“I saved you six years ago, helped you get better and undergo plastic surgery, and even helped take care of your children. Why do you think I did all of that?“You told me you wanted to return to Banyan City to find Joshua so that Nigel could be cured, but what happened in the end after Nigel was cured?“You always thought about Joshua and never considered me at all.”Malcolm stared at Luna with such a cold look in his eyes that Luna could not even associate this man with the same kind, gentle man who had treated her well in the past.“Luna, I've sacrificed enough for you, and even a domesticated rabbit will bite its owner in desperation.“No matter how mild-mannered a person is, they’ll never be able to withstand disappointment like this countless times.“Therefore, I had indeed sent my men to kill him so that he’d get the message and leave Merchant City, my territory.“I've loved you for so many years and sacrificed so much for you over the years. I, too, long for a happy endi
Inside Landry Mansion's living room.Heather had finished eating her fruits and was about to go upstairs.Jim, who was sitting close to her, immediately stuck his leg out between the sofa and the coffee table to block her path. “Why are you going back to your room so soon after waking up?”Jim's sharp gaze swept across the hickeys on Heather's neck, and he curled his lips into a small smile. “Have you been home the entire night last night?”Heather rolled her eyes at him. “Why is it any of your business?”“Well, if you were home, then of course it's my business,” Jim smirked and pointed at Heather's neck. “Crazy night?”Heather froze for a moment, then glanced at her reflection in the mirror next to her. Her guess was correct.There were bright red hickeys all over her neck!She bit her lip and quickly used her hand to shield her neck. “I wasn't feeling well, so I got someone to perform some cupping on me. It must’ve been that.”That b*stard Malcolm! He still liked leaving m
Heather grew even more outraged when she heard this. “Jim Landry! It's no wonder you can't find the mother of your child, nor can you find your one true love! You're destined to be on your own for the rest of your life!“I hope you'll never be able to find that girl from your childhood and the mother of your child!”Jim's expression darkened upon hearing this.He strode over and wrapped his hand around Heather's neck, rage spitting out of his eyes like flames. “Why don't you say that again?”This time, he had grasped Heather's neck tightly, and within a few seconds, Heather's face turned purple from deoxygenation.Luna and Christopher quickly stopped him. “Jim!”The two of them pulled Jim away from Heather, and he finally let go of Heather.Heather, who was finally able to breathe, clutched her neck and let out a few violent coughs before turning and storming up the stairs.Christopher and Luna sat a furious-looking Jim on the sofa.“Why are you so mad at her?” Christopher s
As soon as Charles got out of the car, Heather leaped into his arms. He could not help frowning as he stared at the tearful woman in his arms. “What did that b*stard Jim do this time?”Heather was sobbing so hard that she could barely breathe. “Father, he poisoned me!”As she cried, she rolled up her sleeve to expose her hickey-ridden arm. “Not only did he poison me, but…but he even let another man do this to me…”The sight of this ignited the fire within Charles. “That disrespectful b*stard! This is outrageous!”Heather was a virgin! How could he have poisoned her and even let other people do this to her and ruin her purity?Charles grabbed hold of Heather's arm in anger and snapped, “Come with me! I'll bring you to find Jim right now and give him a piece of my mind! Now that Rosalyn is sick, no one is here to keep him in check anymore!”He continued in a cold tone as he dragged Heather into the house, “Heather, tell me what happened.”Heather replied tearfully, “Because of w
Jim scoffed and grabbed the report that Christopher had generated. “I'll let that old man see what kind of person his precious daughter is!”Not only had she intended to tarnish Luna's purity by spiking her drink, but she even wanted to get rid of the baby.This woman was ruthless!Thud!All of a sudden, a loud noise echoed through the room.Charles had kicked the door wide open. He stormed into the room and lifted Jim, who had been sitting on the sofa, by his collar.He roared, with rage fuming in his eyes, “You b*stard! Even though Heather isn't biologically a part of our family, your mother and I had raised her for more than twenty years!“To us, she has already become a child closer to us than our own biological daughter, so how dare you poison her and do something like this to her?”The entire room fell silent upon hearing this.Luna furrowed her brows as she took in this sight and reached out to stop Charles. “Father, please be clear; what did Jim do to Heather?”“What
“Stop!”Jim was just about to drag Luna out of the house when Charles turned to stare at him. “If you want to leave, you should do so yourself! Who gave you the right to take Luna with you?”Charles strode over and pulled Luna's hand out of Jim's. “Just now, Malcolm called me and suggested that they bring him and Luna's wedding forward to bring some good luck to Rosalyn. The reason I came home today was to talk to Luna about this.”With that, he glanced at Jim out of the corner of his eyes and said, “Now that you're taking her away, who am I supposed to talk to?”Jim could not help snickering when he heard this. “Bring some good luck to Mother? Only an idiot like you would believe Malcolm's tricks!”“Shut up!” Charles slammed his hand on the coffee table so hard that Christopher's machine shook.Christopher knew that he could not continue staying here any longer, so he quickly packed his things up, getting ready to leave.As he did this, the lab report that he had generated fell
