Luna's heart skipped a beat when she saw how unforgiving Christopher was as he looked at her.Joshua immediately pulled her toward him. "Don't be afraid." He used his arms to protect Luna and raised his head to look at Christopher through the bars with stone-cold eyes."Why can't Luna visit you? Regardless of what happened, Rosalyn raised you since you were a kid. Her body is too weak to come to visit you, so Luna is here on her behalf."What's wrong? From what I can tell, you don't seem to welcome her."Christopher sneered and glared at Luna, his eyes burning with the intent to kill. "You're right; I don't welcome her. I don't welcome any jinxes here!"Luna's forehead creased at this. 'I'm a jinx?'"Yes, you are a jinx!" Christopher had probably read Luna's mind as he snapped, "Think of all the things you've done. Do you need me to list it for you?"Last year, when you returned to Banyan City, the Landry family had become Joshua's main target, and they nearly declared bankruptc
It tasted just like the cauliflower herb soup June always cooked for him to drink!The familiar taste brought some sense back to Christopher. He furrowed his brows and finished the soup. Finally, he put down the container reluctantly when it was finally empty. "Is this all you got?""We got more here." As Christopher's emotion was finally less cynical, Joshua took a deep breath and added, "There are some questions I'd like to ask you. If you want more soup, you need to answer them.""Deal," agreed Christopher as he pursed his lips. He then took a look at Luna, who looked visibly pale, cautiously. He tried to think of the right words to apologize to Luna, albeit he could not form any words to speak."You weren't you. Luna understands you didn't really mean what you said," said Joshua lightly with a frown after reading Christopher's mind based on his expression.Luna, finally realizing why Christopher had been staring at her, sighed. "I'm not a narrow-minded person. I know you didn'
"Bonnie asked you to come back?" blurted Luna immediately, her eyebrows furrowed upon hearing Christopher's response. "How is that possible? Christopher, do you know what you're talking about?"Bonnie had been in a coma for two days. When Jim and Rosalyn contacted Christopher yesterday, Bonnie was already lying on the bed without the ability to talk or move. Christopher must have decided to disobey Rosalyn and return to Merchant City secretly on his own, yet he dared say Bonnie made him do it. It was just impossible!The faint ounce of pity Luna had for Christopher vanished after knowing what kind of person Christopher was."We're not obliged to trust anything you say. If you're not willing to be honest with us, there's no point for us to be wasting our time here with you."Previously, Luna had been indecisive if she should bring June or Harvey to come to visit Christopher, but she finally made up her mind, realizing Christopher was a lunatic that had difficulty communicating. To t
"Bonnie requested that I come save her because Jim was forcing her to marry him, adding that it'd be too late if I didn't come soon. She even attached headlines of Merchant City's newspapers for me to see, reports all about Bonnie and Jim getting married."Christopher shut his eyes, and his voice turned gruff as he continued, "She also said that she would've married Jim had she wanted to, that the only reason stopping her was that she was unwilling. Now, Jim wants to take advantage of her when she's sick."Christopher opened his eyes and gazed at Joshua. "I can't calm myself after reading the email. I just can't accept it. In the end, Aunt Rosalyn didn't want me to come back because she didn't want me to know Jim and Bonnie are getting married. She knew that I'm in love with Bonnie, too."If she had told me Jim and Bonnie are getting married, I would've given them my blessing, but why did she have to hide it from me? Why did she want me to stay in Lincoln City?"Christopher was vis
Luna's brow creased at Joshua's explanation, and it took her a while to fully understand what Joshua was planning."Are you saying…someone had impersonated Bonnie and sent Christopher an email to fool him?"Joshua smiled and smoothed Luna's head affectionately. His voice was as soft as the spring breeze as he spoke, "What else do you think? Do you truly believe Bonnie would suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and send him an email?"After listening to Joshua's answer, Luna bit her lip and realized her question…was ridiculous to begin with."You're so silly, it's cute." Joshua sighed and trapped Luna tightly in his arms, saying, "You used to be so smart and independent, solving all the problems on your own. So good to me and never asking anything in return. Not only that, but you also didn't want to trouble me or allow me to share some of your burdens. You never showed your silly side to me."I thought you'd be a silly, dumb woman who doesn't know how to ask for love and af
Luna gazed at Joshua's back and reminisced on the time she asked him about hacking skills and if he could attempt it. Joshua, back then, told her that there was nothing special about hackers and that it was just like being a programmer, all while adding that she had a boring type with a discerning face.Luna was taken aback by this and never brought up these things to Joshua ever again.Six years later, they had finally reunited. However, there was a point in time that she was heartbroken upon learning that Joshua was, in fact, skilled in hacking into things and thought he did not bother to show it to her at all. Even when she had mentioned that she thought it was cool to be a hacker and would be thrilled if her other half was one, he refused to show it to her.The reality struck Luna; Joshua learned these things because of her!Albeit having a discerning look on his face, he remembered what Luna said. Not only that, he even took the time to learn it. All this while, it was just a
Christopher did not lie after all. He did receive an email from Bonnie.The impersonator explained in detail Bonnie's situation: drugged, wounded, and forced. She wanted to deny the marriage arrangement with Jim, but she did not know how to refuse. Her only hope rested with Christopher as she requested him to come to Merchant City to rescue her.The details in the email were just the same as Bonnie's current situation, except for the part about being in a coma. Not only did the impersonator know of Bonnie's condition, but they also were well aware of the relationship between the Landry family and Bonnie. The perpetrator even knew which media companies were informed of Jim and Bonnie's wedding! Even Luna did not know about those details.Luna repeatedly read the email to spot any blunders, but there were none. The impersonator knew all of Bonnie's habits, word choices, and tone in structuring the entire email. It made sense why Christopher would believe that it was indeed Bonnie who
Luna's heart fluttered as she read what Gwen was implying. 'Was it Sean after all?'Undoubtedly, Luna was not willing to believe it. A couple of hours ago, Sean had stood between Jim and Christopher and intercepted the stabbing attack that could have wounded Jim. If the perpetrator was truly Sean, why did he need to stop Christopher?[Gwen: Maybe he never expected it'd get so serious.][Gwen: I think Sean isn't a bad person. Maybe he thinks that by telling Christopher about it, he can stop Jim and Bonnie from getting married.][Gwen: He couldn't have thought Christopher would go crazy and attempt to kill Jim, I think.][Gwen: Maybe he stopped Christopher because he felt guilty and sorry.]Luna bit her lip and grasped her phone tightly as she read the messages. She knew Gwen was just analyzing the whole incident without any prejudice. However, she felt hurt when she read these speculations.Jim and Sean's relationship had gotten better because Sean had saved Jim. She was unwillin