“Too bad I still failed.”Luna looked at Joshua with a small smile. “I overestimated your love for your ex-wife. I used to hear others talk about how much you loved Luna Gibson, but it was only after I got close to you did I realize…”Luna looked at him with a cold gaze. “You don’t love her as much as the rumors say.”Joshua furrowed his brows. His tone was frigid. “Just because you have served me for a few days, you think you have the right to question me?”“Of course.” Luna smiled gracefully. “I’ve once served Mr. Lynch. I’ll admit that I look nothing like Luna Gibson, but you still did the unspeakable to me, didn’t you, Mr. Lynch?”Her words instantly brought Joshua back to that wild night.Joshua’s expressions darkened. He frowned hard. That night…she looked so much like Luna Gibson. Too much alike.If it were not for her face, he would even think that they were the same person, but the truth was…Joshua smiled a little. “What I did when I was drunk isn’t worth you recall
It was that one night after work that Luna, out of sheer hunger, groggily got up and unwrapped the box of snacks to munch on.It turned out that she accidentally unwrapped the gift that she gave Joshua and took a bite on the pen.She initially thought Joshua would despise the pen, but she did not expect that Joshua would put the pen in his shirt pocket. “A pen with a bite mark. It’s quite special. Thank you.”He was gentle and kind back then, and she fell hard for him.From then onward, she would chase after his every step, not caring if anyone objected. She had to marry him. Luna knew he never liked her once. She thought that she could melt his cold heart with her fervent passion.Alas, he remained aloof to her feelings.Luna was perplexed. Only she and he knew the origin of this pen. That meant if he threw this pen away, no one would realize that his love for his ex-wife was fake. Why had he kept this pen all along? He even used it…“Ms. Luna.” Joshua’s voice suddenly brou
Everyone secretly eyed Luna from the corner of their eyes when she returned to the design department, trying to see the disappointment on her face after their president reprimanded her. However, there were none.Luna calmly carried the pile of documents back to her desk.Bonnie, next to Luna, pushed up her glasses as she looked at Luna carefully. “Did the proposal go through?” Looking at Luna, she did not look like she got scolded.It was worth mentioning that a few designers had gone to the president’s office and came back with a scolding before Luna went.Some with a fragile ego went in with full confidence only to come back in tears.According to rumors, Joshua, the president, would never lose his temper. He would only use his deadly cold glares. It was so terrifying they would automatically admit to their mistakes.Every lady who went to the president’s office swore that they would never head back there again.However, Luna looked…Was it because the proposal had been a
However, not only was Shannon not embarrassed by it, but she was proud?Luna finally understood why such a simple jewelry design proposal needed to be amended at least five times and more.It seemed that the designers in the design department…had no heart in designing.“You’re amazing.” Once Luna returned to her desk, Bonnie smiled and passed Luna a piece of gum.“You’re the only one in our department that never got scolded by the president nor intimidated half to death. You even brought back a piece of paper with the president’s handwriting! It looks like you won’t be an intern for much longer!” Luna did not know whether to laugh or cry. She stuffed the piece of gum into her mouth. “You’re joking.” “I’m not! Our president is famous for being strict. No one would dare to approach him. The president of other companies would have the opportunity to be in a relationship with their female employees, but our president? He only has eyes for his ex-wife. The HR department has constant
Luna was suddenly asked to copy a document of more than 10,000 words by hand.She was startled when she received the document. It was not a document related to jewelry design or the rules of the design department.They were the company’s rules and regulations, and there were at least 20,000 words.Shannon dropped the document in front of her, gave her some instructions, and left.“Hand it in before you leave for the day.” “Wow.” Bonnie pushed her glasses and calculated. “You have about twenty thousand words. Besides lunch break, you have another five hours left. You have to write at least sixty words per minute.” It was an impossible task! Bonnie kept her phone away. “Strange. You did nothing wrong today, and the president didn’t even scold you. Why is the director making things difficult for you?” Luna calmly searched for a pen and paper to start writing. “Perhaps it was the president who asked me to do this.” She smiled flatly. When she came out of Shannon’s room a mo
Then, Shannon looked at Luna with a condescending smile. “Here I thought that we have an absolutely stellar staff that can make the president hand write his own suggestions; turns out that he’s just playing with you. He’s making you pay up.” Shannon sipped her tea as she remarked. “If I were you, I would’ve just resigned and gone home immediately at noon. He’s obviously trying to find fault with you. How are you still bearing it? Don’t you have any pride in yourself? Don’t you know no shame?” Luna wanted to leave, but she stopped in her tracks.She turned around and swept a cold glance at Shannon. “Just because someone is making things difficult for me and I follow along, I’m shameless?” Shannon changed into a more comfortable position as she spun her pen with her hand. She looked at Luna rather lazily and condescendingly. “What else is it, then?” “You tell me.” Luna took the documents which she had copied by hand with a fiery gaze. “Mr. Lynch had sent back your design proposa
“Can I have a look?” Courtney pointed at the documents on the table and asked politely.Luna paused for a while. After a moment, she picked the teacup up and took a sip. “Go ahead.” Her handwriting did not look good, but it was not ugly either.The company’s rules and regulations were not some corporate confidential documents, so Courtney could have a look however she liked.“Thank you!” Courtney smiled, picked up the documents, and leafed through them.“Wow, your handwriting is pretty!” Courtney flipped through as she took out the documents from the folders, pretending to be mesmerized by Luna’s handwriting.Luna furrowed her brows and looked at Courtney, not saying anything.When the cleaners carried the bucket past Courtney, her hands jolted and dropped every single piece of paper that had Luna’s handwriting into the bucket.The writings on the white paper were instantly smeared with dirty water.The cleaners and Courtney jumped, and the cleaners immediately took the papers
Luna did it all on purpose.Joshua was full of lies. He kept saying that he wanted Luna Gibson to come back, but he just wanted her to be gone for good, did he not?What she said could give him a perfect excuse to put down the pretense.The atmosphere in the office was silent for a few seconds, and it was after a while that Joshua smiled flatly. “It’s a way to go.”Luna Gibson was only angry at him. She did not, not love him. If she did not want to return no matter what he did, then Luna’s suggestion was the way to go. If he needed to find a woman to put on an act together, Luna at least did not disgust him.Moreover, the incident that night was indeed his fault. He treated Luna as a substitute for Luna Gibson. He was irresponsible to her.Since she wanted to resume this identity and stay by his side to steal corporate secrets, he would give her this chance.This was to treat it as a…repayment for that night.At that thought, Joshua sighed. He lifted his eyes and looked at Luna
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