That voice…Luna's entire body stiffened.That was Luke's voice!She immediately lifted her head to glance at Gwen, who still hid behind the wrought-iron tree.At this moment, Gwen's face was as pale as the wall behind her.They had not a clue of this, but at that moment, the bus station had been evacuated of people, and Gwen was surrounded by dozens of men in black within a ten-meter radius.These tall, burly men blocked the view of the public.Only Gwen and Luna were trapped within this circle of guards.Gwen's entire heart felt like it was squeezed by an invisible hand.She put down her phone, her mouth wide open in despair.A split second later, she tucked her phone away and darted into the women's bathroom behind her out of instinct.This was the only place she could hide!After sprinting into the toilet and closing the cubicle door behind her, Gwen sat on the toilet bowl as tears slid silently down her face.She knew she would never have the chance to escape again.
Luna chewed on her lip when she saw Luke approaching Gwen's hiding spot and chased after him. "Luke! If you treat Gwen that way, she'll hate you for the rest of her life!"Unfortunately, Luke did not stop. "What difference does that make?"No matter how good I treat her, she never remembers the things I do for her."He was already at the restroom door as he spoke.Seeing that he was about to push the door open and go in, Luna immediately stormed forward and extended her arms out to block his way."Can you stick to your word? Do you promise that you won't do anything to harm Gwen as long as I go in there and convince her to come out?"Even though, deep down, Luna wanted to believe that Luke would not harm Gwen, this man was still crazy!If he really wanted to harm Gwen in public, there was nothing else Luna could do except watch.Therefore, she could not take this risk.Luke lowered his head to stare at the woman standing before him, who was more than a foot shorter than him.
What made him better than Luke?As soon as he thought of this, Joshua sighed and said, "Alright then, just remember not to go too overboard.""Don't worry." Luke curled his lips into a smirk and replied, "I won't dare hurt her with your precious Luna there."Joshua's breath caught in his throat when he heard Luna's voice.After that, he hung up the phone after instructing Luke to send Luna back after this ordeal was over."Mr. Lynch."At this moment, Dr. Laura had already finished treating Bonnie's broken finger.Seeing that Joshua had hung up his call, she quickly approached him smilingly and handed him her handwritten medical notes. "I think I should be upfront with you about Ms. Bonnie's health as of now."She stared at him intently and asked, "Are you her boyfriend?"Joshua furrowed his brows, shot her a displeased look, then lowered his head to stare at the notes he was holding. "She's my wife's friend."Dr. Laura's expression darkened slightly when she heard this.Of c
Luna chewed her bottom lip and hugged Gwen's trembling body."It's fine, it's fine. Since you can't run anymore…let's stop."Luna knew fully well why Gwen was so desperate to escape from Luke.It was not only because he had killed Gwen's fiancé, but there were plenty of other reasons.For example, he never took notice of Gwen's preferences and would always fire the servants and maids she liked.He would always suspect that Gwen was having an affair with some of his subordinates and would constantly punish them for this.On top of that…He robbed her of her freedom.Apart from forbidding her from going out, he would sometimes feed her medicine that put her to sleep, and every time he did this, she would end up sleeping for two days and wake up with fresh hickeys and bruises all over her body.Sometimes, Gwen would wake up with rope marks over her wrists and ankles and even needle track marks on her elbows.This man was deluded.Alas, out of sheer rotten luck, Gwen just so hap
"Don't you think my complexion looks much better than before?"Luna bit her lip and nodded with tears in her eyes. "Yes, I do!"Gwen was right. Even though Luke was cruel, merciless, and viewed Gwen as his personal property, he still took care of her meticulously.She had to admit that Gwen looked much healthier compared to how she had looked a year ago when she flew to Merchant City to take care of Luna.Regardless, Luna still swore that she would one day help Gwen escape from Luke!The two women continued sobbing in the restroom for a while longer before Gwen finally let go of Luna and strode out of the restroom.The station outside the restroom was as deserted as before.Luke was leaning against a wall right across the women's toilet, toying with his phone lazily.He furrowed his brows slightly when he heard Gwen's footsteps coming out of the toilet.However, he did not lift his head at all, nor did he stop toying with his phone.Gwen bit her lip as she stared at this man,
Throughout the entire journey from the bus station back to Joshua's house, the only thing Luna could think of was the sad look in Gwen's eyes when Luke carried her away.Luna could sense the despair and helplessness Gwen had felt.However, every time she looked at Luna, she tried to make her expression look as calm as possible and even tried to signal that she would be fine.However…the more Gwen tried to be strong, the more guilty Luna felt.She did not have the courage to tell Gwen that it was her fault she had gotten caught.It was all her fault.She had let Joshua find out about Gwen's plan and allowed him to notify Luke, which led to Gwen's capture.Luna closed her eyes and clenched her fists.The car soon arrived at Joshua's house.Luke's men quickly got out of the car and opened Luna's door. As he did so, he shoved a flash drive into her hands. "Ms. Luna, this is the thing that Ms. Gwen wanted to give you. Please take good care of it."Luna took the flash drive from hi
Luna felt her chest tighten as soon as she thought of this.What infuriated her even more was the playful tone of Joshua's voice as he teased Luke, "Don't worry about me. You just take care of Gwen, and I'll handle Luna from here. She and I won't fight over this, so don't worry."Alright then, I'll be waiting to hear good news from you, and hopefully, I'll get a wedding invitation soon."Luna could feel her blood pressure rise when she heard this.All the blood in her body seemed to rush into her head.How dare this man even say something like this?He was telling Luke to take care of Gwen and not worry about him since he would have a way of handling Luna himself.He even said he looked forward to receiving an invitation to Gwen and Luke's wedding soon.Luna let out an exhale and stomped over to him. "Joshua Lynch!"Joshua furrowed his brows when he sensed Luna's fury, but before he could say anything, Luna lifted her hand and swung it toward his face—Before she could slap h
Joshua immediately frowned when he heard this.He had indeed been on a phone call with Luke previously while at the bus station, but he had not called him to rat on Gwen.He had called Luke out of concern that he would blame this on Luna, knowing that Luke and Luna would definitely run into each other at the station.As soon as he heard that Gwen was heading to the station to meet Luna, he contacted Caleb to verify whether Luke was in Lincoln City.After all, Luke had been planning to head there for a business trip, and Lincoln City was Caleb's territory.Therefore, if Luke had arrived there, Caleb would surely have been alerted of his presence.Because of this, as soon as Caleb told him that Luke had not come to Lincoln City, Joshua immediately knew that Luke had pulled a no-show on the man he had been planning to meet with for a business opportunity.The reason he had done so was to recapture Gwen, the bird who had attempted to escape from her captivity in search of freedom.