Rosalyn sniffed and said tearfully, “Luna, please return to our side, will you? I want to use the remainder of my life to make things up to you…”Luna pursed her lips and lowered her head. “I don’t want to.”The color drained from Rosalyn’s face when she heard this.A split second later, she clutched her chest and coughed out a mouthful of blood.This sudden twist of events made Charles’ entire body stiffen. He furrowed his brows and made sure that Rosalyn was all right while turning to shoot Luna a cold glance. “Why aren’t you willing to return to our side? Is this because of Joshua Lynch?“Joshua Lynch claimed that he’d save your mother, but in the end, he humiliated Christopher with a bunch of dried grass and almost led to your mother’s treatment being delayed. Why are you still so faithful to a man like this?“Luna, I know that the Landry family has mistreated you in the past, but we’ll make up for our mistakes!“Has Joshua ever made up for his mistakes and mistreatment?”L
Luna could not help wringing her hands when she heard this. She bit her lip and lifted her head to stare at Jim. “Do you agree that Joshua had humiliated Christopher on purpose and insulted both the Landry family and me?”Luna had thought that as Joshua’s cousin, Jim would be different from everyone else, but…“Well, what else do you think his intention was of doing this?” Jim let out a sneer and added, “Are you trying to tell me that an intelligent man like Joshua Lynch can’t even tell a rare herb apart from some common grass, despite having photos to help him? Even a child can understand the pictures that Christopher had shown him, so what went wrong?”Luna bit her lip when she heard this. She let out an exhale and closed her eyes. “I won’t return to your side for the time being.“I want to hear Joshua’s explanation for all this.”She would not believe any of these accusations unless she could hear Joshua admitting himself that he had deliberately done this to humiliate both C
Heather had on some light makeup, and her skin looked radiant. It was evident that she was the heiress of a wealthy family.Seeing that Luna had noticed her, Heather could not help smiling. Then, she sat down gracefully in Jim’s empty seat and extended her hand toward Luna. “Luna, it’s about time we meet in private.“My name is Heather Landry, and I’m Aura’s sister, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Natasha, your adoptive parents.“According to our ages, you were born a few days before me, so I should call you ‘Big Sister’ as Aura did.”Luna could not help narrowing her eyes when she heard the mention of Aura’s name. She recalled the conversation that she had overheard outside Blue Bay Villa when Aura was talking to someone on the phone.At that time, Aura had called someone, “Sis.” Heather must have been talking to Heather.At that time, Luna had thought that Aura was the real heiress of the Landry family and that Heather was Luna's biological sister. On top of that, she had e
Luna’s expression darkened when she heard this.She narrowed her eyes and turned around, staring at Heather from her great height. “A homeless little runt?”Luna sneered as she gazed at Heather's pale face. “Heather, I guess somehow you think that as the heiress of the Landry family, your status is unsurpassable.“Have you forgotten something? If Joshua has really abandoned me, I’ll have to return to the Landry family. If that happens, then I wonder who’ll become the homeless little runt you’re talking about!”Luna turned and strode away, with Heather gaping at her in shock.After coming out of the restaurant and getting into the car, tears brimmed Luna's eyes.Heather was right.If Joshua abandoned her…then she would indeed become a homeless little runt.As soon as she thought of this, Luna lowered her head and took out her phone to send a message to Joshua.[I know you’re busy, so much so that you don’t even have time to come find me. The Landry family has given me seven day
Rosalyn’s condition had indeed improved, but according to the Landry family, the herb that Joshua had risked his life to pick was provided by Malcolm instead. On top of that, the Landry and Quinn families had announced that they would cooperate to defeat other companies that had infiltrated Merchant City.It was clear that the company they were talking about was Lynch Group. However, what Jude found incredibly difficult to accept was…The Landry family had announced that they would be hosting an extravagant party to welcome the return of Luna, the real heiress of the Landry family.When Jude heard this, he could not believe his ears. Luna was going to become a Landry soon!Joshua had risked his life to find an herb from the edge of a cliff so that Rosalyn would be cured and that Luna would not have to return to the Landry family and become his enemy anymore.What happened after that?Malcolm had taken credit for the herb that Joshua had found, and soon, the love of Joshua’s l
Landry Mansion.Luna sat expressionlessly in front of her dressing table as she allowed the servants to put makeup and jewelry on her. Most of the jewelry that they were putting on her had been provided by Heather.As though trying to get back at Luna for her rude remarks, the jewelry that Heather had provided was all tacky and cheap, despite being almost priceless. In the past, Luna would never even have given these pieces of jewelry a second glance, but at this moment, she allowed the servants to put them on her without even a word of protest.Luna stared at the image of the thin woman in the mirror. During this past week, she had not been able to eat or sleep because of Joshua. Every time she heard a noise outside Tea Cottage, she would get up and sprint to the window to take a look, but none of those times were Joshua.None of them.Slowly, the hope in Luna's heart dissipated and was replaced by disappointment. She spent the last seven days drawing various pictures o
“Since good things come in pairs, why don’t you announce your engagement to him at the ceremony itself?”Charles’ palms were warm and rough.Luna furrowed her brows and lowered her head to glance at Charles with an expressionless look. “Are you so desperate to marry me off to another man as soon as I return?”Charles froze for a moment, then quickly shook his head. “No, no, it’s just an engagement! You can postpone the wedding for as long as you like!”Luna curled her lips into a smile and replied, “Well, since we’re not going to get married anytime soon anyway, we don’t need to get engaged so soon.”With that, she let out an exhale, stood up, and went out the door.To her surprise, the first thing she saw when she opened the door was Malcolm, sitting in his wheelchair. He fixated his warm gaze on Luna's face and said, “You’re still waiting on Joshua, aren’t you?”There was a hint of bitterness and desperation on Malcolm's face as he said, “When you told me you wanted to postpon
That night, heavy rain poured over Merchant City.A plane landed at the airport. Joshua, who had just awoken from his slumber, slowly got off the plane, propping his heavy body up.Because he had been unconscious for a week, his legs were a little wobbly, but he still insisted on walking himself out of the airport and into the car.“We might be able to make it.” Neil, who had accompanied Joshua all this while, lowered his head to glance at the time.They still had 30 minutes until the ceremony started. Even though the car could not go very fast in the heavy rain, thankfully, the party venue was not far from the airport at all, and they could make it in half an hour. “Just now, when we were on the plane, Uncle Lucas sent me a text saying he and Uncle Luke are already there.” Nigel glanced at the message on his phone and said, “They said that something seemed to have gone wrong at the party.”With that, he frowned and put down his phone. “Even though we’re not sure what went w