This was why this woman got so agitated when she saw him and immediately rushed over to hug him in tears.However, he was not Luke Jones. He could not give her the response that she wanted, nor the hope that she hoped for.Thus, he took a deep breath and pushed her away."Miss." He furrowed his brow and gazed at the sobbing woman in front of him, her face red. "You got the wrong person. I don't know you, and I'm not Luke Jones."Then, under Gwen's dazed gaze, he turned around and headed toward the direction of his car.He nearly missed her and his car nearly slammed straight into her due to him not being aware, which was why he came out of the car to check on her due to worry.However, it appeared that this woman was completely unharmed, and he did not need to waste his time with her. He pitied her for not having a boyfriend, but this was not a reason for her mistaking a stranger as her boyfriend, punching him and crying at the same time.It was not because her punches were pain
Gwen's tears seeped through Steven's shirt, wetting his chest.Feeling her tears and hearing how aggrieved she sounded, Steven had an urge for that one moment.He had the urge to admit that he was Luke Jones, and this baffled him tremendously.All these years, although he did not encounter many women, there were still a few who wanted to get close to him. Those women have used assorted ways and tactics, but he never once fell for it.However, the woman in front of him was different from the rest. He could feel her grief. He could understand her broken heart and her helplessness.She was so weak and fragile that it was heartbreaking to see.It was so heartbreaking that he even thought of pretending to be the Luke Jones she was looking for, just to console her a little.However, his rationality told him that he could not do that. He had a fiancee, after all, and Kate had been by his side for so long. He could not let her down.Even comforting this stranger would be equal to disap
Seeing how the man next to her made no response, Gwen closed her eyes as tears fell."I understand my feelings now. My thoughts of wanting to leave you previously were too childish. All this while, I thought that as long as I leave you, you could have a better life. I planned to leave so that you could be with that woman, but it was until you left me that I realized how important you are to me…"Then, she seemed to have suddenly thought of something. She looked up at him with teary eyes. "A—Are you trying to teach me a lesson for trying to leave you, Luke?"Wiping away her tears, Gwen sobbed, "I know that I've done wrong. I really do know it, Luke. Can you stop pretending to not know me? I…"Gwen closed her eyes, and tears fell silently. "I can't lose you. I'm not willing to lose you again. I know I did wrong, so I'll use the rest of my life to repay you, alright? Even if you scold me or hit me or treat me badly, I won't mind. As long as you come back to me and stop saying such str
Since the driver informed her beforehand when Steven's car arrived at the Millers, Kate was already dressed up. She even put on makeup, lying by the balcony of her bedroom, looking at the Pursche parked below.Her Steven. Her Steven came to look for him. Even when he almost crashed into a drunk woman, he was afraid that she would misunderstand him and deliberately send the woman to her.How could she not love him?She loved him! She loved everything about him!At that moment, Kate's phone rang. It was from Steven."It's early. I hope I didn't disturb you," muttered Steven into the call, his tone apologetic. "I just headed out and almost ran over someone. Since she's drunk, I couldn't get a name or where she stayed. It's inappropriate for me as a man to bring her home, so I brought her over to you. Are you free?"Hearing Steven's low voice, Kate excitedly grabbed the phone with trembling hands. "It's just nice that I'm already up. Where are you right now?""In front of your house
"Why are you so early today?" Kate gently asked, looking feminine and demure in front of Steven.Steven smiled and took a sip of the milk given to him. "I wanted to head to the office to do some reading. There's a meeting with the Howards today."Then, he looked up at Kate. "Have you heard? The illegitimate son of the Howards, Thomas Howard, is back. I heard that he even brought over great help from Merchant City. His name is Joshua Lynch."Upon hearing Joshua's name, Kate's hands shuddered a little.She had heard about Thomas returning from Merchant City. She also knew that Gwen and Luna were on a vacation in Saigen City. However, this was the first time hearing that Joshua was here, too.Upon hearing that name, Kate's heart constricted tightly. She found it hard to breathe.She was not afraid of Thomas and Yannie settling down in Saigen City. After all, she and Thomas did not have any conflict of interest, and Thomas was not a person that liked to meddle in other people's affai
Joshua and Thomas rushed to Luna's hotel early in the morning. The other person being pulled along by Thomas was the groggy Yannie.The moment he entered, Joshua furrowed his brow and asked, "What happened?"Luna bit her lip and recounted the incident that happened in the restaurant the night before."I thought she fell asleep after an entire night, so I went to rest for a while. I never thought I'd fall asleep like that... When I woke up, I couldn't find her anymore!""Don't worry, she won't go missing."Thomas furrowed his brow. "I've already gotten people to check on the security footage of the streets, and my men are sweeping the entire city. We'll find her."Then, he turned to look at Luna. "Did anything happen last night? Why would she suddenly think of Luke suddenly and drink so much wine?""I…think I know why." Yannie carefully raised her hand up like a student caught making a mistake. "Yesterday afternoon, when we were at the ski area playing, we bumped into Denise Hugh
"Mhm." Joshua nodded and gently patted Luna's shoulder. He wanted to say something when Lucas called him."Sir, we found Ms. Larson!"Joshua furrowed his brow. "Where did you find her?""At…"On the other end of the line, Lucas looked at the disheveled-looking Gwen. "At the dump station at the south of the city. We were searching for her when someone suggested looking at the dump station because Saigen City has a cold climate, and many drunkards would feel cold when wandering the streets. These people either hide in any empty house they could find, or they'd lose it and hide in trash bins because…"Lucas cleared his throat. "Because the trash bin is against the wind. So, I got them to look at each dump station, and we found Ms. Larson."Joshua was silent. How did that work?He looked up at the anxious faces of the other three and said in a suppressed tone, "Take her to The Spring Resort and wash up. Get a few more people to serve her.""Understood!"Joshua had just hung up whe
Hearing that Gwen was, of all places, found in a dump station, Luna froze amid packing up her things. A moment later, she came to her senses.This explained why Joshua got Lucas to send her straight to The Spring Resort. No wonder he got her and Yannie to accompany Gwen.Gwen had spent the night in a trash bin.Luna, though shocked at first, then found it amusing. Gwen was always a clean freak, a knowledge that Luna had known her for so many years. Gwen had always been clean and tidy.However, she did not expect that…a clean freak for almost her entire life would get into a trash bin when drunk! Luna could even imagine that when Gwen woke up, she would be so shocked she would not dare to admit that she crawled into a trash bin.At that thought, Luna quickly packed up. After getting everything ready, Luna soon pulled Yannie along, about to leave.When they were by the door, she suddenly remembered something and turned to look at the men. "Do you guys have anything on today? If n
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