Wendy was dumbfounded by the turn of events. She never expected to hear Thomas say such things to her, especially when she was hurt.She bit her lip and looked at Thomas with a wounded expression. "Thomas, how could you… How could you say such things to me? I was protecting you! I was afraid that this rude woman would harass you, and that's why I stopped her, and she pushed me! You…""Is that really what happened?" Thomas looked at Wendy coldly. "You've known me for many years. You should know I have the habit of setting up surveillance cameras in my house, right?"It was a simple question, but she bit her lip nervously at this, and it made Wendy much paler than the wall behind her.Thomas was right; she knew Thomas liked to set up surveillance cameras in the house.However, she remembered Thomas had told her that this mansion was recently bought. He had not brought over all of his favorite pieces. Thus, she thought that when he referred to his favorite pieces, those included the
Wendy turned around inimically after saying that. With help from the assistant, she limped her way out of the mansion, leaving Yannie rooted on the spot.She squeezed her brow tightly together as she watched the assistant and Wendy leave the mansion.Frankly speaking, she should have not waited to mock Wendy, especially when Wendy tried to frame her and got reprimanded by Thomas. As the victim of the case, it was normal for her to demolish Wendy when she so obviously lost.However, for some reason, when she saw how Thomas reprimanded Wendy harshly, she felt pity for her. Obviously, Thomas did not care about Wendy as much as she thought he did, yet she still acted like she was Thomas' partner and wanted to help Thomas get rid of Yannie while she was under the impression that Yannie admired Thomas.Wendy had been friends with Thomas since three or four years ago, and this was the treatment she had received from him. The more Yannie thought of this, the more she pitied Wendy and loath
Instantly, Yannie blanched at Thomas' words as she stared at Thomas in anguish. "We're not in that kind of relationship! You should know better!"Thomas scoffed. He looked at Yannie with his deep, dark eyes. "Why do you think I know it better? Do I know what the both of you were doing when you spent several hours in the mansion with Joshua?"Yannie bit her lip and stared at Thomas, infuriated. "Rubbish! He invited me to his house because he wanted to ask me to…" Despite seething at the moment, Yannie quickly realized her error and backtracked, saying, "To cause trouble for you!"Thomas sneered. "Cause trouble for me? You?"He walked up to Yannie and trapped her between the wall and his body. "Tell me: how does Joshua intend to let you cause trouble for me? Hmm?"Thomas' face was barely a meter away from Yannie's face, and at such dangerously close proximity, she could feel his body temperature and breath. She bit her lip and wanted to push him away angrily, but he just would not b
Everything Yannie did that was related to Thomas over this year was…not solely because of the baby.All of a sudden…"Sir!" rang the voice of Thomas' assistant as he walked up the stairs.The sight that greeted him stunned him to the core, and whatever he wanted to say got stuck in his throat.The assistant's voice instantly pulled Yannie away from the moment, and she quickly pushed away Thomas, who was kissing her collarbone, with all of her strength. Then, she pulled her collar to cover her collarbone and ran downstairs while blushing.Thomas, who had enjoyed his treat, looked to the side. He wiped his lips and smiled with his eyes as he watched how Yannie basically scampered away.His assistant was scared when he saw how Thomas looked. "S–Sir, did I come at the wrong time?""It's alright." Thomas regained his senses and looked at his assistant with a faint smile. "What's the matter?"The assistant lowered his head and said, "I've sent Ms. Fann to the hospital, and there are
After Yannie left Thomas' mansion, she called Luna excitedly."Ms. Luna, you don't have to worry anymore. I've requested the person who spread the video and photo to delete everything. The information on the internet will disappear very soon!"You have to believe in Mr. Lynch. Please don't fight with him. I promise that nothing suspicious is happening between us."On the other side of the phone, Luna grasped the phone and looked at Joshua, who was in front of her. She furrowed her eyebrows. "Yannie, what did you do?"Nigel had found out that Thomas was the person who spread the news. If Yannie said she had settled with the origin of the news, did she mean that she had settled things with Thomas?However…Luna knew from the start that Yannie and Thomas did not like each other.How did this naive woman manage to make Thomas pull back the news? Thomas was a cunning man, and it was not easy dealing with him."You don't have to worry about this." Yannie smiled happily on the other end
All Luna knew was that Yannie must have paid a big price to persuade Thomas in revoking the news and discussion online.If Joshua continued with his plan to stir up the internet and let the rumor brew, it would tarnish Yannie's reputation. In addition, Yannie would think Thomas was the one behind it and thought her sacrifice was useless. She would be hurt!"In that case, tell Yannie that I'm the one behind it." Joshua shifted into a more comfortable position and added, as though able to read Luna's mind. "I believe she'll understand it."Luna sighed. "I don't think telling Yannie that will solve the problem. She tried her best to prove you're innocent, but you continue to make it worse online. What do you think she'll feel?"Regardless of what it was, Luna did not think it was appropriate. However, Joshua disagreed with her. "I know you're worried about Yannie, Luna, but…" He looked up and gazed at Luna with his deep, dark eyes. "This is the best thing to do for the moment. Don't y
Back in Luke's house, Luke and Kate were discussing Luke's impending surgery."I still think it's best to move the surgery forward." Kate looked at Luke's face helplessly and reluctantly added, "Luke, you saw it yourself how Gwen's body deteriorated a lot because of Bonnie. Now, she's still in the dark about Joshua and that woman. Once she finds out, she'll be devastated because she and Luna are best friends, and that'll worsen her condition."Moreover, you've been hiding her condition from her, and not only does she not understand what's been happening all this while, but she's not in, and won't be able to, control her emotions."Kate looked up with eyes glossed with tears. "I can't bear to see you leave, and I don't want to see you leave so soon, but…"She dabbed away her tears. "I hope the best for Gwen, too. You've worked so hard and are willing to sacrifice everything just so she can live. I'm afraid all of these will cause her body to deteriorate even more. What if… What if h
Luke nodded. "Kate is on her way to the airport to pick up the surgical specialist team now. It's going to happen tomorrow morning."For a brief moment, silence hung on both ends of the call until Joshua sighed. "Let's meet and have a drink.""No." Luke smiled. "The surgery is tomorrow. It's not good to have high alcohol content in my blood."Joshua sighed helplessly. "You can drink water, you know.""I don't have the time. I need to prepare for the aftermath," declined Luke indifferently. "Joshua, I'm happy to have made friends with you…but we're both men, and there's no need for remorse or sadness about one's departure. Let's not meet. When…"He paused. "When the surgery is finished tomorrow, you and Jim can send me away one last time."I've had a bad life. I wasn't born into a good family, had one too many bad experiences, and was never blessed with a proper status or job. There's not a lot I can give Gwen, so hopefully, she won't meet me again in the next life."He took a de
At that, he looked at Gwen. "Actually…"Steven found himself unable to finish his sentence. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. "Forget about it.""Steven…" Gwen looked at him, and her tears fell.Her heart was not made of stone. How could she not know Steven's feelings toward her?She was silent for a long while. In the end, she stood up and slowly walked over to Steven with arms opened wide. "Give me a hug."Steven hesitated for a while, but he still stood up.They hugged."Gwen." Steven hugged her thin figure. "I have to meet you earlier in the next life so I can compete fairly with my brother."Gwen nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Okay."They thus hugged once more. Minutes later…"He's gone," said Stefan.Tears kept falling.They hugged for a while longer before pulling apart. Gwen looked at Stefan with her tear-stricken face. He had tears on his face as well.She bit her lips and reached out to wipe his tears. "A—Are these tears…yours or his?
The next day, Rachel flew from Merchant City to Sharnwick City to diagnose Anne's condition. Theo tagged along as well because he had another identity, Rachel's boyfriend."According to the report, Anne's condition is slowly recuperating." Rachel was relieved after assessing the report. "Although she is very weak, she is going to get better with lots of rest."There is nothing wrong with her vocal cords too. It could be a psychological thing that makes her lose her voice. A knot in her heart that causes it." She looked at Luna, then at John. "Considering all factors, I think that knot is Luna."Rachel continued, "John, I know Luna is the root cause of all these bad things. Being away from Luna, Joshua, and other people is going to guarantee a safer life for you and your family. But have you thought about it from Anne's point of view? Other than you and Sammie, she has her own life and her circle of friends. Never has she blamed Luna for what happened, yet you forced her to leave Lun
It was almost a miracle for Anne to willingly leave the house just to visit him!Robyn, meanwhile, sobbed at the sight.The nurse who accompanied Anne to the ward was puzzled. What was going on with these people?She snuck her phone out of her pocket and took a photo of this surreptitiously. Then, she sent it into the nurse's group chat with the caption, [What a strange family I met today.]The nurses in the group chat began gossiping about this. One of them tagged a fellow nurse named Daisy and said, [Hey, isn't this the guy who saved the old man you're looking after? What a hero!]Daisy was, at this moment, walking into Andy's room to help him change his wound dressing. She saw the message but was not able to type on her keyboard to respond, so she recorded a voice message instead. "Yes, that's the man. What's wrong with his family? What are you guys talking about?"As soon as she finished her sentence, she lifted her head and finally realized that Andy was not there.Instead,
