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
“In the end, Charles and Luna got onstage and declared Luna's return to the Landry family, and after that…“They ended the party early.”Lucas pointed at the empty hall and added, “There are not many people inside anymore.”Joshua’s entire body shook when he heard this. “Luna… Did she announce that she’s now the eldest daughter of the Landry family?”Lucas nodded, then quickly shook his head. “Not the eldest…the second. The eldest daughter of the Landry family is still Heather.”Joshua closed his eyes and felt every ounce of strength in his body dissipating from between his fingers.He was still too late, huh?At this moment, someone pushed open the door.The people who came out of the hall were none other than a scowling Charles and a silent Luna.As soon as they stepped foot out the door, they caught sight of Joshua and the rest standing at the entrance.Joshua opened his eyes when he heard the familiar footsteps. The woman standing behind Charles in a white dress and exp
“Find an herb, you say?” Charles looked as though he had heard the most hilarious joke in the world and turned to stare at Joshua with a cold expression. “He injured himself trying to find that dried grass to insult Luna and our family?”Charles’ wrinkled face was etched with contempt as he continued, “Not only did you defeat us financially and economically, but now you injured yourself trying to humiliate our family. I guess you get an A for effort, Mr. Lynch.“Now, on top of that, you’re trying to steal our daughter away as soon as you wake up, huh?”As soon as he heard this, Jude stepped forward in anger and snapped, “Don’t blindly accuse people like this! How could Joshua have ever given you dried grass? He had found the Clinging Root on the side of a cliff after a storm!“There had been a storm the day before, and he wanted to go in search of the Clinging Root a day later, but because he wanted to cure your wife as soon as possible, he scaled the cliff while the mud was stil