“Impossible, impossible!”Joshua strangled Luna. “You’re lying!”He was extremely strong. He choked Luna so hard her voice was distorted. “Joshua Lynch, you’re mad!”“You’re the mad one!” Joshua glared at her with reddened eyes. “If not, how could you say such things!”Knock! Knock! Just when Luna was about to be choked to death by Joshua, someone knocked on the door behind her.Bang! The office door was slammed open.Standing outside were Zach and Yuri. Behind them were Neil and Nellie.Once the door was open, Luna instantly broke free of Joshua. She slumped onto the ground, clutching her neck, and gasping for air.Joshua, who was blinded by rage, started to come to his senses after this commotion.He remained on the spot. He looked at Luna, then looked at the two children outside. This was the first time he felt rather helpless. He did not know what he should do.“Aunty!”Seeing how bad Luna looked, Nellie rushed over madly. She buried herself in Luna’s arms. “Are you
“Aura’s child?”Joshua furrowed his brows hard. “Since when does she have a child?”“Joshua, what is the point of continuing the pretense at this stage?” Luna looked at that pretentious face. Her gaze got colder. “If it wasn’t because Aura got pregnant, Luna would never have decided to leave.”Looking at Luna talking nonsense, Joshua found it ridiculous.“You’re trying to say that not only Aura has been pregnant, but she also bore my child, is it? You’re also trying to say that because Aura has my child, that was why Luna decided to leave me?”“Isn’t it?”Luna saw the mockery in Joshua’s eyes. Her heart was in so much pain it was as if someone brutally stabbed her! Why would this man still pretend to be innocent even at this stage?Back then, she and Aura got pregnant at the same time. In order to please Aura, he came up with an accident to kill her.They even came up with a fake will to defame her for having an affair after her death.At that moment, she has already openly
“Nope.”Neil looked up and looked at the two tall men by the entrance. “Are you two not going to eat?”“Don’t worry about us, Boss. Go ahead and eat with the little princess first.”Yuri smiled cheekily at Neil. “The things you two are talking about are so secretive, it would be bad if someone overheard you.”Zach also nodded. “Don’t worry, if we’re here, no one would be able to overhear what you’re talking about.”“See.” Neil looked at Nellie smugly. “I still have people who like me.”Nellie pouted and said nothing.After a while, she sighed a little. “I miss Nigel.”Neil’s hand which was holding a spoon paused a little.Nigel…Neil sighed and said, “We will find a way.”…Joshua arranged lunch at the company’s cafeteria.When he held Luna’s hand and entered the cafeteria, Luna felt that it was magical.She thought that Joshua would at least bring her to a more romantic and cozy restaurant downstairs.The cafeteria… was a place which she used to like when she was younge
“It does seem like love at first sight indeed…”The reporter cleared his throat. “So who pursued who first?”Joshua looked at Luna. He wanted to say something, but Luna was one step ahead.She smiled at the reporter and looked at the camera. “I pursued him first, but when I pursued him, I did not care about his status, background, nor his wealth. I only cared about the person. For him, I was willing to give everything. Even if I knew that he does not have me in his heart, I was willing to do it just for a sliver of hope. I was willing to go up against the world. I don’t care if people say that I’m a gold-digger. I don’t care if my family objects to this relationship. I only care that he likes me. A slim hope.”Joshua pursed his lips at her words.From her almost perfect side profile, he somehow saw Luna Gibson.Back then, Luna Gibson had indeed made many decisions that no one could understand to marry him.Her parents, relatives, and friends were all in Sea City.She was willin
The reporters left in disbelief.When all the reporters left, Joshua looked at Luna coldly. He threw the tissue by his side over. “Great acting.”Luna felt as if her tears were just a joke, upon hearing his words. She accepted the tissues and wiped off her tears. She said mockingly, “Your acting is great too, Mr. Lynch.”“I wasn’t acting.” Joshua looked at Luna deeply. “I saw you as Luna Gibson just now.”Luna found it humorous. “So, the things you said just now were from your heart?”She did not believe a single word! He seemed to have read her mind. Joshua calmly stood up. “You can believe what you want.”Then, he stood up and strode off.Luna was still sitting on her chair.After a few steps, Joshua stopped in his tracks. “Why are you not moving, don’t you want to head to the mental asylum?”Luna paused for a while before jumping up. “We’re going now?”“If not?”Joshua did not turn back. He only looked in front aloofly. “Since you’re her friend…”No matter what Luna wa
Luna laughed.Sister.Who has ever seen a sister who is pregnant with her own sister's husband's child and still has her brother-in-law kill his wife?Who has ever seen a sister, on several occasions, deliberately attempted to kill her own sister's daughter?Sometimes, she even wondered whether Aura was her father and mother’s daughter.They grew up together and received the same education, why was Aura so different from her?“Please follow me.” The mental asylum has received Joshua’s money, they placed Aura under strict 24-hour care.Seeing them arrive, the staff passionately welcomed them in.“Ms. Gibson is inside.”The staff led Joshua and Luna to the room at the end of the corridor and said respectfully, “The room is soundproof. We’re afraid that she might attack, so we cuffed her up in chains. You can go in without any worries.”“Thank you.” Luna thanked the staff, then she looked at Joshua. “I’ll head in alone. I hope that you won’t eavesdrop on our conversation, Mr. Ly
Luna rested her face on her hand. She smiled faintly and asked, “Isn’t Nellie your sister’s daughter? Why did you deliberately try to get her killed in the ferris wheel? You didn’t have to get someone to set our house on fire too.”Aura looked at the door shut. She smiled.“The soundproof is great here. I know. Let me tell you honestly. I can treat any woman's child as my own. I could also like any woman's child, except for Luna’s. I can’t do it!”Seeing how Aura finally showed her true colors, Luna’s heart constricted a little.She sneered, “Why? Has Luna Gibson ever treated you badly?”“She has not, but what she did wrong was being too great.”Aura glared at Luna. Her gaze seemed to pierce through Luna, looking further into the distance.Aura’s eyes were filled with shades of manic. “From young, I have been living under Luna’s shadows. Everyone keeps telling how great of a sister I have and how I had to be like her. If I make a mistake, they would say that I was not as great
When Luna came out of the room, Joshua was still leaning on the chair looking at the documents on his phone.Seeing her exiting, Joshua calmly kept his phone. He stood up elegantly. “Finished?”“Hmm,” Luna chuckled a little, “Mr. Lynch, do you want to have a chat with your ex-fiancée too?”Joshua furrowed his brows at the words ex-fiancée.After a while, he smiled. “Of course.”He lifted his gaze and looked at the sunlight outside of the window. “Wait for me in the car, I won’t take long.”Luna shrugged, turned, and left.She did not care what Joshua was going to talk to Aura about, neither did she care if they talked for long or not.She reached into her pocket and gently gripped on the new recording device. She has gotten what she needed from Aura.Before coming here, she wanted to get Aura to talk more, then take the next few days to gather evidence together with Neil, and hand them over to the police.Aura definitely would not be able to escape the crime of conspiracy to
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