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
Luna pursed her lips. Jason deliberately brought up the incident six years ago in front of her. He even said that she had unhappy memories, so Jason definitely thought she had something to do with the incident back then.Since she was not the victim, she must have been the perpetrator. At that thought, Luna suddenly found it comical.Back then, when Joshua hired Jason to kill her, she almost lost her life and the lives of her babies. She survived.Six years later, in Jason’s eyes, she suddenly became the co-conspirator with Joshua?Life truly had played her like a fiddle.Soon, the taxi arrived at the mental asylum. Once the car stopped, Jason immediately opened the door and got out of the car.The taxi driver did not expect that Jason would refuse to wake his companion up, so he had to get out of the car, go to the backseat, and wake Luna up.Luna was actually awake all this while. She could see the detest Jason had for her. She only found it comical.Back then, he was a murde
Luna chose a restaurant downtown.The restaurant was filled to the brim with people. Bonnie, who just came out from the mental asylum, clearly could not take the noise, evident with her furrowed brows. “Luna, why did you pick such a place to have a meal? Wouldn’t it be better if we change to a quieter location to catch up?”Luna smiled a little. She picked up her teacup and took a sip. “I thought that you’d like a lively crowd after being cooped up in there for so long.”Truthfully, there was another reason why she picked this location: Noisy and crammed with people, it was inconvenient to do anything. Luna was also a little worried that Jason would do something bad to her.Soon, the food came.Bonnie, who had been grumbling ever since, finally shut up and happily ate her meal.“Luna, you’re not from Banyan City, right? This dish is a Banyan City specialty. Us Banyan City folks have been eating it since young.”Luna calmly smiled. “I am indeed not from Banyan City. I’m from Se
“Feelings will change!”Luna furrowed her brows. She could clearly see the hint of annoyance flashing across Jason’s eyebrows when Bonnie held his hand.It was strange.If Jason did not like Bonnie, why would he try so hard to get her out of the mental asylum?If he did not look for Bonnie, Bonnie would have never known he was back in the country, being locked up and all. At that moment, he got Bonnie out of the mental asylum, yet he resisted Bonnie getting closer to him.What was he trying to do? With a mind full of questions, Luna immediately contacted Neil the moment she got home.Zach and Yuri have already reached the summer camp where Neil and Nellie were. They were in charge of taking care of the children’s daily life together with the bodyguards that went there previously.“You’re talking about Jason and Bonnie? He doesn’t like her for sure.”When Zach, on the other end of the line, heard Luna asking about Bonnie, he chuckled helplessly. “Jason has been using Bonnie
“I need you to do me a favor.” Luna took a deep breath. “Bonnie is my friend, and she’s encountered a problem. I hope you can get your men to take her back into the mental asylum, Mr. Lynch.”Joshua was silent for a while on the other end of the call.“It’s the middle of the night. She’s just released tonight, yet you want her back in now. Is she really your friend?”It could be the same for enemies.Luna bit her lip. “I can’t explain too much, but I need you to help me with this. I’ll add another design to this project.” When Joshua heard Luna mentioning this, he furrowed his brows. “I have a question for you: When you design and you draw body parts like a hand or a neck, whose do you model after?”Luna paused for a while. She did not know why he would ask her this question.However, she still answered honestly, “Mostly it’s a fictional hand, but if we were to design for someone specific, then we’d try to draw that person’s body parts.”Then, Luna furrowed her brows. “Why are
She could not always have control over the man that crashed into her with ease and kicked her off the bridge. Luna had to quickly find proof of Jason committing murder.However, the incident happened six years ago. There was no surveillance nor witnesses. The bridge was rebuilt.It was extremely challenging if she wanted to find proof.Luna closed her eyes and let out a long sigh. She…did not know where to begin.…Because she did not sleep well that night, the next morning, Luna started making coffee for herself the moment she reached the office.After two cups of coffee, she finally felt less sleepy.She turned on a computer and saw an email in her inbox.It was an email from Jason. It was the recording of the conversation he had with Alice the day before. The moment Luna saw the conversation, she could not help but frown.Alice might not expect that Jason would protect himself against her, too.Luna put on her headphones, listening to Alice’s voice in the recording. Her sm
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