By the time Luna and Joshua arrived at the ICU, the situation almost went out of hand. Doctors, nurses, and security guards surrounded the man.He was no other than Malcolm, who had just left after failing to accomplish his mission, with a camera at hand as the guards apprehended him.He gripped the camera tightly with both hands. "I won't allow anyone to take away the memory card in this camera! It has my daughter's photos in it! I need to protect it!"Joshua and Luna stole the moments I could've spent with my daughter. They won't even let me visit her after the surgery!"My daughter would've never fallen ill if it weren't for them! Why can't I even take a few pictures of my daughter? You're all bandits—a bunch of crooks!"Luna's eyebrows furrowed tightly. This was the first time she truly understood when people confounded black and white. The only reason Riley was in such a bad state was that Malcolm had handed her over to Sirius to protect himself.How could he cry wolf when h
"I…" Malcolm's face reddened at Joshua's words. "I don't know what you're talking about!""Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about?" Joshua slowly approached him. Each step he took was encompassed with a strong stressful aura that terrified Malcolm.Eventually, Joshua stood right before Malcolm. He laughed mockingly as his deep dark eyes stared into him. "Malcolm, do you truly think your acting is so perfect? If I tell you that from the moment Luna and I arrived here, my men had taken care of the reporters you and your man had arranged, are you going to continue lying? There's no camera filming you right now, and no one will ever see you throwing a tantrum here. Are you sure you want to continue?"Just a few simple questions made Malcolm turn pale. He bit his lip and stared at Joshua fiercely. "How is that possible?"'How is it possible? I've arranged a few people…' Malcolm thought.Joshua took out his phone and dialed a number. Very soon, the other party accepted the call. "Luc
"Nothing," Joshua sneered as he looked at Malcolm. "I hope that you remember I'm not letting you off the hook for what happened today." After that, he pointed at the lift behind Malcolm. "The lift is here. You should leave now."Malcolm furrowed his brow as he looked at Joshua, and his mind began to race. He had to admit, it would have been better if Joshua did something to him instantly as he did not need to constantly look behind him and fear for his life. However, Joshua did nothing of the sort and merely left him a warning.Suddenly, he remembered the time when Joshua warned him and did nothing to him too. During that time, he was still with Heather. He paid no attention to Joshua after he warned him…until the Quinn family nearly went into bankruptcy because of him.Only then did he know that he could not afford to offend a person like Joshua.However, the Quinn family was under Samuel's control at this moment. Even if Malcolm wanted to obtain the right to be in charge, he was
Samuel harshly continued, all while he glared at Malcolm's face remotely, "Do you truly think I have no idea about what you intend to do? Ever since you knew that there was something special about Riley's origin, you've been planning to stir up the contradiction between Joshua and that person. If I hadn't stopped you, you would've brought that person here to fight against Joshua. Am I right?"That was a very sharp and brutal question. Malcolm squinted and did not answer."How many times have I told you this? Don't try to go against Joshua! Even if that person becomes his enemy, do you think you could get away from all that scot-free? Your consequences will only be more dreadful than Hunter being stuck between two strong opponents. Why don't you just understand?" Samuel was heartbroken by how brainless Malcolm was.He stared at Malcolm with disappointment. "You even tried to instigate them by shooting a video. Luckily, Joshua was alert and stopped your plan."Leave. Leave now!"He
After Malcolm left, Luna kept the memory cards that Lucas had retrieved and watched every single video on them. Anger rose in her like a tide as she snarled to herself how vicious of a man Malcolm was.In the past, Luna had thought that Malcolm was just cowardly and foolish. At this moment, however, she finally realized that Malcolm was the same person from seven years ago; a man filled with schemes, that everything he did was only for his gain.It was difficult for Luna to imagine what kind of disaster Joshua and her would have faced if the untruthful videos leaked out. Fortunately, Joshua was smart to think ahead of what Malcolm was planning when the nurse informed them that someone was causing trouble at the ICU where Riley was resting.Otherwise…She started to feel pity for herself when she thought of how she had been bullied by people on the internet at one point."What happened?" Looking at Luna's pale face, Joshua walked over and extended his hand to grab Luna's small hand
It never occurred to Luna that Father Samuel was so firm and resolute. 'Kicking Malcolm out of the city?'All these years, Malcolm had built his network and reputation solely in Merchant City, and the moment he exited the city, he would have nothing left and would need to start from scratch. Even if he had any leverage or information, a no-name like him would not be able to cause any big problem.Having that thought in her mind, Luna sighed. "After all the things he did, he deserved it. Let's hope he'll be a better person in the future."Although it was cruel to kick Malcolm out of the city, it would be crueler to Luna and Joshua if Malcolm stayed."There's nothing to worry about anymore." Joshua kissed Luna's ear. "The Quinn family will make sure that Malcolm stays away from the city. We have a more urgent matter to deal with now—Butler Fred and Mickey."Luna sighed again when Joshua mentioned those two men. "Alright. I'll listen to you."In the past, she had been getting hersel
While Luna was drinking the coffee that Joshua brewed for her, she was searching the internet about Thomas Gerald.Luna asked, [When were you ever into superstars? How come I never knew about it?]Luna had known Anne for over six years, and it was the same woman who helped with Luna's first plastic surgery. After that, Luna required more and more plastic surgeries, and Anne's ability was limited. Nevertheless, she was humble to seek advice. From then on, she had been learning more knowledge and skills from the professional plastic surgeon in the industry with the excuse of taking care of Luna and as Luna's best friend.Slowly, Luna's impression of Anne changed from a plastic surgeon to a girl who was willing to work hard. During the darkest moment in Luna's life, Anne was there to give her comfort and warmth. As such, Luna always thought that she understood Anne very well, which was why it puzzled her to hear Anne had started to admire Thomas Gerald, an international superstar.Lun
Although Luna was unclear what was the situation between Thomas Gerald and his family, based on the information from Anne, she had no good impression of this international superstar at all.As such, she silently closed the search result on the computer and changed the topic of her conversation with Anne, which she noticed.She knew Luna was slightly older than her and had been through a lot more than her. Thus, she did not force Luna to admire the same thing as she did. However…[Anne: I saw Shannon, Zayne, Samson, and your assistant, Arianna the other day.][Anne: They said they were ready to go work with you again in Merchant City, but it seemed like something happened at your end. That's why they didn't go and are still waiting for you.][Anne: When are you going to continue with your career, getting back on track?]Luna turned silent when she saw that message.Anne was right. When she went back to Banyan City, she wanted to get Shannon, Zayne, and Samson to come and help her