Luna laughed bitterly and shook her head as she shrugged off the messy thoughts.How could Joshua be lonely? She was the lonely one all these years.She turned around and continued to make Nellie her oats.Unintentionally, she saw her reflection on the metal stove. At that moment, her facial features were intricate and unique. She was so beautiful that it was almost flawless, yet she could no longer feel any happiness.…For the next few days, Luna tried to avoid appearing in front of Joshua. One was because of the previous incident; she had no energy to pretend to be friendly with Joshua. Also, Joshua has started doubting her relationship with Luna Gibson. She had to try her best to make herself as small as possible so he would ignore her.However, everyone in Blue Bay Villa noticed Luna trying to distance herself from Joshua. Some of the older servants lectured her, “Luna, remember your place. You’re a servant, and you’re here to serve Mr. Lynch. Wipe that rude face off.”“Y
When Luna knocked on the door and entered with hot tea, Joshua was sitting and talking on the phone. Seeing her entering, Joshua swept a cold glance at her and continued reprimanding his staff, “How many years have you been on this job? Do I still need to teach you basic respect for your superiors? So what if you’re in a bad mood? Do I, as a boss, need to care for your emotions? If there’s a next time, you can prepare to resign!”Luna smiled faintly as she heard his words. Joshua might seem like he was reprimanding his staff, but he was indirectly telling them to Luna.This was the third time he asked her to send something up for him to drink. From coffee to tea, Luna knew he did not need to drink so much while working that night. The only possible reason was that she got under his skin as she ignored him and treated him indifferently.Joshua had always been high and mighty. He was a man that everyone respected and looked up to.He must have felt terrible when she suddenly ignore
“We’ve been apart for so long, so of course I miss you. I miss you so much.”“Of course I love you. What are you thinking?”“Okay, okay, stop playing around. I’ll make you your special cookies the next time I see you, okay?”“Mmh, I’ll only make them for you. No one else gets to try them.”…Joshua frowned sourly at that. Her voice rang in the air, flirtatious, and the words she used sounded intimate, too.Who was she talking to on the phone? Another man?No wonder she treated Joshua so coldly, not wanting to say a single word to him.It seemed like she had changed her target. This woman with ill intentions toward him had changed her target. He should be happy.It baffled Joshua why he was displeased, however. Not only that, but he was a little furious, too.After a long time, Luna finally hung up. She let out a long sigh of relief.The mischievous Neil had been living at Anne’s house independently, and he sometimes would even take care of Anne and make meals for her. Despit
Joshua’s scent grew closer and stronger.Back then, Luna longed for Joshua to kiss her himself, but he never initiated to kiss her during three years of marriage.Whether it be in life or in bed, she was always the one who made the first move.Previously, she just thought that he was passive. However, at that moment, she finally saw clearly.It was not that he was passive; he was only passive toward her. Just like at that moment, she had been Joshua’s maid for only half a month, yet he could kiss her just like that.At that thought, Luna’s eyes turned cold.Slap! The moment Joshua’s lips grazed hers, a crisp slap rang through the entire backyard.Joshua’s face was slapped so hard that his head swung to the side. His expression darkened as he regained his senses.He turned back and looked at Luna with fury. “How dare you slap me?”Luna retracted her hand that ached due to the slap. She glared at Joshua coldly. “Mr. Lynch, you’ve done inappropriate things. Should I not have sl
“I’m going to put Ms. Nellie back to bed.”Luna bent and took Nellie into her arms. She pushed Joshua aside and strode back into the villa.Joshua stood on the spot, brows furrowed as he looked at Luna walking away.The door of the entrance was shut.Joshua looked at the door with his deep eyes. After a while, he took his phone out and dialed Lucas. “Get the car.”On the other end of the call, Lucas sounded groggy. “Mr. Lynch, it’s late. Where do you want to go?”“To the office,” came the reply. Lucas was so stunned that he was momentarily speechless. “Didn’t you bring all your work back to the villa? Why are you returning to the office?”“I regret my decision. Why? Do you have anything to say about that?”How would Lucas dare have anything to say?Lucas immediately got up from his girlfriend’s bed and quickly drove to Blue Bay Villa. He helped carry the stack of documents in Joshua’s study into the car as he then sent Joshua to the office.Sitting in the backseat, Joshua l
Zach and Yuri looked at each other, then they looked at Joshua rather embarrassingly. “Mr. Lynch, it’s almost eight at night, and our boss is just a kid. He should be in bed already.”“So, perhaps…”Joshua’s cold gaze swept across Zach’s face. “Didn’t you say he was just chatting online with you two?”The two of them looked at each other once more before they helplessly dialed Neil and told him how Joshua wanted to meet with him.“Sure.” Neil smiled coldly as he sat on the balcony in Anne’s house.Nellie called a moment ago and told him how the scumbag fought with their Mommy, yet that scumbag demanded to meet him at that moment? Oh, the ways he could avenge Mommy! At that thought, Neil hung up the phone and ran to the kitchen. He took a bottle of Sprite and a pineapple out from the fridge. He juiced the pineapple, mixed them with Sprite, and added some other special ingredients. He then poured the concoction into a cup and headed downstairs with it.Neil only waited for a wh
