Samuel's eyes widened instantly at Thomas' answer. He knew that Yannie did give birth to Thomas' child at a hospital, but…he thought the child had died soon after.Yannie's mother, Mrs. Flores had captured the moment Yannie wailed while cradling the infant in the hospital and posted it to her social media account. Samuel also remembered the caption Yannie's mother wrote.[The child knew that he didn't belong in this world and left quietly.]Under the comment section of that post, Yannie's mother even replied to her friend's comment by saying the child who passed away was a boy.Samuel recalled how guilt-ridden he was when he first heard the news. He even took the time to pray for the child that died right after leaving his mother's womb.'But why does it sound like the child had survived, according to what Thomas had said? How is that possible?' Samuel took a deep breath while thinking. He assumed that Malcolm must have lied to Thomas and explained nicely to him, "Mr. Howard, I'm
Perhaps Joshua was right; he should probably leave.Staying in Merchant City would not only allow his ungrateful son Malcolm to continue pestering him…but he even had to worry about Thomas, too.He could not help feeling that Thomas would not let him off the hook so easily after what happened just minutes ago.Samuel sighed and glanced at the boarding time on the ticket.This was a flight ticket for the next day, so he had a day to say a proper farewell to everyone else.At the thought of this, Samuel rubbed his brows and contemplated this for a long time. Finally, he picked up his phone and dialed a number.…Joshua's house.At this moment, Mrs. Flores was helping Nellie organize her design sketches. "These sketches are absolutely stunning! You have such a natural talent at this, Princess Nellie!"Nellie glanced at her, grinning when she heard the compliment. "Mrs. Flores, do you want me to design some jewelry for you? I'm really good at this!"Mrs. Flores could not help smi
Luna could not help chuckling as she listened to her daughter's 'report'.At the restaurant, she had told Nellie that Mrs. Flores and her daughter, Yannie, were both kindhearted people.Not only did Nellie remember this, but she even began to place more attention on Mrs. Flores, so much so that she had watched and observed her every move.A surge of warmth spread into Luna's heart when she realized how kind and thoughtful her daughter was.At the thought of this, Luna's voice grew even more gentle and tender than before, and she finally hung up after reassuring Nellie some more.After she tucked her phone away, Luna leaned her head against Joshua's shoulder and said with a hint of pride, "Did you hear what Nellie said just now? She's such a good girl; she listens and pays attention to every word we say."Joshua nodded impassively and took her hand in his. However, his eyes were narrowed as he stared straight ahead, his gaze seeming to penetrate to some place far, far away. "Don't
Luna thus sighed, squeezed Joshua's hand, and said gently, "We've already wasted plenty of precious time, and I'm worried that Sean and Jim might be angry at us for this."An hour ago, they had been notified of the news that Sean was found, and even then, they had promised to rush to the hospital as soon as possible.More than an hour had passed since this happened, yet they had not shown up at Sean's hospital room. Even if Sean was courteous enough not to mention it, Luna was sure he would be displeased about this delay.This was why she had been so impatient to get out of the car."They won't be." Joshua chuckled and walked into the hospital hand-in-hand with Luna.Inside the room, Sean was still describing to Jim—in animosity and great detail—how he had been kidnapped."Kate told me she was tired and needed a nap, so I agreed to let her sleep. After all, I had only gotten my hands injured, whereas the rest of my body was fine, so I didn't need someone to keep an eye on me 24/7
Luna furrowed her brows in surprise. "Those people…kidnapped Sean and Kate while they were under your watch?"Luke's expression darkened upon hearing this.He shifted into a comfortable position in his chair, placed his arm elegantly on the back of the chair, then shot Luna a cold glance. "Why are you so shocked?"He glanced at the glass window, which offered a full view of Kate in the next room, being examined by the doctors, and said calmly, "I've already told Jim and Joshua about Kate's true identity, so surely you must know, too?"Luna paused for a moment, then nodded.She had indeed heard Joshua and the rest mention Kate's background before.Kate had hailed from a rich and noble family from Europa, and even though she had left her home country, her family had secretly been keeping tabs on her.If they found out that she had gone missing or had been kidnapped, they would fly to Merchant City and would not cease to turn the entire place upside down in search of her.This was
"He'd better watch himself."With that, Luke stood up, opened the door, and walked over to the room next door.The glass window between the two rooms was soundproof, and even though Luna could not hear any sound coming from the room next door, she could see that Kate had been squirming and writhing in pain as the doctors examined her wounds. However, as soon as Luke stepped in, she stopped.The moment she caught sight of Luke, the painful grimace on her face dissipated and was instead replaced by a gentle smile.Luna could see Kate talking calmly to Luke through the glass window.This discovery made Luna furrow her brows in disapproval.Even though she had never been fond of Luke, he was still Gwen's boyfriend.However, judging from the way Kate behaved in front of Luke…she could tell that she liked him.Luna's heart sank at this realization.As she turned around, she came face-to-face with Sean.At this moment, Sean was watching Kate and Luke through the glass windows with a
"There are other people following him?" Joshua furrowed his brows and turned to glance at Jim. "Did you send your men to follow Samuel Quinn?"Jim shot him a perplexed look. "What for?"Then, he pondered this for a moment before lifting his head in sudden realization. "Could Sean and Kate's kidnapping have had something to do with Father Samuel?"At the thought of this, Jim narrowed his eyes and glanced at Joshua. "Where's Samuel Quinn right now? what is he doing?"Joshua narrowed his eyes.He should not have asked Jim in the first place. Jim had not known about anything Malcolm did to him or Luna, so why would he suspect Samuel in the first place?Joshua sighed, then tried to reassure Jim. "Samuel had nothing to do with Sean and Kate's kidnapping. I just sent my men to keep an eye on him because of a potential business opportunity. I thought perhaps you might've done the same to help me solve the problems my company has been facing recently."Jim rolled his eyes at him. "Don't
"How can you even tell that Kate is in love with Luke?"In Joshua's opinion, this was just a conversation between a disapproving boss and an employee trying to defend herself."Can't you tell?" Luna pursed her lips and shot Joshua a helpless look. "It's so obvious!"The expression on Kate's face was one that every woman reserved only for the man they loved.Luna was more than familiar with this!Joshua furrowed his brows and observed for a little while longer, then finally shook his head. "I can't tell."Luna pursed her lips and decided not to pursue this any further. "Alright. Let's go home."Joshua nodded, took her hand, and finally left.As soon as they returned home, Luna went up to the bedroom to rest.She was exhausted from dealing with the family butler that morning and her encounter with Thomas the same afternoon.It was already 5 p.m. by the time Joshua returned to his study after tucking Luna into bed.Lucas had already sent the recording of Samuel and Mrs. Flores'