The appearance of Joshua not only shocked the reporters but also Luna and Theo on stage.The two of them looked at each other. Luna said with a suppressed tone, “Did you get him to come?”Theo innocently raised both his heads. “I swear to God that it was not me.”While the two were conversing, Joshua had already walked to Luna’s side.He picked up the microphone in front of Luna and said in a cold and low voice, “If everybody wants to accuse Luna and I of having an affair, how could I be absent?”Joshua calmly took a seat next to Luna. He looked down at the reporters below stage like an emperor looking at his subjects. “If any of you have any questions, you can ask me. Don’t make things difficult for Luna.”His aura was so cold that everyone there could not help but take a gasp.Those reporters that were attacking Luna previously shut their mouths.A few wanted to sneak away too, but they were stopped by Lucas, Zach, and Yuri by the entrance.The venue was silent for a long ti
This news came too suddenly.Not only could the reporters not react in time, but Luna too.The first to react was Natasha, who had been sitting by the corner.She rushed over manically and grabbed Joshua’s collar. “How dare you divorce my daughter! How many things has she done for you back then! How dare you abandon her now!” Joshua pried Natasha’s hand off him, finger by finger. “You also said that it was back then. Furthermore, the person who is most unqualified to stand up for Luna is you.”His voice was cold. “Don’t you think I don’t know how unfairly you treated Luna back then?”Natasha was stunned. She looked at Joshua in a daze. “What are you talking about…”Joshua ignored her. He only calmly gave Lucas a look. Lucas immediately got people to send Natasha away.The discussions in the venue got more and more heated.“Everyone.” Theo furrowed his brows. He took over the microphone to control the crowd. “We have explained all we needed to explain today. We even announced
Alice furrowed her brows hard. She walked around the car. Lucas smiled. He drove the car, following her. “Ma’am, avoiding won’t solve the problem. Mr. Lynch said that I have to bring you to the Civil Affairs Bureau no matter what.”Alice stopped in her tracks. She turned to look at Lucas coldly. “Tell Joshua that I won’t agree to the divorce. If there are any problems between us, we can talk it out, but I will never agree to divorce even if it is for the kids!”Lucas was determined. He kept following her with his car. Alice rolled her eyes. While walking and her back facing Lucas, she took a pill out and popped it into her mouth.10 minutes later.Joshua, who was at a cafe, received Lucas’ call.“Sir, Ma’am passed out! She is in the hospital now undergoing resuscitation!”Joshua’s pupils constricted. “What else?”After all the previous incidents, he no longer trusts Alice.Lucas, on the other end of the call, paused for a while. “The doctor said that it seems to be caused by
Back then, he could cheat on her with Aura Gibson.At that moment, when he was with Alice, he had an ambiguous relationship with her.Even if they would be together, sooner or later, another Aura would appear.…When Joshua reached the hospital, Alice had just been pushed out of the emergency room.“What happened?”“Sir.” Lucas was silent for a while.Thud! He knelt to the ground with his head lowered. “You got me to pick Alice up to go back home, saying that you have things you want to discuss with her. Because she has been constantly spying on you and doubting you, so I told her that you want me to fetch her to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce. I thought that since you already announced a divorce, I wanted to scare her a little. Who knew that she would pass out…”Joshua helplessly rubbed his brows. He turned around and sat on the bench. He looked at Lucas flatly. “I do not like other people deciding on my behalf.”Lucas’ body stiffened. He lowered his head even
Alice’s words turned the room silent.Joshua furrowed his brows. He picked up the tissue on the table and passed it to Alice. “I do love Luna Gibson in the past more than the present you. It’s a good thing if you’re willing to change, but if it’s too painful, just forget about it.”In Joshua’s opinion, it would be extremely challenging for Alice to change back to the gentle and kind Luna Gibson six years ago.He did not feel that Alice should change because of him. On the contrary, she has done so many things for him already. He did not want her to suffer just to appease him when their relationship was already coming to an end.“It won’t be painful!” Just when Joshua was about to retreat his hand, Alice grabbed onto his hand. Her eyes and tone were equally anxious. “Joshua, believe me, I could do it! I could change into whatever you like. Whatever you want me to be, I’ll become that person. Is that good?”Joshua furrowed her brows slightly.Alice’s gaze and her close to manic
“But, later on, Old Mr. Walter told me that he found her. He told me to stop looking for her.”Then, Jude teased, “Why? Are you looking for your next candidate after announcing the divorce? Even if you are looking for your next wife, you can’t possibly be thinking of Hailey Walter, right?”Joshua chuckled. He continued walking forward. “Since Hailey has been found…“I’m having a business trip at Sea City next week. Please help me to get in touch with Old Mr. Walter. Tell him I want to see Hailey and treat her to a meal.”Jude furrowed his brows. “Is the sun going to rise from the west? Please don’t tell me you’re serious? Haven’t you always been…”“There are things I need to confirm with Hailey.”Joshua took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “Please, as a favor.”Upon hearing his serious tone, Jude could no longer tease him.After a moment of silence. “Ok. I’ll arrange it for you.”They hung up. Joshua just came out from the hospital when Lucas chased after him from behin
Anne paused a little. “Of course, six years is enough. Mr. Lynch, why do you suddenly want to change your assistant…”She was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly stopped midway. She remembered that Luna also left Joshua six years ago.Luna also had plastic surgery. She was a masterpiece of cosmetic surgery by foreign experts.Anne knew Luna because of her face. The work on Luna’s face was the pride of Anne’s teacher.At that thought, Anne’s face turned a little pale. She immediately tried to save the situation. “Of course, different people will encounter different problems. It does not mean that everyone would be able to do it successfully…”Then, she lowered her head and looked at the photo in her hand. “For example, the photo that you showed me. Although this man looks good, his facial features are not exquisite enough. It is quite simple to turn into him…”Outside, Jude just pushed the door and entered when he saw Anne sitting on the sofa, holding his photo, and c
Jude straightened his body and looked at Joshua seriously. “Hailey refused to meet with you.”Joshua raised his eyebrows a little, saying nothing.“This was the first time that you actively asked to meet with Hailey. She shouldn’t have refused, but she did it anyway.”Joshua smiled. “What was the reason she gave?”“She said because your wife was back already. She said there was no need for it.”“Tell her that I have to meet her, if not, I’ll represent the Lynch family and stop our relationship with the Walters.”Jude furrowed his brows hard at Joshua’s words. “Joshua, don’t you think that you’re currently being… a little crazy? What if Hailey is not Alice? What if this had nothing to do with them? Do you want to…”“I want to clear this matter up.”Joshua took a deep breath and walked over to the French window. He looked at his reflection against the window and smiled faintly.“I would rather believe that Alice is being impersonated by someone else.”He would rather believe
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