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
With that, the man shrugged and approached them. “So, Gwen knows something about the Walter family, doesn’t she?” The moment the words left his mouth, both Luna and Alice paled simultaneously.Alice knew something, but she was not too sure… Meanwhile, Luna was thinking about the ‘love letter’ Gwen gave her last night. She vaguely remembered, last night Liam got her letter, took a photo of it and sent it to someone, then burned the letter.She did not know the contents of the letter.But instinct told her… if the Walter family wanted to kill Gwen to silence her, it must be related to the letter!At this thought, she jumped up as if crazed, then rushed Gwen’s hospital ward and pushed the door open. “Gwen!”She bolted in and grabbed Gwen’s hand. “Do you remember? I gave you a letter last time. Do you remember what was written in the letter?”Gwen looked at her, confused. “What letter?”Luna stiffened immediately.She bit her lip. “We went out drinking last night, you got dru
Luna bit her lip, raised her eyes stubbornly, and looked straight at Joshua. “Why?”Since something like this happened to Gwen, she would still worry even if she went back to Banyan City, it was impossible for her to concentrate on work.Joshua’s gaze remained emotionless. “Even if you want to stay here in Sea City, what can you do for Gwen? Continue to feel guilty and blame yourself, keep reminding her of what happened, so you can both be sad together?”The man’s words made Luna take a step back involuntarily.She stared at him in disbelief, opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but not a single word came forth.Joshua frowned, his voice calm but cold. “Firstly, you can’t take back what has happened to her. The most important thing now is to stop her from seeing the people who are related to this incident, so her mental and physical wounds can start healing. You should know, all of these happened to her because of you. Even if she doesn’t blame you, can you guarantee that s
Even if she turned into someone he did not like at all, he could not abandon and leave her. This was his responsibility as a husband and as a father.But he really did not understand. “I remember, you and Gwen were desk-mates and best friends throughout your three years of high school. When this happened to her, I thought you would have the same reaction as Luna.”Alice paused violently.A second later, she turned and looked at the buttons on the elevator. “We weren’t really friends, just desk-mates. Besides, we never kept in touch after high school. To me, Gwen is just an old classmate I haven’t seen for years.” Joshua narrowed his eyes. “But Gwen even argued with Luna for you.”“That’s because she knew I married well and wanted to heighten her social position,” Alice said lightly, “Later on she realized I don’t care about our ancient friendship and immediately became friends with Luna. Just days ago she was arguing with her, calling her a mistress, and now they’ve become fast
Luna lay unconscious in the hotel until 3 p.m. in the afternoon.She got a call from Neil at 3 p.m. in the afternoon.The little guy’s voice drifted in from the other end of the phone. He sounded fairly excited. “Mommy, how far away are you? Nellie and I really miss you!”Hearing her son’s voice, Luna’s heart softened and melted.She held onto her phone for a few seconds in silence, then finally lowered her voice and answered, “Mommy… can’t come back today. I’m still in Sea City.”On the other end of the phone, the little guy paused, then his voice turned calm in an instant. “Is there a problem?”“One of Mommy’s friends was involved in an accident.”The little guy on the other end of the phone was very understanding.He pursed his lips. “I understand. I’ll explain the situation to Nellie properly, she’ll understand and won’t get angry at you or make a fuss about it. You can stay there and take care of your friend, just tell me when you’ll be back and Nellie and I will be ready
She did not dare to think any further, all she could do was bite her lip and ask Neil softly, “Did your brother say anything else?”“No.”Neil frowned. “Mommy, is anything wrong?”“No, nothing.” Luna sucked in a deep breath then chatted mindlessly with him for a while and hurriedly ended the call.Placing her phone down, Luna took a long while to calm herself down. Then, she finally mustered her courage and pressed the button to switch on the necklace she used to communicate with Nigel.“Mommy.” The moment the signal was connected, Nigel’s solemn voice drifted in from the other side. “I already sent an email to the police in Sea City, detailing the various illegal activities the Walter family was involved in all these years. Don’t worry, the people who hurt Aunt Gwen will be punished accordingly.”Luna’s hand that was holding the necklace trembled slightly. “Nigel…”“I know everything.” The little guy sucked in a deep breath. “The necklace I gave you is installed with a progra
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