The second day Steven left Saigen City, Joshua and Thomas acted on behalf of Gwen to provide the court with evidence of how the Hughes family and the Miller family cheated and lied to Luke. Incidentally, they also provided the court with all the information Sean found in the information room in Hughes's residence.A week later. After much debating, the court finally had a result. The Hughes family and the Miller family had acted against the will of the other party and illegal appropriation of another person's organ. Therefore, the court found them guilty of the charges and sentenced the chief of both families to ten years of prison.In addition, after all the sinful crimes the Hughes couple committed, the court sentenced the couple to an additional twenty years of prison each.On the day of the result, Steven did not appear. Denise was still unconscious in the hospital. The only two people who attended were Sean and Gwen.Gwen shivered excitingly when she heard the sentence. On the
Mrs. Hughes' face turned pale at what Gwen said. She widened her eyes and glared at Gwen, "It's none of your business how we end up in the future. We will be out sooner than you think. I will never forgive you!"Gwen laughed, "Sure. I will be waiting for you."She looked at the time and said, "Twenty years later, I will be waiting for you here. I hope you will perform well in prison and do not let them extend the sentence. Goodbye."She pulled Sean and wanted to leave. Nonetheless, Sean frowned and let go of her hand. "Gwen, there's something I want to talk to them about."Gwen frowned and looked at Sean. "I'll wait for you outside?"Sean nodded.After Gwen left the court, Sean took a deep breath. He looked at Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Hughes coldly, "Denise is still unconscious. Since Denise committed suicide by jumping off the building, the judge did not include Denise's matter in the sentence today."Mrs. Hughes felt pleased. "So what? Do you want to take revenge for her? Too bad,
Sean frowned when he heard the lowly and weak voice from behind. He stopped and looked back. Mr. Hughes was kneeling on the ground with his cuffed hand and legs. The two police beside him tried hard to pull him up.Sean could not help and sneer as he saw it. "How funny. I can't believe Luke and Steven actually have you this useless and indecisive man as their biological father."Although Sean did not know Steven well enough, he could tell Steven was a good guy from how he treated Denise and Gwen. At least he did not harbor his parent and knew that his parent made many mistakes when he was the beneficiary in the entire incident. It was really quite something.Mr. Hughes' body became stiff. He lowered his head and asked timidly, "Can you...think about my two sons and…""I will ask the gang member to 'look after' you because of your two sons." He purposely emphasized 'look after' when he said that.Mr. Hughes' body trembled."Stop kneeling. I won't be soft on you." After that, he tu
"After Michael was in prison, Celie kept on complaining to Adrian that he failed to protect their son."Joshua turned to look at the sky outside the plane. He sneered, "Adrian felt annoyed and broke up with her. After that, Celie tried to get a share of their wealth. However, she found out Adrian had been lying to her all these years when she was at the Civil Affairs Bureau."Luna was startled. "Adrian has been lying to Celia all these years? About what?"Joshua turned around and looked at Luna's face seriously, "Their marriage certificate is fake."Luna widened her eyes, "The marriage certificate is fake?""Yes." Joshua nodded and his voice sounded quite helpless and happy, "I really don't want to admit that he is my father. I thought he did not love my mother. But…"He sighed, "I just didn't think he didn't love Celia too after being together with her for more than twenty years. He was just pretending to like her.""He lied to Celia by telling her he had special service becaus
Luna's jaw dropped. A split second later, she furrowed her brows as she glanced at Joshua. "Does this mean that not long after Adrian split up with Celia, he found a new girlfriend and is now planning to get married?"Joshua nodded. "A month, in fact."Adrian and Celia had broken up only a month ago.Luna was even more astounded by this. "It took only a month for him to split up with Celia, get together with this new girl, and decide to get married?"This was even faster than Sean and Denise. However, Sean and Denise were youngsters who had never been in love before, so Luna could large understand how they felt; to find two warm hearts in the cold Saigen City would easily make anyone want to devote their lives to each other.However, Adrian's situation with this woman named Jacqueline Grace was entirely different; he had split up with his girlfriend of over twenty years, Celia, and started dating Jacqueline within the same month.On top of that, Joshua had mentioned before that
Luna initially thought Joshua's answer would be the same as hers.After all, when they got married, it was only her pining after Joshua, and Joshua was just using her to retaliate against his family.He did not love her at that time, so she would not be surprised if he did not remember much about their wedding.Thus, she did not expect much from his answer at all, but to her surprise…Joshua curled his lips into a smile at this. "Of course I do. I still remember the dress you wore that day; it was a white bedazzled dress."At that time, Aura had not shown her true colors, and you two were still two peas in a pod. Initially, she had picked out a white satin strapless dress for you, but you thought it wasn't glamorous enough. You even said…"He reached out to pull her into his arms and pressed her head against his shoulder. "You said that since you'd only get married once, the dress you wore had to be gorgeous and glamorous so that you'd remember it for the rest of your life."Wit
Luna paused and lifted her head to meet his gaze. "Are you sure about this?"Even though Adrian's wedding would be a perfect opportunity to expose his true colors, all of Joshua's relatives and friends would be there. To do this would be to expose Adrian and Rianna's drama in front of everyone who knew them.This was no different from peeling open his bandage and showing everyone his old wound.Was this worth it?"I'm sure of it." Joshua's gaze was fixated on somewhere far, far away. "Adrian is a shameless man; if I don't draw my line with him in front of everyone, he'll continue to use his status as my father to take advantage of everyone else."He had seen past Adrian's true colors after Granny Lynch's death a year ago. After that, not only did he withdraw the assets that had been under Adrian and Michael's names, but he even refused to give Adrian any more money apart from his basic allowance.To his surprise, Adrian continued to trick the rest of their relatives on the basis
It was already 8 p.m. when the plane landed in Banyan City.Anne and John were already waiting for them with their baby.When she caught sight of Luna, Anne shoved the baby into John's arms and sprinted toward Luna. "Luna!"Luna and Joshua were walking hand-in-hand out of the terminal, and when she saw Anne running in her direction, she immediately let go of Joshua's hand to catch her in time.Anne wrapped her arms around Luna in a giant hug. "I can't believe you're home! I was planning to visit you in Merchant City in the future! Bonnie told me that you have other things to take care of and that you won't be in Merchant City for the foreseeable future. I even made her promise to tell me if you ever returned so that John and I will be able to fly over and give you a surprise! Why did you decide to come back all of a sudden?"Luna could not help smiling at the sound of Anne's excited voice. "Well, I came back because I had to."With that, she reached out to grab hold of Anne's han
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