Andy, on the other end of the line, said something when Gwen’s face instantly turned pale.After a while, she hung up. She looked at Luna closely. “Hailey Walter is dead. She jumped off a building.”Luna felt every ounce of her muscle stiffened.Hailey Walter… was dead? She killed herself?Luna retreated a few steps back.More than an hour ago, Hailey was still having lunch with them. How did she just… die like that?“Perhaps she felt shameful and did not want to go overseas?”Gwen sighed, “Hailey is a proud lady. She would not be able to withstand such humiliation.”Luna thought it was unbelievable.In the dining room a moment ago, Hailey seemed to have accepted Old Mr. Walter’s arrangement. She even went up to pack her bags, why so suddenly……Hailey’s memorial service was done in a simple manner. It did not feel in line with the amount of grief Old Mr. Walter felt of losing his beloved daughter.The Walters explained that because this happened too suddenly and it was a
Old Mr. Walter’s face instantly turned terribly pale.Alice’s expressions did not look too good either.After a while, Old Mr. Walter wiped away his tears. “Joshua, what do you mean by that? Do you think I would hurt my own daughter?”Joshua’s gaze was flat. “I said nothing of those sorts. I only want to know, since before Hailey jumped, you saw her and talked to her. As her father, did you notice her mood swings? Or perhaps you didn’t even notice her emotions?”Old Mr. Walter’s expressions turned uglier upon Joshua’s words.“W-What… what are you trying to say?”“What I mean is,” Joshua smiled and said, “Hailey’s mental health is too weak. Perhaps you did not pay attention to her mental well-being. The last person Hailey saw before she jumped was you, Uncle Dennis. That meant that you were the only possible person to stop her from jumping. You can’t blame anyone else.”Joshua smiled aloofly. “That’s all I want to say. We are here to pay our respects. Not argue with each other.”
Luna’s eyes widened. She looked at him confusedly. “What do you mean?”“What I mean is,” Joshua squinted his eyes and said, “The person who died was just an imposter. The real Hailey Walter is still out there somewhere. This woman is totally different from the Hailey I knew, so much so that she seems like an entirely different person altogether.”Not only her looks. Her character too.Hailey back then would treat Luna Gibson as her rival. Every time she saw Luna Gibson, her eyes would be filled with loathing and resentment.However, this time, Hailey and Alice became friends. Even much closer than Gwen, who was once Luna’s best friend.Luna furrowed her brows. “If the one that just died was not the real Hailey, then… where is the real Hailey? Why is she hiding?”Joshua frowned hard at her question.After a while, he furrowed his brows and looked at Luna. “I’ll investigate this, but I brought you here because I need you to do something.”Luna calmed herself down, turned over, an
Luna’s heart sank to the bottom.The people that were protecting Aura were people from the Lynch family.Back then, Aura had tried to harm Neil and Nellie many times.If it were not for Neil sacrificing himself and going along with Aura, they would not have been able to gather evidence of Aura trying to harm them.Joshua knew all about this.However, on the surface, he wanted Aura to pay the price, but actually, he secretly sent men to protect her?Luna felt a little dizzy.This…“So, Mommy, Uncle Malcolm would go up against that scumbag Joshua not only because of you being bullied in Sea City. He also wants to seek justice for Nellie and me.”Luna bit her lips.Joshua’s words in the car a moment ago rang in her ears.“I’m giving you the opportunity to get them to stop. If not, when I return to Banyan City tomorrow, they wouldn’t be so smug anymore. I have the ability to do it.”Luna truly believed that Joshua has the skills to do it too.She has witnessed firsthand his ta
In the evening, Luna received the information from Malcolm. It was detailed. It showed in detail the information of every single person who was protecting Aura.Luna could recognize a few of them. She has even met some of them before.They were indeed Joshua’s men.Her heart grew colder as she flipped through the documents.All these men were once Joshua’s cronies. How would these men dare to protect Aura without Joshua’s orders?At that thought, she switched off her computer, reached her hand out, and clutched her forehead.She has already known Joshua for many years. She once thought that she knew him well.Six years ago, the things that Joshua had done to her for Aura was a huge sudden blow to her, sending her to the pits of hell. Six years later, once again, she thought she knew him. She returned to him, wanting to take something from him so that she could cure Nigel.However, she realized that she still did not know him well enough. He was probably the only person that s
Luna slept for a long time. She seemed to be unable to wake up from her dream.She dreamt that she was dragged down from the car by someone while being unconscious.She could not open her eyes, but she could feel that her legs were being dragged on the ground. They were bleeding and they hurt a lot.The sound of men talking rang out in her ears. She could not hear what they were saying but she clearly heard things like raping then killing.She wanted to open her eyes, but could not no matter what.In the end, she woke up by cold water being splashed on her.She opened her eyes and realized that everything was not an illusion nor a dream.At that moment, she was in an abandoned factory. The air smelled of rust, gas, and mold.Her hands and legs were being tied up by a rope. She was tied onto a chair and could not move.The lighting in the factory was dim.A few burly men stood in front of her, sneering at her.Behind them, a middle-aged man was sitting arrogantly on a chair.
Theo has not been in contact with her since that morning.Joshua…Even at that moment, she was still thinking about Joshua.He would not even know about this. Also, even if he knew, he would not save her.At that thought, tears fell uncontrollably.She did not want to die. At least, not before finding a cure for Nigel. She did not want to die! However, what could she do at that moment? Liam was repaying a favor. He did not want money. What else could she use to bargain with him?There was nothing.Luna helplessly closed her eyes. Perhaps, this was fated…Bang! Just when the men were about to touch Luna with their dirty hands, a loud sound came from the outside of the abandoned factory.Liam suddenly stood up.“Everyone, stop!”The men immediately stopped what they were doing. “Boss, what is it?”“That sound… something is not right!”Liam furrowed his brows. He wanted to say something else when a black Hummer crashed into the abandoned factory.The driver was no othe
The abandoned factor was in total chaos.Luke was getting his men to tie Liam up while he turned around to look at Joshua who was carrying Luna.Joshua’s tall figure headed toward the entrance of the factory slowly.Luke furrowed his brows. “Joshua, are you just leaving like that?”Joshua stopped in his tracks. “Is there anything else?”“Say,” Luke laughed a little. He lit a cigarette in his mouth and said in a thuggish manner, “You did me a huge favor by letting me capture Liam. Aren’t you going to ask me for anything else?”“No need.” Joshua took a deep breath. He lowered his head and looked at Luna, who was shivering in his arms. “I came here just for her.”Then, he continued heading toward the exit.Seeing him leaving, Luke took a deep puff of the cigarette. He turned to look at one of his men next to him. “He said just now that she is his employee, right?”His men nodded. “Yes.”“He has a wife?”“Yes, they have been married for many years.”“Tsk.” Luke exhaled a ring o