The radio kept replaying the news surrounding the Walter family that happened in the past few days. “Before the accusations against the Mr. Dennis Walter were raised, the only heir to the Walter Group, Ms. Hailey Walter committed suicide by jumping off a building. The Walter Group is now an empire that has lost its king and is about to overrun…”Luna closed her eyes. She wondered whether Gwen had heard about this piece of news. If she did, at least she would feel slightly comforted, right?At this thought, she took out her phone, intending to check Gwen had sent her any new messages, but instead saw the new status update posted by Ben.‘Inspecting my injuries at the police station, the Larson family, you better watch out! I will be requesting compensation!’ The accompanying pictures were of his injured arm and swollen cheeks as a result of their scuffle the other day. Luna knew his injuries must have been Zach and Yuri’s handiwork. She stared at her phone for a long while, then
The air in the car turned silent. Luna’s whole body stiffened. She had not seen both Neil and Nellie for days. This was the longest time she had spent apart from them since she gave birth to them six years ago.She missed them dearly. From the calls they shared this morning and yesterday in the afternoon, she knew the children missed her dearly too. The fire in her heart that was burning with excitement at the thought of meeting her children was cruelly extinguished by Alice’s cold words, instead turning cold and frosty.Alice was doing this on purpose. She did not have any feelings for Neil and Nellie. She was just trying to get to her, to get to the children.“Joshua?” Noticing Joshua’s continued silence, Alice even called out to him softly. Only then did he blink and recover his wits. He coughed slightly, raised his eyes and looked at Luna from the back as she sat in the passenger seat. “We’ll do as Alice says.”No matter what, Alice was still their mother. Even though
“Mommy! I miss you so much!” Nellie said.She took her keys, and the moment she opened the door to the apartment, the two children rushed out like two little tornadoes. Neil and Nellie each hugged one of her legs, chattering away in excitement.“Mommy, I knew you would come back at this hour, but Neil insisted you would come back later!”“Mommy, in the past few days that you weren’t home, I asked Lily to teach me how to make coffee! I made your favorite Arabica coffee!”“Mommy, I have it all planned out, you can’t go anywhere this afternoon. Just stay at home, read me stories and build Legos with Neil!” “Mommy…”Luna lowered her eyes, looked at the two black little heads in front of her, the words were at the tip of her tongue, but she just could not spit them out.Behind her, Lily stood in the living room, looking at her with a smile on her face. “Ms. Luna, they purposely took a day off from school to wait for you. Since this morning, they were particularly excited, decorati
Joshua raised his eyebrows.He never expected this would be the first question his son would ask him after spending days apart from each other. He glanced at his son out of the corners of his eyes. “You seem reluctant to see your Mommy and I reconcile with each other?”Neil paused. He turned his head, looked at Joshua solemnly, then lifted two fingers. “Firstly, I never accepted Ms. Alice Gibson. To me, she was never my Mommy. My Mommy is Luna. Secondly, my likes or dislikes, are they important to you, Mr. Lynch? If you really considered our thoughts and feelings, then you would not force my sister and I to do the things we do not want to do, for example, taking us back to Blue Bay Villa now. Finally, I don’t care about you and Alice, I just wanted to find out why your attitude toward her took a 180 degree turn after returning from Sea City.”Before they left, they were already separated, and had even announced they would set a date and sign the divorce papers. But not long afte
At the same time, he did miss them a lot, it had been a long time since he last saw them. That’s why he suggested bringing everyone to Blue Bay Villa so they could all reunite. But it seemed like…He only succeeded in making both the children and Luna mad at him? The cars drove on. A short while later, the line of cars stopped in front of Blue Bay Villa. When Luna stepped out of the car where Yuri and Zach kept the luggage, Alice had already stepped out too. Standing outside Joshua’s car, she hung a fake smile on her face. “Nellie, come here, Mommy will carry you into the house!”Nellie rolled her eyes, walked past her, and headed to the door with her short, stubby legs. Neil, on the other hand, rushed into her arms with a smile on his face. “If Nellie doesn’t want you to carry her, then carry me instead! I’m not very heavy either, just slightly heavier than Nellie.”Alice heaved him up into her arms, her expression ugly, taking a step forward with incredible effort. Ne
“Slap ——!” Before everyone could react, the sound of a loud slap echoed throughout the living room. Luna’s head was knocked to the side from the impact, the sweet, iron-like taste of blood filled her mouth, and blood dripped down the corners of her lips.“Mommy!” “Mommy ——!”Sitting on both sides of the old lady, the two children instinctively jumped up from the couch and flew to Luna’s side. One of them held her hand carefully, stepping in front of her, trying to protect her, while the other calmly took some tissues from the table beside them and handed them to Luna.The sight of the two children protecting her made Joshua frown. Beside him, Alice snorted deep down in her chest, but on the surface, worry filled her expression, “Neil, quick, bring your sister here.” Then, she glanced at the little gentleman who was handing Luna tissues. “This is between your Grandpa and Aunty Luna. It’s a matter for adults, don’t poke your nose where it doesn’t belong.”Neil glared at her
“Then you should know, Luna raised them for six years. I would advise you to be nicer to Luna, otherwise, the children might not acknowledge you as their grandfather anymore.”Adrian’s face turned purple. On this side, Luna glanced at his expression with an elegant yet emotionless look, a careless smile lifting her lips. “Mr. Lynch, you said I killed Hailey, do you have any proof? Deciding whether someone killed someone else or not, don’t you need to speak based on the available evidence?” She rested an ankle on her knee, her voice cold and distant, “Hailey committed suicide by jumping off a building. Did I point a knife at her and force her to jump, or did I push her? If I remember correctly, when Hailey committed suicide, I was accompanying my friend as she visited her ex-husband in the hospital. There are CCTVs in the hallways and elevators in the hospital, I have a perfect alibi.”Adrian snorted, “Don’t think I don’t know, before she jumped because of you, she was forced to lea
Adria could hardly believe his own eyes. He clearly remembered, a few years ago, he once visited the Walter family in Sea City. He got drunk and started to feel sorry for Hailey. In his heart, Hailey was always the best candidate to be Joshua’s wife. As his father, he thought even if he never loved and cared about his son, he would listen to him, listen to their family, and marry Hailey who had been intended to him since they were children. Instead, Adrian never expected Joshua to reject the marriage once and for all. He even married Luna Gibson who also grew up in Sea City, just to rebel against his family. In the end, even when Luna Gibson went missing, he still rejected Hailey adamantly. To not be involved with Hailey in any possible manner, he was even willing to get engaged to Aura, Luna’s younger sister. Back then, he was drunk, scolding Joshua as he comforted Hailey, telling her she deserves someone better. That day, Hailey cried, touched by his words. Her gaze that