“How are we different?“Both Luna's child and I have both the Landry and Lynch family's blood coursing through our veins!“On top of that, what about my birth mother?”Jim fixated his cold, penetrating stare on Charles' face. “My mother Lucy was also a Lynch, and she's even the daughter of Granny Lynch.“Why don't you kick me out of the house and get rid of the painting in the living room, as well as the morning glories in the yard?”Jim's every word struck a nerve within Charles. He flung his entire body backward—Smack!A deafening slap landed on Jim's face. Charles had used so much strength in this motion that Jim's entire body faltered.Jim kept his hand on his swollen cheek and said, blood trickling out of the corner of his mouth, “What's wrong, Mr. Landry? Guilty?“You didn't accomplish much in your lifetime, apart from harnessing the ability to make the lives of the people around you more difficult. I must say, you're getting better and better at this.“In the past,
Luna let out an exhale and said, enunciating her words carefully, “I swear that from today onward, I, Luna, will never meet up with Joshua Lynch in private again.“If I go back on my word, I…”She let out another exhale and continued, her voice trembling, “If I go back on my word, then my child will never be born.”With that, she lifted her head to gaze at Charles with red-rimmed eyes. “Are you satisfied now, Father?”Charles furrowed his brows as he stared back at her.He walked over and reached out to stroke Luna's hair. Then, he said with a hint of helplessness, “Luna, you're still young, and you don't understand much yet.“In the future, when you're older, you’ll understand why I had to do this…”As soon as he finished his sentence, Jim sneered and stood up to help Luna up from the ground. Then, he shot Charles a cold glance and said, “Understand why you had to do this? Why you had to force your daughter to swear on her child's life?“From the moment you forced Luna to do t
Rosalyn had been in the operation room for about 12 hours…Her condition must have been dire to undergo such a long surgery.If Rosalyn died, not only would no one discover that Heather had poisoned her, but no one would be able to cause trouble for Malcolm anymore.On top of that, Luna and Joshua would never be able to reconcile anymore!As soon as she thought of this, Heather could not help feeling overjoyed, so much so that she wanted to go home and pop open a bottle of wine to celebrate!Aura's dying wish had been to separate Luna and Joshua. Therefore, she had helped avenge Aura's death!All of a sudden, the doctor who had come out from the operation room let out a sigh and said, “We've tried our best. Even though we managed to save Mrs. Landry, she…“She is now in a vegetative state.”Vegetative state. These two words felt like thunder crashing around Jim, Luna, and Charles' heads. Luna bit her lip and grabbed hold of the doctor's hand. “Will… Will she ever wake up?”
The entire hallway fell into silence upon hearing this.Luna clenched her fists.She lifted her head to glance at Jim, about to say something, but she could not utter a word.If Joshua had really hurt Mother like this…She did not dare to think of the consequences, nor was she willing to face this.Suddenly, the doctors wheeled Rosalyn out of the operation room.Luna quickly went over to check on her.The woman who had wanted her to leave the Landry family and return to Joshua's side was at this moment lying peacefully on the bed, as though she was asleep.There was even a hint of a smile on Rosalyn's face. Luna felt as though someone had stabbed her heart with a knife when she saw how Rosalyn looked. She gritted her teeth and grabbed hold of Rosalyn's hand as she followed the doctors into Rosalyn's room.All the way from the operation room to the ward, Luna stared intently at Rosalyn's face, her gaze never wavering for even a second.“Mother…” Luna said tearfully as she sa
Both the look in Jim's eyes and the tone of his voice made Heather feel as though she was about to be eaten alive.Even though she had deliberately avoided his gaze, she could still feel the hatred and coldness of his stare. She could not help shuddering as she replied, “What—What nonsense are you talking about? How could I…how could I have…“Isn't the evidence of Joshua killing Mother as clear as day? Don't try to frame me so that your cousin can go scot-free!”Jim snickered and said, “Well, I hope that's the case. Otherwise, I can't even imagine the consequences.”With that, he let go of her and strode away. Heather propped herself against the wall and stared intently at Jim's retreating figure. It was only after he had entered the elevator that Heather let out a sigh of relief and slid down onto the floor feebly.Her heart thumped in her chest. Even though she had devised plans of killing other people with Aura in the past, whether it was Luna six years ago or Granny Lync
Jim narrowed his eyes slightly.Joshua's face was etched with an earnest look, without any hint of pretense at all.Jim let out a sigh and replied, “She managed to survive, but…”He lifted his head to observe Joshua's expression and continued, “She's now in a vegetative state, and she can't speak or move anymore. The doctor says it's unlikely she'll ever awaken from her vegetative state.”Joshua's entire body stiffened. After a split second, he closed his eyes and said, “Thank God she's alive. As long as she's alive, there's still hope.”Jim squinted slightly upon hearing this. He had said the exact same thing to Luna not long ago. Jim let out another sigh as he stared at Joshua. He had never seen a murderer who longed so much for their victim to survive.Either Joshua was not the murderer at all, or he was simply too good at pretending.Jim was more inclined toward the former.He lifted his head to stare at Joshua and asked, “You said that Heather was the one who killed Mo
Jim remained motionless and narrowed his eyes as he watched Joshua leave. In the past, whenever he saw Joshua, he always looked feeble and sad because of Luna.However, after witnessing the cold, arrogant man before him, Jim suddenly realized he had never known the true Joshua at all.Was this cruel, heartless man the real Joshua Lynch?Jim regained his composure, and as soon as he walked out of the police station, he bumped into Charles and Heather, who had just gotten out of their car. Charles was furious as soon as he caught sight of Jim.He stomped over and lifted his hand to smack Jim across his face. “What are you doing here? Are you here to see Joshua Lynch and help him evade his crime?”Jim grabbed hold of Charles' hand in mid-air and said, sneering, as he gripped Charles' wrist tightly, “What does it have anything to do with you what I'm doing here and whom I'm visiting?”With that, he flung Charles' hand away and glanced coldly at Heather, who was standing behind Ch
Inside the police station.Joshua sat alone in a small prison cell and stared impassively at the skylight above him.Suddenly, the prison guard's voice rang out from behind him, “Mr. Lynch, there's a Mr. Landry and Ms. Heather here to see you.”Joshua curled his lips into a sneer. He turned and glanced at the prison guard. “I don't want to see them.”The guard hesitated for a moment, then replied, “But…they're the Landry family. If you refuse to see them, they'll make your life difficult after you get out of prison.“You're not from here, so you don't understand the true extent of the Landry family's power in Merchant City…especially Ms. Heather. No one dares to get on her bad side even if she stirs up trouble anywhere.”Joshua lowered his head and said, “That's only to you. After I get out of here…“There's no telling who will make whose lives difficult.”With that, he shifted into a more comfortable position in his seat and said, “Tell them I refuse to see him. I'll visit the