Joshua lowered his head and elegantly straightened his disarrayed clothes. “Let him wait a few more minutes,” he said flatly. “I’ll go down soon.”“Yes, Sir.”Hearing Lucas’ footsteps leaving, the spent Luna leaned on the door and exhaled deeply.When she came to her senses, Joshua had already tidied himself, looking properly as he stood in front of her.He looked at her condescendingly. His voice was so cold it had no warmth in it. “I hope this matter won’t happen a second time. You can offend anyone you like in this company except me.”He then turned to leave when Luna opened her arms wide, blocking Joshua’s path.“Is there anything else?” Joshua furrowed his brows unhappily.“Yes.” Luna took a deep breath and lifted her head. “If I’m not mistaken, you did say that you’re taking me to lunch when we were at the design department just now, didn’t you?”“Hmm.” Joshua frowned a little. “Someone is going to take photos and put them on the news.”Luna smiled; she guessed correctly
Joshua could see the hatred in Luna’s eyes when she mentioned Aura. Oddly, she never truly crossed paths with Aura. The only time they did was when Luna was a servant at the Blue Bay Villa.Was it because of Nellie?Luna shared no relationship with Nellie either—they were a servant and a master. He did not believe a calculative woman like Luna would hate Aura so much just because of Nellie.“I’m the one proposing the deal right now, Mr. Lynch, not the other way around.” Luna looked away, not wanting to meet his piercing gaze. “All you need to say is whether you agree to the deal or not.”Joshua looked at Luna’s almost flawless face. He furrowed his brows slightly.After a while, he gently nodded.Luna chuckled lightly. She went past Joshua and exited. “Thank you, Mr. Lynch. I’ll accompany you for lunch. I’ll also agree to all your demands during the week.”“You better hold on to what you said,” asserted Joshua coldly and strode away.Hearing his footsteps gradually vanishing
Adrian’s chest heaved heavily. “That wasn’t what I meant!”He got Joshua to hire Luna because he knew Luna was Moon the jewelry designer. He admired her talent! That did not mean he wanted Luna to end up with Joshua! Hailey Walter of the Walter family had waited for Joshua for so many years. If Joshua had to consider someone other than the Gibson siblings, it should be her! At that thought, Adrian lifted his head and glared at Joshua coldly. “I don’t care. Since you made the precedent, that means you can accept women other than the Gibson sisters. I’m going to the Walter family in the next few days to pick up Hailey and send her to Blue Bay Villa to stay! That should be where she’ll be staying!”Adrian thus got up angrily and stormed off.Joshua remained seated on the sofa. He did not chase after Adrian, nor did he refute his words.Lucas, by the side, furrowed his brows. “Sir, are you going to let your father bring Ms. Walter to Blue Bay Villa?”Joshua changed into a more c
What else?Luna calmly smiled. “Everything I ought to know.”She casually picked up a pen and started making amendments to Bonnie’s sketch. “I don’t think you’re a fan of Aura Gibson.”Bonnie bit her lip, and after a while, she nodded stiffly. “I’m not.”“That’s strange.”Luna yawned. She then spoke in a half-whisper that only both of them could hear, “Since you’re not a fan of Aura’s, why do you pay so much attention to her? You were even willing to quit your job and assume another identity, coming to Lynch Group just to look for her.”Bonnie closed her eyes. She did not know how Luna knew about all that, but she knew Luna was Joshua’s woman. Since she knew everything, that must mean Joshua also…A sense of helplessness washed over, and it overwhelmed Bonnie.She sighed. “Am I going to get fired?”“No.” Luna lowered her gaze and continued searching for mistakes in the design sketches. “Only I know about this.”She winked at Bonnie. “I only wanted to make sure that our goals
“I’m sure you don’t know this, Bonnie, but this is my uncle, President Lynch’s father!”At those words, Bonnie’s expressions immediately changed.Shannon took the opportunity to continue with her attacks. “My uncle is unhappy that a woman like Luna seduced the president, so he got angry. Did she not deserve that slap? Should she not apologize?”“She should…” Upon Bonnie’s words, everyone agreed in a soft tone.That man was President Lynch’s father! They could not afford to offend him! Bonnie was shocked, too.After a while, she bit her lip. “Here I thought that a powerful person like President Lynch would have a family that’s well-mannered and cultured. Who knew…”Adrian looked at least 50-years-old, but just because his son got together with Luna, he came and slapped her?“More like a shrew…”Bonnie’s words struck Shannon’s nerves. “Who are you calling, uncultured and a shrew?! Bonnie, this has nothing to do with you. How dare you insult President Lynch’s family!”“Presiden
Shannon was infuriated. “Uncle, you’re joking right?”Why should she give up the Design Director position to this b*tch? Adrian should be on her side. He hated Luna as well, but why did he not only not fire or demote her, but he promoted her instead?Who is the crazier one? “I’m not joking.” Adrian calmly looked at Shannon. “Give her your place.”Work is work, it has nothing to do with private matters.Even if he were to demote or fire Luna, it would not affect Luna and Joshua’s relationship too much.On the contrary, the Lynch Group would have lost a world-renowned designer.Moreover, it was Adrian himself who got Luna to work for the Lynch Group. It was hard for him to take back his words at that moment.The best solution was to let Luna work for the Lynch Group while cutting down her interest in Joshua! At that thought, Adrian turned to look at Shannon once more. “You’re unwilling to do so?”“Of course, I’m unwilling!” Shannon panicked. She immediately stood in between
This woman only knew how to boast! However, when they saw Luna sketching the outline of the jewelry, also looking at her mastered sketching technique and her unique sense of composition, everyone was stunned.At that moment, the entire office was so quiet there were only sounds of Luna’s sketching on the paper.Everyone was looking at her sketch seriously.Joshua too.He looked at Luna’s hands. His gaze got deeper and darkened.Luna Gibson’s figure inexplicably appeared in his mind.Back then, Luna Gibson loved to sketch too. She always liked to sit in a sunny room with the window open and let the breeze blow the curtains behind her.She sat in front of a sketch board and started drawing with her naturally skilled technique.She liked to draw many things. The flowers at home or the scenery outside, but mostly, she loved to draw him.His side profile, his eyebrows.He has hidden in the far corner countless times, just like what he was doing at that moment, looking at her ske
“Yes.”Luna lifted her head, and smiled. “Mr. Lynch, are you surprised?”Joshua frowned hard.The next second, he immediately reached his hand out and grabbed Luna by the wrist. He seemed to have gone mad. He grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her out of the design department. They did not even take the elevator. He brutally pulled her all the upstairs to the top floor.Luna’s body was like a broken puppet, being dragged and tugged by him.When they reached the top floor, she was spent. She did not have any strength left in her.She bent down and supported herself with her hand on her knee, gasping for air. “Joshua Lynch, have you gone mad?”“I am mad! I'm going mad because of you!” Joshua pulled Luna into his office.Slam! Once the door was slammed shut, Luna’s back violently hit the door of the office.Joshua’s gaze was filled with fury at that moment.He violently looked at Luna. “You knew Luna Gibson, did you not? You were Nellie’s teacher when she was overseas!
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