“I was afraid that Luna might have any hidden injuries.”The doctor sighed at Alice’s words, “I truly did a thorough check. She only has these injuries, but…”The doctor touched his chin. “It’s quite strange that the cruel Liam would only hurt her this much.”Alice nodded. “Hmm, I find it strange too.”Liam had already kidnapped Luna for such a long time, how was she only injured like that? According to his usual efficiency, by the time Joshua got his men over, Luna should be dead.Alice was in a good mood at the thought of Luna’s death, that was why she deliberately dressed up and rushed over.She was expecting to see a dead body. Who would have thought…Upon hearing the doctor’s words, Joshua’s expressions relaxed a little.He calmly glanced at Luna, who was still under an IV drip. Then, he looked at the time.“It’s almost one-thirty in the morning. Alice, go back and rest first. I’ll stay here to look after her. We’ll head back to Banyan City first thing in the morning.”
Luna slept through the entire night.In her dreams, she dreamt that she was humiliated by many men. She dreamt that her dead body was disposed of in the wilderness.She dreamt that Joshua and Alice drove over her dead body and happily returned to Banyan City.She woke up from her nightmare screaming in fear.“Did you have a nightmare?”When she came to her senses, Theo’s voice rang out gently in her ears.Luna opened her eyes. She was in a foreign environment. White walls and beds and it smelled of disinfectant.She rubbed the middle of her brows and got up from the bed. “I’m at…”“The hospital,” Theo replied while pouring her some water. “You were attacked and kidnapped last night. Later on, you were rescued and sent to the hospital.”Then, he passed Luna a glass of warm water. “Do you remember anything?”Luna accepted the glass of water. She thought for a while. “A little bit.”Last night…After sending Gwen back home, she fell asleep in the taxi.Later on…She subconsc
“But I don’t think he would do that. Doing that would make you a target. If he missed, you might die in the hands of Liam.”Luna laughed self-deprecatingly, “Even if I die in the hands of Liam, he won’t care.”Theo was once again silent for a moment.“I think Joshua cares for you more than you think.”At least, when he saw Joshua and Alice bickering over who to stay back to take care of Luna, Theo saw sincere concern in Joshua’s eyes.“That’s because you don’t understand him.”Luna turned to look out of the window. Her voice sounded far away, “He never once cared if I lived or died.”Before breakfast, Theo got the doctor to do a routine check-up on Luna.Once they made sure that Luna was alright, Theo brought her to have some breakfast before sending her back to the hotel.When they reached the hotel, they bumped into Lucas.“Luna, I was just about to look for you,” Lucas smiled and said, “Mr. Lynch said the work here is done for now. He wants you to pack up. We’ll leave for
When Luna rushed to the hospital, Gwen was still in the emergency room.Outside the emergency room was Andy with a tear-streaked face and Luke with a cold expression.Ben, the person who ought to be there the most, did not even appear.Coming out of the elevator, Luna rushed over manically. “Uncle Andy, is Gwen alright?”Andy grabbed her hand and only cried. He was sobbing so hard he could not say anything.“My men rescued her.”Luke furrowed his brows and glanced at Luna. He was busy taking Liam down at the abandoned factory the night before, he only had a hurried glance at Luna, not noticing her looks.Looking at her in person at that moment, he realized that this woman indeed had what it took to make a man fall head over heels for her.Luna bit her lips. She immediately let go of Andy’s hands. She lifted her head and looked at Luke. “How is Gwennie?”“Not too good.” Luke frowned a little. “This morning my men found out that a bunch of Liam’s cronies went to the Walter mansi
Seeing how no one responded, Alice got even bolder.She furrowed her brows and looked at Andy. “Uncle Andy, where is Ben?”Andy lifted his head. He looked at her. His lips quivered but he could not find his words.Joshua furrowed his brows and looked at Alice. His voice was cold. “Alice, stop talking.”Only then did Alice exercise a little restraint. “I’m only concerned. After all, such a huge thing happened to Gwen, it’s not right that Ben is not here.”Luna leaned back on the chair. Her mind kept replaying the scene where she was drinking with Gwen the night before.From the beginning, Luna was the one that offended the Walter family. She was the one who made Hailey jump off the building and the one who aggravated Old Mr. Walter.Why did they want to do that to Gwen then? Gwen did not even do anything.She did not even mention the Walter family’s name during the press conference.Even if she was Gwen’s friend, they did not have to capture her and treat her that way, right?
Looking at the divorce papers, Gwen was instantly stunned.Luna could not help it but she was infuriated. “Ben, what do you mean by this? Gwen had just gone through such an unfortunate incident. Now is the time where she needs you the most. What are you doing?”Ben’s eyes were flat. “Isn’t it obvious enough?”He swept Luna a cold glance, then he looked at Gwen. “I’m a traditional man. When she was rescued by others, other men had already slept with her. Don’t tell me that you don’t know this? Also, there was more than one man!”Ben gritted his teeth. “Thankfully I have never brought Gwen back to see my parents. If not, I will never be able to live with my head held up high!”Then, he glared at Gwen coldly. “Sign them!”Luna was so furious her breathing rhythm was in a mess.She clenched her fists tightly. “Ben Zeller, how can you be so heartless!”“I’m heartless?” Ben sneered. He swept Luna a cold glance. “You should ask this yourself! If Gwen had never become friends with you,
Luna bit her lips. She turned to look at Luke.“She’s sad enough, please stop your sarcasm.”Luke snickered, “It’s already not worth it being sad over a scumbag, why should she care about other people’s sarcastic remarks?”Luna furrowed her brows.She was grateful for Luke sending men to rescue Gwen, but Luke’s words were…harsh on the ears.“Luna.” After a while, Gwen said while her eyes still remained shut, “Can all of you please leave, I want to be alone.”Luna bit her lips. “But…”“Please leave,” Gwen chuckled bitterly, “I’m already ashamed and sad enough. Please give me some space to be alone.”Luna took a deep breath. She walked over to Gwen and covered her with the blanket. She said in a soft tone, “I’m sorry.”Then, Luna turned and left the room.Behind her, Gwen started crying again because of Luna’s apology.…Coming out from the patient’s ward, Luna was dispirited.After making sure that Gwen was safe, Joshua took Lucas and left. He said that he had something t
Luna and Alice raised their heads simultaneously.The person who was holding Alice’s hand wasn’t anyone else but Joshua who had left not too long ago.Seeing him here, Alice immediately retracted her hand and dove into his arms, sobbing like a baby, “Joshua, I knew Luna was in a bad mood, so I tried comforting her. But, who knew she would slap me instead!”As she spoke, she pointed to her red and puffy face. “See! I was furious, so I slapped her too, but she still wanted to slap me so I…”Joshua held onto her gingerly, raised his eyes and looked at the palm print on Luna’s face. “I know you’re in a bad mood, but still you can’t go around hurting people.”Luna raised her eyes and looked at him coldly without speaking.Joshua sucked in a deep breath, saying coolly, “I went to the police station just now and took care of everything. The one who kidnapped Gwen is Liam Clark’s subordinate. The Old Mr. Walter is the mastermind, the police have already summoned him for questioning.”He