“She can’t afford to suffer another injury anymore,” the doctor warned Joshua after he finished suturing Luna’s wound again. He then added, “I heard that Ms. Luna is a jewelry designer. She had burst her stitches twice in a day… If she gets hurt one more time…she might not be able to hold a pencil ever again.”Joshua sighed and glanced at Luna, who had passed out from the excruciating pain. The color had drained from her face, and her right shoulder was once more wrapped in a thick layer of bandages. Joshua sighed and left the ward. “Lucas, send out a job recruitment notice tonight. I want to hire some jewelry design assistants who have stable foundations, or even artists.”Lucas paused. “Didn’t Luna already hire her boyfriend, Theo, as her assistant? Why do you want—”Before he could finish his sentence, however, Joshua shot him a glare, and Lucas immediately clamped his mouth shut.When Luna finally woke up, it was already the next morning. The first thing she saw when she op
“Do you think I’m a horrible boss who enjoys making his employee’s life miserable? Or…” Joshua stared at Luna with a malicious glint. “Do you think I’m doing this because I’m in love with you?”Luna’s breath caught in her throat.She wanted to tell him that according to what happened yesterday, there was one other possibility—Joshua was a psycho who enjoyed toying with people.To him, Luna had always been a person at his beck and call, but all of a sudden, she belonged to Theo. Therefore, Joshua did it all out of spite.However, Luna did not dare say them out loud.She could not cross him yet. Not until she bore his child.“Alright then, I’ll just assume that Mr. Lynch is worried about having an extra competitor.” Luna sighed and lowered her head to glance at the time. “It’s time to go to work now.”Joshua frowned, then stood up and extended his hand toward Luna to help her out of the bed.Upon seeing his outstretched hand, Luna paused, then took it with a faint smile.She tho
“Took her life…?”Theo’s anger dissipated the moment he heard Joshua’s words. He no longer felt like arguing with Joshua.He turned around and grabbed Luna’s arms. “Luna, why did you… Why did you attempt to end yourself? Was it because of what my parents said last night? Was it something else...? What’s wrong?”Theo shook Luna so harshly that she grew light-headed. Then, after a moment, she furrowed her brows feebly. “I’m fine. I’m just…”“Theo!” a shrill voice abruptly interrupted Luna. She frowned and glanced in the direction where the voice had come from. A black BMW was parked by the side of the road. Celeste and Nathan frantically got out of the car and sprinted in their direction.“Theo, as soon as we discovered you were gone, we knew you had snuck out to find that b*tch!” Celeste grabbed Theo’s arm and pulled him to her side. “What did you promise me last night? You promised me you wouldn’t get in touch with that b*tch ever again! Why did you come here to find her?”Nath
Nathan frowned. “Since Luna is your employee, shouldn’t you reprimand her for being promiscuous and having a complicated personal life?”Joshua chuckled. “It’s not like she’s my wife, so why should I care about all this?”Everybody froze as soon as they heard that, even Luna. Her expression darkened. It turned out…Joshua still thought she was promiscuous and impure.The reason he had defended her in front of the Allens was not that he trusted her, but because—He did not care about her at all.Luna gripped the hem of her shirt tightly.She had always known that Joshua did not care about her. Even if he did, it was just temporary because he wanted to have fun with her.However, Luna still could not help but feel a twinge of pain in her heart when she heard what Joshua had said. She felt as though someone had pricked her with a needle, and her heart oozed blood.Meanwhile, Nathan was so shocked by this sudden turn of events that he did not know what to say.Joshua turned aroun
Joshua could not help but smirk when he heard what Nathan had said. He turned around to look at him. “It seems as though you’re unaware that we’re buying these gemstones from you upon Luna’s request, Mr. Allen. “According to Lynch Group’s senior executives, we can always change the materials used for this project to diamonds. However, Luna was the one who insisted on using your gemstones. She thinks they’ll be more suitable for her designs. If you want to forfeit our contract, I can convince Luna to change her mind and use diamonds for her products instead, but…”Joshua stared at Nathan with a steely look. “Are you sure you want to do that, Mr. Allen? I’m afraid you don’t want to find out the consequences of offending Lynch Group and any of its employees.”Nathan’s face turned pale, then blushed scarlet. He clenched his fists and stared at Joshua. “Mr. Lynch, I don’t think the two of us should break our contract over a woman.”“Look who’s talking,” snapped Joshua. “It’s you who ca
[Please don’t be disappointed, Mrs. Allen. It’s not your fault. Luna’s just too good at manipulating people. Don’t worry, though. Just focus on consoling Theo for now, and make sure he doesn’t keep in touch with Luna anymore.]At this point, Celeste was on her way back to her hotel. She glanced at Theo, whose hands were held down by his father. [Mrs. Lynch, why do you think…Luna likes Theo?][Probably because of his wealth. She’s such a beautiful woman, so of course she’d seduce men with money and power. It can’t possibly be love, can it?]Celeste frowned and stared at Alice’s reply thoughtfully. …The candidates that Lucas had recruited for the position of Luna’s assistant were all very outstanding.As soon as she arrived at her floor, she immediately interviewed all of them herself and finally settled on three candidates that she felt had the most solid foundation.Two of them were men, and one was a girl. Together with Arianna, they would be a perfect quadruple.Luna spent
Luna remained seated in the bathroom cubicle. As soon as she heard Celeste’s rants, Luna’s brows furrowed. Despite the way Celeste had insulted her last night and this morning, Luna did not take any of her insults to heart, mostly because she respected Theo’s mother. However, the more she allowed Celeste to walk all over her, the more outrageous she got. Luna could not believe Celeste was spreading rumors about her sleeping with Zach and Yuri!Hearing that Celeste seemed to be on the phone with a certain ‘Mrs. Lynch’, Luna guessed that this was probably all Alice’s doing. “How can I let such a promiscuous woman marry our beloved Theo?” Celeste’s voice rang out from outside the cubicle door. “I’m planning to take Theo for a full-body checkup tomorrow. I’m worried he might have contracted some diseases from her…”Before she could finish, however, she heard the cubicle door behind her slam open.Celeste frowned and turned around, still holding her phone to her ear.Luna strode
“Since you’re Theo’s mother, I won’t expose the recording out of respect. However, if I ever catch you baselessly spreading fake rumors behind my back one more time, not only will I sue you for defamation, but I’ll publish this recording and expose your true colors for the world to see.“I want everyone to find out what a horrible person Theo’s mother and Mrs. Allen of Allen Group is.”With that, Luna turned around and walked out of the bathroom.Celeste glowered at her with hatred seething in her eyes. She was the mother of a world-famous artist and the Allen Group’s CEO’s wife. How could she let anyone treat her like that?How could she let a b*tch like Luna threaten her?Celeste bit her lip and recalled what Alice had said to her earlier.“This woman hurt herself with a cutting knife. It was just a small injury, but she kept pretending and coerced my husband into thinking it was a big deal. My husband values her as an employee very much, so he took her to the hospital multip