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
After hanging up the phone, Joshua narrowed his brows and stared intently at the report before him.The child that had died a month ago was not his at all.Therefore, the servant had not been lying; this was not his and Luna's child at all. However…Their child's whereabouts, and whether she was still living or not, were all in the unknown.Therefore, before tracking down the child and confirming that she was still alive, Joshua did not intend to tell Luna.She had just gotten over her grief of losing the child, and if he gave her hope at this moment…He was worried that if the outcome was not what they expected, Luna would not be able to bear the emotional burden. Joshua closed his eyes and leaned against the sofa.Truth be told, he could confirm that the person who had ordered the sniper to kill Vivian was none other than Malcolm. Therefore, he knew that Malcolm was the most likely person to have switched out his and Luna's child with another one.What was he trying to do