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
The color drained from Vivian's face as soon as she heard this. She bit her lip and lowered her head in defeat. "I…"Finally, Vivian let out an exhale and kneeled in front of Luna, coming clean with the truth, "Joshua Lynch wasn't the one who had sent me here."I was assigned to work here by Mr. Malcolm Quinn. When Master Landry was interviewing the candidates for the servant that would be working for you, Master Quinn ordered me to interview as well, and I managed to get in."Everything that I have done during this time was under Master Quinn and Ms. Heather's orders."Master Quinn was the one who had told me to prepare the baby and Ms. Luna's blood and hairs. He said that…"Slumped on the ground, Vivian shot Malcolm a timid glance, then finally lowered her head and said with an exhale, "He said that he was worried Joshua Lynch would take the baby away after it was born and that no one would be able to find it again, so he ordered me to collect the baby's hairs and blood as soon
She was not even 30 yet; she did not want that to happen to her!Luna kicked her away and stared at Vivian's face from her towering height. "Why can't we do that to you, considering that was exactly what you did to my mother?"She would never understand the severity of her actions unless she experienced the same kind of pain Rosalyn had gone through!Seeing that not even Luna was willing to protect her anymore, distress and helplessness clouded Vivian's eyes. At this moment, Luke's men had approached her and grabbed hold of each of her arms. Vivian knew better than anyone how cruel and merciless Luke's men were. She knew that if they took her away, she would have no choice but to suffer as Luke had planned, letting her skin decay for 12 hours and that she would not have any way of escaping!As soon as she thought of this, Vivian let out an exhale and used the last ounce of her strength to release herself from the two men's grasp, then sprinted to Luna's side.She kneeled befor
"It was a sniper, and the bullet had come from the mountain located in the southeastern direction. From my judgment, the sniper was located very far away, and we can't possibly catch up with him," said one of Luke's men in a low voice."Because we had rushed here without warning, and because we had decided to come to this desolate place at such a rushed notice, none of us managed to prepare the protective gear needed, and no one realized that a sniper was aiming at her."He was saying this not just to Luke, but to Luna as well.Luna held Vivian's body close to her and lifted her head to glare at Malcolm. She had a feeling that Vivian's death had something to do with Malcolm.Malcolm narrowed his eyes when he felt Luna's gaze on him.Fortunately, he had known that Vivian could not be trusted, and when Joshua first appeared, he had already contacted his sniper to get in place. Otherwise, even the last chess piece in his game would be exposed tonight!However, when faced with Lu
Luke curled his lips into a smirk and stared at the woman struggling in his arms. Then, he picked her up and strode toward his car. One of his men quickly picked up what he was trying to do and opened the car door. Luke tossed Gwen into the backseat, then got into the car himself. The door closed after them. A short distance away, Jim could still hear Gwen's cries and protests from within the car. For some reason, he suddenly recalled Bonnie. Bonnie, the woman who loved wearing red, and was far more adept at scolding people than taking care of a child. When she realized the child had fallen sick, she had even gone out into the rain and caught a cold herself. This woman was in her twenties, but sometimes, she would behave so erratically it was as though she was more childish than June."Let's go home now," said Heather in a low voice next to Malcolm's ear when she saw Jim watching Luke's car leave. "Let's leave while he's distracted…"Malcolm nodded and put his arm aroun
When Luna and Joshua arrived at the cherry blossom tree, it was already 2 a.m.Lucas and his men used gigantic flashlights to illuminate the night for the two of them.Initially, Joshua had wanted to use a shovel, but he suddenly recalled that the child they buried underneath the tree did not have a casket and that the shovel might accidentally destroy the child's corpse. Therefore, in the end, he asked Lucas to find them a small spade instead. It was in the middle of the night, so Lucas had no choice but to send the men out to search for a spade nearby.However, after Lucas left, Joshua turned around to discover that Luna had already kneeled on the ground and started digging the grave with her bare hands.A twinge of pain shot through Joshua's eyes as he watched her scrawny figure as well as her hands that possessed only nine fingers digging in the dirt. He let out an exhale and quickly strode over to grab hold of her soiled hands.Her hands were so soft that after only a few m
"Did you manage to find the baby? Did you do a DNA test?"Luna shook her head in despair. "We couldn't find it…"She continued solemnly as she headed toward the house, "Gwen, don't you think it's strange that someone had stolen me and Joshua's dead child?"She bit her lip and tried to suppress her tears. "Why would someone want to steal a dead baby's corpse? What use would they get out of stealing a baby that had died soon after birth?"Luna sniffed and continued, "Could it be that whoever stole my baby hated me or Joshua so much that they couldn't let our newborn baby rest in peace?"Gwen held onto Luna's trembling body and felt a twinge of pain shoot through her heart as she listened to Luna's sorrowful, despairing voice.She bit her lip and recalled what Vivian had said. "Luna, please don't be so pessimistic. What if what that servant said was true? Maybe your child is still alive, and the dead one was a fake."Luna furrowed her brows and let out a deep sigh. "Well…since it's
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