“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
Joshua laughed, “Back then, to marry me, she could employ such tricks, and now, she could also employ other tricks, to deal with Luna.”With his left hand, he elegantly unfastened the buttons of his shirt. The bandages on his right arm made the old lady cry out in dismay, “Joshua, what, what happened?” “It was Hailey’s fault.” He raised his eyes in cold detachment and glanced at Adrian, “Everything that Luna said, is evidence of her crimes that I managed to find. Initially, I thought, since she’s already dead, then these pieces of evidence should not be exposed. But if father, you insist that she is a good girl and Luna was the one who framed her… I don’t mind exposing to the world the dirty deeds of a dead woman…”Adrian’s complexion was pale, with a hint of grey. Unconsciously, he took a step backward, standing shakily as if he was about to fall at any minute. “That’s impossible… Hailey is a nice girl…”“Adrian!” Alice rushed forward and hurriedly steadied him. She held onto him
“Are you okay?” After Alice helped Adrian upstairs, Joshua looked at Luna who sported a red, puffy palm print on her cheek, his brows screwed tightly together. “What bad can it be?” Luna raised her lips coldly, took the ice cubes that Neil handed her, and held them gently against her swollen cheek. “It won’t kill me.” With that, she glanced at him, her eyes faint. “Mr. and Mrs. Lynch exerted yourselves to get me to bring the two children back to your home because you wanted me to become your father’s punching bag.”Joshua’s eyes darkened. “I did not know my father and grandmother would be here…”Beside him, Granny Lynch rolled her eyes. “What do you mean you did not know?”The old lady pursed her lips. “Before you came home, I asked the butler to inform you! Joshua, why do you care what an employee like her thinks? Even if you asked her here to be slapped by your father to vent his anger, so what? Doesn’t she at least deserve a slap for the things that she did?”The moment