“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
Granny Lynch rolled her eyes. “Those that didn’t know would think Luna was the one who gave birth to the children.” Joshua lifted his lips slightly in a wry smile. “Granny, you can’t just say things like that.” Six years ago, the only woman in his life was Luna Gibson. Where could he have met Luna? The old lady pursed her lips. “Was I wrong? You care more about Luna than your own father. Alice on the other hand, in the past they didn’t seem close, but now she acts like she’s his daughter!” With that, she could not help it and glared at him. “Go upstairs and take a look at your father!” Joshua raised his teacup again and drained the cup, then placed the cup down elegantly and headed upstairs. When he reached the first floor, Alice was just shutting the door to the guest bedroom behind her. Seeing him come upstairs, she laughed lightly, “Adrian is asleep. Don’t worry, I’ve comforted him, he won’t lose his temper at you anymore.” Joshua narrowed his eyes. “I need to talk
Luna had no idea how Alice convinced Adrian, but at night when they were eating dinner in Blue Bay Villa, he was much calmer when he saw her. There were no signs of his blatant fury from the afternoon, he even took the initiative and apologized to Luna. “Ms. Luna, I acted impulsively. Alice explained the whole situation to me, I realized you were right, Hailey was the one at fault. That’s why.” The middle-aged man looked at his palm print that was imprinted onto her cheek from his slap, and sighed deeply, “I would like to apologize. I’m sorry.” Luna was quite shocked. Even though she did not have a good impression of him, even though he was her elder. She smiled slightly at him and allowed the issue to pass just like that. Maybe because Sebastian and Alice had been away for too long and it so happened the whole family was present that day, the butler ordered the chef to prepare a sumptuous feast for dinner. Adrian was fairly excited, he kept asking Joshua to drink with, dow
Alice closed her eyes and weighed her options.Joshua rarely got drunk, much less to such an extent. It was an opportunity of a lifetime. She could not afford to let it slip away.The night of the party, Joshua had slept with Luna, but he had no memory of that at all when he woke up the next morning. He thought he had slept with Alice instead, which was why he changed his mind about the divorce and even started to treat her better than he did prior to that.Alice contemplated for a few moments before she finally made a bold decision: she would call Luna over and send her right into his arms.Besides, even if Joshua found out he had slept with Luna, he would not admit to that at all and, instead, treat Alice even better due to his guilt. It was the perfect opportunity for Alice to drive a wedge between them.She let out a sigh and gingerly picked up Joshua’s phone. Then, she composed a disappearing message to Luna and sent it to her.Disappearing messages was a special text messag