Malcolm without Joshua noticing.She let out an exhale and tucked the recording device away, then changed her clothes and went downstairs.Downstairs, Bonnie furrowed her brows and glanced at her. “Are you sure you want to go?”Luna nodded and replied as she put on her coat, “That ring is extremely important, so I have to get it back as soon as possible.”When seven days had passed, she would hand the ring to Joshua when she met him. Perhaps this would be the key to unlo
“Aren’t we…at Lucky Den right now?”“Alright, noted,” Jim replied curtly and hung up the phone.By the time he hung up the phone, Joshua had just gotten off his call with the three children.At this moment, they were sitting in a private booth on the second floor.“Master Quinn is here!” All of a sudden, the high-pitched exclamation from one of the waiters rang out from downstairs.Joshua and Jim exchanged glances, and Jim immediately handed him a set of bodyguard uniforms. “Let’s hide your identity first, then we’ll see what he’s up to.”Joshua nodded and went into the washroom to change his clothes.When he came out of the washroom, he bumped into one of Malcolm's men.The man was standing in a corner outside the washroom, barking orders into a walkie-talkie, “Do you remember Master Quinn’s instructions? When the woman arrives…“Alpha, you’re in charge of fabricating an accident and installing a tracker onto that woman’s bag and clothes.“Bravo, you’re in charge of keeping
Joshua did not answer Jim’s question and instead stared out the window at Malcolm in the distance.Seeing that he did not reply, Jim could not help continuing to probe at him, “Luna doesn’t want to see you, yet she’s willing to see Malcolm… Do you think it’s because she trusts Malcolm more than you?”As soon as he said this, Harvey furrowed his brows and piped up, “Mr. Landry, you’re overstepping a line.”He knew that Mr. Joshua was already upset, yet Jim continued to bring this up.To Harvey’s surprise, however, Joshua said impassively, “You’re right. She’s…more trusting in Malcolm than me.”Jim and Harvey exchanged glances when they heard this. None of them had expected that…Joshua would admit it so willingly.Joshua turned and stared at the two dumbfounded father and son duo as he asked, “Is it so hard to understand? I…did many things that hurt Luna in the past.“Six years ago, she got into an accident and gave birth, yet me, her husband, wasn’t there with her.“Six years la
On the other hand, Bonnie, under the suggestion of her three children, had kept a close watch over her and forbade her from seeing anyone from the outside world.“It’s okay.” Malcolm did not care about why Luna refused to see him and instead handed her a jewelry box, smiling. “Take a look.”Joshua and Jim were too far away from their table, so they could not make out the contents of the jewelry box at all.Harvey propped himself up against the window and whispered, “Wow, is it a wedding ring?”Joshua furrowed his brows and observed Luna's expression carefully. “No.”If it had been a wedding ring, Luna's expression would not look so serious at all.Her expression at this moment, however…She seemed to be carefully eyeing something that she had lost and found to make sure it was the same one she had lost.Harvey glanced at Joshua. “How do you know it’s not?”Joshua gently stroked Harvey’s hair and replied, “I just do.”“It’s because you like her, isn’t it?”“Yes.”Jim watched
Luna had barely sat down and did not even take a sip from her drink, yet she already wanted to leave. Malcolm was shocked by this.His men had not even placed the tracking device onto her yet!As soon as he thought of this, Malcolm quickly said, “Luna, I know I made a rash decision, but it’s all because I miss you too much.”He wheeled himself to Luna's side and reached out to grab hold of her wrist. Sadness and guilt were etched in his eyes. “Since you’ve already come out… Why don’t you join me for dinner?“I missed you so much during this time that I couldn’t eat or sleep properly. I knew that you wouldn’t leave the house for no specific reason, so I used this as an excuse to get you to come out and see me…” he said in a pleading tone.Luna furrowed her brows and glanced at Malcolm's face. Even though she was still a little averse to the idea of him tricking her…Malcolm noticed that her expression had softened, so he let out an exhale and gripped Luna's wrist tightly, intendin
Jim rolled his eyes at Joshua. “Does your son listen to everything you say?”Joshua contemplated this for a moment, then replied, “Yes, they do, and they never call me Mr. Lynch.”Jim rolled his eyes once more and snapped, “Whatever.”Soon, the chicken that Harvey had ordered was served. One of Malcolm's men, who had disguised himself as the waiter, ‘accidentally’ bumped into Luna and placed multiple tracking devices onto her clothes without her noticing.Harvey munched on the fried chicken and deliberately splattered oil onto Luna's clothes. Then, he picked up a tissue and helped her wipe her clothes clean while surreptitiously removing the tracking devices from her.Malcolm furrowed his brows as he watched Harvey cleaning Luna. “Harvey, didn’t your dad…teach you table manners?”The Landry family was wealthy, and as the master of the Landry family, how could Jim educate his son so poorly and raise him without table manners?“Nope.” Harvey shrugged as he continued eating. “In