Theo furrowed his brows and looked at Luna. “Who is he?”Luna helplessly took Luke’s arm off her shoulders. “A friend.”“How do you have friends like that?” Theo swept Luke a cold glance. Then, he stuffed the huge bouquet of roses in Luna’s arms. “Let’s go. I have been waiting for you for a long time.”There were people walking in the streets. Luke was still next to her, Luna felt embarrassed to put the bouquet of roses down, so she could only carry it. She turned to look at Luke.“Remember to contact me tomorrow.”Then, Luna turned around and left together with Theo.Once they crossed the road, Theo subconsciously turned around to look.Luke, across the road, was still standing by the bin smoking. He seemed to be troubled by something.Theo did not like men like Luke, who constantly had a cigarette with them and looked like a thug. “How come I never knew that you had friends like that?”Luna turned and swept a glance in Luke’s direction. “What about it?”She knew that Theo h
Luna took a deep breath. She downed the tea on the table in one go.“You’re a gentle and kind-hearted man. You deserve a much better woman and deserve to find better happiness. Not with a woman who had just climbed out from the depths of hell.”Then, she placed the empty teacup on the table and looked at Theo meaningfully. “The reason why I asked you out tonight…“Is to thank you for helping me. Now that the storm has passed, no one is caring about your private life anymore. No one cares about me anymore either. We… it’s time to announce to the public about our breakup.”The light in Theo’s eyes dimmed a little. He looked at Luna and opened his mouth. His face was a little ashen. “I thought…”Theo lowered his head. “I thought that you asked me out…”He did not finish his sentence.“But, I can understand.” Theo took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked at Luna. “You have been hurt so badly. It’s normal that you won’t accept another man. Don’t worry, I will stay by your side
The driver started the car and drove.Luke sat in the passenger seat in front. He furrowed his brows and looked at his phone. Luna did not know what he was looking at.After a long while, he kept his phone and glanced at Luna in the rearview mirror, looking at her dark circles under her eyes. “If you’re sleepy, sleep for a while. Gwen heard from the doctors that you’re going to visit her today, she’s stable for the time being.”Then, Luke laughed self-deprecatingly, “Women sure are weird. No matter how my men and I tried to persuade her, she would not listen at all. Once she heard that you’re going to visit her, she immediately obeyed.”Luna smiled. “Because none of you are women, you won’t understand how a woman feels.”Luke shrugged. “That’s true. After all, both of you have been best friends for more than ten years.”“More than ten years?”Upon Luke’s words, Joshua, who was in the back seat, furrowed his brows and opened his eyes.The car was in silence at that instance.Lu
However, who would have expected that a man like Joshua had also played such a game before too? At that thought, Luna smiled. She raised her hand and yawned. “Luke, how long till we reach Sea City?”Luke looked at the time. “About four hours.”Then, he swept Luna a concerned glance. “If you’re really tired, sleep for a while. We’ll reach by noon.”Luna nodded. She turned and looked at Joshua rather apologetically. “If you have played Lost before, perhaps we might have even known each other online many years before. Let’s catch up once I wake up.”Then, Luna yawned and directly leaned back on the leather seat. She closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.Actually, Luna could not even fall asleep.She squinted her eyes and looked at Joshua through the crack of her eyes.Joshua looked at her with a darkened gaze.His eyes had so many emotions that she did not understand.Luna did not dare to react in case Joshua saw through her. She remained that way peeping at him until the car
Luna’s hand that was holding her phone tightened slightly. “How did you know?”On the other end of the phone, Theo sucked in a cold breath. “So, you really went to Sea City with Joshua?”Luna frowned but did not answer. “Luna, didn’t we agree yesterday that I would go with you?” Theo’s voice carried a hint of disappointment. “I know you don’t want to trouble me, but I told you…”Sucking in a deep breath, he frowned. “I’m on my way to Sea City, tell me where’s the location of the hotel you’re in, I’ll go to you.”Luna glanced at Luke Jones who was sitting in the passenger seat. He shrugged, then opened the door and stepped out of the car. Luna was the only one left inside the car. “Theo.” She sucked in a deep breath. “I came here because my friend fell ill, I came to visit her, not for traveling or for a vacation. Joshua is with me only because Luke is his friend too. You really don’t have to come, I might be able to go home tomorrow.”“But...” On the other end of the phone, Th
“I will.” After reminding Theo of some important details, Luna finally hung up. Putting away her phone, she closed her eyes and leaned back on the leather upholstery of the car, her thoughts in a mess. If not for what happened to Gwen, maybe she… would not consider taking revenge against Alice. She was a woman too, she understood too well how painful it was to go through what Gwen experienced. And the source of this pain was Alice’s hatred towards Luna. If this time she did not make Alice show her true colors and force Joshua to expose her true identity, all the pain that Gwen suffered would be in vain. She intentionally sent Theo abroad because of this too. One of her friends had already suffered. If unfortunately, she failed, she did not want to drag Theo down with her.“What are you thinking about?” All of a sudden, Luke’s voice dragged Luna’s mind back to the present. She opened her eyes and smiled in his direction. “I heard you have been busy getting rid of the Walter family’
Luna paused. She still remembered the ‘love letter’ that Gwen stuffed into her hands when she was drunk. That night, after she sent Gwen home, Liam Clark caught her with the letter. Later, Liam took a photo of the letter then set it on fire. And the next day, tragedy struck Gwen. She still did not know the contents of the letter. The next day, because of the trauma Gwen suffered, she experienced short-term memory loss, and coincidentally forgot the contents of the letter. And now Gwen said she remembered. “Luke.” When Luna was still stuck in her daze, Gwen raised her eyes and side-eyed Luke. “Can you give us some privacy?” Luke motioned to the caretaker who was pushing Gwen’s wheelchair. The caretaker hurriedly retracted her hands from the handle of the wheelchair, then turned around respectfully and left. Luke took a cigarette out of his pocket and was about to light it when he unconsciously glanced at Gwen. Finally, he stuffed the cigarette back into its packet and then
Seeing her look so down and afraid, