"Yes," answered Jim before Joshua could reply.He furrowed his brow and looked at Luna before averting his gaze to look at Bonnie."When we received your calls, Joshua had already guessed that you two were here for this matter."Jim shifted into a more comfortable position on the couch as he calmly glanced at Joshua."There is nothing to hide. Just tell them. Gwen…needs to know the truth, too."Joshua, however, shook his head and looked at Luna solemnly. "It should be between you and Bonnie only. You should still hide it from Gwen."Joshua sighed and rubbed the middle of his eyebrows, which were throbbing. He said, "Before Luke died, he said that we can't let Gwen know about this, no matter what. He didn't want Gwen to live the rest of her life with guilt, missing him. He gave his life so that she could forget him and live a good life, not to reminisce about him for the rest of her life."Then, he reached out and pulled Luna into his arms. He said in a low voice, "So, no matter
"North Hill Cemetery, lot three-one-one."Jim sighed and drew the position of Luke's grave with a pen and paper. "If you're going to visit him, you have to do it secretly. The grave has no name on it…"Sean nodded and kept the paper."There is no name on the grave? Is it because you're waiting for Gwen to leave before announcing his death and carving his name?"Jim nodded. "Not many people know about Luke's passing right now."Only he, Joshua, and a few of Luke's special confidantes did.Over at Sea City, it was those few confidantes that were constantly spreading news of Luke. Many of Luke's gang members did not even know that their leader had passed away for more than a month.Luke always said that he had no feelings for his subordinates. He claimed that he never cared for them or the gang.However, seeing how his subordinates had been keeping up the original appearance for the past month, Jim did not feel that Luke did not care for them.After all, feelings went both ways.
Luna felt like every muscle in her body grew taut. She finally understood the depths of how Luke cared for Gwen…so much so that he could sacrifice his life for her.In contrast, Gwen's former fiance was a complete asshole. He had some nerve to confront Luke and challenged him with Gwen's name! It made sense why Luke ended his life when he did."I'm telling you all this not because I want to tell you how innocent Luke was; I just wanted to speak on Luke's behalf. He never wanted to go against Gwen's will deliberately, and it was never his intention to stop Gwen from starting a new life."Joshua sighed. "Later down the line, he found out Gwen was sick. He looked everywhere, high and low, for every possible treatment to cure her, but he failed. Luckily, his effort did not go to waste. He discovered that his organs matched Gwen's body."Mysteriously, the two of them weren't related by blood, but their organs matched so perfectly. Maybe this is their destiny."Joshua hugged Luna and lo
Despite that, Gwen did not know who the organ donor was. She tried asking the doctor, but the doctor told her the same answer every time; the information of the donor was confidential and he was not allowed to tell.The way Gwen understood it was that it was a rule set by the organ donation association. Thus, she did not ask further and thought it was a kind anonymous person who donated the organs.Never did Gwen imagine…that the person who donated the organs was not a terminally ill patient. It was Luke, a healthy man without any sickness. He wanted her to live so badly that he was willing to give up his life.Her fingers clenched around the phone in a vice-like grip as tears sprung into her eyes once more.Neil was the one who left the tapping device that was linked to her phone when he left.When Joshua requested Mrs. Flores to bring Nigel, Neil, and Nellie out, Neil was video-calling Gwen in fear that she felt lonely being all by herself in the hospital. Mrs. Flores went upsta
"I'm fine." Gwen sniffled. She raised her head to look at Luna with a faint smile on her face. "The nurse accidentally hurt me when she came to give me an injection."Luna furrowed her brow warily. It was difficult for her to believe Gwen would cry like a baby just because she felt pain during an injection. She knew how strong Gwen was.Over the past month, Gwen was required to have special medicine injected into her body after the transplant surgery. According to the doctor, many patients would rather kill themselves due to the pain they suffered when the medicine was injected into them.Luna was worried Gwen could not handle the pain, but surprisingly, Gwen silently took it all like a champ, not even emitting a groan upon the injection. She barely reacted when the needle pricked her skin. The doctor and nurse even wondered if they had given the wrong medicine to Gwen.Luna remembered how when the injection was over, the doctor pulled Luna to the side and asked if something was wr
Gwen was this grief-stricken when she did not even know Luke had died. What would her reaction be if…she knew? What if Gwen knew Luke died for her? She might just pass out from the news alone.With those thoughts in mind, Luna clenched her fists as she said, "Gwen, the doctor said you can be discharged after one week, and all you need to do at home is to monitor your condition. The process is about the same as when Neil had his bone marrow transplant surgery. You just need to take your medicine and come back to the hospital routinely as you'll slowly recover.""Why don't I…go travel with you a week from now? You don't have to stay in this city or wait for Luke. He's not worth it."The atmosphere was silent.Gwen nodded and looked at Luna smilingly, though her eyes were still glossed with tears. "Okay."She could not help but tilt her head to look at Luna again. "Will Joshua be angry if you travel with me?"Luna pursed her lips. "There's nothing for him to be angry at. Going trave
Silence blanketed the atmosphere in the study. Joshua's finger trembled as he was flipping the document.Looking to the side, a small smile was present on his handsome angular face. "Why are you in a hurry?"He had yet to figure out what Thomas wanted to do.Two weeks ago, Yannie had brought Thomas' nails and hair strands complete with hair follicles to him. The first thing he did was that he had sent those specimens for the test. A day later, he received results from different DNA testing centers, and each result stated Thomas was Riley's biological father, with a 99.99% probability of paternity.Only then did Joshua believe Thomas came to Merchant City because of Riley. Despite that, it shocked Joshua that Thomas did not visit Riley anymore after the day Kate took photos of Thomas visiting Riley.Thomas had been very busy, it seemed—with work and making a fool out of Yannie. Sometimes, he would also cause trouble for Joshua and Luna, too. Other than that, Thomas did nothing else
"Three days. Give me three days, and I'll tell you who Riley's father is."Luna paused upon hearing Joshua's suggestion. Then, she nodded quietly.With that settled, Luna started to worry again. "Looking at Riley now…I'm worried about our daughter. Do you think she's alright? Did a nice family adopt her, or…"Luna trailed off before she could continue, unable to stomach any other thought that could lead to negativity. During this period, she was not in a hurry to search for her daughter because she knew how fragile a newborn baby could be.Since her baby went missing as soon as she gave birth, Luna had no idea about the child's well-being. She did not know whether her baby was kidnapped as Hunter said or if they were taken away. It had been three months, so the perpetrators should have shown some signs or contacted either Luna or Joshua. However, they did not receive any news or information regarding her baby for the past three months.In fact, Luna was prepared for the worst-case