Luna's mind was filled with questions when she noticed this stark contrast between Joshua's current attitude and just hours ago.That afternoon, Joshua had expressed repulse and disgust toward Yannie, so why had he changed his mind about her in just a few hours?"Daddy must've noticed how pretty Aunt Yannie is, so he wants to keep her by Mommy's side." Neil, who had been eating his dinner in silence all this while, pursed his lips when he sensed Luna's puzzlement. "All men are the same! Even someone like Daddy has gotten tired of staring at Mommy for such a long time!"He let out a sigh and added, "We're so disappointed in you, Daddy. Even if you thought Aunt Yannie was pretty, you shouldn't try to find excuses to keep her by Mommy's side."If you visit Mommy at her work in the future, there's no way to explain whether you're there to visit Mommy or Aunt Yannie!"Joshua's expression darkened upon hearing this. "What nonsense is this?"What was this boy talking about?He turned t
Neil could not help laughing when he saw how frightened Nellie looked.He was just about to say something when Nigel, too, shot him a cold glare. "You, too. Some things are meant to be joked about!"I know that Daddy and Mommy are in love with each other and won't be affected by your jokes, but what will happen if an outsider overhears this? What will other people think of Daddy and Mommy?"What if Aunt Yannie found out about this? Do you think she'll be able to work for Daddy and Mommy in peace after she finds out? Not only that, but have you considered Mrs. Flores' feelings?"If Aunt Yannie were to quit her job because of your 'harmless' joke, Mrs. Flores would do the same. Is that what the two of you want?"Nigel's words were sharp but struck like a hammer on a nail.Neil and Nellie instinctively exchanged glances, then sighed and clamped their mouths shut in unison.A split second later, Neil put down his cutlery and declared, "I'm sorry, Mommy, Daddy."Then, he turned and
Luna was still a little puzzled by this. "Why have you been searching for a woman who lost her two-month-old child?"As soon as she finished her sentence, however, her mind connected the dots.She lifted her head to gaze intently at Joshua. "Are you…searching for Riley's mother?"Joshua nodded. "I've been investigating this for a while now. Malcolm and Heather must've planned to take our daughter away from us a long time ago so they could use her to threaten us."However, something unexpected must've happened in this process, which led to Riley winding up in Malcolm and Heather's hands."The day you went into labor, Malcolm and Heather chose to pretend that Heather had done the same to make the story more believable. Therefore, on the day our daughter got kidnapped, both Heather and Malcolm had been in the hospital."I managed to get my hands on the surveillance tape, which showed that Heather had been in the delivery suite the moment your water broke, while Malcolm, on the other
"I guess you're still the thoughtful one in this relationship."Luna used to think that since Riley was separated from her birth parents, her only obligation was to treat the poor child like her own, but after hearing Joshua's explanation, she could not help thinking he was right.The two of them had been frantically searching for their daughter after finding out about her, and Riley's parents must be doing the same.Helping bring Riley back to her parents would be a more noble thing to do than keeping her by their side.Luna had to admit that at certain times, Joshua was much more thoughtful and detail-oriented than she was.At the thought of this, she turned to look at him. "So, have you…found any clues as to who Riley's parents might be?"Joshua shook his head.This was the only thing that baffled him: no matter how hard he looked, he could not seem to find any trace of a couple that had lost their two-month-old daughter.Hunter had even offered him the location of the hospi
"Ma—Ma'am."The next morning, after Luna got up and was heading downstairs, she ran into none other than Mrs. Flores, who was heading in the opposite direction.She was holding three presents in her hands, meant for Nellie, Neil, and Nigel.Mrs. Flores did not expect to run into Luna on her way up, so she appeared flustered as she stammered, "Why are you up so early, Ma'am?"Luna's gaze fell onto the presents she was holding.At this moment, Mrs. Flores was holding three gift bags with ribbons, one in pink—Nellie's favorite color—and the other two in blue and dark lilac, which were Neil and Nigel's favorite colors, respectively.It was clear that she had prepared these for the three children.Luna furrowed her brows in confusion. "What are these for, Mrs. Flores?"Mrs. Flores was a little startled by the look in her eyes. She let out a cough and said, trying to hide the sheepishness in her tone, "I…I'm planning on quitting this job soon, but I truly am going to miss Princess Ne
Mrs. Flores sighed and lowered her head. "I'm the one who wanted to quit this job."Truth be told, she never wanted to quit this job, either.Her bosses, Joshua and Luna, were both kind and accepting people, and all the children in the house, including Shelly and Riley, were obedient, easygoing children.Because everyone in the family loved her so much, Lucas offered her attractive pay with decent employee benefits.Before this, Mrs. Flores had wanted to stay at this job for as long as she could, but after her meeting with Samuel the night before, she had a long discussion with Yannie and decided that it was best to listen to her old friend's advice.After all, Samuel had not been in touch with her for almost a year, and when he was about to leave Merchant City, the first thing he decided to do was meet her one last time to warn her to stay away from the Landry and Lynch families and the man named 'Howard'.After careful consideration, Mrs. Flores decided it was probably better t
"Why are you here at my house?" Luna grabbed her phone tightly as she furrowed her brows. "I remembered only promising to work together on business terms only, nothing more than that. Why are you here, then, coming to my house early in the morning?"Luna never liked Thomas to begin with. He disconcerted her to the very core, too. It was one thing that he had bribed Joey Charles to pursue her, but he even said he liked Nellie. When Luna did not agree with his offer, he forced Luna to sign the contract by threatening her with Sean and Kate's safety after he kidnapped them!After all those incidents, no one would blame Luna for having a bad impression of Thomas, especially when the man showed up at her doorsteps so early in the morning when she had just signed the contract yesterday. This disgusted Luna even more."Do you think I want to be here?" Thomas sneered from the other side of the phone.He changed his posture and took off his sunglasses while leaning into the car seat. Then,
However, Samuel decided to look for this maid who was over her fifties! Thomas' instinct told him that Mrs. Flores had to be related to the woman from a year ago.Secondly, he wanted to go into the house to check out the situation. After all…Thomas squinted, and his eyes faintly gleamed with coldness.After all, Joshua and Luna were the ones responsible for causing his daughter to be kept in the ICU, monitored at all times.He wanted to get to know the other children in their house so he knew which one to capture when the time comes. He wanted to let Joshua and Luna understand the feeling to know their children being tortured by a stranger."Sir." Thomas' assistant wiped off the sweat on his forehead silently. "I don't mean to mind your business, but—ah!"Before he could finish, however, Thomas' assistant screamed in pain, causing Thomas to furrow his eyebrow and turned toward him."I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" A girl dressed in casualwear got down from her motorcycle and quickly sto