Joshua thought that he was going crazy.“You want to tell me a story?” Neil blinked his eyes and made a well-behaved disposition. “Tell me!”Joshua smiled bitterly. He got Lucas to stop the car by Bay Bridge where not many people would be at the bridge at night. Even cars were few.Joshua opened the door and stood by the bridge. He looked at the water below the bridge. “This was where my wife had an accident. She left me, then she had an accident.“When I rushed to the scene, other than a messy scene and broken railings, there was nothing left. I don’t know where she went; I couldn’t find her. Other people said that she died, but I never believed it for once. I feel that until I see her body, I still have hope that she’s alive.“Half a month ago, my guess was confirmed. She is indeed still alive. Not only is she alive, but she even gave birth to our daughter. She’s the one that you saved in the amusement park.”Neil pursed his lips. He stood next to Joshua and looked at the intac
“Daddy was alright during dinner.”Nellie held onto Luna’s hand as they stood in the main lobby of Central Hospital. She looked into the distance worriedly. “Why would he suddenly be unwell?”“Perhaps he ate or drank something else later on,” replied Luna flatly.She looked at the entrance of the hospital and furrowed her brows. Why would Joshua have stomach problems? From what she recalled, he always had a good digestive system. He always had to socialize a lot, but not once did his stomach cause any problems.His stomach problem became a recurring sickness in a mere six years? What was Aura doing? How did she look after him until he fell into such a state? Just as she was deep in her thoughts, a black Maserati stopped at the entrance of the hospital.“It’s Daddy!” Nellie immediately let go of Luna’s hand and ran as quickly as her short stumpy legs could take her toward the car.Seeing how worried her daughter was, a strange emotion overwhelmed Luna.She lifted her leg and st
At that, he looked at Gwen. "Actually…"Steven found himself unable to finish his sentence. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. "Forget about it.""Steven…" Gwen looked at him, and her tears fell.Her heart was not made of stone. How could she not know Steven's feelings toward her?She was silent for a long while. In the end, she stood up and slowly walked over to Steven with arms opened wide. "Give me a hug."Steven hesitated for a while, but he still stood up.They hugged."Gwen." Steven hugged her thin figure. "I have to meet you earlier in the next life so I can compete fairly with my brother."Gwen nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Okay."They thus hugged once more. Minutes later…"He's gone," said Stefan.Tears kept falling.They hugged for a while longer before pulling apart. Gwen looked at Stefan with her tear-stricken face. He had tears on his face as well.She bit her lips and reached out to wipe his tears. "A—Are these tears…yours or his?
The next day, Rachel flew from Merchant City to Sharnwick City to diagnose Anne's condition. Theo tagged along as well because he had another identity, Rachel's boyfriend."According to the report, Anne's condition is slowly recuperating." Rachel was relieved after assessing the report. "Although she is very weak, she is going to get better with lots of rest."There is nothing wrong with her vocal cords too. It could be a psychological thing that makes her lose her voice. A knot in her heart that causes it." She looked at Luna, then at John. "Considering all factors, I think that knot is Luna."Rachel continued, "John, I know Luna is the root cause of all these bad things. Being away from Luna, Joshua, and other people is going to guarantee a safer life for you and your family. But have you thought about it from Anne's point of view? Other than you and Sammie, she has her own life and her circle of friends. Never has she blamed Luna for what happened, yet you forced her to leave Lun
It was almost a miracle for Anne to willingly leave the house just to visit him!Robyn, meanwhile, sobbed at the sight.The nurse who accompanied Anne to the ward was puzzled. What was going on with these people?She snuck her phone out of her pocket and took a photo of this surreptitiously. Then, she sent it into the nurse's group chat with the caption, [What a strange family I met today.]The nurses in the group chat began gossiping about this. One of them tagged a fellow nurse named Daisy and said, [Hey, isn't this the guy who saved the old man you're looking after? What a hero!]Daisy was, at this moment, walking into Andy's room to help him change his wound dressing. She saw the message but was not able to type on her keyboard to respond, so she recorded a voice message instead. "Yes, that's the man. What's wrong with his family? What are you guys talking about?"As soon as she finished her sentence, she lifted her head and finally realized that Andy was not there.Instead,