“Father, you can't possibly… You can't possibly believe what Jim says, right?“I… How could I possibly…”Charles narrowed his eyes. He exuded an aura so domineering that Heather suddenly felt it difficult to breathe. "Heather."Charles narrowed his eyes as he stared at Heather's pale face. “If you admit your mistake now, I’ll still forgive the terrible choices you have made, considering I've raised you for so many years, but if you insist on lying…”His expression darkened. “Some lies are so fragile they can easily be exposed. Are you sure you want me to investigate this?”Heather bit her lip as she met Charles' icy gaze. Then, she kneeled on the floor with a thud and admitted the truth, “Father, it was all my fault…“I…I just thought if Luna gives birth to her child, it’ll bring chaos to both her and all of us, including the child itself… That's why I made such a terrible mistake…”Before she could even finish, Charles gave her a hard kick. “Even if we were to get rid of this c
The entire room fell into silence. Luna's body stiffened when she heard this.Who was the one that had countered the drug for Heather?All the servants who worked the night shift at Landry Mansion were women, and the security guards all roamed around outside the house, so they would not have entered the house without permission.Therefore, the only person who could have done this was…Luna suddenly recalled that Malcolm had been wheeled out of the house by his servant in the morning. She could vaguely remember seeing a small bite mark on Malcolm's hand when she had stopped him to ask whether he had tried to kill Joshua. At that time, she had wondered who could have had the guts to bite Malcolm's hand, but on second thought…Luna glanced at the hickey on Heather's neck.The man who had spent the night with Heather…The answer was on everyone's mind. However, only she and Jim had bumped into Malcolm when they returned home, and Charles had not. Therefore, he glared at Heat
At that, he looked at Gwen. "Actually…"Steven found himself unable to finish his sentence. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. "Forget about it.""Steven…" Gwen looked at him, and her tears fell.Her heart was not made of stone. How could she not know Steven's feelings toward her?She was silent for a long while. In the end, she stood up and slowly walked over to Steven with arms opened wide. "Give me a hug."Steven hesitated for a while, but he still stood up.They hugged."Gwen." Steven hugged her thin figure. "I have to meet you earlier in the next life so I can compete fairly with my brother."Gwen nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Okay."They thus hugged once more. Minutes later…"He's gone," said Stefan.Tears kept falling.They hugged for a while longer before pulling apart. Gwen looked at Stefan with her tear-stricken face. He had tears on his face as well.She bit her lips and reached out to wipe his tears. "A—Are these tears…yours or his?
The next day, Rachel flew from Merchant City to Sharnwick City to diagnose Anne's condition. Theo tagged along as well because he had another identity, Rachel's boyfriend."According to the report, Anne's condition is slowly recuperating." Rachel was relieved after assessing the report. "Although she is very weak, she is going to get better with lots of rest."There is nothing wrong with her vocal cords too. It could be a psychological thing that makes her lose her voice. A knot in her heart that causes it." She looked at Luna, then at John. "Considering all factors, I think that knot is Luna."Rachel continued, "John, I know Luna is the root cause of all these bad things. Being away from Luna, Joshua, and other people is going to guarantee a safer life for you and your family. But have you thought about it from Anne's point of view? Other than you and Sammie, she has her own life and her circle of friends. Never has she blamed Luna for what happened, yet you forced her to leave Lun
It was almost a miracle for Anne to willingly leave the house just to visit him!Robyn, meanwhile, sobbed at the sight.The nurse who accompanied Anne to the ward was puzzled. What was going on with these people?She snuck her phone out of her pocket and took a photo of this surreptitiously. Then, she sent it into the nurse's group chat with the caption, [What a strange family I met today.]The nurses in the group chat began gossiping about this. One of them tagged a fellow nurse named Daisy and said, [Hey, isn't this the guy who saved the old man you're looking after? What a hero!]Daisy was, at this moment, walking into Andy's room to help him change his wound dressing. She saw the message but was not able to type on her keyboard to respond, so she recorded a voice message instead. "Yes, that's the man. What's wrong with his family? What are you guys talking about?"As soon as she finished her sentence, she lifted her head and finally realized that Andy was not there.Instead,
