Hearing what Alice had said, Mr. Scott immediately set the glass down in front of Luna. “Here you go, Ms. Luna.”Luna frowned and glanced at the glass of liquor but made no move to pick it up. “I’m just an ordinary employee. Isn’t it inappropriate for me to accept a toast from you, Mr. Scott?” She glanced at Joshua before she added, “Besides, I don’t tolerate alcohol that well. I’m afraid that I might do something stupid after I get drunk.”Seeing how Luna glanced meaningfully at Joshua, Alice tightened her grip on his arm. “I beg to differ, Ms. Luna. Mr. Lynch has risked his life to save yours, so what makes you think you’re just an ordinary employee? Besides…”Alice glanced at the glass that clearly contained hard liquor and sneered. Then, she lied through her teeth, “It’s just one glass. How could you get drunk from that?”Luna smirked and looked at Joshua. “Mr. Lynch, are you sure you want me to accept this drink on your behalf?”Joshua smiled and lifted his head to glance at
At that time, they had also encountered a potential client who insisted that Luna drink. As her husband, Joshua knew that Luna could not tolerate alcohol very well, so he got angry and wanted to leave the party.However, Luna was afraid that the Lynch Group would lose a client because of her, so she stood up and downed the entire glass in that instant. Joshua could still remember the pained yet somehow determined expression on his ex-wife’s face. It looked exactly like the expression Luna wore.Joshua frowned and immediately lowered his head to glance at Alice, who stood right next to him. She watched Luna somewhat triumphantly, with a hint of contempt in her eyes. Joshua felt like an invisible hand had squeezed his heart. What happened to the Luna Gibson he had fallen in love with? Since when did she turn from the woman who willingly drank and suffered a whole night of vomiting for him into someone who coerced others into drinking against their will? Luna finished her drink an
The restaurant fell in instant silence. Mr. Scott’s eyes widened. He did not know what to say at that moment.He did give his word that he, no matter what, would be responsible for Luna’s actions if she got drunk.However, at that moment…The person Luna hit was Joshua Lynch’s wife! Who was Joshua Lynch? He was the king of Banyan City! Although he was in Sea City at that moment and he did not seem that baleful, that did not mean he could be bullied! On one hand, Mr. Scott was frantic. He stuttered and could not form his sentences.On the other side, Alice buried herself in Joshua’s arms with teary eyes. “Joshua, it hurts!”Joshua furrowed his brows. He lowered his head and carefully pried Alice’s hand away from her face.A red handprint was visibly imprinted on her petite face. A hint of rage flashed across Joshua’s eyes. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied that Alice kept urging Luna to drink…Alice was his wife, no matter what! He gently hugged Alice in his arms
“Joshua Lynch, how heartless are you?”Joshua and Alice’s faces simultaneously turned green at Luna’s words.He glared at Luna and said nothing.Luna smiled as she picked up the wine glass once more. With the help of the alcohol, she sneered. “Six years ago, you hurt Luna Gibson so much that she almost lost her life, but now you’re putting up this act of loving Alice. Who are you pretending for?”Luna managed to utterly aggravate Joshua. “What nonsense are you talking about?”Alice gritted her teeth. She immediately got out of Joshua’s arms while he was in a rage.She could not let Luna continue talking! Luna had to stop talking! She was afraid that the next sentence Luna said would be confessing to Joshua that she was the real Luna Gibson.That would be a real catastrophe then! At that thought, Alice gritted her teeth, lifted her hand, and slapped Luna brutally on the face.Her slap was vicious and heavy.The drunken Luna lost her balance. She hit the chair behind her a
Theo’s hand that held Luna stalled a little.“Joshua, I want to go home…” Luna, in Theo’s arms, subconsciously muttered once more.She sounded wasted in her drunken state. What she said before, only Theo could hear, but what she muttered the next time, everyone heard it clearly.Mr. Scott was stunned.Alice’s face started to turn pale, and she cautiously looked at Joshua at the corner of her eyes.Joshua looked at Luna, and his gaze was deep.“She’s drunk.” Theo furrowed his brows and hoisted Luna upward instantly. He shot Joshua a glare before he walked off with Luna in his arms.Joshua’s gaze remained in the direction where they left, brows tightly furrowed, even when they had left. “It looks like Luna truly is drunk…” said Alice tentatively as she observed Joshua’s reaction in fear.Joshua flatly responded before looking elsewhere. He lowered his head and continued eating.Looking at his perfectly handsome side profile, Alice smiled on the surface, but she inwardly gnas
Joshua’s low voice was aloof yet determined.Alice gently chuckled. “Joshua, if Theo isn’t her boyfriend, why did she not deny it vehemently when Theo claimed he was her boyfriend?” Joshua furrowed his brows and looked at her. “Why did Luna not refuse you vehemently when you made her drink? Did she want to drink the alcohol?”Alice’s face turned a little pale. She wanted to say something else, but Joshua interrupted her.He took a deep breath. “No matter what, I was the one who took Luna out on this business trip. She got drunk because of me. If anything is to happen to her tonight, I can’t shed myself of the responsibility.”Then, Joshua swept Lucas a cold glance. “What are you still standing here for? Go and search!”Lucas hesitated for a while before he left quickly.Alice inwardly gritted her teeth.“Joshua, you treat your staff so well…”“Not good enough.” Joshua’s voice was cold. “If I did, she wouldn’t have to drink on my behalf, ending up in this state.”He shot Alic
Theo shot Lucas a cold glare. He firmly protected Luna behind him. “Don’t think that I don’t know what you’re all trying to do! Joshua might look like a decent human on the surface, but the things he does are despicable!”Lucas furrowed his brows. He did not understand what Theo meant.Joshua was only worried that Theo would take advantage of Luna, so he got Lucas to bring Luna back to the hotel and let people from the company look after her. That was all.Since when was that a despicable action? Just because he got in Theo’s way, he was despicable?Lucas chided, “We only want Luna to follow us back so that someone could take care of her and let her have a good sleep.”Luna was shocked by Lucas’ words.‘Letting someone take care of her so she could have a good sleep’? Did he mean those escorts?She gnawed on her lip and turned to look behind her—the pursuers stood in the shadows of the alley behind them.It was a dead-end front and back. She was trapped.Luna shut her eyes. Sh
Why did he never realize that Luna’s figure was so similar to that girl’s…?The two of them ran for a long time when a black BMW stopped right before them. “Get in!”The person in the car was Gwen’s boyfriend, Ben.Luna furrowed her brows. Before she could say anything, Theo opened the car door and pulled Luna into the car. “This is the friend that I said will be picking us up.”Time was pressing and Luna had no time to ask too many questions, so she immediately got in the car.Ben took them to a villa residence in the suburbs near Sea City.“This is Gwen and mine’s new home. There aren’t many people staying in this small area, so it should be safe.”Once they got out of the car, Ben led Luna and Theo into the new villa with familiarity. “Gwen heard that someone was drunk, so she has prepared some soup to sober you all up.”It was then Ben swept Luna a cold glance. “I just didn’t expect that the drunk friend Master Allen mentioned is you.”“I didn’t think that the extremely re