Once Gwen and Kate were out of sight, Luke sighed and looked at Sean, who was sitting on the couch. "How are you doing?"Sean lowered his head and looked at both of his bandaged hands. He smiled bitterly. "So far so good. Just…" He waved his mummified hands. "Even eating on my own is a problem now. Otherwise, I won't need Kate to feed me."Luke laughed. "That explains it. You're the first person Kate is willing to take care of after that person is gone."It was not the first time Luke had asked Kate to take care of someone. It did not matter if it was a patient or any type of man—young or old, active or mature. Kate would always end up kicking them out, shutting them out completely. It was like her heart was locked up forever after that person left.Although Kate never dared to mention that person nor allowed someone else to mention him, she always lied to herself that she had forgotten about him. However, Luke had been Kate's boss for a long time, and he knew everything about her.
Luke took out a cigarette and lit it up. With his face shrouded with smoke, he looked at Sean's stubborn-looking face. "What's your plan, then?""When I recover, I'll pay my respect to Bonnie and be grateful for the kindness the Landry family has shown me. Then, I will leave this city," Sean answered."Where are you going to go?" Luke asked."I don't know." Sean turned to look at Luke, his eyes filled with envy. "To be honest, I want to be someone like you and Joshua. No matter where you go, you can always make a name for yourself. Not me; I'm just a no-name mechanic in Merchant City. Everywhere I go, I'll just be a nobody, so it doesn't matter where I go."However, Sean knew Merchant City no longer had a place for him. He was Lucy's son, after all, a piece of solid evidence to prove that Lucy dumped Charles and Jim. He bet that every time Charles and Jim saw him, they would be reminded of Lucy, reminded of how they were betrayed. Thus, he needed to leave.Sean took a deep breath
"Didn't I tell you not to call me as you like?" interjected Luke coldly when he heard what the doctor was about to say. His eyebrows were pressed together.The doctor paused for a while before he continued respectfully, "I'm sorry, Mr. Jones. I got too excited about the plan and want to tell you immediately. Please don't be mad. I'll…" The doctor was about to hang up the phone.Luke looked very serious. "When can you do the operation?"The doctor went silent for a moment. "The fastest we can do is half a month later."Luke narrowed his eyes. "What about the slowest?""The slowest…is also within a month." The doctor sighed. "You know Ms. Larson's condition. Her body can't keep up anymore.""I know." With just a short reply, Luke hung up the phone immediately.Sean leaned on the couch and gazed at Luke. He asked carefully, "Ms. Larson? Is he referring to Gwen? Is she alright? Why does she need a transplant?"Luke looked at Sean, irked, as though signaling he was being too nosy.
"You heard nothing from the phone call just now. You don't know Gwen is sick, and you don't know she needed a transplant. Otherwise..."Luke's gaze sharpened. "You should know the consequences. Terry is the best example."Sean trembled at this. Before he saw Terry, he felt sorry and guilty. He trusted Nikki blindly, and that led to Terry being bodily harmed and also made it difficult for his boss at the mechanic store.However… After he saw Terry in the aftermath of Luke's 'intervention', he felt intense fear toward Luke, how his actions spoke louder than words.After Luke visited Bonnie and him at the hospital, his men had already laid their hands on Terry 10 minutes later. Poor Terry did not know how it happened and lost the most important thing to him. The speed and efficiency were what scared Luke.If he accidentally offended a person like Luke, he might just end up dead.Sean knew he was just too weak, too normal, just like Terry. He could not possibly fight back against peo
Obviously, Kate's answer was not what Sean was looking for. He gazed at her and shook his head with a bitter smile. "I'm out of my mind. What's the use of asking you?"Kate knew nothing about him, and he was an idiot to ask Kate such a silly question."Why do you think it's useless to ask me that?" Kate put her hands on her waist and looked at Sean with a smirk. "I know everything about you. You fell in love with the same woman your brother loves, but the woman likes your brother. This woman now only has a few days left to live, and your brother is marrying her, so you think your brother is your love rival."At the same time, you want to get along with your brother, and that's why you protected him when he was in danger, which led to you getting hurt in the process."Sean was stunned at Kate's words but nodded, regardless. "Yes, you're right." He could not let go of Bonnie, and he also dreaded a good relationship with Jim. That was the problem that caused him to be in a dilemma."
Jim was afraid that it was indeed a hallucination, that Bonnie did not actually move. He was afraid that it was, once again, a false hope, so he quietly repeated what he said.This time, no matter what Jim said or did, Bonnie's fingers did not even quiver. 'Maybe it was a trick of the mind after all.' He smiled bitterly and helped tuck Bonnie into the blanket nicely before he left.What he did not see, however, was that a lone tear fell from the corner of Bonnie's eye when he turned around.…Jim was awake the entire night, organizing all the things Butler Fred did for his family. It turned out the butler had done so many things for him and his family.Previously, Fred had thought Heather was the real Ms. Landry, so he cared for her deeply and even associated Heather to attack Jim business-wise. However, when Luna was back in the Landry family, he knew that Heather never had the chance to hold any power in the family. His attitude toward Heather changed drastically. Hence…Jim ru
After breakfast…"You're saying that my mom had no idea at all when Granny Lynch was poisoned?"Luna was so shocked that she could not close her mouth as Joshua told her about all the information Jim sent him. She looked at Joshua astonishingly, her voice faltering as she added, "So… When mom said she didn't know Granny Lynch was poisoned, she didn't say it because she was afraid to sabotage our relationship?"Looking at how shocked Luna was, Joshua could not help but smile. "I thought she purposely didn't mention it because she didn't want to affect our relationship." Joshua looked up. "Looking back at it now, however, I don't think she's that kind of person. Since she could honestly tell Jim about his birth mother when he asked, I don't think she's a person who likes to lie."Luna bit her lip and nodded silently. "You're right. Mom never likes to tell lies, especially to the kids."At first, Jim had always thought he was Rosalyn's son. When he found out that his birth mother was
Under those circumstances, it made sense if Luna's parents wanted to poison Granny Lynch to exact vengeance for murdering Colin Landry. She believed if her parents truly had done so, Joshua would understand it.Nevertheless, it would be much better if Rosalyn and Charles had nothing to do with Granny Lynch's demise.This thought had crossed Luna's mind before. However, it had only been almost a year since she returned to the Landy family. She did not have the same hatred the Landry family had against the Lynch family, and she also did not have the right to comment on it.Hence, if she could avoid discussing Granny Lynch being poisoned, she would avoid it at all costs. Since there were some things that one could not solve, the only way out was to avoid facing them.To her amazement, she chose to escape facing reality, but that was not what Joshua wanted. Joshua was a person who was very clear about his love and hate for people. He loved Luna, and he also loved Granny Lynch.Althoug