Anne stared at John for a long time before forcibly smiling and told him in sign language, "Robyn didn't return after so long, so I got worried and came by to check on her.""Daddy, Aunt Robyn, are you two hugging?" Sammie asked, blinking innocently as she raised her head in curiosity.John and Robyn turned pale at this.It was understandable for such a young child like Sammie to misinterpret them as hugging, but what would Anne think of this?John leaped off the bed and staggered toward Anne. "Anne, it's just a misunderstanding…"However, he was still so weak that his legs could not hold up the full weight of his body at all, and he almost crumpled to the ground.Quick-witted Robyn managed to catch him before he could fall, but this gesture appeared once again rather intimate to both Anne and Sammie. Sammie furrowed her brow and asked rather indignantly, "Are you hugging again? Daddy, how can you hug Aunt Robyn like this when you've never even hugged Mommy and me like this befor
When the nurse pushed Anne to John's ward, she overheard John and Robyn fighting from the door. The fight was about how John was anxious to return home because he was worried about Anne and Sammie.However, as someone who used to work as a nurse, Robyn knew John should not leave the hospital after being shot by a gun. At least, he needed to stay in the hospital and be observed for 24 hours to make sure that he was fine before leaving the hospital. If an infection happened, John's body would crash easily and he would become weak just like Anne.In the ward, John frowned and talked with a serious tone, "I'm really fine. Get me my clothes so I can go upstairs to thank Miss Andie and go back home immediately. If Anne knows that I'm hurt, she is going to worry. She will easily be suspicious since you haven't gone back home for a long time. What if she worries about me and brings Sammie to the hospital to look for me? Can you bear yourself even just thinking about it? She's weak and Sammie
Sammie's soft and cute babyish voice melted Stefan's heart immediately. It had been quite some time since he actually put a smile on his face. "Hi, there. What's your name and how old are you?"Sammie tilted her head to look at Stefan's handsome face and smiled sweetly, "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sammie."Then she did not forget to introduce Anne to Stefan too. "This is my Mommy. Her name is Anne."At this point, Stefan had given all of his attention to Sammie and did not notice Sammie mentioned that her mother's name was Anne. He pinched Sammie's cheek and said, "Your Mommy is not feeling well. You have to be a good girl and take care of her, do you understand?"Sammie nodded seriously and said, "I will.""Alright, sir. I will bring them to where they want to go," the nurse saw Anne signing to her anxiously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I will take good care of them."The promise from the nurse gave an assurance to Stefan that they would be well taken off. He smil
This was the first time Anne brought Sammie out. Ever since she escaped from death, she became a different person—a recluse and was afraid of the sun. This situation became even worse after she became mute.The last time she left the house was two weeks ago when she had to go for surgery.However, she worried about John. In the morning, Robyn told her John was hurt and needed to stay in the hospital to rest. However, she had a hard time believing what Robyn said.After spending so many years together with John, Anne reckoned she was the one who knew John the most. If it was a minor injury, John would never want to stay in the hospital. He cared too much about her and Sammie, so he never dared to let her worry about him. Therefore, it just did not sound reasonable if John would stay in the hospital because of a small injury.Furthermore, Robyn had not returned home since the morning, which was nearly three hours since she left the house. After much consideration, she decided to call
Tara fell silent upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously and shot Gwen a tentative glance. "I didn't mean to offend you, Gwen…" "I know." Gwen let out an exhale and interrupted Tara before she could finish, "I know you meant no harm, but I can't deny that this is something I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around. In the future, neither of you—even you, Luna—should bring this up again." Her love life was such a mess that not even she could unravel the ties, much less expect other people to understand. Tara pursed her lips and did not reply. Luna stared at Gwen in silence for a while before finally saying, "But you have to face this eventually, Gwennie. After all that you've been through with Luke, all of us hope for nothing but the best for the two of you. Even if you avoid it now, you'll have to face the truth eventually. Otherwise, are you planning on spending the rest of your life in this complicated relationship with Luke? Can you bear the thought of not being
Stefan was mildly amused by the look on her face. He extended his arms out in a gesture of defeat and said, "I never intended on ratting you out to Joshua. You three spoke about these secrets in my presence." With that, he shot Andy a rather helpless look. "Don't you agree, sir?" Andy was surprised to be called out all of a sudden. "Of course!" Although Gwen and Luke had been together for a long time, Luke had never much cared for maintaining good relations with his future father-in-law. He always thought his relationship with Gwen did not concern anyone else outside of the two of them. Combined with the fact that Andy had done some hurtful things to Gwen in the past, Luke grew even more disdainful of his future father-in-law. Because of this, he had never given Andy as much as a second glance throughout their relationship and rarely ever addressed him directly like this. The truth was, Stefan had already called out to Andy once before, during their rescue mission the day befor