Anne stared at John for a long time before forcibly smiling and told him in sign language, "Robyn didn't return after so long, so I got worried and came by to check on her.""Daddy, Aunt Robyn, are you two hugging?" Sammie asked, blinking innocently as she raised her head in curiosity.John and Robyn turned pale at this.It was understandable for such a young child like Sammie to misinterpret them as hugging, but what would Anne think of this?John leaped off the bed and staggered toward Anne. "Anne, it's just a misunderstanding…"However, he was still so weak that his legs could not hold up the full weight of his body at all, and he almost crumpled to the ground.Quick-witted Robyn managed to catch him before he could fall, but this gesture appeared once again rather intimate to both Anne and Sammie. Sammie furrowed her brow and asked rather indignantly, "Are you hugging again? Daddy, how can you hug Aunt Robyn like this when you've never even hugged Mommy and me like this befor
When the nurse pushed Anne to John's ward, she overheard John and Robyn fighting from the door. The fight was about how John was anxious to return home because he was worried about Anne and Sammie.However, as someone who used to work as a nurse, Robyn knew John should not leave the hospital after being shot by a gun. At least, he needed to stay in the hospital and be observed for 24 hours to make sure that he was fine before leaving the hospital. If an infection happened, John's body would crash easily and he would become weak just like Anne.In the ward, John frowned and talked with a serious tone, "I'm really fine. Get me my clothes so I can go upstairs to thank Miss Andie and go back home immediately. If Anne knows that I'm hurt, she is going to worry. She will easily be suspicious since you haven't gone back home for a long time. What if she worries about me and brings Sammie to the hospital to look for me? Can you bear yourself even just thinking about it? She's weak and Sammie
Sammie's soft and cute babyish voice melted Stefan's heart immediately. It had been quite some time since he actually put a smile on his face. "Hi, there. What's your name and how old are you?"Sammie tilted her head to look at Stefan's handsome face and smiled sweetly, "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sammie."Then she did not forget to introduce Anne to Stefan too. "This is my Mommy. Her name is Anne."At this point, Stefan had given all of his attention to Sammie and did not notice Sammie mentioned that her mother's name was Anne. He pinched Sammie's cheek and said, "Your Mommy is not feeling well. You have to be a good girl and take care of her, do you understand?"Sammie nodded seriously and said, "I will.""Alright, sir. I will bring them to where they want to go," the nurse saw Anne signing to her anxiously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I will take good care of them."The promise from the nurse gave an assurance to Stefan that they would be well taken off. He smil
This was the first time Anne brought Sammie out. Ever since she escaped from death, she became a different person—a recluse and was afraid of the sun. This situation became even worse after she became mute.The last time she left the house was two weeks ago when she had to go for surgery.However, she worried about John. In the morning, Robyn told her John was hurt and needed to stay in the hospital to rest. However, she had a hard time believing what Robyn said.After spending so many years together with John, Anne reckoned she was the one who knew John the most. If it was a minor injury, John would never want to stay in the hospital. He cared too much about her and Sammie, so he never dared to let her worry about him. Therefore, it just did not sound reasonable if John would stay in the hospital because of a small injury.Furthermore, Robyn had not returned home since the morning, which was nearly three hours since she left the house. After much consideration, she decided to call
Tara fell silent upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously and shot Gwen a tentative glance. "I didn't mean to offend you, Gwen…" "I know." Gwen let out an exhale and interrupted Tara before she could finish, "I know you meant no harm, but I can't deny that this is something I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around. In the future, neither of you—even you, Luna—should bring this up again." Her love life was such a mess that not even she could unravel the ties, much less expect other people to understand. Tara pursed her lips and did not reply. Luna stared at Gwen in silence for a while before finally saying, "But you have to face this eventually, Gwennie. After all that you've been through with Luke, all of us hope for nothing but the best for the two of you. Even if you avoid it now, you'll have to face the truth eventually. Otherwise, are you planning on spending the rest of your life in this complicated relationship with Luke? Can you bear the thought of not being
Stefan was mildly amused by the look on her face. He extended his arms out in a gesture of defeat and said, "I never intended on ratting you out to Joshua. You three spoke about these secrets in my presence." With that, he shot Andy a rather helpless look. "Don't you agree, sir?" Andy was surprised to be called out all of a sudden. "Of course!" Although Gwen and Luke had been together for a long time, Luke had never much cared for maintaining good relations with his future father-in-law. He always thought his relationship with Gwen did not concern anyone else outside of the two of them. Combined with the fact that Andy had done some hurtful things to Gwen in the past, Luke grew even more disdainful of his future father-in-law. Because of this, he had never given Andy as much as a second glance throughout their relationship and rarely ever addressed him directly like this. The truth was, Stefan had already called out to Andy once before, during their rescue mission the day befor