"The news of you attending Mr. Hanson's party with hidden cameras and recording devices will spread to the entire city, and everyone will be on guard whenever attending any social gatherings with you in the future."Luna's entire body stiffened.A long while later, she lowered her head and finally realized the severity of her actions.Everyone had weaknesses that they wanted to keep hidden from the public eye and would only reveal among trusted friends.To bring cameras and recording devices to such gatherings…was indeed a taboo.It was just like using a camera to photograph someone's design drafts when visiting their studios.However, Luna, who had no experience in doing business, never thought about the consequences of these actions.Jim's words were like a wake-up call, making her realize what she had lost despite earning Mr. Hanson's business.Not only that, but her actions could also affect Jim and the rest of Landry Group.People would remember what the CEO had done ever
When Luna and Theo arrived at Gwen's room, she was being held against the bed by an angry Luke, his hand around her neck."Luke Jones… I will…never forgive you…" Gwen's entire face had turned purple, but she still muttered the same words of hatred over and over."Luke!" Luna stormed into the room and grabbed hold of Luke's arm. "Let go of her! She hasn't recovered from her bleeding today yet. Are you trying to choke her to death?"Luke narrowed his eyes when he heard the anger in Luna's tone and let go of Gwen.Gwen slumped back onto her bed, panting heavily, and let out a cackle as she stared at the ceiling above her head. "Why did you stop him? You should've let him kill me."She continued to stare at the ceiling with a distraught look. "I'm blind. All of the men I fall in love with are worst than the last, so knowing this, is it wrong of me to want to kill myself?"She sniffed as tears slid silently down her cheek. "Even if you don't kill me, Luke, I'll one day escape from her
However, Luna did not intend to pry and instead just hugged Gwen and let her sob in her arms.Gwen's cries echoed through the entire room.Luna, too, started crying as she comforted Gwen.She had been having a hard time, too, having been faced with a man who did not love her anymore and an entirely new working environment with tasks that she had no idea how to accomplish.She had thought Charlotte was here to help her, but what happened?It turned out that Charlotte was just using her to get close to Jim and did not care about the consequences of her actions on Luna at all.She had understood every single word Jim was trying to tell her.She was just a pawn in Charlotte's game.However, who would she rely on to compete against Joshua, if not Charlotte?She was not capable of running the company at all, but she was Charles and Rosalyn's daughter, so she had to step up and take responsibility.She could not possibly give up on Landry Group after what happened to Charles and Ros
Luna's entire body stiffened when she heard this.She fell silent for a moment, then shook her head. "How is that possible? I gave birth at my house, whereas Heather gave birth in Central Hospital, so the two babies can't possibly have been confused."Gwen rolled her eyes at her. "I'm not saying someone confused the babies."What if they had deliberately switched them out? Have you ever thought of the possibility that Heather was the one whose child had died at birth?"After all the bad things she did, it'd be entirely possible that the baby would rather die than to call her its mother!"Luna could not help chuckling when she heard this. "That's impossible."However, Gwen did not give up at all.She glanced at the wristband she was wearing.The hospital they were at was Merchant City Central Hospital, the same one where Heather had given birth!She bit her lip and grabbed hold of Luna's arm. "Since you and Joshua are here at the same time, why don't you look for the doctors an
Heather suddenly received a call from a foreign number as soon as she got into the car after coming out of the DNA Diagnostic Center.She furrowed her brows as she picked up the call."Heather, you're the reason Jim discovered I'm here," Charlotte's displeased voice rang out from the other end of the line. She sneered and icily added, "You're just as much of a busybody as you were six years ago!"Heather could not help curling her lips into a smirk when she heard how exasperated Charlotte was. "This is what you get for not paying me, Charlotte."She curled her lips into a triumphant smile. "I told you before. Even though I'm no longer the heiress of the Landry family, it still doesn't make it okay for you to order me around like this."I still haven't told Jim about your involvement in helping us kill Luna."After all, the only reason we got to know Jason was because of you, wasn't it?"As soon as she said this, Heather smacked her forehead in sudden realization. "Oh, you probab
Luna looked around in the archives of Central Hospital but did not find the files on Heather having a child there back then.Luna asked the staff there once again. They told her that there was only one archive room in the hospital. If there was a file on Heather, it would definitely be there.In the end, after the second round of futile searching, Luna gave up. Leaving the archives, the more Luna thought, the more she felt that Gwen was right.Logically speaking, the information on Heather giving birth should be in the archives. If it was not there, someone must have taken it.If there was nothing fishy going on with Heather giving birth, that what they said about Heather smoothly birthing Riley was true, then why did they take away the files on her operation in the hospital back then?Luna returned to Gwen's ward filled with confusion. She told Gwen about the missing files when at that moment, Lucas frantically rushed in from outside."Ma'am, something has happened! I was about
The doctor sighed and gently patted Luna on her shoulders. "Her brain and most of her organs have been heavily damaged, and no one will be able to rescue her anymore. She doesn't have much time left. Since you're her sister, go see her for the last time."Luna was so shocked that she was at a loss for words.How could this have happened? A few days ago, Heather arrogantly looked for her in prison, telling her that she knew where her child was.However, at that moment…"Don't waste any more time." The doctor looked at Heather in the emergency room and sighed helplessly. "She keeps looking at you. I believe she might have something she wants to tell you."Luna bit her lip and subconsciously looked toward the room.Sure enough, Heather, on the bed, was looking at her fixedly. Her eyes seemed to be saying a million things.Her arms were moving a little as if she was beckoning Luna to her.It was a pity that her forearm was completely broken. Her arm could only be limp next to her,
Luna was stunned as she listened to what Heather was saying, and her disbelief was written all over her face.At the mention of Jason, Luna waited for a long time, but Heather did not continue.Luna furrowed her brows and asked in a suppressed tone, "What about Jason?""I'm tired," Heather sighed. She smiled a little and said her last sentence wispily, "The thing with Rosalyn has nothing to do with Joshua Lynch. He is a good man."Then, Heather's head went limp, and she stopped breathing.Luna lifted her head in shock. She reached out to see if Heather was still breathing. She no longer was.Luna looked at Heather's eyes that dazedly gazed up at the ceiling, and she felt inexplicably heartbroken. Tears fell silently, but not because she was sorry for Heather. Heather ended up that way because of karma, and she deserved it.Luna was sad at the fragility of life.Joshua called the doctors before walking over and pulling the crying Luna in his arms. Luna did not push him away. 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