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
Theo smiled. “I wasn’t planning on letting you go help her clear her name.”He yawned and turned to sit on the sofa. He looked at Luna calmly. “Just now you called to talk about Natasha and Joseph’s problem. I went to their place to have a look. Initially, I wanted to help them, according to what you say, to get a better place to stay in the name of charity. Guess what I saw?”Luna furrowed her brows. She stopped what she was doing and looked at Theo.“I saw Joseph going to Blue Bay Villa. Not long after coming back from Blue Bay Villa, he was taken away by the ambulance. I casually followed them to Central Hospital. After a few rounds of socializing, the nurse secretly told me the truth.”Luna paused for a while. “How is he?”“He’s faking it,” Theo chuckled, “he is still doing great. He was faking the stroke.”Luna shut her eyes and laughed bitterly.She knew it. In the end, Natasha and Joseph were still only thinking about themselves.“So why did you still promise Natasha?”
Joshua looked at Luna’s nervous face. He could not help but think back to her look the night before.He calmed himself down and smiled. “Don’t worry, the incident last night won’t happen.”Luna glared at him. “You’re not welcome.”Joshua leaned back on the sofa confidently. “What if I take Neil and Nellie over?”Neil and Nellie.Luna has not seen them for almost a week. Although the two of them would secretly call them every night, hearing their voice and meeting them were two different things. Furthermore, they almost fell sick the night before…At that thought, Luna glared at Joshua coldly. “Because of Neil and Nellie, I’ll reluctantly welcome you.”…After making an appointment with Joshua to have dinner at home in the evening, Luna accelerated her work.As soon as it was the end of the day, she packed up her things and left work straight away.When she exited the office, she bumped into Shannon, who was also leaving. “Director Luna, so early today?”Luna nodded. “I have
“You cheating mistress! How dare you pretend to be all motherly grocery shopping?” “Leave!” The crowd started insulting her and kicking her. Some even threw rotten vegetables at her.Shannon immediately raised both her hands. “I’m innocent!” Then, she looked at Luna coldly. “Director Luna, I’ll make a move first. You… deal with this on your own.” At that, Shannon immediately went past through the crowd and left.Luna was the sole target of the crowd.She bent down, trying to protect the groceries that she just bought while taking her phone out, planning to call the police.Before she could call, her phone rang.She was being pushed around, so she could not stand properly. Her fingers lost control too, she immediately picked the call up.“Where are you?” Joshua was standing outside Luna’s house together with Neil and Nellie. He calmly asked on the phone.What replied to him was the sounds of people pushing and yelling insults.“A mistress should be killed!” “Breaking o