“Joshua Lynch!” Luna glared at him. “Don’t make me hate you!”Joshua’s hand stiffened. The distress and resentment in her eyes made him pause in his tracks, but this hesitation lasted for only a moment. A few seconds later, Joshua sneered.He just wanted to find out who this hacker was that helped Luna all the while. He did not intend on doing anything bad to that mysterious hacker. Why would she hate him because of that?Joshua pressed the button, but a childish voice rang out from the necklace, “Mommy! If you encounter any troubles, don’t be sad! Nellie will always be here for you. Neil said that we should record our voices and keep them in this necklace so that it’ll feel like we’re always there next to you.”All of a sudden, Neil’s voice rang out, “Even though we’re not physically there with you anymore, you still have to take care of yourself. You’re such a trusting person, and I’m always scared that you’ll be bullied. Please remember to take your meals on time, and go to be
“Although you brought up Neil and Nellie, please remember that right now, you’re just one of Lynch Group’s designers. You have no right to comment on my private matters, much less the way I raise my children.” Joshua’s gaze was steely and hard. “I apologize for what happened just now. I overstepped a boundary, and I’m sorry for that, but I don’t need you to teach me how to raise my children.”With that, Joshua turned around and left. Luna stood next to the door, motionless as she watched him strode off and disappear into his room. She watched the door close behind him and let out a scoff.Meanwhile, back in his room, Joshua did not immediately make his way to the bedroom. The hotel room that Lucas had booked for him was a presidential suite and came with an attached study. Instead of going to bed, Joshua went into the study and started doing work.Back in her room, Alice laid in her bed as she scrolled through the photos on her phone. The hotel that Luna and Joshua were staying in w
Luna followed Anne’s instructions and found the hidden cameras in her room as well. There was more than just one.On top of the showerhead, in the bathroom mirror, on top of the television, on the coffee table, and in countless other locations. Luna counted all the cameras she had found and realized that there were more than ten!She removed them from their hiding spots and placed them on the coffee table. She took some photos as evidence before she called the cops.As soon as she got off the phone with the police, she heard someone knocking on her door. Luna frowned. “Who is it?”“Ms. Luna.” The voice coming from outside the door sounded timid. “I’m the owner of this hotel. My name is Andy Larson.”Luna paused. She recognized that name. Andy Larson was Gwen’s father.Many years ago, when she went to school with Gwen Larson, she recalled that Gwen’s family ran a hotel. She never thought that the hotel she stayed in was the one Gwen’s father owned.Luna knew Andy’s reason for vis
Ben kept silent for a moment before he finally murmured, “Well, back in high school, you weren’t as pretty as Luna Gibson…”“You’re wrong. In my opinion, Gwen was adorable back in high school.” Luna crossed her arms at her chest. “Besides, even if she wasn’t as pretty as Luna Gibson, you didn’t have to lie about it.”Gwen was enraged by the sudden turn of events. She dragged her husband out of the room, and the both of them started arguing in the hallway. The door slammed shut with only Luna and Andy inside the room. “Mr. Larson,” Luna smirked. “If you want me to not make a big deal out of this and not leak this incident to the press, I can do so, but I have one condition.”Andy paused. “What condition?”…Gwen’s angry voice grew louder by the minute. “Why didn’t you tell me you used to like Luna Gibson? Luna even tried to convince me to give up on you. We even got into a fight because of this! It’s only now that I finally realize the truth: she wanted me to give up on you becau
Joshua’s sudden appearance startled Luna, who was busy discussing with Andy in her room. However, she soon regained her composure and smiled. “It’s all settled now. Someone installed some pinhole cameras in my room, but Mr. Larson helped me remove all of them.”Luna pointed at the cameras on the coffee table. “They’re all here now.”Joshua glanced at the cameras. He strode over, picked up a few of them, and held them in his palm. “There are so many of them. Whoever planted these in your room put in a lot of effort.”He was aware of the news that circulated online about pinhole cameras installed in hotel rooms. Most of them were installed to capture the tenants’ private and intimate moments so they could be sold online. Because of that, the cameras would mainly be planted around the bed, couch, and in the toilet. However, the cameras in Luna’s room were a tremendous amount. It was blatant that whoever planted them wanted to observe whatever was happening in Luna’s room from every a
Joshua murmured a response before he turned and walked into the study.Alice remained motionless as she watched him enter the study and closed the door after him. She bit down on her lip.She had been with him for quite some time, yet he still refused to go to bed with her. Even if he had mistaken Luna for her last night, he still did not want to go to bed with Alice. What was wrong with him? Was his heart made of stone?She had done so much for him, yet he still treated her like a stranger!It was most likely because of Luna! Luna was the only thing that stood in their way!The only solution to that was to get rid of Luna.…Meanwhile, in the study, Joshua sat down, placed the cameras he had in his hand on the desk, and said to Lucas, “Check the signal source for these cameras and find out if any footage was taken. If there is, trace the location of the receiver.”“Yes.” Lucas nodded and tucked the cameras away. “Sir, where did you find these?”Joshua furrowed his brows and a
Luna had a rough night. She kept having dreams then woke up from them before she fell back into another dream.In her nightmares, Luna’s photos were circulated all over the internet, and everyone judged and condemned her. Some even went so far as threatening to end her.By the time Luna got woken up by a phone call in the early morning, she was drenched in cold sweat. She picked up the phone with a throbbing head. “Hello, who is this?” “It’s me,” Theo’s voice rang out. “Nigel contacted me this morning and told me you were bullied in Sea City.” Theo let out a sigh. “I still have some things to settle here at the art gallery, so I’ll only be able to go over to Sea City in the afternoon.”Luna paused. “I’m fine. You don’t have to come over.”“Of course I have to.” Theo sighed again. “Nigel told me everything. He told me what happened at the cocktail party and the cameras you found in your room. It must be tough for you to be there all alone. Joshua and Alice are back together now, s
“The butler who messed up the guest list was already punished. The only reason I’m here is to give Ms. Luna a proper welcome here at Sea City.” Gavin’s expression made Luna feel uncomfortable. There were two rows of seats inside the RV. Joshua and Alice were seated on one side, while Gavin occupied the other row of seats. Luna contemplated for a moment before she finally sat in the same row as Gavin. Feeling uneasy, Luna deliberately chose the seat furthest from him, but Gavin was oblivious to this and instead approached her. “Ms. Luna, I heard you’re one of the most gifted designers in the field of jewelry design. Is that so?”The scent wafting off of Gavin made Luna a little unsettled. She immediately shifted an inch over to get away from him, but Gavin scooched over as well. Finally, Luna had no choice but to set down her documents on the seat between them to act as a physical barrier.Gavin frowned and tried to pick the documents up.“Stop,” warned Joshua just as Gavin was a
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