“The report is here with me. Should I still lie to myself about you?”Alice’s face grew pale as she listened to Joshua’s words. In the end, her face lost all of its colors.She clutched onto the report as she gnawed on her lip.She got someone to confiscate all of the electronic equipment in the children’s rooms the night before she forced them to drink ten bottles of milk.She wanted to discipline them for disobeying her.From what she knew, drinking milk would not kill someone. At most, they would be too bloated to move, but that was it.Without any recording device, she could retort by saying that the two of them disliked her, so they colluded to accuse her.However, she did not expect that six-year-old children’s stomachs would be so weak. Drinking too much milk would leave signs of harm on their body! Alice clutched the report and was silent for a very long time.After a while, she looked up at Joshua’s face and broke out into loud sobs. “Joshua, let me explain…” She w
Upon Nellie’s words, Alice’s face, which finally regained a little color, rapidly lost all shades as she turned paler than the wall.The corridors were in pin-drop silence.At that moment, the testing room door opened. Neil came walking out as he wore his clothes. The first person he saw was the teary-eyed Alice, and he unconsciously broke out into a smirk. The crazy lady did not have much range in her acting: they merely consisted of tears falling, crying, and yelling.At that moment, she had just returned to Joshua, and he still liked her, so her tears were still useful. Once Joshua was sick of her, not only would her tears have no effect on him, but Joshua would be also annoyed at it.Tsk.They were adults, yet they still did not understand that simple fact. Using tears on any matter would render it useless sooner or later! Neil mused to himself as he walked to Nellie’s side. He sat on the bench and held her sister’s hand. “Why did Ms. Alice cry?”Joshua furrowed his bro
Alice remained in the same spot in the corridor as she glanced at the leaving Neil. A hint of hatred flashed in her eyes.That kid was no fool. He knew she would do something to them if she was no longer their main caretaker, so he forcefully turned Joshua’s decision around. The reasons he gave made it irrefutable! At the thought that she still has to pretend to look after the two of them in the future, Alice was inexplicably angry.As she eyed Neil in a dazed state, Joshua furrowed his brows and flatly called her, “Alice.” Alice jolted a little and immediately came to her senses.“Let’s go.” Joshua took Alice to a cafe near the hospital.It was the only time he had ever taken her there after their marriage.Before marriage, he did not understand her enough. He only knew that she was a lady madly in love with him. Because of how his family urged him to marry and coupled with pressure from work, there was a time where he was depressed for most of the day.She was like a litt
The atmosphere around them turned cold, too.Alice lifted her eyes and looked at Joshua seriously. “Joshua, I did all this because of you.”“Because of me?”Joshua sneered. “You deliberately pushed Luna and ruined Master Allen’s work because of me? Because of me, you found a PR company to put the video of that day on the internet? Also, because of me, you went to my office and knelt in front of Luna, giving a false impression that Luna seduced me and we had an affair?”Joshua took a sip of coffee and placed the cup down heavily. The sound of the ceramic mug that clanked against the marble table reverberated in Alice’s heart.She sniffled and tried her best to force out some tears. “Joshua, I know what I did wasn’t right, but don’t all women of upper-class society do that to protect the integrity and harmony of their family?”Joshua felt suffocated. The Luna Gibson six years ago was never like that! Alice, on the other hand, kept emphasizing the greatness of the family’s statu
That was the news Mr. Walter gave to Alice the other night, and it inexplicably appeared before her eyes.She gnashed her teeth harshly. Luna must go! So long as Luna remained, Joshua would never be with her! It was that way a few years back, and it would continue to be that, too! …Luna spent the entire morning to re-sketch the set of design sketches Granny Lynch had destroyed. She even changed some details.By noon, she stretched lazily and was about to head down to grab some lunch.She did not expect to be surrounded by reporters the moment she walked out of the building.“Ms. Luna, the internet is saying you were the one that posted the video of Mrs. Lynch pushing you to fight back the rumors yesterday. Is that true?”“Ms. Luna, someone saw a video online of Mrs. Lynch kneeling before you at the office lobby, asking for your forgiveness. Is that true?”“How do you explain yourself of openly being the mistress and coming between Mr. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch?”“Don’t you feel
Luna paused for a while.She did not realize her nails dug so deeply into her palms.“So, the two of you got me here to persuade me to hold a news conference, just to prove that Alice is a good woman. Then, you want to use that to get closer to her and ask her for money?”Natasha sighed. “I know you must be looking down on us, but as parents, if we could find a way for our children to be free, who’d want to watch their children stay in prison? We’re only living like this now because we love our children too much.”Then, Natasha lifted her head and looked at Luna. “Ms. Luna, you should know that I misunderstood Luna Gibson, now Alice Gibson, in the past. She hates me, so it wasn’t appropriate for us to find her directly. I hope you’ll cooperate with us and hold a press conference tomorrow. Clear her name so that the people on the internet would stop bullying her. This way, she’ll remember how uneasy it is for us as parents, and only then would we be able to get money from her.”Lun
Luna took a deep breath and walked away.Natasha went home dejectedly after a long while after Luna left.“How was it?” Joseph immediately approached her as she walked through the door.Natasha shook her head. “She said she wouldn’t agree to us, and neither would she attend the press conference.” Joseph furrowed his brows hard.“Did she say anything else?”“She also said…” Natasha sighed. “She asked me to check properly, saying that Aura might not be my daughter.”Upon her words, Joseph’s face suddenly turned pale.“I told her that’s impossible.” Natasha shrugged. “Luna isn’t reliable, so we shouldn’t pin our hopes on her.” “Yes. What nonsense! How could Aura not be your daughter?” Joseph furrowed his brows. He lifted his head and looked into the distance. “If she doesn’t want to help us, I could only go and find Alice.” …“Ma’am, there are people outside looking for you.”Ever since coming back to Blue Bay Villa from the cafe, Alice laid in bed as she gazed up at the
Luna helped Natasha up and let her sit on the sofa. “You’re asking me to help you. How should I help? You still want me to hold the press conference and tell everyone that I’m the mistress, that it was alright for Alice to push me. Is that it?”Upon her words, Natasha could not help but bite her lips.“Ms. Luna, I know this is a little hard for you, but we really have no other choice.”Luna took a deep breath. She got up and headed to her desk. She opened the drawer and took a bank card out.She passed the card to Natasha. “There are five hundred thousand dollars here. Treat it as my loan to you. Asking me to hold a press conference to admit those false things would be impossible.”Natasha held onto the card. Her face kept changing between blushing and turning pale.Finally, she put the card back in Luna’s hands.“I cannot take your money. My eldest daughter has money. As long as you are willing to help us…”“Then you can just forget about it.” Luna kept the card back. “I will