Celeste’s expression instantly contorted uglily upon Luna’s words.She glared at Luna fiercely. “What do you mean by this? Are you trying to show off your wealth to me? Isn’t my son the one who gives you your money?”Luna sneered. “Mrs. Allen, I was wrong in calling you a crazy old hag. I was wrong. I’m sorry.”Celeste furrowed her brows. Why did Luna suddenly change her attitude and apologized to her?She harrumphed coldly. “Good that you know that, you…”“I really shouldn’t have called you that,” Luna coldly interrupted Celeste before she could finish. “In my eyes, crazy old hags would still have a small brain. You, on the other hand, don’t even have one.”Celeste’s eyes widened. She raised her voice a few octaves. “What do you mean by that?”“What do I mean?” Luna sneered. She picked up the check that Celeste gave her and elegantly tore it up into pieces. “In your opinion, a famous artist, whose works cost at least a few million dollars, is only worth five million dollars? A
Joshua swept a glance at Celeste by the side. “Mrs. Allen, how about you kneel, too?”Celeste’s expression turned even uglier at Joshua’s remark.She bit her lips. “Joshua Lynch, I am Nathan Allen’s wife!”Joshua coldly interrupted her. “So you don’t have to apologize after doing something wrong, just because you’re Nathan Allen’s wife?”“What did I do wrong?”Celeste furrowed her brows. She raised her head and angrily glared at Joshua. “Are the things I said not true?”Then, Celeste sneered. “Mr. Lynch, I know you have a rather ambiguous relationship with Luna, so it’s only normal that you protect her. However, this woman not only slept with your assistant, but she also slept with those two bodyguards at the entrance of the Lynch Group! Won’t you find her dirty?”Joshua narrowed his eyes, saying nothing.Luna laughed. She gracefully sat down on her chair. “Mrs. Allen, you seem to have forgotten what I told you yesterday.”Celeste chuckled. “What? Are you trying to sue me? I’m
Alice’s voice sounded gentle and light, yet it seemed to have petrified Celeste.Celeste shuddered and said with a rather trembling voice, “Mrs. Lynch, w—what are you saying?”Alice’s response was laced with vague ridicule, “Mrs. Allen, don’t you understand? Let me tell you once more, then: I’ll never, and had never, once gossiped about Luna with you. Even if I hate Luna, I won’t spread such stupid rumors. There. I’ve said it.”Alice, on the other end of the call, leaned back on the chair. She calmly glanced at Jason, who was looking at the address outside the door, and chuckled.“Also, my husband and I are in a very good relationship. Why are you trying to disgrace me in front of my husband? Are you just jealous?”Alice did not even care what reaction Celeste had after that as she immediately hung up the phone.Hearing the disconnecting beep from the phone, Celeste’s legs felt like jelly. Right before she slumped to the ground, Samson immediately held onto her.“Mrs. Allen, wha
Celeste gritted her teeth harshly.Joshua was clearly trying to protect Luna and Alice. She would be no match for him! “Mom, let’s go home.”Theo sighed and whispered into Celeste’s ears, “This is the Lynch Group. You’re presenting the Allen family…”Celeste gritted her teeth upon Theo’s words.After a while, she closed her eyes. “Then…let’s go.”Theo pursed his lips. He turned to look at Luna and smiled apologetically before helping Celeste up and headed toward the exit.“Hold on.”Samson furrowed his brows. He rushed forward and opened his arms wide, blocking Theo in the way.“You’re Mr. Theo Allen, right? I’ve seen you in the news. You just announced a relationship with our Director Luna a few days ago.”Theo paused for a while and sized up this 17 or 18-year-old teenager in front of him. “Can I help you?”“Of course!” Samson sneered. “Your mother still hasn’t apologized to Director Luna.”Theo furrowed his brows. When he arrived, he noticed Celeste kneeling in front of
The entire office fell silent at Theo’s words.Celeste looked at Theo in shock. “Theo, you…”Joshua frowned in displeasure, rather displeased at Theo’s persistence. He squinted his eyes.“Is Luna that important to you?”Theo puffed his chest. “Yes.”“More important than your own mother that brought you up?”Theo laughed. “Mr. Lynch, you don’t seem to know my family well. My parents have always been abroad trading, and I grew up with my grandparents. My skills for art were also cultivated by them. As for my parents…”Theo swept Celeste a glance. “They’ve never truly cared for me. If they had cared for me, they wouldn’t have forbidden me from being together with Luna, just because of other people’s gossip. They wouldn’t have spread rumors about Luna being with other men when they clearly knew that Luna’s my girlfriend.”Celeste’s face was extremely pale. She always thought that as long as she showed how cheap and dirty Luna was, Theo would come around. He would know that he had m
“Is that so?”Luna chuckled gently. She took her phone out and dialed a number.“Officer James, could you tell me once more the message that you sent me just now?”Officer James, on the other end of the line, was quiet for a while before calmly saying, “Ms. Luna, you asked about the people who beat up Ms. Irene Cook last night. We’ve apprehended them. They admitted that someone got them to deliberately mention your name while beating her up so that the victim would be mistaken. As for who ordered them to beat Ms. Irene up, we’ve found out that it came from a number from our neighboring Sea City. The person spoke to them last night. We’re currently trying to locate this person via their IP address…”“Okay, thank you, Officer James.”Once Luna hung up the call, she sneered and looked at Irene, who was kneeling on the floor in a daze. “This entire morning, you gathered and protested in front of my design department. It was not as if I did nothing.“I personally contacted Officer Jam
Luna furrowed her brows. If it had to do with Neil and Nellie, she would not want to argue further with Joshua.Luna calmly looked at Arianna. “You three go ahead. I have things to discuss with Mr. Lynch.”“Yes.” Arianna nodded, then she took Samson and Zayne and left.As the trio walked, Samson asked in a half-whisper, “Who are Neil and Nellie that Mr. Lynch mentioned?”Arianna immediately replied in a soft tone, “President Lynch’s twins.”“What do they have to do with Director Luna?”“It’s a long story…”Their voices grew further and further away.It was only when they completely vanished from Luna’s sight did she sigh and closed the door.“Mr. Lynch, you can tell me now.”Joshua smiled. He turned around and sat on Luna’s chair, aloofness and mockery dancing in his gaze.“I never would’ve thought you’d be so charming that Theo would be willing to cut off ties with his parents.”Luna furrowed her brows. Her thin figure leaned against the door as she shot him a cold stare
“You sure remember it clearly.” Joshua sneered. “Do you still remember what I told you? Back then the Hailey Walter that died was just an impostor, and that the real Hailey Walter is someone else?”Luna’s heart skipped a beat.Joshua leaned back and changed into a more comfortable position. He calmly gazed at Luna.“All these years, Hailey Walter has been passionate about cosmetic surgery. What has she changed into, no one knows, but what we could be sure of is that if she were to change into another person, the first thing that she’d do is to change her name and fake all her details.”Luna furrowed her brows. “That’s true, but…”In fact, Hailey did not fake a new identity but assumed another person’s identity instead.“Luna,” Joshua coldly interrupted her, “what my friend found out is that your identity was faked.”Upon Joshua’s words, Luna was instantly stupefied.She looked up in shock and met with Joshua’s deep eyes. “W—What are you trying to say? Are you suspecting me of b