Gwen paled at Denise's words.Luna looked at Yannie, who was helping Thomas to put his clothes on. She then turned and stood in front of Denise, blocking her view as she met Denise in a cold stare-down."Your family knows the best whether Gwen or Kate is the whore. Oh, that's right. Kate isn't married to Steven yet, right? Are you that eager to call her your sister-in-law?"She crossed her arms and looked from a condescending angle to judge Denise's naked body in contempt. "Look at your body and compare it to Yannie; you're so far off from her! Do you really think you can win Thomas's heart with that body?"This quickly triggered Denise. She took her clothes and put them on, all while viciously glaring at Luna. "How is my body any less than Yannie's? She delivered a baby! How is my body not better than that?"Luna smirked. "Everywhere. Yannie's body is so much better than yours. If you want to be a whore, why don't you learn it from Kate, your sister-in-law? Ah, I bet you won't be
As the rest remained in the living room, Rachel watched as Yannie left before she turned and looked at Joshua helplessly. Joshua understood and whispered something in Theo's ear. After that, Theo quickly got someone to carry Thomas out.When he was at the door, he turned and looked at Rachel. "Aren't you going to go with us? If anything happens on the way to the hospital, none of us know how to handle it."Rachel thought for a while and went out of the door with Theo. As she walked outside, she saw Yannie standing at the side, crying."Crying doesn't solve anything." Rachel patted Yannie's shoulder. "We're going to send him to the hospital now. Do you want to come along?"Yannie took a look at Thomas, who was carried by Theo and bodyguards as they tried to put him in the car. A slight discomfort appeared in her heart. "I…don't feel like going."She did not know how to face Thomas who had slept with another woman."But…" Rachel sighed. "He didn't know what happened after he passed
After Rachel and the others left Howard Mansion, the living room was awfully quiet.Luna sighed and looked at Gwen, who happened to meet her gaze. The two best friends simultaneously looked helpless.Based on Yannie's reaction, a rift had formed between her and Thomas, and they were powerless to mend it. Thinking from Yannie's perspective, they probably would not be able to accept it, too.Gwen stood up angrily as she stalked toward Denise and, upon reaching her, kicked her harshly. "Don't you know whether or not Thomas likes you? Do you have to be so disgusting? Are you happy for being a slut and wrecking their relationship?"She did not go easy on the kick, and it caused Denise to fall to the floor. However, she looked up at Gwen and smiled haughtily. "Of course. I'm very happy! If I can't get him, then no one can!"After that, she gave Gwen a cold look. "If you know so much, know that being a slut to wreck a relationship is to insult yourself… What about you? Aren't you a whore
Denise looked at Joshua as her eyes widened. "No! That can't be!"She bit her lip and shook her head vehemently. She did not dare to look at the information on the floor. "That's not true! How am I not my parent's biological daughter? They've treated me so nicely ever since I was young. They'd never do the things you said and would never use me!"As she talked, she glared at Joshua evilly. "I won't believe a thing you said; not a word! You're all Gwen's friends. Every word that you said is helping Gwen, the whore who wrecked other people's relationships! You people will never fool me!"Gwen sneered at what Denise said. She could not be bothered to argue with Denise about who the other woman was in this case. She reckoned Denise was a stubborn woman that would never listen to anyone else.'If she is a smart person, she'd never do such a thing to Thomas and Yannie in the mansion after Thomas's father got shot and was sent to the hospital!'She squinted, and unlike the gentle and ind
From the looks of it, Joshua was asking both Luna and Gwen when, in fact, the question was for Gwen alone. Luna never had any trouble when confronting Steven; Gwen was the uncertain one.Everyone had seen what sort of crazy stuff Gwen had done because of Luke. Joshua was a little worried to let Gwen face Steve again."I'll try my best." Of course, Gwen knew why Joshua was worried. She curled up her lips and smiled. "I've regained my bearings."Although she could not guarantee her emotions would be in check when she saw Steven, after Luna and Rachel spent the entire morning counseling her, her mind was clearer."That's good." Joshua nodded and looked at his wife again. "Take care of Gwen. And…"He paused. "Remember to contact me if something comes up. If you can't get me, you can contact Nigel or Neil too."Luna did not answer immediately. She kept silent for a while before nodding. "Alright."After Joshua finished making arrangements, he left several strong bodyguards to protect
After Luna's phone call with Joshua ended, she returned to the room. Gwen was sitting on the sofa, eating fruits as she watched the television.Far away, on the balcony, Denise's hands and legs were tied to the railguard of the balcony. The bodyguards were afraid Denise would use extreme measures to hurt Luna and Gwen, so they took away everything Denise could reach within the perimeter. Although the size of the suite was large, the place where Denise was was the emptiest in the entire suite.Luna looked at Denise indifferently and went to look for the head of the bodyguards. She whispered something into his ear. He understood and immediately got his man to untie Denise and bring her away."What are you going to do with me?" Due to her swollen face, Denise could only mumble gibberish. "I'm already at my worst. What else do you people want with me?""Nothing," Luna sneered as she glanced at Denise. "I just want to let you rest in my bedroom for a while. You're hurt now anyway, so yo
After a short while, Steven arrived on his own, as he had promised Joshua.He was under the assumption that he would have to deal with Joshua and Thomas. To his surprise, Gwen was the one who opened the door after he knocked. There was no sighting of Joshua and Thomas in the room either. He only saw Luna and Gwen.The moment he saw Gwen, he furrowed his brow slightly and felt rather caught off-guard. Before entering the room, he managed his emotions. "Is it just the two of you?""Why? Do you think we can't deal with you?" Luna folded her arms as she sat on the sofa indifferently. She picked up her glass and took a sip. "Mr. Hughes, do you know why Joshua had you come over here?"Steven paused and nodded. "I'm here to bring Denise back."As he finished talking, he glanced around the room. "Where is she?""At a very safe place. You don't have to worry." Luna placed down the glass. "Do you know what your sister did today?"This disconcerted Steven. When he received a call from Josh
Steven had a troubled look on his face after hearing what Gwen said."Don't say that." He paused for a moment before he added, his voice hoarse, "My sister…she's not a bad person. It's all because of the influence Mrs. Howard had over her that she turned into this person."He sighed. "It's all my fault. Before I was unconscious, my parents once mentioned they hoped Denise could marry Thomas. They even took the initiative to ask Denise to become Mrs. Howard's goddaughter. I stopped them at that time because I thought Denise deserved to live her life. She shouldn't listen to our parents' arrangement and be with a man she hardly knows."After my accident, well…"After I woke up, that woman had already become Denise's godmother, and she insisted on her marrying Thomas."He turned his head to the side to look out the window. The view outside was white in color as it was covered with snow. "Truthfully speaking, I don't want Denise to bear all this burden."My parents kept saying Denise
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