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
Luna spent the whole night in the study with Joshua. He finally drifted off to sleep around 4am.Luna felt a little exhausted and uncomfortable after that. However, she was afraid that the children would wake up and discover she was gone, so she tiptoed out of the study and back into the children’s room.As she gently opened the master bedroom door and walked out, Alice glanced in the direction Luna had left with an expression of envy and resentment. She went into the study, dragged a drunken Joshua back into the master bedroom, and gingerly lowered him onto their bed. Then, she drew a few fake hickeys all over her body with makeup, removed her clothes, and slipped herself in between Joshua’s arms.The first thing Joshua saw when he opened his eyes the next morning was Alice’s sleeping face. She laid next to him, stark naked, with a few dark red hickeys scattered all over her chest and arms.Joshua’s expression darkened. What happened last night?“Are you awake, Joshua?” As if s
“It’s already 8am. It’s about time she wakes up and has breakfast.”Neil frowned at Alice’s words and immediately stretched his arms out to block Alice’s path. “No. Mommy’s still sleeping. We can’t wake her.”Of course, Alice did not listen to him at all. She stood next to the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, “Luna! Luna! It’s 8am now, time to get up! I’ve made you breakfast! You’re supposed to head to the company with Joshua at 9am for your meeting! Luna!”Alice’s voice was deafening, and she finally managed to wake Luna up from her slumber. The latter jolted awake and glanced at the time—it was 8am. She had only managed to sleep three hours. Despite that, however, she knew that Alice was right. She had to go to work, so she crawled out of bed and muttered, “Thank you. I’ll be down in a while.”Seeing that Luna was awake, a hint of triumph flashed across Alice’s eyes. She chuckled and stared at Luna with a gentle expression as she said, “I’ve made you breakfast. You sho
What was she up to last night?Luna bit down on her lip and cast Joshua a displeased look. “What else do you think I was up to last night, Mr. Lynch?”Although he was drunk last night, he still managed to text her and invited her over, so why did he play dumb?Joshua shot her a cold glance and replied curtly, “How would I know?”Last night after dinner, he reminded Luna to sleep early and rest since they had a long day ahead the following day. They had a meeting scheduled to discuss the information collected over the business trip and finalize some plans. Why did she ignore his reminders? Besides, Luna had slept in the children’s room last night with the kids. Naturally, the kids would have gone to bed early, and there was no place for her to work, so she could not have been up all night working. Joshua could not understand why she did not get much sleep last night. Was she up all night talking to Theo? Joshua’s expression darkened as he pondered that possibility. Last nigh
Lucas sighed. When 9am rolled around, Luna had already finished looking over the materials for the meeting. “Shannon, notify everyone that we’re having a department meeting soon. I want to explain everything I’ve gathered in Sea City.”Shannon nodded in response. However, just as she was about to leave Luna’s office, she paused and peered at Luna. “Director Luna, are you sure you don’t want to take a break?”Everyone could tell that Luna was not feeling well. Her face was as pale as the wall behind her. Luna curled her lips into a smile. “Work is more important.”Shannon frowned and gave her a peculiar look. She knew workaholics existed, but Luna was on a whole new level.Shannon walked out of Luna’s office, but after a moment, she decided that something was wrong and stopped at her door. “Director Luna, why don’t I pour you a cup of coffee?”Luna shook her head. “No need.” The scent of coffee always made her feel like throwing up whenever she was exhausted.Shannon sighed
When Luna finally came to, she discovered she was in a hospital. Anne sat next to her bedside, her face etched with worry and concern.“What are you doing here?” Luna rubbed her brows and tried to prop herself up.Anne immediately helped her up and gently laid Luna down against the headboard. “John and I just came back from our trip today. I received a call from Joshua saying you fainted and rushed over immediately. I didn’t even have time to go home yet!” With that, Anne glanced at Luna with a somewhat displeased look. “I thought it was just a business trip to Sea City. What happened? Why did you faint?”Luna gave her a wry smile. “It has nothing to do with the trip.”Anne sighed. “I know.” She glanced at the door to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then lowered her voice and said, “The doctor told me that you didn’t get much sleep last night and didn’t eat breakfast this morning. That’s why you fainted. What happened? Was it Joshua?”Luna paused for a moment, then slowly nodd
Luna knew that plastic surgery could drastically change a person’s appearance. However, the photo she had at hand looked absolutely nothing like the Hailey Walter she had seen a few days ago.Luna had undergone plastic surgery before, so she knew that it took a lot of time and effort to change one’s appearance into a totally different person, which meant that…If the person in that photo was indeed Hailey Walter, then the woman who had died was an imposter.Luna bit down on her lip and suddenly recalled what Joshua had said to her in the car.“This might not be the real Hailey Walter.”“The person who died was just an imposter. The real Hailey Walter is still out there somewhere.”“This woman is totally different from the Hailey I knew, so much so that she seems like an entirely different person altogether.”Luna broke out in cold sweats as soon as she thought of that. If the woman who died was not the real Hailey, then she could not have ended herself simply because she did n
Joshua and Luna immediately froze as soon as they heard that. Luna frowned and was about to say something when Joshua scoffed, “Why should I feed her?” Anne rolled her eyes at him. “Do you have short-term memory loss, Mr. Lynch? Why can’t you remember what you did? You—” “Anne,” Luna interrupted her before she could finish. She leaned against the headboard and gave Anne a feeble smile. “Didn’t you say you came here as soon as you could and didn’t even have time to go home? Well, I’m fine now, so you should go home.” Anne pursed her lips. She knew that Luna did not want her to bring up what Joshua had done. She sighed and glanced at Luna dejectedly. “Alright, take care, then.” With that, she shot Joshua a glare before she turned and left the room, slamming the door behind her. Joshua and Luna were left alone in the ward. Luna sighed, picked up the lunchbox Anne had set down on the bedside table, and ate. She propped the lunchbox up with one hand and held the spoon in the oth