"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,
Some of them even got involved in the dirty trade that went on behind the curtains.Snapshots of the news Yannie had seen about these various women crossed her mind.In the past, she used to think that this was what they deserved for being greedy and vain, but now that Thomas brought it up…Yannie's hand began to shake. "They… They were ostracized and shunned from the entertainment world… Everything that happened to them…was your doing?"Her words were barely audible. She was not willing to believe that Thomas could have done something so malicious."You're clever." Thomas chuckled. "I'm a bit of a clean freak, and so I'm very picky when it comes to choosing my mate. If I ever start dating someone in the future, I won't hide it from the world either, but if people were to ride on my head and start false rumors behind my back…I won't hesitate to silence them."A triumphant smile spread across Thomas' face when he felt the woman in his arms start to tremble in fear. "What's wrong?
"She and I met before this?" Thomas furrowed his brows and flipped through the folder. "Why don't I remember her at all?"Perhaps Ms. Yannie is so plain-looking that you never gave her much notice." Xander sighed and continued, "According to my research, Ms. Yannie grew up here in Merchant City and never once left, except for the time she flew to a small village in Europa last year to attend someone's funeral in her mother's place."Coincidentally, you were shooting a movie in that same village, and you even stayed a night in the church due to the heavy rain."Thomas narrowed his eyes. "I'll never forget that night."That night, someone from the film crew had spiked his tea with a poison of some sort that enhanced his libido.To counter the drug's effects, he needed to sleep with someone, and there were plenty of women of his choosing among the film crew.However, Thomas knew that the person who had spiked his tea was undoubtedly a woman from the film crew who had intended to sle
As time gradually passed, Thomas eventually gave up…until a week ago.He received a call from Malcolm who said he found his daughter.The first thought that appeared in his mind when he heard that news was Malcolm was a liar. He had bedded only one woman in his lifetime, and he could not possibly have had a child.However, when Malcolm told him the baby's age and date of birth, Thomas fell silent. As he recalled everything, he noted that the timeline of the baby's date of birth matched with the time he slept with the woman when he was drugged.That shameless woman took advantage of him when he was at his weakest and left without saying anything. Eventually, she secretly delivered his baby.That was not all, however. That woman even carelessly misplaced the baby!With these thoughts in mind, Thomas failed to find a place to vent his anger.There were three things that he needed to do in Merchant City. One, he was going to bring his daughter Riley back with him. Secondly, he wante