“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
Alice rolled her eyes. “Master Allen, are you trying to tell me that Alice and Luna Gibson aren’t the same person, all because of this woman? How could I possibly not know the person that I sat next to during high school?”Theo chuckled. “Tell me, then. Other than Alice’s face, what else could she prove that she’s Luna Gibson?”Theo’s words not only made Gwen furrow her brows, but Luna’s entire body stiffened, too.Looking at how sure Theo was…It was like he already knew that Alice was not Luna Gibson. When Luna was on the phone with Nigel previously, he said that Theo merely suspected her, but it seemed that he had become all too sure. Could it be…Luna subconsciously wanted to retract her hand.Theo merely furrowed his brows and gripped tighter.He turned to look at Luna. “I know everything.”Luna was thunderstruck. He knew everything? How could he know?He…“Other than her face, Alice’s husband, Joshua is proof that she’s Luna Gibson,” Gwen harrumphed coldly. “How could
Gwen took a deep breath and pounced right at Luna, hugging her in her arms.“I should’ve guessed it sooner! I should have!”Luna could no longer hold back her tears. She raised her hand and patted Gwen’s back. “Can you help me keep a secret?” she pleaded softly.Gwen nodded as tears streamed down her face. “Mmh! Don’t worry! Ben and I won’t tell anyone!”Then, Gwen looked at Luna’s flawless face. “W—Why have you changed to a different face?”Luna smiled. “Because I fell in love with someone I shouldn’t have fallen in love with.”“Come in and have some tea.”Ben was rather excited, too. He poured the tea and got the three of them to come over.That night, Luna and Gwen chatted for a long time. It was at three in the morning when Gwen could no longer take it that she went upstairs to sleep.Luna and Theo were arranged in the guest room on the third floor. Two separate rooms with two separate balconies.Unable to sleep, Luna went to the balcony to look up at the stars. It was
Luna felt as if she was doused with ice-cold water.Gwen grabbed her hand, her voice filled with anxiety. “Luna, w—why don’t you…head down to have a look? Joshua doesn’t look like he was joking. Ben…”Luna looked at Gwen, but her voice sounded as if it came from another dimension. She had thought of how Joshua might get angry at her for escaping, but she never would have thought that…That he would be so extreme.He hired the biggest gangs in Sea City and put a bounty on her. Then, he came to Gwen’s house and threatened her with Ben’s life.Why was he so angry that she escaped last night? Was he so angry that he had to spend so much effort to get her back?Luna bit her lips harshly.After a while, she composed herself and grabbed Gwen’s hand with her other hand.“Don’t worry. I’ll…”She looked at the reflection of herself on the glass in the corridor. Her hair was in a mess. “I’ll clean up and head down. Go down for now, and tell Joshua that I’ll see him immediately. Ask