"When I find them, I'll bring them over to see you so that they can get a clear idea of what you've been up to alongside Charlotte."The tone in Joshua's voice grew frostier as he continued, "You deliberately sabotaged Jim and Bonnie's relationship and his sibling bond with Luna, and even plotted to take the Landry family fortune as your own."If your parents see the despicable things you did, they'll probably be glad that they decided to abandon you at that orphanage."The atmosphere inside the car was suffocating.Roanne clenched her fists as she lifted her head to glare at Joshua. "I never did any of these! Don't spout nonsense like this!"All of these were Charlotte's doing, so what did they have to do with her?She was obeying Charlotte's orders and doing things as she wanted!"This isn't nonsense; everyone in Merchant City knows what you did." Joshua reached out to unlock the car door with a sneer. "Didn't you want to get off? Well, you can go now, and anything I do after
After hanging up the phone, Roanne exhaled and lifted her head to glance at Theo. "I think you're a good person. You…"She turned around and glanced at the black Masevati parked in the distance as though she wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.Finally, Roanne curled her lips into a smile and glanced at Theo once more. "I'll get in touch with you if I can."My sister is looking for me, so I'd better go now."With that, she strode back toward Landry Mansion, all while Theo remained motionless and watched her leave.When Roanne finally disappeared from view, he furrowed his brows and returned to the car."No wonder you kept reminding me to bring my name card before we left."Theo never had the habit of bringing his name cards with him wherever he went. He thought that even though some of his artwork had become famous, he was still an ordinary artist, and no one would want to get to know him.Because of this, Theo rarely brought his name cards out with him, b
...In the garden of Landry Mansion's backyard, Roanne iced her face as she waited for Charlotte in silence.The words Joshua had said to her in the car kept repeating in her mind. "When I find them, I'll bring them over to see you so that they can get a clear idea of what you've been up to alongside Charlotte.""You deliberately sabotaged Jim and Bonnie's relationship and his sibling bond with Luna, and even plotted to take the Landry family fortune as your own."If your parents see the despicable things you did, they'll probably be glad that they decided to abandon you at that orphanage."…These words rang in her head over and over, like a curse.Roanne bit her lip, her heart beginning to turn as cold as her swollen cheek.Even though she had not seen her birth parents in more than 20 years, there was not a second that she did not long to meet them.Even if they had abandoned her on purpose, Roanne still wanted to find them and ask them why they did not keep to their promis
Theo drove the car to Joshua's house.It was probably because he did not want to be a third-wheeler, but the first thing he said when the car pulled to a halt was that he was exhausted, and he scampered into his room as soon as he got out of the car, slamming the door shut behind him.Luna had just gotten out of the car herself when she heard Theo's door close behind him. She was astounded by his speed and was just about to say something when her phone chimed.She had received two photos sent by the butler at Landry Mansion.Both of the photos were taken from an awkward angle, and the lighting was so dark that Luna had to stare at them for a long while before she finally recognized the people inside the photos.The first one was a picture of Roanne, pressed against the ground by two burly men, her body, hands, and face covered entirely in mud. Her right hand was pinned onto the ground by Charlotte's pointy heel.Roanne appeared pitiful and helpless, whereas the look on Charlotte'
Luna nodded."Well, Roanne could've chosen not to help Charlotte at all."Perhaps you should think of it as all the suffering that you, Bonnie, Jim, and the rest of the Landry family are going through now was all part of Roanne's doing as well."Do you still pity her now?"Luna was rendered speechless when she heard this.Joshua was right; Roanne ended up in such a state because of karma for helping Charlotte carry out her despicable acts all this while.Seeing the way Luna looked, Joshua let out a sigh, walked over, pressed Luna onto the couch, pouring her a cup of tea. "If you have the time and mental energy to pity someone else, why don't you start pitying yourself instead?"Previously, when you were still unconscious, Jim and Charlotte didn't choose to do anything to you, but now that you're awake, they might start causing you trouble starting tomorrow."Luna took a sip from the cup of tea that Joshua handed her. "I'm not scared…because I have you with me."These simple wo
After hanging up the phone, Joshua immediately picked up his laptop.Sure enough, there was an email from Luke sitting in his inbox.Joshua clicked it open with a frown.The contents of the email shocked Joshua so much that he was stunned.There were dozens of photos that Luke had taken with his phone, all of them pictures of Todd's personal account book.It was surprising to Joshua that a cruel, merciless man like Todd would secretly have a religious heart.He had been recording all the crimes he had committed in this book and had written the reason why he had recorded them on the final page.He had hoped that after cleansing himself of his sins, he would be able to show this book to God so that the innocent people he had killed would be able to rest in peace.Joshua sneered, finding this amusing.The person who had killed Todd probably did not think he would record all his crimes into a book for a silly reason like this.Otherwise, this book would not have ended up in Luke'
Because of this, none of them had any reason to murder Todd, unless…Joshua opened his eyes, and a glimmer of malice flashed through his dark, inky eyes.Unless the person named Star had found out that he was investigating Heather's death and killed Todd to prevent him from discovering their involvement.As soon as he thought of this, Joshua picked up his laptop once more and started working.He had always known that Todd was involved in Heather and Colin's accidents, but this was the first time he discovered that he was also connected to Aunt Lucy's death.Unfortunately, because Todd had died, there were no other clues—apart from this book—leading him to anything to do with these deaths, much less to the person named Star, who seemed to be behind all this.However, this was not entirely futile.After all, he finally understood that the Landry family had not been behind Aunt Lucy's death.Charles could not possibly have let Todd kill his brother Colin after hiring him to murder
The marble countertop felt cold underneath Luna's skin, but Joshua's lips were burning hot.These two contrasting sensations made Luna's body tingle.She squirmed in Joshua's arms, trying to get off the countertop and get away from his grasp.However, Joshua had hooked her legs around his, and his body was firmly pressed against her, one hand on her slender waist and another holding the back of her head.Luna had no way of escaping at all.She could not do anything apart from giving herself into his kiss and the freezing cold of the marble countertop underneath her.After a long, long time, just as Luna thought she would die of suffocation, Joshua finally let up and gave Luna room to breathe.Luna's breathing had lost its rhythm. Her lips were bright red from the kiss, and she glared at him with tear-brimmed eyes. "Are you insane, Joshua Lynch?""Yes." He curled his lips into a smirk and pressed his forehead against hers. "But I can be even crazier if you want to."With that,