...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,
For some reason, Luna thought that Joshua was unusually excited this particular night.They were up until 4 a.m., until finally, she was utterly worn out."Joshua…" She bit her lip as she held onto his shoulders. "Why are you…so excited all of a sudden?"Why was he so passionate that night?Joshua curled his lips into a smirk, gently bit on her earlobe, and said in a low, sensuous voice, "Because this is what you owe me."Luna closed her eyes in exhaustion, so tired that she could not even say another word.However, a second before she passed out from exhaustion, she stared at the man who was still kissing her and felt her heart turn cold.Joshua just said that she owed her this.Was he talking about that time when she had promised to sleep with him in exchange for his help?She had thought he was just joking, but it turned out he had taken it seriously and wanted her to return the favor in bed…As soon as she thought of this, Luna could not help recalling how rough Joshua ha
After putting down the phone, Joshua glanced meaningfully at Luna, who was sound asleep, and curled his lips into a sneer, one inked with a hint of self-deprecation.He was so excited over the discovery in Todd's diary, but what about Luna?At that time, she was upstairs in her room, talking to her best friend about how even if the vengeance between their two families ceased to exist, she would still not get back together with him.What a cruel, heartless response.Joshua turned to leave.When he was about to close the door, he wanted to slam it as loud as he could, like any fighting couple would.However, after hesitating for a moment, he still closed the door gently behind him.Luna had not gotten much sleep that night.Besides…even if he were to slam the door and wake her up, it would not change her decision.Joshua let out a bitter smile as he descended the stairs. He could not help laughing at himself for acting like a teenager, even though he was long past that age and i