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
Joshua had gone to meet up with that b*tch Luna again!She had ‘slept’ with Theo just two days ago and even publicly announced they were dating just the day before!Why was Joshua still so fixated on this woman?Alice’s face contorted with rage and jealousy. She had spent six years changing her appearance to look like Luna and take over her identity, all because she wanted to gain Joshua’s love and affection.All that, and he was still obsessed with that b*tch!The more Alice thought of it, the more furious she got, so she picked up her phone and called the Walters’ butler.“Richard, help me kill Luna! I want her dead!”Richard chuckled from the other end of the line. “Ms. Walter, what’s wrong? Why are you so angry? Even if you kill Luna now, Joshua won’t return to your side anyway.”Alice rolled her eyes. “What should I do, then?”“Do you remember the time when you asked me to kidnap Theo? I sent some people over to Luna’s place at Swan Lake Residences.”Alice furrowed her b
The man shouted a reply and strode in their direction.As soon as Luna caught sight of the man’s face, she felt her blood run cold.She was right.This man named Jason…was the same person who had hit her with a truck and removed her hand from the railing. This was the man who had caused her to fall into the sea!“Hello, Ms. Luna.” Jason lifted his head and smiled at her, revealing a row of white teeth. He looked exactly the way she remembered.Luna could not fight back the shriek that escaped her lips as she instantly backed away from him.Joshua quickly laid a hand on her back and asked, “What’s wrong?”Luna opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She was so frightened that she could not even say a single word.This was the man who almost killed her!He was her greatest fear!“Maybe Ms. Luna is just too excited to meet me.” Jason gave Joshua a respectful smile. “My sister used to be friends with Ms. Luna. She’s always wanted me to return so that I can take
Which meant that…her suspicions were right.Joshua had indeed sent Jason to kill her. Otherwise, he would not have said that. They talked for a while more after that before Jason glanced at the time and said, “Well, it’s almost time to send Zach and Yuri to the airport now.”He shook the car keys at hand and extended an invitation to Luna and Joshua. “There are still empty seats in the van. Would you two like to send them off at the airport?”He even shot Luna a faint smile. “I’m a pretty good driver. Would you like to see for yourself, Ms. Luna?”Luna frowned and immediately shook her head. “It’s getting late now. I have to go home and get some rest.” With that, she walked over to Zach and Yuri and shook hands with them, respectively. “Help me take good care of Neil and Nellie.”They grinned and shook her hand in return. “Don’t worry, Ms. Luna. Neil is our boss, and Nellie is his sister. We’ll definitely take good care of them!” Then, they bade Joshua farewell and got into th
The atmosphere inside the car grew quiet.Luna curled her lips into a smirk and gazed at Joshua with clear eyes. “Mr. Lynch, what kind of man do you think would make me fall so hopelessly in love with?”She stared at him with a gaze so intense and cold that Joshua felt as though he was the man who had disappointed her. He could not help but feel uneasy by her stare.He tilted his head away from her and chuckled. “Well, I know he probably isn’t someone like me.”Luna felt like laughing at his response. Instead, she turned away from him and instead stared in front of her. “You’re right. He wasn’t like you at all. He was someone irresponsible, selfish, and didn’t take responsibility for the people around him at all.”Luna snuck a meaningful glance at the man next to her and could not help noticing Joshua’s sharp and chiseled side-profile. “He was totally different from you, Mr. Lynch. You’re responsible and loyal both to your family and your wife. How could anyone possibly compare th
She feigned innocence and questioned Joshua, “Why are you asking me this, Mr. Lynch?”Joshua narrowed his eyes. “No reason.” With that, he slammed the door shut, and the car pulled away.Luna gazed in the direction the Maserati had left and furrowed her brows.Did she…get too carried away back there?…“Where are we going, Sir?” asked Lucas as he drove the car out of Swan Lake Residences.Joshua, who sat in the backseat, rubbed his eyebrows and said, “Let’s go to Jude’s place.”Lucas paused. “Sir… Are you sure?”It was already 10 p.m., and Jude was an early riser, so he would have already gone to bed.“Yes, I’m sure,” Joshua replied impassively, then picked up the phone and dialed Jude’s number. “Hey, I’m heading to your place now. You don’t mind, right?” “I do, very much,” replied Jude with a yawn. “It’s so late now. Why are you coming over at this hour?”“I don’t have anywhere else to go, so I’ll be sleeping at your place tonight.”Jude froze for a moment, then chuckled.