Anne stared at John for a long time before forcibly smiling and told him in sign language, "Robyn didn't return after so long, so I got worried and came by to check on her.""Daddy, Aunt Robyn, are you two hugging?" Sammie asked, blinking innocently as she raised her head in curiosity.John and Robyn turned pale at this.It was understandable for such a young child like Sammie to misinterpret them as hugging, but what would Anne think of this?John leaped off the bed and staggered toward Anne. "Anne, it's just a misunderstanding…"However, he was still so weak that his legs could not hold up the full weight of his body at all, and he almost crumpled to the ground.Quick-witted Robyn managed to catch him before he could fall, but this gesture appeared once again rather intimate to both Anne and Sammie. Sammie furrowed her brow and asked rather indignantly, "Are you hugging again? Daddy, how can you hug Aunt Robyn like this when you've never even hugged Mommy and me like this befor
When the nurse pushed Anne to John's ward, she overheard John and Robyn fighting from the door. The fight was about how John was anxious to return home because he was worried about Anne and Sammie.However, as someone who used to work as a nurse, Robyn knew John should not leave the hospital after being shot by a gun. At least, he needed to stay in the hospital and be observed for 24 hours to make sure that he was fine before leaving the hospital. If an infection happened, John's body would crash easily and he would become weak just like Anne.In the ward, John frowned and talked with a serious tone, "I'm really fine. Get me my clothes so I can go upstairs to thank Miss Andie and go back home immediately. If Anne knows that I'm hurt, she is going to worry. She will easily be suspicious since you haven't gone back home for a long time. What if she worries about me and brings Sammie to the hospital to look for me? Can you bear yourself even just thinking about it? She's weak and Sammie
Sammie's soft and cute babyish voice melted Stefan's heart immediately. It had been quite some time since he actually put a smile on his face. "Hi, there. What's your name and how old are you?"Sammie tilted her head to look at Stefan's handsome face and smiled sweetly, "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sammie."Then she did not forget to introduce Anne to Stefan too. "This is my Mommy. Her name is Anne."At this point, Stefan had given all of his attention to Sammie and did not notice Sammie mentioned that her mother's name was Anne. He pinched Sammie's cheek and said, "Your Mommy is not feeling well. You have to be a good girl and take care of her, do you understand?"Sammie nodded seriously and said, "I will.""Alright, sir. I will bring them to where they want to go," the nurse saw Anne signing to her anxiously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I will take good care of them."The promise from the nurse gave an assurance to Stefan that they would be well taken off. He smil
This was the first time Anne brought Sammie out. Ever since she escaped from death, she became a different person—a recluse and was afraid of the sun. This situation became even worse after she became mute.The last time she left the house was two weeks ago when she had to go for surgery.However, she worried about John. In the morning, Robyn told her John was hurt and needed to stay in the hospital to rest. However, she had a hard time believing what Robyn said.After spending so many years together with John, Anne reckoned she was the one who knew John the most. If it was a minor injury, John would never want to stay in the hospital. He cared too much about her and Sammie, so he never dared to let her worry about him. Therefore, it just did not sound reasonable if John would stay in the hospital because of a small injury.Furthermore, Robyn had not returned home since the morning, which was nearly three hours since she left the house. After much consideration, she decided to call
Tara fell silent upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously and shot Gwen a tentative glance. "I didn't mean to offend you, Gwen…" "I know." Gwen let out an exhale and interrupted Tara before she could finish, "I know you meant no harm, but I can't deny that this is something I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around. In the future, neither of you—even you, Luna—should bring this up again." Her love life was such a mess that not even she could unravel the ties, much less expect other people to understand. Tara pursed her lips and did not reply. Luna stared at Gwen in silence for a while before finally saying, "But you have to face this eventually, Gwennie. After all that you've been through with Luke, all of us hope for nothing but the best for the two of you. Even if you avoid it now, you'll have to face the truth eventually. Otherwise, are you planning on spending the rest of your life in this complicated relationship with Luke? Can you bear the thought of not being
Stefan was mildly amused by the look on her face. He extended his arms out in a gesture of defeat and said, "I never intended on ratting you out to Joshua. You three spoke about these secrets in my presence." With that, he shot Andy a rather helpless look. "Don't you agree, sir?" Andy was surprised to be called out all of a sudden. "Of course!" Although Gwen and Luke had been together for a long time, Luke had never much cared for maintaining good relations with his future father-in-law. He always thought his relationship with Gwen did not concern anyone else outside of the two of them. Combined with the fact that Andy had done some hurtful things to Gwen in the past, Luke grew even more disdainful of his future father-in-law. Because of this, he had never given Andy as much as a second glance throughout their relationship and rarely ever addressed him directly like this. The truth was, Stefan had already called out to Andy once before, during their rescue mission the day befor