Luna was amused by Theo's chattering voice.She sighed and glanced once again at the bathroom, then replied in a whisper, "I saw Rachel declining your call just now."She rubbed her brow in exasperation. "I honestly don't think she'll be willing to come with me to the airport to pick you up."Theo let out a sigh when he heard this. "That's precisely why I called you; I was hoping you could convince her to come see me…"A hint of disappointment crept into Theo's voice. "After all, I had flown here just to see her, and I want to let her know how much I care about her—much more than that fiance of hers does, anyway."Luna did not know what to answer to this.She was close to Caleb. Thus, she knew that Rachel and Caleb's engagement was just a hoax—the two of them were nothing more than friends.Caleb needed this engagement to conceal the truth about his sexual orientation, whereas Rachel just wanted an excuse to stop Theo from chasing her so she could focus on her career.Not only
Theo waited at the airport entrance in his thin clothing for almost half an hour.Just as he thought he was about to freeze to death, a car pulled to a stop in front of him.Thomas stepped out of the car, glanced at this man who was only wearing a thin trench coat in this weather, and could not stop himself from snickering. "You're a world-famous artist, for heaven's sake. How could you have been so stupid?"Theo glanced at him, frowning.He remembered this man; he was the celebrity rumored to be dating a servant who worked for Luna. Not only that, but it was later exposed that he was, in fact, Joshua's cousin.Theo's expression fell at this realization.The fact that Thomas had come meant that Joshua was probably here too, but he did not even call Joshua for help.This meant that Luna was the one who had sent them.The reason Luna had asked them for help was that…she did not manage to change Rachel's mind about refusing to see him. Since the only reason he had contacted Luna w
Joshua's remark had reopened the wound that Theo so desperately wanted to stop thinking about. His expression darkened, and he turned to stare out the window, avoiding Joshua's gaze. "I guess it's a little bit of both."Thomas turned to shoot Joshua a helpless look. "Why did you have to probe at his wound like that?"Then, he glanced at Theo with a sympathetic expression and added, "Don't worry, my friend. It takes time and patience to wait for the woman you love to come around."Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and raised his brows at Thomas. "I'm surprised you'd say that."Thomas claimed that patience was needed to wait for a woman to change her mind, but he had shown no sign of patience at all when trying to win over Yannie's heart.Thomas rolled his eyes at Joshua but did not reply.Lucas, who was sitting in the driver's seat, chuckled at this. "This is the first I've ever seen you and Mr. Howard bicker so lightheartedly, Sir."Joshua and Thomas had been so preoccupied wi
Gwen was standing at Rachel's door, holding a tray of muffins she had just baked. She grinned at Rachel and said, "Dr. Liddell, it's already sixty-thirty in the morning now. Luna told me you've always been an early riser, so I figured you'd be awake by now."She handed Rachel a muffin and added, "I don't really know what you like, so I decided to just wing it. I hope it's good enough!"Rachel pursed her lips slightly at this. "Gwen, you're Luna and Theo's friend, so that means you're a friend of mine, too."The reason I had come to Saigen City was that I noticed how similar Steven looked to Luke in the photo attached with his file. That's why I decided to fly over to see what was happening."She took the muffin from Gwen and explained, "You don't have to be so courteous to me, and I don't need you to keep thanking me like this. This is what a friend—and a doctor—should do."Then, she smiled at Gwen. "Thank you for your kindness. From today onward, we're even, so you don't have to
Since she already knew it was the DNA Diagnostic Center calling, Rachel picked the call up and put it on speaker so Gwen could listen, too.The operator's robotic voice rang out, "We've already sent a digital copy of the DNA report to your email, but if you require the original document, feel free to stop by our center to retrieve it at any time.""Thank you," Rachel replied before hanging up.As she did this, she instinctively glanced at Gwen.Gwen's face had flushed red in excitement and anticipation, but she did not make any move to enter Rachel's room at all.No matter how excited she was, Gwen was still cautious not to overstep her welcome.How could anyone bear to hurt such a vulnerable woman?Rachel sighed, grabbed hold of Gwen's hand, and pulled her into the room. Then, she turned on her laptop.Gwen sat down in the chair, her back as straight as a rod, and was in so much anticipation that she did not know where to place her hands.She was behaving like a student waiti
Gwen's entire body froze when she heard this. She turned to stare dazedly at Luna, then at Rachel.Finally, she bit her lip and sat on the edge of Rachel's bed. "I can't do it."If she had not known about what happened to Luke and Steven, she would have wanted to treat Steven as though he were Luke and attempt to restore his 'memories' of her.However, after finding out the truth, she could no longer bring herself to do this.The thought of Steven occupying Luke's body without his permission and causing Luke's consciousness to cease its existence…disgusted her so much that she could not look at him the same way again.If Steven was to materialize in front of her, she would probably kill him.Under these circumstances, she could not bring herself to pretend Steven was Luke as though nothing had happened.She could not do it!"Gwen…" Luna bit her lip and grabbed hold of Gwen's arm, intending to say something, but no words came out.She had talked about this with Joshua the night
"Steven?" Gwen thought she was hearing things when she heard Steven's voice through the call. She grasped the phone tightly and bit her lip. "Why are you…looking for me?""I want to talk to you about Luke."The man on the other side of the phone said nothing else. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "I had been talking to Kate for the whole night, and I know everything now. I'd like to meet with you and talk. It's not going to work for any of us if we continue to have this misunderstanding."Gwen paused unconsciously at what Steven said. She bit her lip and did not reply immediately. Eventually, she nodded. "Where to, then?""I'm at a cafe near your hotel." Steven felt rather relieved when Gwen agreed to meet him. "This is my contact number. I'll send you the location.""Alright." Gwen took a deep breath and hung up the phone.As she turned her head around, she saw Luna and Rachel looking at her with curiosity. She smiled and told them, "It's smoother than what we imagined.
Boom!A loud explosion was heard coming from the intersection, scaring Gwen as she was about to cross the street. She looked up ahead and noticed an accident had occurred. A silver SUV car had collided with the truck, and from the looks of it, it was obvious the SUV had violated the traffic rules and went straight to ram into the truck."How did the SUV collide with the truck when the intersection is so big?"At that moment, many onlookers started to discuss how the accident happened."I saw the SUV headed straight toward the truck. I think the driver must've done it on purpose!""On purpose? Look how small the SUV is when compared with the truck. Is he trying to cause trouble?!""Maybe he had something against the truck's driver. Other than that, no one would do it on purpose!"Gwen furrowed her brow and looked in the direction of the accident, and the sight struck her petrified when she recognized who it was. She could barely believe her eyes.The person driving the SUV was n