Gwen's eyebrows furrowed as she stared at Thomas, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind Thomas' words."You're wrong. We're here because of the live broadcast between you and Yannie, but…" She curled up her lips. "Luna's here not because she wants to stop you and Yannie from taking Riley away. She's here because I want to visit Riley."Her crystal clear eyes looked deeply into the man in front of her and said plainly, "I was too bored alone in the hospital, so I thought of visiting this baby of yours and Yannie's."She then took a good look at Yannie and Thomas. "By the way, Riley does resemble both of you very much."Yannie was slightly uncomfortable with that comment. She tried to contain herself, but she sheepishly blurted, "Ms. Gwen, Mr. Thomas had stated Riley is our child because he wanted to silence the people. I did have a baby, but… Anyway, Riley is Mr. Thomas' baby, not mine."Luna and Gwen exchanged looks.'How could that be? Yannie did have a baby with Thomas
Thomas furrowed his brow upon hearing Yannie's question. For a moment, he fell silent, but it was not long until he raised his head and looked at Yannie's face. "Yes, I didn't come to visit Riley this past month. But—""But you used Riley when you needed her to help dissolve our rumors!" Yannie interrupted Thomas coldly, her anguish evident on her face. "Thomas Howard, I never knew you'd be this kind of person. I thought you just dislike me and are terrible to me. Who knew you could be so heartless with your daughter, too!"She walked past Thomas and strode toward Riley's ward, leaving Thomas rooted on the spot as he watched Yannie walk away. He furrowed his brow vehemently.'Can this woman wait for my explanation? But…'His lips curled into a smile when he saw how anxious Yannie was when she walked to Riley's ward. Since way back, he knew Yannie was fond of Riley and often came to visit the infant. Every time Yannie came to visit, he would place a hidden camera on Yannie before sh
This was why Yannie treasured the necklace tremendously."There's something in here." Thomas took out a pinhole camera from the inside of the necklace without any trouble. "It's a customized high-definition camera."Every time you enter Riley's ward, the camera will capture everything you see with high-definition quality. It's connected to the Wi-Fi in this room too, and with my phone linked to this camera, I can see everything that you see."He took out his phone and opened an application. True enough the screen showed the exact scene that the camera was pointing at.Yannie was shocked as she widened her eyes. "This…""It's true I never came to visit Riley, but every time you came, I'd know. With your help, I saw Riley, too," explained Thomas.Yannie bit her lip upon hearing this, and her eyebrows pressed together. "So it's not that you didn't visit Riley, but you've…been seeing her with my help."She did not understand. "Why? You could've come to visit in person."In addition
Yannie did not understand."According to what you said, your aunt, Joshua's mother, was dead after she delivered Joshua, and she was taken away by your mother after that. How could her death be related to Joshua?"Theoretically speaking, it did not make sense at all. Joshua had been in Banyan City and had never left in the past. Thomas and his family, meanwhile, resided in Saigen City at Europa. If Thomas' mother rescued Joshua's mother and brought her to Saigen City…then Joshua did not have the chance to see her mother. The distance between Saigen City and Banyan City was more than several thousand kilometers!Thomas sneered when he saw the perplexed look on Yannie's face. "Guess you're not as stupid as I think you are."He sighed deeply again and told Yannie the story about Joshua's mother.Rianna and Eanne were twin sisters. When Rianna was 20 years old, she met Adrian, a handsome ladies' man. In fact, he changed his name to Adrian because he was pursuing Rianna. He wanted to t
Once Adrian got the news, he immediately sent someone to capture Rianna and Eanne from the kindergarten. In addition, he humiliated and insulted Rianna right in front of Eanne before sending Rianna off to a mental asylum.Three days later, Adrian released Eanne, who rushed to the mental asylum and discovered Rianna had unfortunately taken her life.Rianne's lifeless hand grasped tightly a letter she had written after she became insane. It was a letter to Joshua, and there were only two sentences in the letter.[I'm your mother. Joshua, I love you.]Eanne held Rianna's dead body in her arms and cried for a long time. Before she left Banyan City, she found out Rianna wanted to see Joshua before she died, but her request was denied.The people who returned the message said Joshua said his mother had passed away a long time ago. He even said his mother was a smart woman, not a deranged person.After that, Eanne never allowed anyone in the Moore family to mention Joshua and the Lynch
Thomas furrowed his brow and said nothing to Yannie's words.Yannie, assuming that Thomas was considering her logic with his silence, slowly persuaded him, "Thomas, I know you don't like Joshua that much, but you can't just determine that he's terrible because his father was a scumbag and how naive he was when he was five years old."No matter how Yannie was reluctant to believe Thomas, she could tell whether Joshua was a scumbag or not. All this time, she knew how Joshua's attitude was when treating her mother, Luna, his three children, and Riley.Moreover… Thomas had been in Merchant City for more than a month. Ever since the first day he arrived, he went after Joshua and Luna, even using being the ambassador of Luna's jewelry company to threaten Luna.Despite Thomas' challenges and provocation, Joshua did nothing but had Yannie gather Thomas' DNA specimens in exchange for payment. Joshua tolerated, understood, and took care of Thomas.Yannie did not believe a man like Joshua wa
Thomas furrowed his brow and leaned back on the car seat. He closed his eyes and ordered, "Get out of the car!"Yannie bit her lower lip and looked at him for one last time. Then, with eyes glossed with tears, she hissed, "Fine!"She opened the door, got down from the car, and left without looking back."Sir, I…" The driver furrowed his brow when he saw Yannie walking off angrily. "Do we need to go after her?"This irked Thomas. "Why should I do that? If she wants to leave, then let her!"After that, he exhaled deeply. "Drive to the bar."The driver stayed silent for a while before replying, "Sir, you can't drink anymore with your current condition. Why don't we…go after Ms. Yannie and explain it to her?"Thomas smiled bitterly. "Explain what?"He told her the hatred he had for Joshua because he wanted her to understand him and hoped that she would take his side. The result was not what he wanted.The people Yannie cared about were still Joshua and Luna. To her, everything he
Luna, who was cooking, paused. "Joshua's out working."When Luna returned, she had called him and asked if he was coming home for dinner. It was rare for her to cook dinner, so she had hoped he could come home to eat dinner with her and the children.Alas, Joshua said he had already made an appointment to meet a business partner in Dark Night Bar tonight. Thus, Luna could feel sorry for him for missing out on her delicious food this time. She was not a person who would disrupt Joshua's work arrangement because she wanted him home to have dinner together.Despite that, she did not expect to see Yannie here, looking for him. She thought for a while and walked to the door while taking off her apron. "Why don't I call him and ask him to come back now?"Yannie shook her head immediately. "No, it's fine. It's the same as telling you, too."Luna and Joshua were a married couple, and they loved each other very much. Yannie trusted Luna to relay every single word she said to Joshua. She di
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