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.
Joshua curled his lips into a faint smile and sat down across from Jude. “What you’re suggesting is that Luna sent these men to beat Irene up to get back at her?”“Well, who else would it be?” Jude smirked and continued, “This little girl said that she hadn’t offended anyone lately apart from Luna. Why would the Walters’ men beat her up, if not on Hailey Walter’s orders?”Joshua closed his eyes slightly as he answered, “You’re right about one thing. These men were definitely acting on Hailey’s orders, but it doesn’t mean Luna…is Hailey Walter.”With that, he opened his eyes to glance at Jude. “You mentioned that your men are sending Irene to the police station?”“Yes.” Jude lowered his head to glance at the time. “They should be there by now.”“Alright.” Joshua smiled and got up from the sofa. “Lucas, let’s go to the police station.”Jude’s entire body stiffened at his words. He quickly got up and stopped Joshua. “Just because you’re going to the police station now doesn’t change
The cop stood up and said, “Actually, I’ve already finished recording her statement. It’s just that she kept on insisting that we arrest her boss…”Joshua smiled at him. “Thank you so much, officer.” Then, he lowered his face to glance at Irene. “Ms. Cook, shall we go now?”Irene was already excited by the fact that Joshua Lynch, the richest man in Banyan City, wanted to send her home, but with him directly talking to her, she felt as though she was on cloud nine.She stood up somewhat dazedly and replied, “Okay…”Because she had been so badly beaten up, coupled with her excitement, Irene almost fell as soon as she stood up.Joshua immediately grabbed hold of her. “Be careful.”Irene was so overjoyed by his reaction that her entire body felt light as if she was about to float off like a balloon at any minute.Was this a dream? Why else would Joshua Lynch treat her so kindly all of a sudden!Joshua dragged her out of the police station. Irene was so overcome by delight that she
“Alice Gibson?” Irene glanced at Joshua with a puzzled expression. “Who’s that?”Joshua narrowed his eyes and showed Irene the screen, which displayed the name ‘Alice’ on it. “This person. Who is this? How do you know her?”Irene furrowed her brows. “She added me through the company group chat tonight after I exposed Luna’s wrongdoings.“She told me she’s enemies with Luna, so I accepted her friend request and chatted with her for a bit… We gossiped and talked about Luna.”Joshua frowned upon hearing this. “Where’s the chat history?”“I deleted it.” Irene pursed her lips. “This person named Alice told me that Luna knows a very skilled hacker and that she might hack into our phones. She told me to delete our chat history, so I did.”Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly.This person named ‘Alice’ definitely had something to do with Irene being beaten up. Joshua guessed that she probably wanted to cover her tracks, so she lied to Irene about the hacker to get her to delete the chat
Alice triumphantly sent the text as she stretched herself, yawning. Then, she switched off the backup phone, went out into the yard, and tossed it into the man-made lake behind Blue Bay Villa.There. Evidence destroyed.“What are you doing?” Suddenly, a cold voice rang out behind her.Alice froze that instant, and it was only a long while later that she turned around somewhat stiffly.Joshua stood behind her and leaned against one of the gazebo’s pillars. He fixed his cool, impassive gaze on Alice’s face.Alice suddenly felt grateful that she texted Irene instead of calling her.Did he…notice anything?Alice let out a small cough and tried to suppress the panic she was feeling. “It’s a backup phone that I used when conducting business abroad. I found it just now and discovered it had already broken, so I can’t use it anymore. I threw it into the lake out of frustration.”She scratched her head sheepishly. “Was I too rash? Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to throw it into the lake. I