Luke glanced at the name on the screen, then gestured for Dr. Zachary to go ahead while shuffling to one side to pick up the call. "Why are you calling me at this time?""How're you doing?" asked Joshua in a low voice as soon as the call connected.Luke curled his lips into a small smile. "Bonnie got into a car accident, and your mother-in-law passed out. Shouldn't you be taking care of them now?"Or perhaps, you should be asking how Gwen is doing, not me."Joshua sighed and replied, "Bonnie has Jim, Rosalyn has Charles, and even Luna is busy taking care of the two of them. Gwen…has you, but who do you have?"Joshua's voice was calm as he added, "Who else is asking you how you're doing, if not me?"There was a hint of helplessness in Joshua's voice. "Are you donating blood to her again?"Luke lifted his head to glance at Gwen through the glass, who was receiving a blood transfusion, and chuckled. "There doesn't seem to be a better way. Her condition is deteriorating…and I don't
This was why Luna had asked Joshua to contact Luke instead."She's fine." Joshua regained his composure and replied impassively, "Gwen vomited blood because of an old stomach ulcer. You know she's been having gastric problems since a long time ago."She got a nasty shock when she saw what happened to Bonnie and your mother, and this triggered her old problem. Luke said that she's fine now and just needs to rest."Luna felt the weight lift off her shoulders. She sighed and said, "Thank God she's okay."It was exhausting enough having to care for both Bonnie and Rosalyn, and if anything bad happened to Gwen, too…Luna did not know how she could possibly split herself into three parts so she could look after all three of them."How's Rosalyn now?" Joshua quickly changed the topic as soon as he noticed that Luna did not suspect a thing."She's awake now, and my father is bringing her over to visit Bonnie." Luna could not help lamenting, "As soon as she woke up, the first person she
Jim sat in silence and did not say anything in response. Instead, he clutched Bonnie's hand tightly in his.However, the quieter he was, the more outraged Rosalyn became.She bit her lip and glared at him. "Jim, I don't know what happened that put you in such a terrible mood."Even if she wasn't pregnant with your child, how can you possibly allow her to chase after you on the highway like that? Don't you have any basic respect for her? Weren't you at all concerned about her safety? Weren't you worried that she couldn't keep up with you and something bad would happen?"Thank heavens that the airbag in her car managed to save her life. Otherwise, she would be dead by now!"Jim lowered his head and gripped Bonnie's hand tightly. "I already told her not to chase after me."Bonnie had been following him ever since he left Quinn Mansion. Not only did she follow him in her car, but she even rang his phone.Initially, he had refused to pick up, but in the end…he could not stop himself
Would this destroy Charles and Rosalyn's newly built relationship?Jim pondered this, staring at them in silence.Outside the door, Luna had overheard their conversation and had also noticed the contemplative look in Jim's eyes.A surge of warmth spread through her heart.Ever since Jim lost his memories, everything he had done had been against her will, but at this moment…It seemed that this was still her brother, the man who cared about Rosalyn's feelings more than anything.At the thought of this, Luna let out an exhale and strode into the room. "How's Bonnie doing now?"Luna and Joshua's sudden arrival broke the awkward silence in the room.Jim immediately came to and let out a sigh. "The child…didn't make it."Luna furrowed her brows and hesitated for a moment before finally lunging forward, lifting her arm, and smacking Jim across his cheek.Smack!A deafening noise echoed through the room.Charles and Rosalyn were frozen in shock, and even Joshua was a little startl
Silence blanketed the room after Luna's remark.Joshua furrowed his brow silently.Nonetheless, Jim smiled lightly and did not take Luna's words to heart. "Regardless of what your intention was, you did help me, and I must thank you for that. Moreover…"He looked at Bonnie, who was lying on the bed with her eyes shut tightly, and a helpless expression appeared on his face. "You're her best friend. She adamantly protected the baby and even resolved to make a fake report just to keep that baby. Just because of my impulsiveness, however, she lost the baby."Your anger is warranted, and I deserved that slap; it's only right that I endured that. I only have myself to blame."After that, he looked at Luna and sighed heavily. "Could you please tell me more about my relationship with Bonnie?"Jim's request baffled Luna. She gazed at the man before her and felt something was different about him, but she could not tell what it was.Looking at how stunned Luna was, Jim—thinking she did not
"Can your people take good care of her?"Joshua scoffed. "Don't worry."Joshua might have hesitated or reconsidered the request had it been anything else, but merely dispatching his men to watch over the unconscious would not be anything difficult at all for his men.With Joshua's reassurance, Jim left the ward with Luna, feeling less worried.Once both of them were gone, Joshua waved his hand to summon Lucas. "Have some people take care and watch over Bonnie closely."Lucas nodded. Ever since Joshua unraveled the whole incident regarding Laura, Lucas had been on his toes with his job to avoid any more mistakes. Thus, he found the two most trusted and responsible persons among the bodyguards. "Protect and take good care of Ms. Craig. Let no one else in, other than doctors and healthcare workers."The two bodyguards nodded diligently. However, right after Lucas left, a woman in a nurse's uniform walked toward the room with a tray of injection needles and medicine.She showed her
Even after injecting one tube of medicine into Bonnie's vein, Nikki felt that it was not enough. Haunted with greed, she wanted to administer another injection.The medicine was, in fact, a poisonous substance Lucy had gotten when she was suffering the most during her illness. At that time, she wanted to end her life and requested the poison from a doctor that she was close to.Nikki overheard the conversation between Lucy and the doctor. The doctor had said that the poison would slowly take effect once it was injected into one's body, and the person would pass away after one week. Lucy could use the one week to handle all the aftermath before she passed away.Although Nikki did not know why Lucy did not use the two bottles of poison to take her life, she had secretly put away these substances when Lucy died, not wanting Sean to know Lucy had thought of committing suicide.Nikki finally understood she did that just to use the poison for a day like today. She had to kill Bonnie to e
"You got it all wrong!"Alas, Nikki's attempts of convincing Jim could not sway him whatsoever, what more in the way she stuttered in her words.Jim squinted. "Not going to fess up, are we?"The force on his grip intensified, powerful enough that he lifted her off of the floor and strong enough to potentially snap Nikki's neck if he continued!Nikki could only struggle. "I'm telling you the truth. I—I didn't lie to you! I…"Nikki, at this point, could barely force out a sentence or two compared to seconds ago. In such a helpless state, she could only put up a pitiful fight.A noisy clatter was heard when she accidentally knocked over the things on the table when she struggled. Jim's eyebrows furrowed at the noise, but despite the intensity of his grip lessening, he did not let go of Nikki.Both of them ended up in a stalemate.At that moment, Jim's assistant, Coleman, knocked on the door and entered, reporting his findings as he did."I'm here with the information you wanted t
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