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
However, the moment Charles stopped struggling, Luna started struggling in Joshua’s arms.“Let me go, Joshua Lynch! Please don’t make me hate you! You let go of me now!”No matter how hard she struggled, Joshua had no intention of letting go of her.He missed her too much.Having been unconscious for a week… Joshua kept dreaming that she wanted to leave him and wanted him to die.He even kneeled and begged her to come home with him in his dreams. As long as she was willing to go home with him, he was willing to die the next instant.He had been missing her for a long time, and at this moment, he was finally able to see her.He hugged Luna so tight that it started to hurt her. She bit her lip and finally bit down on his right shoulder with all the anger she could summon.Joshua’s right shoulder had suffered a gunshot injury when he was chased by Malcolm's men after the engagement party a month ago. The wound had not fully recovered yet, and as soon as Luna bit him, a sharp pai
The heavy rain was still pouring.The image of an adult and three kids kneeling in the rain made everyone sad.Luna turned around, and, as soon as she caught sight of the four of them, tears started falling from her eyes.She was not a heartless person at all.When she decided to part ways with Joshua, not only was it difficult for her to leave Joshua behind but the three children as well.However, Luna understood that she could not take any of them with her.She could not even keep the one in her womb either.Heather was Aura’s sister. Luna knew fully well what Aura had done to her children in the past.However…This time, when Luna returned to the Landry family, she had promised Jim she would get rid of the parasite in the Landry family, Heather.If Heather managed to get ahold of Luna’s weakness, she would never stand a chance against her.Therefore, all Luna could do was to be cold-blooded. Whether it was Nigel, Neil, Nellie, or even the unborn child in her belly, she
What other way did he have to get her to stay?“Luna!” After a long while, Charles let out a sigh and called out Luna's name. “It’s time to go home. The weather is getting colder now, and the kids will catch a cold.”Luna nodded, then reluctantly let go of the children and left with Charles.The Landry family’s limo peeled off in the pouring rain.Nellie was already sobbing as she held onto her brothers.Nigel and Neil, who were usually the two mature, level-headed elder brothers, were crying as well.When the car finally disappeared from view…Thump!A deafening slam made everyone turn their heads back.Joshua had already passed out and landed on the ground with a thud. Jude and Lucas quickly helped him up, then picked the three children up and placed them inside the car.“To the hospital!” Jude shouted in the pouring rain. “To the nearest hospital!”“Let’s go to my house instead.” All of a sudden, a cold, male voice rang out.Jude lifted his head, frowning. A man dres