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
When Luna returned to the booth, Arianna and another of Luna’s male assistants, Zayne Campbell, were staring at their phones somewhat excitedly.As soon as he saw Luna entering, Zayne immediately tucked his phone away and regained his composure. Meanwhile, Arianna stared at Luna as if she wanted to say something but ultimately decided against it.Luna was still thinking about what had happened with Celeste moments ago, so she did not notice her assistants’ strange behavior. She entered the booth and sat down in her seat.All of a sudden, she received a text message from Shannon. [One of the three assistants you hired today has been spreading rumors about you.]Luna frowned at the text, but just as she was about to ask Shannon more, she received another message from her. It was a forwarded conversation from a different group chat.Luna gripped her phone tightly and read all of the messages. It made her so exasperated that she suddenly felt like laughing.Luna raised her head to
Luna guessed that somehow, the rumors had made their way to Joshua. Otherwise, he would not be calling her at this hour for no reason.She let out a sigh, picked up the phone, and strode out of the room. “Hello?”“From tomorrow onward, Zach and Yuri won’t be working at Lynch Group Tower anymore,” said Joshua coldly.Luna sucked in a deep breath. “Why?”Neil had summoned Zach and Yuri over when Aura had tried to kill Nellie at the amusement park. If it were not for them, Neil would never have managed to open the door to the control room and stopped her and Nellie from falling out of the Ferris Wheel.To a certain extent, Zach and Yuri had saved their lives.These two brothers had come all the way to the city from their rural village just to seek a job. They did not desire much and were already content with working at Lynch Group Tower as security guards.Was Joshua going to fire them over some false rumors that a newbie spread?“No reason,” Joshua answered curtly. “There are a l
Joshua fell silent when he heard Luna’s question.After a long while, he chuckled and said, “I don’t think you’re that desperate.”Luna snorted in indignation. “Well, since you don’t believe that I’m having sexual relations with Zach and Yuri, why did you fire them?”“You think I fired them?” Joshua lowered his head to glance at the time. “We can still make it if we leave now. Why don’t I bring you along to find them?”Luna frowned. “Why do we need to find them?”“You’ll know soon enough.” Joshua did not feel like explaining things to her over the phone. “Where are you? Lucas and I will come to pick you up.”Luna paused for a moment, then finally gave him the address of the restaurant she was at.She hung up the phone, let out a sigh, then returned to the booth.The atmosphere in the room was pin-drop silent.Samson sat on the chair, staring at the rest of them sternly.Irene sat in a corner, so nervous that she did not dare speak, while Arianna and Zayne kept mum.When Luna
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