"Besides, this child…""What's wrong with the child?""Nothing." Joshua narrowed his eyes and chose not to tell Luna of his suspicions.Truth be told, he did not quite believe Malcolm.If Riley was truly his and Luna's daughter, all Malcolm had to do to prove his point was bring the child to get her hair and nails sampled for a DNA test.Why would there be a teacher with a Merchant City accent collecting Nellie's hair at the kindergarten she went to school?Why was this person so busy collecting Nellie's hair and not Nigel or Neil's?There was only one answer to this, and it was—Riley was not Joshua and Luna's daughter at all, but a child unrelated to them.Malcolm was just trying to use Nellie's hair samples to fake a DNA report and pass it off as Riley's.Nonetheless, this was just Joshua's guess.No matter what, since Malcolm had already claimed that Riley was their child, Joshua thought the best thing to do at this time was to save Riley first before bringing her to und
"Of course I know that."Christopher froze when he first heard Jim bring up Bonnie's pregnancy on the phone, but a split second later, a cold glimmer flashed through his eyes. "She's pregnant with my child."He had already known about Bonnie's pregnancy on the day of her accident.He was a skilled doctor, and just by giving her a physical examination, he had already discovered she was pregnant.He was furious at Bonnie for her promiscuity.She and Jim had been together for barely a year, and they had already slept together. Not only that, but she had gotten pregnant with his child so soon!Bonnie had suffered a traumatic accident in the past, which led to her current fertility issues. Therefore, it was not easy to get her pregnant at all.The fact that she had gotten pregnant…meant that she and Jim must have slept together plenty of times!As soon as Christopher thought about Bonnie and Jim in bed together…he could barely hold in his jealousy.This was why he had insisted on s
Jim had no words to describe her.He let out a sigh and suddenly recalled the way Bonnie looked when she tearfully told him that the baby was his.He could not help feeling a little sad when he heard how excited Christopher was.A split second later, he let out an exhale and asked, "Christopher, are you sure Bonnie is the one you want to spend the rest of your life with? I—""I'm certain," Christopher could not stop himself from interrupting Jim before he could even finish his sentence. "There's no one else in this world I'd rather marry than Bonnie. If someone tries to steal her from me, you have to help me, Jim."I can't lose her…"You know for a fact that psychiatric illnesses run in my family, and my father was admitted into a mental asylum because of this."He even told me in the past that I shouldn't get married and have children so that the gene wouldn't be passed on, but Jim, you have to help me."If I lose Bonnie…I might just go insane."A glimmer of insanity flashed
Jim furrowed his brows and gripped his phone tighter when he heard the pleading tone in Christopher's voice."Jim?" Seeing that Jim did not respond for a long time, Christopher furrowed his brows and asked tentatively, "Are you… are you unwilling to help me? Or…are you unwilling to help me because you like Bonnie too…""Christopher," Jim let out an exhale and interrupted Christopher curtly. "I don't like Bonnie. You know fully well that the person I've always loved is Charlotte. I just…"He fell silent for a moment before finally saying, "I just have other plans for tomorrow morning."Don't worry, I'll go to Swan Lake Chalet to pick you up tomorrow morning, and we'll head to Joshua's place tomorrow."Even though he was reluctant, Jim still gave in to Christopher's request in the end.Since Christopher had already made this request, Jim was worried that he would get upset if he rejected him.Besides, Joshua and Luna were two of the most deceitful crooks he knew, and it would be d
"Still, Jim, we have to do something before we get married…"She narrowed her eyes. "Harvey and Shelly are both still in Banyan City."Harvey's your son, and Shelly is your daughter…so we have to bring them here to witness our wedding."A surge of warmth spread through Jim's heart when he heard this, but it was accompanied by puzzlement. "I have a daughter?"Why did he have no recollection of that?The only thing he remembered was that he had a son named Harvey, but his memories of Harvey were ones of six years ago.Six years ago, when Jim was on a business trip in Banyan City, he had stumbled into the wrong room after getting drunk and accidentally slept with a mute woman.After ten months, the woman gave birth to his son and handed the child over to Ms. Jennifer, a woman in Banyan City who sheltered orphans.When Jim heard the news about this, he and Christopher flew over immediately. Besides bringing Harvey home, Christopher had grown fond of a girl who was friends with Harv
The next morning, Bonnie woke up at daybreak.She had been having nightmares all night.At first, the dream started with Christopher breaking all of her fingers, one at a time.After that, she dreamt that she had suffered a miscarriage, and Jim and Christopher were standing in front of her, laughing at her as she lay in a puddle of her blood.Christopher had told her that she was a stupid woman who refused to listen to his advice, whereas Jim sneered at her and said he would never fall in love with her.When Bonnie jolted awake from her nightmare, her pillow was stained with tears.She got up from the bed and went into the bathroom, where she stared at her haggard self in the mirror.A few days ago, her heart had been full of hope and joy when she left Banyan City to find Jim.Before she left, Harvey had even reminded her not to show her happiness so outwardly and get carried away."Aunty Bonnie, everyone can tell you're excited, and my Daddy will tease you when he sees how ha
"I'm picking up right now!"With that, Bonnie took out her phone, let out an exhale to regain her composure, and picked up the phone."Congratulations," Harvey's excited voice rang out from the other end of the line. "You've finally achieved what you wanted!"I can finally call you Mommy as I've always wanted to!"Bonnie furrowed her brows when she heard this. "What are you saying?""Don't play dumb with me." Harvey pursed his lip and said with a hint of playful contempt, "Alright, alright, don't boast. You don't have to lie to me; Mr. Jim Landry told me everything."Bonnie's frown grew even deeper when she heard this. "Tell you…what?""About your wedding, of course!" Harvey started to giggle as he said this. "This morning, Mr. Jim called me and told me that he'll be getting married this month, but before that, he wanted Shelly and me to return to Merchant City so that our family can be together to witness this event."A hint of excitement enlivened Harvey's voice as he continu
"What a crybaby." Harvey started to lecture Bonnie as though he was the adult instead of her. "If you show your emotions too much, Mr. Jim will know how much you love him."He'll think that you can't live without him, and he might take you for granted in the future!"Clutching the phone to her ear, Bonnie felt as though the emotions she had been suppressing for so long had finally found a release. "You're right… I love him too much, and I can't live without him."The sad thing was, they were never meant to be.Bonnie did not want to hold onto a relationship that led nowhere.She was not as gracious as Luna; she was just an ordinary woman who would get hurt when hope was taken from her.She would lose her appetite and sleep whenever she saw the person she loved with another woman.If she did not remove Jim from her life, she was certain she would not be able to endure the emotional torture and one day go insane even before Jim could regain his memories."Why are you crying even