“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
The office was quiet for a few seconds.Luna smiled. She could not help but laugh.“Mr. Lynch, you think that your wife wouldn’t be so stupid as to use her name, but I would. Is that it?”Joshua’s expressions darkened a little. He almost forgot. The woman nicknamed Alice in the chat that morning also claimed to be Luna herself.Joshua’s gaze was flat. “I didn’t mean it like that.”“What do you mean then, Mr. Lynch?”Luna sneered, plopping onto the sofa in front of Joshua. “Alice wouldn’t use her name to stir up trouble, but you’re so sure that I’m Hailey, that I’d use Mr. Walter from Sea City to help me out in Banyan City.”Joshua looked at her, saying nothing.Luna continued calmly, “Mr. Lynch, have you forgotten? After the funeral of the impostor Hailey passed away in Sea City, you told me that you’ve already suspected that the woman is just an impostor.“Tell me then, Mr. Lynch. Why would I risk getting Mr. Walter’s men to come to Banyan City when I clearly knew that you
In the cafe downstairs of Lynch Group.Alice smiled and looked at the man in front of her. “So, the person that hired you told you to tell me that Mr. Lynch was the one that wanted me killed?”Jason was holding onto the check in his hand. He chuckled. “Of course. However, Mrs. Lynch, you and Mr. Lynch could still love each other even when you didn’t know whether it was him that did it or not. I salute you. I would’ve thought that you’d at least have some hostility toward him. Back then, the woman that got me to crash you specifically instructed me to say that it was Mr. Lynch who arranged for me to do it.”Jason lifted his head and looked at Alice’s face. “Have you never once suspected Mr. Lynch? Not even get angry at him?”Alice laughed. “Of course not. He’s my husband, and no way will I suspect him.”She smiled and looked at Jason. “Have you ever met that woman?”Jason shook his head. “I only know that she was a woman. I don’t know anything else about her.”“I see.” Alice sigh
Luna received a call from Theo during lunch.He first apologized to Luna on Celeste’s behalf before asking her out for dinner that night.“I have other arrangements tonight.” Luna ate while looking at her memo on her phone.That night, she had to pick Bonnie out from the hospital together with Jason.At the thought of Jason, she could help but furrowed her brows. This man still gave her the chills at the thought of him.Regardless, she did not want to give up the chance to get to know Jason.After all…Luna narrowed her eyes. Jason, of course, knew how Joshua wanted her dead back then. He was the weapon that Joshua used against her.If she was about to make the incident back then known to the public, to let everyone see clearly how despicable Joshua was, Jason was an indispensable link! “What time do you end tonight, then? I’ll go pick you up?” Theo’s voice sounded graciously considerate on the other end of the line. “Are you having a business gathering?”“No, I have made
Samson furrowed his brows and shook his head.“Not only do I know, but I even jotted it down,” Luna said flatly, “We’re all working in the same company, and we see each other all the time. If they can’t kick me out of the Lynch Group, they’ll pay for it sooner or later. Why should I stoop down to their level and go against them like a maniac?”Samson was completely stunned.At that moment, the door of the elevator opened and Luna strode into the design department.Samson was quiet for a long while before he narrowed his eyes, smiling.Luna was an interesting woman. His choice of traveling a thousand miles to come to Banyan City to work as her assistant was not in vain after all.…The entire afternoon, Luna finally could get her work back on track.Samson and Zayne had an exceptionally good art background, especially Samson. It looked like he had some background in jewelry designing as well.The creative requests that Luna came up with, he could quickly understand and sketch o
Jason’s every word got onto Luna’s fragile nerves.She furrowed her brows tightly.Technically, Jason should not be able to identify her based on her current identity and looks.However, ever since they got in the taxi, Jason had been intentionally, or unintentionally, referring back to the incident six years ago.His driving skills, the truck, and also when he just pointed out she was ‘recalling unhappy memories’.Were all these that he said just a coincidence, or…did he already know?The taxi driver started driving.Luna sat behind and pretended to close her eyes and fall asleep. Through the crack of the eyes, she secretly observed Jason through the rearview mirror.Jason was also looking at the rearview mirror, examining her.The atmosphere was so quiet that it was a little suffocating.“Is she your girlfriend?”Perhaps it was too quiet that the driver cleared his throat and started talking to Jason.“No.” Jason swept another glance at Luna before retracting his gaze and
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