Chapter 2400

Luna narrowed her eyes upon hearing this.

She pulled Nellie closer to her and met Thomas' gaze, sneering. "So the reason you got in touch with Joey to set up an urgent meeting with me…was to insult me in person?"

Luna knew she had been behaving impulsively and should have noticed the observations that Nellie had made, but it was almost impossible for her to remain calm in a situation where her child's safety was at risk.

She had been questioning Thomas' motives since the beginning, and when he expressed his longing to have Nellie become his daughter and get to know her better…she could not help putting her guard up.

She had already lost a daughter; she could not allow herself to lose another.

She did not want to go through the pain of losing her daughter—or the immense sorrow she had experienced when she thought Neil had died—once more.

This was why she had placed all her attention on protecting Nellie and overlooked the fact that Thomas had not expressed any signs of adoration t