Luna was taken aback by Joshua's question.She bit her lip, not knowing how to answer.He… It was he who prioritized the family feud over his relationship.If he did not ignore her, shut her out, or constantly break her heart into pieces, she would not have chosen to return to the Landrys.All that, and Joshua dared to turn and asked her whether the feud was more important than him.If it was back then, Luna would tell him that he was more important without any hesitation, but…they have already broken up for a very long time.They were on opposing sides already, and the Landrys would not easily forgive Colin's death.The Lynchs, on the other hand, would not look past the death of Lucy and Granny Lynch.It was meaningless to dwell on whether he was more important or the feud.Luna sighed and said, "It's not important anymore."Joshua's hand which was fidgeting with the bouquet paused a little.He smiled mockingly, bitterly so."It's not important, you say?"Sensing his emot
A moment later, Joshua let Luna go with a darkened expression.He said that he owed her only because he was angry at her previously for attending Mr. Hanson's banquet on her own, then came up with the excuse that she has had sex to make a deal with him.He kept mentioning it because he wanted to remind her to not use her body as a bargaining chip.He never expected that Luna would use this to provoke him, right when he hugged her, when he could not hold back his feelings for her.Joshua looked at Luna's face and smiled coldly. "So, you're admitting that you're using your body as a transaction?"Then, he sneered. "Since it's a transaction, I'll decide the time and place."Joshua closed in on Luna's ears, speaking with a low voice laced with mockery, "Tonight, at ten. Orchard Manor. I'll see you there."Luna paled at Joshua's words in an instant.She only said what she said because she wanted to pull him out of his moody emotions, yet he truly thought that she was using her body
Luna was instantly stunned. Dazed, she stared at Joshua, who stood before her."You…"She never expected that Joshua was secretly investigating Colin's death."Yes."Upon hearing what Joshua said, Adrian sighed and said, "When Colin died after the accident, everyone blamed Mother. She blamed herself, too. She shouldn't have gotten someone to mess with Colin's car."But the truth is, Mother was just angry at Colin for Lucy's death. She only wanted to teach him a lesson, but she never thought of killing him.Then, Adrian looked at Granny Lynch's tombstone with a rare solemn expression. He said, "According to her character, if she wanted to kill someone on Lucy's behalf, she would've killed Charles Landry, not his kind younger brother Colin."Luna bit her lip.Yes, it made sense. Although Luna had many unhappy conflicts with Granny Lynch, she still understood Granny Lynch's character very well. If Granny Lynch wanted to kill someone to seek revenge, she would have killed Charles i
"Even if you don't care about it, as long as you're the head of the Lynch family, you can't just let this go. You'll be letting everyone down if you do."Joshua squinted at this. He calmly turned around and looked at Adrian, his gaze ice-cold."You shouldn't worry yourself with these things; they're none of your business. The thing that I do is to clear Granny's name so that she may rest in peace."Then, Joshua left.Adrian furrowed his brows. Seeing Joshua leaving, he immediately chased after him. "Joshua, give me some money! Your Aunt Celia is injured because of me. I can't afford her medical bills…!"…Luna was rather distracted when she came out from the graveyard. She was in the car, looking out of the window at the scenery with mixed emotions.It turned out that for quite a while, other than constantly attacking the Landrys and the Quinns, Joshua had been helping investigate Heather's death as well as Colin's accident back then.Luna closed her eyes. Joshua's words while
Luna was so shocked that she was speechless for a long while.Jim was like Joshua. They had a lot of trade confidential information on them, thus their phone held the lifeline to the company. They would never simply leave their phone, let alone leave their phone with someone they were not close to.Luna furrowed her brows. "Why are you with my brother?"Charlotte, on the other end of the line, merely smiled. She looked at Jim, who had passed out slumped on the table in front of her."It's because he asked me out, of course." Then, she sighed and said, "Don't get me wrong. He looked for me not because he wanted to get back together with me. It's because…"Charlotte raised her eyebrows."He wanted to chase me away while you're not in Merchant City. He wanted me to stay away from you."Then, Charlotte sighed and said, "But I don't have the time to waste on you. He's overthinking this."Luna furrowed her brows. She wanted to say something else when Charlotte gave the excuse that Ji
"I don't care what you mean." Jim's voice on the other end of the line became stern and cold. "I don't want this to happen again. I'm your brother, not your prisoner. Stop getting people to follow me."Jim did not even ask Luna why she was looking for her as he immediately hung up.Luna clutched her phone tightly, and she felt like she was struck dumb by lightning. She could not believe that the man talking to her on the other end of the line a moment ago was her brother, Jim.Jim never spoke to her with such an attitude before. He also never said anything about controlling and spying or her not trusting him.Why did he…Just when Luna was depressed about that, the butler called."Ms. Luna," the butler said with a sigh, "didn't you say that you were worried that something had happened to Mr. Landry?"After your call, I contacted Mr. Landry's driver and assistant. After making sure of his location, I sent two bodyguards over, but…"The butler paused for a while. He sounded des
Luna furrowed her brows at Bonnie's words."Huh…strange."Bonnie placed the food that she bought into the fridge while sighing. "Say, what do you think Jim is doing?"He told her the day before that he wanted her to take Shelly to Merchant City. He even said that Harvey wanted him to marry her so she would become his wife.She had not even gone to Merchant City nor agreed to become his wife, yet he had already blocked her?Was he pissed because the night before he sent her a message, she did not reply because she fell asleep?In Bonnie's mind, Jim was not such a petty man.Looking at Bonnie, Luna pursed her lips. She knew that Jim was acting rather strangely that day, but she could not pinpoint the reason. She could only smile and reply to Bonnie, "Maybe he's just throwing a fit because he's in a bad mood. The Landry Group issue seems to be getting to him."Regardless, Luna knew how important Bonnie was to Jim. Otherwise, Jim would not have excitedly asked Luna to join him for
"Anyway, according to the timeline, when the woman was pregnant, Jim and I weren't together yet. Now that the child is with me, Jim has promised me that he'll no longer get together with any other woman. The mother of the child isn't going to fight with me for the child, so I'm happy."Luna walked over and gently held Bonnie's hand. She did not know why, but she suddenly felt Bonnie had become her old self once more.When Luna first knew Bonnie, Bonnie was deeply in love with Jason, willing to sacrifice whatever it took to be with Jason. She was even willing to swap places with Aura in the mental asylum to find Jason, all because she just wanted to know where Jason was.Of course, Jason's betrayal came to light later down the line, and Bonnie completely gave up on him. She then became a fiery, frivolous, heiress with a temper.At that moment, Bonnie seemed to have reverted to her old self. If it was the previous Bonnie with a fiery temper, she would not have just let things go. She
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