"What's wrong? Isn't this the one you lost?" Luna caught sight of the look in Gwen's eyes and quickly grabbed hold of her hand. "It's okay if it's not yours; we can always continue searching."Gwen bit her lip and glanced first at the people standing before her, then at the dark sky that looked like it was about to hail soon. Finally, she nodded and said, "That's right. This is the one I lost."She sniffed, carefully tucked the dirty metal plate into her pocket, and then forced a smile for everyone watching. "Thank you all for helping me find my lost item."Finally, she glanced at Lucas, biting her lip nervously. "Are these all Joshua's men?"Lucas nodded."I have a little over ten thousand dollars in here," Gwen said, smiling, as she took out a card from her bag and handed it to Lucas. "Please use it to pay for a nice dinner for everyone who helped out. If there's any money left over, feel free to divide it among yourselves as a reward for all your hard work."Lucas took the car
"Does Joshua think that Kate lied to us?"After all, Kate had claimed that the metal plate was already missing when she found Gwen's pendant."That's right." Thomas nodded. "Kate…is an exceptional crook."…The Miller family mansion.Kate's father, Mr. Miller, stared at Joshua with a look of displeasure. "Mr. Lynch, I've already told you many times that Kate isn't home at the moment, so why is it that you're so insistent on meeting her?"Joshua took a sip from his cup elegantly, lowered his head to glance at the Miller family's stocks, and chuckled. "Mr. Miller, have you not heard a single word that I just said?"I've already told you that for every ten minutes that Kate doesn't show up, I'll make Miller Group's stock price go one point lower. Now, it's already dropped by three points."As he said this, Joshua gracefully put down his cup and added, "Let me calculate just how much longer it'll take before Miller Group goes bankrupt."Well, according to my calculations, exactly
Joshua finally tucked his phone away as he turned to glance coldly at Mr. Miller. "Continue."If whatever you tell me doesn't match up with my investigation…"Joshua curled his lips into a smirk. "I can't guarantee that Miller Group will even still be standing tomorrow."Joshua never tried to target the Miller family all because of Luke.Even though Kate had almost killed Bonnie, and Jim therefore developed a hatred toward her, Joshua never chose to get revenge on the Miller family, but it was not because he did not possess the power to do so.Truth be told, even though the Miller family was one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Saigen City, they were still no match for Joshua at all. The only reason he let them off the hook was that the Miller family had given Luke hope during his loneliest days.If the Miller family had not told Luke about the potential cure for Gwen's disease, Luke would have taken his life to be with Gwen.Therefore, before they arrived in S
It was their superstitious beliefs that led them to abandon Luke as a baby!"Five years ago, Steven Hughes got involved in an accident and wound up in a coma, and because of this, the Hughes family requested our help tracking down their lost child," Mr. Miller continued. "Of course, Mr. Lynch, you know that Miller Group has substantial resources in the medical field, but not only that, both our families had a marriage agreement since a long time ago as well."Therefore, the Hughes family agreed that if we helped Steven wake up from his coma, they'd let their son marry our precious Kate."Joshua narrowed his eyes and tapped his slender fingers lightly against the coffee table. "So this was how you found Luke?"Mr. Miller nodded. "That's right. About a year ago, Luke came to seek our help, and just the first glance at him shocked us all to our cores. He and Steven were like carbon copies of each other!"We've been searching for him for five years, and we never thought that he'd appe
Clang!Joshua squeezed the glass in his hand so harshly that it burst into smithereens. He lifted his head to stare coldly at Mr. Miller. "Do you honestly think that Steven is perfect now?"Joshua had previously thought that 'Steven' was just Luke, whose memories had been wiped. He never thought the Miller and Hughes families would do something like this!They had used Steven's heart to save Gwen, then wiped Luke's memories from his mind and instilled Steven's consciousness into Luke's body, rendering him an entirely different person altogether!However, Luke was also a member of the Hughes family; the unwanted son they had abandoned as a child!The only reason they had tracked him down so many years later was because Steven had ended up in a coma. Now that they had extracted Luke's consciousness, all that remained was an empty husk of a human being, a vessel for their beloved Steven.They loved Steven and even went so far as to change Luke into Steven!A chill spread through Jo
The Hughes and Miller families could have allowed Luke to return to his family after donating Steven's organs to Gwen.As Luke's friend, Joshua knew that apart from being a skilled fighter, Luke was also a smart man that could easily pick up running a business.Even if the Miller and Hughes families did not want to choose this option, they could have helped Luke find alternative solutions to cure Gwen so that they would not need to sacrifice Steven at all!However, they chose not to.They had planned to take Luke's life and render him a container for Steven's mind since the start.This was why they had sent Kate to Merchant City to keep an eye on Luke. This was why Kate's feelings toward Luke had always appeared fleeting and ambiguous.Sometimes, she would appear to be head over heels for Luke, but other times, Joshua could not help thinking that she was cold and indifferent toward him.This was because Kate had never loved Luke at all; the only thing she loved about him was his
The color drained from Kate's face.From the moment she caught sight of Joshua in her house, she knew that he was here because of Luke and Steven. When she saw how pale her father looked, as well as Joshua's declaration, she instinctively knew that Joshua must have found out about everything.She curled her lips into a forced smile and said with a hint of helplessness. "I never thought Mr. Lynch would be so swift."Joshua had only met Steven once that morning, and because of this, Kate thought she would at least have one or two days to be in the clear.To her surprise, Joshua had managed to piece everything together within 12 hours and even showed up at her door to confront her.She had always heard rumors about Joshua being a brilliant man, but she had never once witnessed the extent of his intelligence and quick thinking.This was the first time.Joshua could not help smirking when he heard this. "I should've known. However…"He glanced coldly at Steven and sneered. "It's not
She had spent the entire afternoon clutching the metal plate in her hands, staring at it.The Spring Resort began to get busy toward the evening, and eventually, Gwen's alone time was disrupted, so she had no choice but to leave.As she walked along the road and the wind swept past her, she could not help being reminded of Luke. Not only that, but she could not help recalling all the people who had helped her look for her pendant.Luna, Yannie, Thomas…All of them cared about her.Gwen closed her eyes, and a weak smile crept to her face as she trudged through the snow.She knew she had been troubling everyone around her since Luke's death.She was the reason Luke was dead, and therefore, she was the only one who deserved the bad things. However, she had been troubling people left and right since waking up from her surgery.Not only Luna and Joshua, but Bonnie, Jim, Yannie, and Thomas too.When she saw how Lucas and his men fervently rummaged through the piles of garbage in sea