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.
Luna was so thunderstruck to hear this news that her blood ran cold.After five seconds, she lowered her head to scrutinize the report Joshua handed to her once more.It was clearly written there that Bonnie was pregnant, and she was about a month along, too.Luna bit her lip.A month ago…Was this not the time when she was recovering from having just given birth?She remembered very clearly that she could not seem to get in touch with Jim at all during that time.After that, she heard from elsewhere that Jim's daughter, Shelly, had run a high fever during that time, and Bonnie had been blaming herself for failing to take care of Shelly properly.Because of this, Jim had flown over to Banyan City especially to visit her, which finally helped Bonnie overcome her guilt.This meant that…the baby inside Bonnie's womb was probably conceived during that time.Seeing that Luna was no longer fixated on Luke and Gwen, Joshua rubbed his brows in exasperation and said, "I had gone to th
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