Luna glanced at the surveillance footage and realized that the woman who had left with Sean was none other than Kate.Since Kate was the one who had brought Sean out, that meant he was not in danger.After coming out of the nurses' station, Luna shot Yannie an apologetic look and said, "My bad. I never thought that someone would take Sean away… Do you want to stay here and wait for him to return, or do you want to visit Riley with me?"Yannie glanced at the empty room and could not help feeling a little uneasy at the thought of waiting for a strange man she had never met before to return to his room.Therefore, she turned to smile at Luna. "I'll go visit the little girl with you, Ms. Luna."Yannie had heard plenty of things about Riley from her mother, and according to Mrs. Flores, Riley was the baby who had been switched out with Joshua and Luna's daughter.However, after finding out that Riley was not their daughter, neither Joshua nor Luna changed their minds about her and ins
Luna fell silent upon hearing this. Eventually, she lowered her head and sighed. "That sounds possible."She closed her eyes and muttered to herself, "I guess I'll have to ask Joshua to investigate all the doctors in Ample Hospital…"Yannie's entire body stiffened when she heard this, and she turned to stare at Luna in shock. "Ms. Luna, are you saying that…Riley was born at Ample Hospital?"When she heard this, Luna realized that she had accidentally muttered her thoughts, so she gave Yannie an awkward smile and said, "That's right. The person who switched out me and Joshua's baby admitted to us that he had simply grabbed a baby from Ample Hospital to take our daughter's place."Luna could not help shuddering every time she thought about Hunter.This was the man who had called her 'Lulu' so affectionately for the six years she had been living in Merchant City.Luna could not help recalling that at one point, she had been so close to Hunter that she wanted to matchmake him with on
"If I had lost my child after getting married, I'd be able to help you out by adopting Riley instead."We'd be able to heal together since I had lost a child of my own, and she had lost her parents."This will take some weight off you and Mr. Lynch's shoulders so that you won't have to take care of another baby while searching for your own."Luna could not help chuckling when she heard this. "It's not that bad. She's just a baby, after all."The elevator arrived at Riley's floor.Luna brought Yannie into the ward, and, with the nurse's help, the two women put on their protective suits and entered the room.This was the first time Yannie had ever seen Riley.Initially, she thought this would be an ordinary baby since she had been stolen out of the hospital, and there was no information as to who her parents were.To her surprise…She was entranced the moment she caught sight of Riley.Even though this two-month-old baby was sickly pale, her dark eyes were bright and shiny.Ri
"C—Can I?" Yannie lowered her head to stare at Riley's smiling face and blushed. "If Riley's parents decide they don't want her anymore, she'll officially become you and Mr. Lynch's daughter, Ms. Luna…so how can someone like me be her godmother?"When she grows up and learns who I am…"Surely Riley would not want to be associated with someone like her?Luna could not help curling her lips into a smile when she saw the look of self-doubt in Yannie's eyes. She gently patted her shoulder and said, "She won't. You'd be perfect as Riley's godmother."The two of them played with Riley for a while, and it was until the nurse knocked on the door, indicating that visitation hours were over, that they finally left somewhat reluctantly.When the two of them came out of the ward, having changed out of their protective suits, they immediately caught sight of a man standing at the end of the hallway, dressed in black.Yannie recognized this man; he was another one of Thomas' assistants.Ever
Luna nodded and proceeded to get into the elevator with Yannie.She did not think anything peculiar of Yannie's sudden change of emotions. After all, this girl had just confided her most dreaded memory of the past in her, and she would not be surprised if Yannie behaved a little strangely after that.Luna brought Yannie back to Sean's room.When they arrived, Sean and Kate had already returned.Sean smiled and waved when he caught sight of Luna. "Hey, Luna."Kate's eyes were red and swollen, and it was clear she had been crying. However, when she saw Luna, she still greeted her politely. "Nice to see you again, Luna. And this is…"She gave Yannie a once-over, a guarded expression on her face. Finally, her gaze landed on Yannie's hands, which were wrapped in bandages. "What happened to her?"Luna smiled as she introduced Yannie. "This is my friend, Yannie Flores. Like Sean, she has recently hurt her hands, so I brought her over, thinking that perhaps she and Sean will have someth
"What did you say?" Luna managed to capture the seemingly minute yet significant piece of information in Sean's statement. "What do you mean, Luke doesn't have much time left? What're you trying to say?"Sean suddenly realized that he had misspoken. He quickly turned his head away and replied, "Nothing; you misheard me. What I was trying to say is that as a gang member, Luke could be killed at any minute."Besides, he doesn't like Kate anyway, so no matter how much Kate likes him, it won't change anything. In the end, she'll be enlightened to her situation and realize that Luke isn't a good match for her at all."Luna furrowed her brows and stared at Sean dubiously. "Are you sure that's what you said?"She clearly heard Sean saying that Luke did not have much time left.However, Sean insisted that she had misheard him, and she, too, was a little puzzled by his reaction.Could she have misheard him?"You misheard me." Sean curled his lips into a smile. "Luna, could the stress of
Sean could not help feeling that this woman was after him, and so he did not feel like entertaining her at all.However, he never thought she would cover for him when Luna questioned him.Even though he did not know whether she had done this just to get on his good side, he still had to thank her."There's no need to thank me." Yannie smiled at him and sat down in a nearby chair. "I know you must've blurted that out on purpose, and I know that Mr. Luke is Ms. Luna and Mr. Lynch's friend."If this secret between you and Mr. Luke were to get exposed, it wouldn't be good for any of you, whether it was him, you, or Ms. Luna and Mr. Lynch."Since a little white lie on my side is all it takes to hide this, why would I want to tell the truth that would hurt everyone?"Then, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, which had accumulated from her lying, and added, "You don't have to be so hostile toward me, Mr. Wheeler…I can tell that you really like Ms. Kate."Before I came here, Ms. Luna
The man's low voice was unmistakable.Yannie's entire body stiffened, and she bit her lip, keeping her head low to avoid the man's gaze. Her hands fumbled as she tried to pry her arm free from his grasp.However, the man tightened his grip on her as though he could sense her intention. "What's wrong? Trying to escape after your plan is exposed?"Thomas sneered as he kept one hand on Yannie's wrist while the other wrapped around her waist, pressing her body tightly against his. Finally, he smirked at the helpless look on her face and said, "Trying to play hard to get, huh? Yannie, if you didn't want to see me, you shouldn't have bumped into me in the first place."First, you bumped into me, and you then pretended it was an accident and tried to escape from me, blushing. Plenty of women have tried this on me, but I manage to see through their tricks every time."There's no doubt that you're the best actress out of all of them, though."This woman hailed from an ordinary background,