"Still, I'm sure you don't have to worry too much. I remember her as a very opinionated woman. Also, other than you, doesn't she have another suitor? If you two were to help her out, you can overcome this challenge."Theo could not help but laugh self-deprecatingly upon hearing what Dr. Rachel said."There is nothing I can do."There was nothing he could do to help Luna. Even when he stayed by her side for the entire night, when she was delirious, she mistook him for Joshua.Although Theo long knew how important Joshua was to Luna, he still could not help but feel disappointed at the incident that night.Hearing how depressed he sounded, Dr. Rachel sighed and said, "I'm free right now. Do you want to come to Lincoln City and have a drink with me?"Theo furrowed his brows and thought for a while. "Okay."After all, he could not return to Joshua's mansion that night. Since he could not go home, it would be better for him to have a drink with Dr. Rachel.At that thought, Theo imme
Luna developed a high fever after Joshua took her home. He had changed a few family doctors, but the effect was minimal.Luna had a high fever for two days. Joshua remained by her side in her room through it all.Finally, in the afternoon of the second day, Luna's eyes slowly opened with her brows knitted together.Her vision became clear.She rubbed her aching head while sizing up her surroundings and getting up from the bed.When she saw the black-and-white decor of the room and Joshua, who was next to her leaning on a chair asleep, Luna finally realized that she should have been brought to Joshua's mansion in Merchant City.Feeling her movements, Joshua, who was leaning back on the chair resting, slowly opened his eyes."You're up."Looking at Luna's haggardly pale face, Joshua furrowed his brows and said with a hoarse voice, "Are you thirsty? I'll go get you a cup of water."Luna responded in a hoarse voice, "I'm thirsty."Joshua immediately got up and headed downstairs.
At that thought, Luna immediately lifted her head and looked at Joshua seriously."Can you help out? Bonnie…"Joshua heard the call between Luna and Nigel clearly. He looked at Luna deeply. "Are you planning to look for Bonnie before she finds Jim?"Luna nodded. "Mmh."She had to tell Bonnie the truth before Bonnie got hurt. Otherwise, not only would Bonnie be sad, but she would also lose hope for Jim, too."There is no need."Joshua took a deep breath. He raised his hand and gently combed Luna's hair behind her ear."Even if you tell Bonnie about Jim's condition, do you think she won't look for him to find out what's going on?"Luna bit her lip. "I'm only afraid that she'll get hurt.""That's inevitable."Joshua took a deep breath. He combed the last strand of hair behind her ears before retreating his hand."But, I'll still send someone to help you look for her."Luna bit her lip. She lowered her gaze and looked at her fingers."Okay, thank you."Joshua furrowed his bro
Joshua shuddered a little upon hearing what Luna said.A moment later, he raised his eyebrows. "My aunt?"Luna nodded."Since you're looking into my uncle's accident to clear Granny Lynch's name, I thought I should properly talk to you about your aunt. Perhaps it can turn things around."Joshua was silent for a while before nodding. "Alright."Then, Joshua left and closed the door behind him.Luna closed her eyes, clasped her palms together, and prayed. She hoped that Bonnie would not be too devastated over Jim. She hoped that Joshua's men would be able to find Bonnie before things got out of hand between Bonnie and Jim.…In the study of the Landry Mansion.After organizing all the information regarding Luna, Jim went back to his desktop and looked at the photo of the woman in a daze.He had thought about it for two days, but he still could not remember who this woman was. That was strange.Other than the photo of the woman, he still could not understand another thing. If L
"What sort of place is that?"The butler's head remained lowered. "I—I…I don't know.""Do you really not know, or are you lying?"Charlotte coldly raised her eyebrows and looked at the butler. She said coldly, "If you know about it, you can't hide it from me. You should know who's truly the master of the Landry family."The butler immediately nodded and timidly said, "I…I know."Jim chased Luna away. Although on the surface, Jim was the master of the Landry family, in fact, the person with the real power was Charlotte.Jim would not defy whatever Charlotte said.Charlotte was even more arrogant at the butler's response. "If you know, then why are you still not speaking? What sort of place is the Tea Cottage?!"The butler had been serving the Landry family for half of his life. Even Charles and Rosalyn respected him. However, never thought that he would be ordered around by Charlotte, who only recently came to the Landry family.He suppressed the bitterness in his heart."I re
Jim was a little repulsed by Charlotte's interrogation. He furrowed his brows, but despite the annoyance he felt in his heart, he still told her the truth. "Someone called me with a strange number and invited me to meet up with them. Since I was flooded with work, I decided to come out to meet them and get a breath of fresh air at the same time."Charlotte could not help curling her lips into a small smile when she heard Jim's earnest tone. "Alright then. Don't stay out too late."With that, she hung up the phone triumphantly.Jim probably was not lying to her.After all, she had blocked Luna and Bonnie's numbers on his phone, and not even Harvey, Christopher, or anyone else involved with the Landry family could get through to him.Therefore, it was highly possible that one of these people had gotten in touch with Jim using a foreign number.Charlotte shifted into a more comfortable position on the backseat. She watched Jim's car pull away with an impassive look, a triumphant and
"My biggest enemy right now is Luna and her wretched best friend, Bonnie."…Jim's car pulled up in front of Tea Cottage.As soon as the car stopped and Jim stepped foot on the ground, he caught sight of a black car parked underneath a big tree in the distance.If he remembered correctly, that car belonged to the Landry family.He furrowed his brows, a twinge of displeasure creeping through his heart.He had just hung up the call with Charlotte not too long ago, so if she were to follow him from Landry Mansion, she could not possibly have caught up with him so quickly.Therefore, it was clear that Charlotte had followed him from the instant he stepped out of the house.Combined with the phone call…It was clear that Charlotte had been following him all this while, and the phone call was just to pretend that she noticed his disappearance from Landry Mansion and inquired of his whereabouts.As soon as he thought of this, annoyance seeped through his heart.Jim subconsciously d
Who was this woman?Bonnie, on the other hand, could not help snickering when she heard Jim's words."Don't you know who I am?"She inched closer to him and reached out to wrap her arms around his toned waist as soon as she reached him. "I'm your future fiancée, of course."From the moment Jim hinted at her that he was going to marry her, Bonnie had been unable to hide her excitement and delight.Even though he had blocked her phone number soon after that, she still thought it was because he was upset that she did not return to Merchant City alongside Luna.This was why she had chosen to come to Merchant City without even notifying Luna and sent him the message using a strange number.To her surprise, however, Jim could ask her who she was?Who else was she?She was Harvey and Shelly's soon-to-be stepmother, his future wife!Bonnie's daring and intimate actions made Jim frown even more deeply.This time, he did not show her mercy and instead removed her arms forcefully befor
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