Luna sucked in a deep breath and looked at the email Nigel sent to her on her phone.After she pressed the button on her necklace, Nigel had heard the entire conversation from her side.The little boy had sent her the evidence.Luna walked forward elegantly and stood in the middle of the crowd. “Mr. Walter, can I borrow a projector from you?”Five minutes later, Luna connected her phone to the projector and clicked the document open.“This is a set of statistics on a group of netizens that have been discrediting me in Banyan City. According to the IP address and source of the signal, the netizens are from an internet company registered abroad, and the legal owner of this company is the butler.” Instantly, the crowd exploded in a frenzy.Dennis turned to look at the butler in surprise. The butler, on the other hand, pointed in Alice’s direction discreetly and remained silent.Dennis buried his face in his hands helplessly.Alice and the butler did all that behind his back and
The butler was no innocent, simple-minded old man.The butler’s face fell as he listened to Alice’s words. “Ms. Gibson, I didn’t do all of this for you. I did them for my daughter, Yvonne! She’s good friends with you, and if you’re unhappy because of this woman, she’ll be just as unhappy, too.“As her father, it’s only natural that I wouldn’t want to see my daughter sad and moping around every day! Besides...”He glared at Luna viciously, and a cold smile hung from his lips. “This woman used work as an excuse to stay beside Mr. Lynch, but in actuality, she harbors ill-intentions toward him! Why shouldn’t I expose the actions of a woman who intentionally seduces a married man, showing the world how evil and calculating she is?”The hatred in his eyes as he glared at Luna and spat those words far surpassed the hatred one would have for a mistress.Luna narrowed her eyes slightly.A moment later, her lips twisted into a smile as she laughed coldly. “The old butler cares so much abou
Joshua shifted his gaze to Luna. “The one you should apologize to is her.”The butler paused, then approached Luna hesitantly. “Ms. Luna, I—”“I don’t want your apology.” Luna raised her head proudly as her cold eyes swept across the butler’s old and wizened face. “You dare say the rumors you spread about me, the way you discredited me, insulted me, all of these were done out of your own volition?”“Of course.” The butler raised his eyes and looked at Luna. “Besides me and my daughter, could there be anyone else?”Luna barked out a cold laugh and did not bother to answer his question nor accept his apology. She raised her eyes and looked at Joshua, who stood in the distance with his arm around Alice. “If Mr. Lynch has decided to let it go, then there’s no point in me pursuing this matter any further.“I’m not feeling very well, though. Forget I ever attended this banquet.”With that, she ignored the reactions of the crowd behind her as she lifted her skirt and left the hall.Lun
The banquet continued into the wee hours of the morning.It was not Joshua’s first time in Sea City, but for some unknown reason, they were exceptionally welcoming and enthusiastic. They lined up to toast him, while he emptied cup after cup…Finally, he almost fell unconscious, muttering nothing but Luna Gibson’s name non-stop, and was dragged back to his hotel by Lucas.“I’ll take care of him.” Lucas dragged him into the room. Following behind him, Alice said softly, “You’ve worked hard today. Thank you.”Setting the drunk Joshua gently down on the bed, Lucas frowned. “Ma’am, why not I take care of Mr. Lynch instead? In the six years when you weren’t around, I took care of him every time he got drunk. Don’t worry, and you should get some rest yourself, too.”He stood up and went into the bathroom to wet a towel, intending to wipe Joshua down.The moment he turned on the faucet, a hand grabbed his arm.Alice smiled softly and looked at him, “I’ll do it. Didn’t you see tonight? H
On the other end of the phone, Nigel’s voice was polite and obedient, “We’ll talk again when you’re free!”Then, the little boy hung up the phone.Luna had no choice but to head to the door and open it.The moment the door opened, the man strode in immediately, and his body reeked of alcohol. In his intoxicated state, he fell onto Luna’s bed in a heap. “Honey, I want water…”The term of endearment made the woman who held the door handle stiffen sharply. He never…called her Honey before.Hearing him call her that was one of the dreams she wrote down in her diary. Alas, that dream only came true six years later when he was drunk.“I want water…” As he laid on the bed, the man opened his mouth and requested again. Luna had no choice but to close the door and pour him a glass of water.She held out the cup of water that was carefully heated and approached him gently. “Here, drink this.”He nodded, climbed upright obediently, laid on the headboard of the bed, and emptied the class o
Joshua hugged Luna for a long, long time. He almost fell asleep on her bed with her in his arms, but he then remembered he was not in his room. After lying down for a long while, he stood up shakily and intended to return to his room.Luna glanced at his unsteady feet and felt her resolve softened.She sucked in a deep breath, leaned his weight on her shoulder, and slowly walked out of the room. The door to the room beside hers was still open.Luna sighed. He probably forgot to close it when he left.She helped him into his room, closed the door, and turned to get him a glass of water. As she went through his condition, he must have ventured to her room because he could not find water in his room.Placing the cup of water on the table, she tucked him into the blankets and turned to leave. Before she could travel far, he pulled her back again.The man laughed lightly and pressed her beneath him. “Honey, you’re home with me now. Where are you going?”Luna stiffened, but before
...That night, Joshua had a very long, very realistic dream where his Luna Gibson returned to him. She fed him water and listened as he called her Honey.They even…In his dream, he called her Luna Gibson, and she answered him every single time.Not Alice’s awkward and unnatural reply, but an incredibly natural and smooth reply.The man closed his eyes and reminisced for a long time.If only…this dream became reality.A moment later, he opened his eyes and was met with the hotel room’s luxurious décor. He was not the only one asleep on the huge, soft bed, however. There was also…Alice, dressed in nothing but her underwear.She laid asleep in his arms like a little kitten.On the ground beside the bed were piles of discarded tissues and their clothes.Joshua rubbed the space between his eyebrows. Seeing the sight that greeted his eyes, it was impossible for him to not know what happened.Was everything that happened last night true after all?“You’re awake?” Awakened by his
Luna and Joshua’s original schedule for the day was to visit several jewelry companies in Sea City to conduct a survey.The agreed time was 9am, but it was past 10am and there were no signs of movement from Joshua.As she sat in her room, Luna hesitated for a long while and wondered if she should approach him and ask. If they were not going out, she would not have to keep waiting.“Joshua, thank you for accompanying me today, but it doesn’t hurt so much anymore.” Just as she walked to their door and before she could knock, Alice’s soft whine drifted out from inside the room, “Didn’t you come to Sea City for business? You should go.”“No, I’ll cancel,” the man’s deep voice sounded extremely gentle. “Where else does it hurt? I’ll massage it for you.”“Here, this spot still aches. It’s all your fault…”“Okay, I’ll massage it for you.”...One sounded soft, gentle, and slightly whiny, like a call for attention. The other was deep and doting, with love and affection filling his voice