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
While Gwen's words were harsh to the ears, Steven knew she was just honest.Denise and Tina had teamed up to trick Thomas, a person who was slow to forgive. Even any regular man would be infuriated to the point where he wanted so much to kill the woman who tricked him.Moreover, the person Denise and Tina tricked was Thomas, a man who fussed over a little thing and sought revenge for the smallest grievance.Many years ago, Thomas' father—the same man who caused his mother's death—betrayed his mother. This time, he brought Joshua back to seek revenge.At that time, he was too small and weak. He did not have the power to fight with Senior Howard and Tina. That was what made the revenge come so late.However, Thomas did not need to wait at all if he decided to have his revenge on Denise or even the Hughes family. The moment he recalled everything, he could start the revenge anytime he wanted.As Steven thought of those, he paused and said, "I know Denise made a mistake; I just think
Steven's expression changed when he heard Gwen's words. After a few seconds, he furrowed his brow and looked at Gwen. "I know my family and the Miller family have done you wrong. We can compensate you…""Compensate?" Gwen looked up and stared at Steven with a cold, hateful gaze. "What compensation can you possibly give me? Can you return Luke to me? Can you do that?"Steven took a step back when he saw the hatred in Gwen's eyes, and his heart throbbed painfully. He knew she was devastated and that she had been trying hard to suppress her emotions vehemently. However, her suppression and anger were what made him heartbroken. A woman her age should not have to live the life she did…"Answer me!" Gwen was about to lose her emotion when Steven did not reply. Her voice went off-pitch. "Tell me! How are you going to return a normal, healthy Luke to me?"She missed him so much. It only worsened as she stared at this man who was a spitting image of Luke yet portrayed a look and expression
"Still, Luke being dead is still better than what's happening now—being used by someone he didn't know."As Gwen submerged herself into the self-blaming process again, Luna furrowed her brow and sprung forward. She pulled Gwen to her back and looked at Steven coldly."Don't try to confuse the main point. Our main point is that all of you had hidden from Luke and turned him into you. If there was a choice, I believe Luke would rather die solely for Gwen, not…this. Your family deserted him like he was rubbish in the first place. When you were in a vegetative state, they lied to him and used Gwen as bait before finally turning his body into a vessel to hold your thoughts and memories."The harm that all of you cause to Luke is crueler than letting Luke die. Furthermore…"She took a deep breath and pointed at the helplessly weeping Gwen. "If you're just Luke's twin brother, she won't be so upset by just looking at you. However, the body of the love of her life is now turned into anothe
Steven quickly realized what he was doing; his words sounded a tad too intimate.He furrowed his brow and looked at Gwen. "I'm sorry. I didn't know why I said that—"Before he could finish, Gwen ran forward and wrapped her arms around Steven's waist tightly. She sprung so quickly that when she hugged him, his body swayed a little. He felt Gwen's warmth and softness the moment she threw herself toward him.She hugged his waist and buried her face into his abdomen as she feebly whimpered, "Luke, have you been pretending to be Steven? You're Luke, aren't you?"Her warm breath somehow seeped into the clothes and reached Steven's skin. The numbing, tingling sensation made Steven feel an emotion entirely foreign to him.He pursed his lips and felt how excited Gwen was and also her shivering. Suddenly, he did not want to tell her the truth anymore. He was afraid she would feel lost and fall into despair that she would be harsh with herself.He lowered his head and looked at Gwen's head
Steven unconsciously took a step back unconsciously as he hoarsely reasoned, "I didn't ask you to give it back to me."He knew Gwen's current heart was his, but it never unsettled him from the start. On the contrary, he felt guilty because he had stolen Luke's body, and he would feel better if Gwen treated the heart as compensation. He never thought…Gwen would want to return his heart instead."But I want to." Gwen curled her lips into a smile. "It disgusts me so badly every time I think the heart beating in my chest was yours."Yes, she was disgusted. If it was not because of this heart, Luke's body would never be stolen. She did not have to see the person she was most familiar with turn into this person. If it was not for her, Luke would still be alive. Thus, she felt disgusted with this current heart and herself.After she had sought revenge for Luke, she would give the heart back to Steven once and for all.She did not want to owe him anything. She would remove the heart away