“I'll go and open the door.” The frowning Neil put down his fork and spoon, his small body jumping down from his chair and strode to the door.“Who is it?”“It’s me,” came a little girl’s child-like voice outside the door. “Neil, it’s me, Nellie! I went to Godmother’s house, and she said the two of you didn’t go back last night, so I came here. I didn’t expect to find you and Mommy here! Quick, open the door!”Hearing his sister’s voice, Neil grew excited. He immediately opened the door and spread his arms open. “Nellie!”Outside the door stood Nellie, dressed in her usual princess-style dress, and Lily.She saw her brother spreading his arms open in her direction, but she did not hug him.She sniffed. “Something smells so good!”The little girl walked past Neil and strode into the apartment. “Are you guys eating breakfast? Did you prepare some for me?”“No.” Neil returned to the dining table as he sulked and sat down to resume his breakfast.The little girl sat pitifully at th
Nellie pursed her lips. “Mommy, a long time has passed since Daddy saved you from the fire, right? his wounds healed a long time ago, right? He couldn’t have knocked into his wounds so easily, to the extent where he would have to be admitted into the hospital, right?”As she said these words, the little girl studied Luna’s expressions through the corners of her eyes. “I think the servants are saying that on purpose as an excuse for Daddy to not eat breakfast with me.”Luna frowned as she placed her empty plate on the table. “Maybe.”She then stretched lazily, turned, and sat on the sofa to play with her phone. It seemed like the news that Joshua was admitted into the hospital did not affect her much.Nellie furrowed her brows as she bit her lip silently.In truth, she did not come to them because she did not have breakfast at home. She thought that Mommy would be nervous knowing that Daddy was in the hospital. After all, every time Daddy was admitted into the hospital, Mommy would
After hanging up the phone, Luna waited for Neil and Nellie to finish their breakfast before they left to send Neil to his kindergarten. Lily then brought Nellie back to Blue Bay Villa.Standing on the roadside, she watched as the car Nellie rode in drove into the distance. She slowly exhaled before she raised a hand and hailed a taxi. “To South City Hospital.”Luna could ignore Joshua, but she could not ignore Natasha. Even though Natasha misunderstood her like everyone else, she could not pretend she did not know and not visit her.After all, she provided her life.Once, Natasha was her closest confidant, even closer than Aura, but... Under Aura’s misleading words, she grew farther and farther apart from her family. Only when she completely lost them did she realize how silly she once was.Natasha had always been fairly healthy, but with her suddenly admitted to the hospital, she guessed that it must be related to Aura. The incidents that happened that night could not possib
Lucas squeezed into the elevator as well.When the elevator doors opened, Lucas realized he forgot to press the button for his intended destination, thus he instinctively lifted his hand toward the 18th-floor button.Unexpectedly, it was already lit up.Only one other person could have pressed the button.Lucas laughed lightly as he took the fruit and cakes out of Luna’s hands. “I’ll hold them for you. You’re very thoughtful, Luna. I thought you didn’t know which floor Sir was on, and I didn’t expect you’d know it on your own!” Luna frowned as she fought with Lucas for control of her own gifts. “These aren’t Joshua.”She had confirmed at the counter that Natasha stayed on the 18th floor. She did not know where Joshua was staying, and she did not want to know either!“You’re not here to visit Sir?” Lucas rolled his eyes at her, thinking she was just stubborn. “Then who are you visiting so early in the morning? Do you have other friends and family here in Banyan City besides Dr.
The pressure in the hospital ward lowered considerably.Joshua’s cool, dark eyes glared at Luna who stood at the doorway.Lucas knew the following conversation was not suitable for his eyes, so he turned and left, not forgetting to close the door behind him as he did.With the door closed, Joshua and Luna were left in the closed space of the hospital ward. The air was empty except for the voice of the news anchor reading out the news about Banyan City on the television.The two of them stared at each other for a long time before finally, Joshua leaned on the headboard, his eyes cold and distant. “You’re here early in the morning and purposely brought out last night’s events. It seems you’re very disappointed, yes?”Luna’s entire body shuddered slightly.She laughed lightly. “Firstly, Mr. Lynch, I didn’t come to the hospital to visit you. Lucas was the one who misunderstood me and pulled me here. Secondly, I am indeed very disappointed about last night’s events. As a man, I look d
“Ms. Luna, I didn’t expect you to come visit me.” Natasha smiled awkwardly in Luna's direction. “I know about everything that happened at the birthday party.”She looked at Luna solemnly. “I should be thanking you. Even though my older daughter is so irresponsible, refusing to come back all these years, I'm grateful that you’ve been taking care of Nellie for so long.”Luna pursed her lips as she offered a polite smile. “I used to be Ms. Nellie’s servant, and this is what I should do.”“Sigh.” Natasha then made up an excuse and diverted the nurse out of the ward. After the nurse left, she signaled at Luna to close the door. “As a mother, I hold responsibility, too.“I never expected Aura would do something like this to Nellie… It’s my fault. I failed to properly educate her.”With that, she raised her eyes and looked into Luna’s eyes. “But there must be a misunderstanding about Aura wanting to harm Nellie.”Her words made Luna’s heart sink deep into the pit of her chest.Since sh
Luna frowned and gave a feeble smile. “How’s that possible?”She saw the news broadcast in the supermarket when she was there with Neil last night, and it showed that Aura had boarded the plane and even displayed a photo of her posing in front of her university in Ausland. That meant she could not possibly be in Banyan City anymore.“It’s true.” Natasha sighed. She lifted her head as her red-rimmed eyes stared straight at Luna. “Actually... Joshua isn’t as good a person as he pretends to be. He faked the news about Aura going abroad. Even the images and footage of her boarding the plane and arriving at her university were staged.”Natasha broke at that moment as tears trickled from her eyes, and she dabbed her cheeks with tissue paper. She let out another sigh before she continued, “He’s imprisoned Aura, truth be told. She’s now locked up somewhere with people guarding her day and night. She can’t escape.”Luna’s brow furrowed upon hearing this; she could not believe what she had h
“I’m not a local from Banyan City, and I don’t know anyone apart from you and the Lynch family…” Luna tried to protest.Before she could finish, however, Natasha shoved the other card into her hand and said, “Take this card as well… There’s a lot of money in this one, too. You can have both cards, as long as you help me find evidence that Aura was framed.”Luna lowered her gaze to look at the two cards Natasha had given her. She could recognize both of them. One of them was Natasha’s personal account which contained all her life savings; Luna herself had helped Natasha set up the account. The other one, however, was a card she had given Natasha just before she got married to Joshua. The card contained all of Luna’s own savings and assets. At that time, Luna knew it was rough for her parents to raise her till adulthood, yet because she was getting married so young, she did not know how to repay them, so she accumulated all her savings into an account and decided to gift the card to he