"D—Did you just say that you're going to Merchant City?""Mmh." Shannon picked her cup of coffee up and took a sip. She smiled calmly. "Didn't you already arrange for Zayne, Samson, and Arianna to follow you to Merchant City a week later? I'll come with them to help you out."Luna was stunned for a very long time, processing this piece of surprise.She excitedly grabbed Shannon's hand."A—Are you really willing to give up your position as the Design Director and work with me?"The Design Director position at Lynch Group's jewelry design department held great power and honor, besides the high pay and bonuses. After all, Lynch Group was a famous name.Luna's new company was only a small jewelry company that had been incurring losses ever since its opening. This was one of the reasons why she did not recruit Shannon into her ranks.Theoretically speaking, no one would give up such a cushy job only to slave through together with Luna."Of course, I'll be happy to." Shannon smiled.
Upon hearing Joshua's name, Luna was taken aback.She bit her lip. "What time is his flight?""Seven this evening," Bonnie said with a sigh. "Luna, why don't you contact Joshua yourself? I'd probably be able to help you had it been anyone else, but Joshua…""Alright." Luna took a deep breath and hung up.Leaving the cafe, Luna got in the car while looking for Joshua's contact, calling him afterward.Soon, Joshua picked up. Before Luna could say anything, Joshua, on the other end, smilingly greeted, "It's only four in the afternoon. Didn't we agree to meet at ten tonight?"Joshua was asking for a beating.Luna rolled her eyes. If she did not know that Joshua had already applied for the airway that night leaving the city, she would think that Joshua would probably want to…do something to her that night.However, at that moment, she understood clearly that he was just trying to provoke her.Luna took a deep breath and smiled. "Why? Are you planning to stand me up at Orchard Manor
Both Joshua and Luna were quiet for a while before Joshua finally smiled. "Okay, as long as you keep your promise, Ms. Luna. I'm willing to add a passenger on the plane."Then, Joshua hung up.Hearing the disconnecting tone, Luna closed her eyes depressingly.The flight was at seven. By the time she reached Merchant City, it would be around eleven at night.She hoped everything would not be too late by then.…Soon, the car reached Bonnie's mansion. When Luna entered, her three kids were already awake.Nellie pushed over Luna's barely unpacked luggage over to her, all teary-eyed."Mommy, when are you coming back again? When will we see each other again?"Neil, on the other hand, was right behind Nellie. He passed Luna a huge bag of food and gifts."Mommy, the three of us prepared some food and gifts for you."This is for you to have on the plane, and some of these are for you to take to Merchant City. The gifts are paintings and little handcrafts we made for the past six mon
At six in the evening, Luna appeared at Banyan City Airport on time. It was raining at that point, and Banyan City at night was extremely cold.Luna, standing at the airport's entrance, shivered due to the cold and the thin clothes she wore.The car stopped by the airport and Joshua immediately noticed Luna, who kept rubbing her hands and stomping her feet, by the airport.Her thin figure was slightly shivering in the cold wind, but her gaze was still trying to look in the distance, searching for him through the rain.Joshua's heart skipped a beat at that scene. He immediately opened the car door and got out of the car, not even bothering to use an umbrella, merely wearing a coat as he headed toward Luna.Even if he was soaked by the rain, he still protected the lady's coat in his hand well. Not a single drop of water landed on it.Joshua walked under the rain and strode toward Luna, passing the coat in his hands to her."Put it on."Luna was a little stunned. She subconsciousl
Luna started to worry about the Landry family and Jim, but she could not discuss it with Joshua like how Nigel told her to.No matter what she thought, in the eyes of the public, she and Joshua were enemies. She could not tell all the embarrassments of her family to the enemy.Four hours passed by in a blink of an eye.At eleven that night, Luna and Joshua arrived at Merchant City Airport."Theo's car is waiting for you outside."Once the plane stopped moving, Joshua remained gracefully seated."You head down first."Luna, who was taking her luggage, stopped a little. After a while, she nodded. "Okay."Although Luna understood that Joshua and she needed to keep some distance, seeing how he actively did that, she was still rather uncomfortable with it.Pulling her luggage out of the airport, Luna immediately noticed Theo's car and strode over. While Theo was helping her with her luggage, she furrowed her brows and said, "Have you seen any news about the Landrys?"Theo looked a
Landry Mansion.A fire was raging.Once Theo's car was nearby, Luna immediately noticed the fire by the back of the hill. She widened her eyes and looked in the direction in a daze.If she remembered correctly, that was where her mother's warehouse was!Luna bit her lip and clenched her fists tightly.It was not enough for Jim to smash her mother's warehouse, but he had to burn it down, too? How dare he! How could he?!That was her mother's lifework! She had spent her entire life researching and creating drugs, and everything in the warehouse was the fruit of her labor!The butler had told her that whether it was 20 years ago or right then, even when her father went lunatic, he had never once touched her mother's warehouse.Even if her mother was in a vegetative state for almost a year, Mickey still had to take stock and clean the warehouse daily!Even if Jim was getting emotional or going crazy, he could not do that to her mother's things!The car finally reached the Landry
It was like Luna no longer recognized Jim at that moment.No. It could not be. All these must have been done by the media. They were falsely reported.Jim always treated her, his younger sister, well. He would never do this sort of thing! At that thought, Luna took a deep breath. She lifted her head and looked at the two bodyguards."Get Jim to come out. I want him to tell me in my face."Unless Jim told her to her face that he was the one that did all those things, she would not believe a single word she read!The bodyguards looked at each other. Finally, one of them sighed and looked at Luna."You just don't know when to quit!" Then, he turned around and entered the mansion.Luna stood straight and remained in the same spot, letting the rain drench her.Theo took an umbrella over to shelter her."I've already reported the fire, but they said that the fire has been going on for more than an hour. They're already here. They said that someone in the Landry family said that th
Luna's eyes instantly widened at what the woman said as she stared at her in disbelief."Y—You're…Charlotte?""Of course." The woman smiled with a rather mocking expression. "I have to thank you for taking me to the warehouse to get the bottle of medication. Without it, I wouldn't have transformed so quickly."While Charlotte was talking, Jim had slowly made his way toward them. He stood next to Charlotte and swept Luna a cold glance. His tone was aloof as he spoke, "You're the one who came between my Charlotte and me?"Jim's words stunned Luna entirely. She furrowed her brows and looked at the man she called her brother. "Y—You…and Charlotte…""Charlotte and I are back together." Jim sneered. He reached out and hugged Charlotte in his arms, gently giving her a peck on her forehead before turning to look at Luna seriously."We've been apart for so long. We've finally reunited, yet you're here ruining the moment. What can't you tell me tomorrow?"Luna furrowed her brows tightly a
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