Malcolm and Heather were stunned.Even Jim was stunned, too, as he looked at the aloof-looking Luna. She somehow seemed like a stranger to him.A few months ago, she was the little sister that needed his protection.A few weeks ago, she grieved terribly for her lost child.However, at that moment, the woman in front of him was filled with aloofness and calmness. Jim wanted to applaud her. He saw the greatness of Rosalyn in her, back when Rosalyn was overseeing the Landry family.Seeing Malcolm's and Heather's pale faces, Luna took a deep breath and smiled."But, since you brought this up in front of Mom, let me formally tell you my thoughts too. As I said, I'll sign the agreement, taking the assets out to help the Landry Group, but on a few conditions."Luna changed to a more comfortable position."First."She pointed at Heather. "You and your people. Those that haven't contributed to the Landry Group for the past six months have to leave. They can no longer partake in any of
What right did Luna have?!Previously, Heather only knew that Charles had money which he did not take out for the company. She wanted to slowly take them from him while he was sick! It was only until that day she found out that Charles and Rosalyn froze almost half of the Landry Group's assets for Luna!What right did Luna have, just because she was their biological daughter?Luna was not the one staying with them for more than 20 years. She was the one! She was the one calling them Mom and Dad! Charles kept complaining that Luna and Jim were terrible children, but what did he do behind his back?Not only did he hand over the Landry Mansion and Swan Lake Chalet to Jim, but he even gave Luna half of the Landry Group's assets! She had been taking care and serving Charles every day, yet she received nothing! The more Heather thought, the angrier she got. It was unfair! Thus, when Luna had left the door, Heather took a deep breath, grabbed the switchblade in her pocket, and r
"Why wouldn't I dare to show myself?" After wrapping up his wound, Joshua shot Jim and Malcolm a cold glance and said, "If I didn't come, then I'd be framed as a cold-hearted, cruel man."Jim could not help furrowing his brows when he heard this. "Framed? You tried to kill my mother, and we have concrete evidence to support this, so how can you say someone is trying to frame you? Who is doing that?"It's already so late at night, and yet Joshua still found out about what's going on here, so who is the person spying for him?"Malcolm quickly helped Heather up, who had been tackled onto the ground by Luke. She rubbed her sore body and screamed at Luna, "Was it you? You knew that Joshua's scheme had been foiled, so you contacted him and asked him to come here and claim that someone had framed him, didn't you?"Luna, your entire mind is filled with thoughts of Joshua Lynch, so much so that you don't even care about the vengeance between both our families. Your mother was almost kille
Luke impassively spoke as he leaned against a pillar, holding a cigarette between his lips, "Are you saying that you and Luna are family? Well, in that case, this is the first time I've ever seen family members acting this way."With that, he lowered his head, lit his cigarette, and exhaled a mouthful of smoke before adding, "How do you explain what happened just now? Weren't you trying to kill amongst yourselves?"Both Heather and Malcolm's expressions darkened upon hearing this.However, Luke still had not gotten his fix yet. He turned to shoot Jim an impassive glance and continued, "You're their elder brother, aren't you? One of your sisters tried to stab the other one right in her eye, yet you didn't even try to stop her."As soon as he said this, Heather furrowed her brows and protested, "I didn't! I was just…just…"Seeing that she had no way of explaining her behavior, Malcolm shot her a cold glance, then smiled and pulled her into his arms. "Heather was just too outraged ju
The entire room fell silent. Everyone's gaze landed on Malcolm.Malcolm could not help feeling his skin crawl when he felt everyone's gaze on him. Before he bought this ointment, he had only paid attention to the medicinal properties of this ointment and failed to notice the fact that…he was the only person who had bought this ointment during the last two months. On top of that, he never expected that Winter Pharmaceutical Company, the manufacturer of this medication, would keep records of the buyers!"Winter Pharmaceutical Company has to keep records of all its buyers, considering how dangerous this medication is. They wouldn't want to get in trouble, of course." Joshua curled his lips into a small smile, as though he could understand exactly what Malcolm was thinking. He turned and sat down gracefully in the chair Luna usually sat in during breakfast and continued, "If you have the time to wonder why the pharmaceutical company kept records of its sales, Mr. Quinn, why don't
With that, she glanced at Heather. "Heather, why do you keep directing the topic over to my and Joshua's past relationship whenever I want to investigate the truth? Are you trying to stop me from investigating this?"Are you hiding something? Is there something that you don't want me to know?"Heather immediately fell silent upon hearing this. She pursed her lips and rolled her eyes. "I just didn't want you and Joshua to get back together…""We won't." Luna curled her lips into a smirk. "From the moment I chose to return to the Landry family and became the daughter of Joshua Lynch's worst enemy, he and I will never get back together again."With that, she turned to stare at Dr. Greg and said, enunciating her words carefully, "Dr. Greg, let me explain this situation to you. We are from the Quinn, Landry, as well as the Lynch families, the biggest company in Merchant City."If your lie is exposed, then you will get in trouble with all of us from these three families."Dr. Greg paus
Luna stared at the kneeling servant in shock. "Vivian, you…"Vivian was her most trusted servant and had been taking care of Rosalyn for the past six months. The care she provided was so meticulous and gentle that she won Luna's adoration.Previously, she was the one who had claimed that all of them had accepted Joshua's bribe, which was why they did not inform her of Joshua's prior arrival, but all of a sudden…Luna furrowed her brows and took a step back. "What's going on, Vivian?"Vivian lifted her head, and, seeing that Luke and his men had already entered the hostel, bit her lips. "Ms. Luna, can you tell them not to…search my room?"I've already hidden the ointment underneath my pillow; I can go bring it out myself."With that, she got up from the ground and stormed hurriedly toward the servant's quarters.She had only taken two steps when Joshua stopped her. He lifted his hand to block her way and said, smirking, "Since you've already admitted to Luna that you were the one
The more desperate she was, the more interested Luke grew toward the contents of the recording device. He curled his lips into a smirk and switched it on. The sound of rain falling rang out of the recording device.Luke listened for a while more. There seemed to be nothing else apart from the sound of raindrops. Therefore, Luke tossed the recording device to Joshua and continued to rummage around the rest of the items. The children's clothes inside Vivian's chest were none other than the ones Luna had seen previously, thinking that she was hallucinating due to immense grief. As for the strands of hair inside the bags, as well as the bottles of blood…"Those hairs belong to Ms. Luna, and the ones with bloodstains on them…belonged to Ms. Luna's dead baby. The bottles also contain blood belonging to both of them," Vivian explained. "It…it was because Mr. Lynch didn't believe that the child who died was his, so he ordered me to—""Are you still trying to frame me at a time like
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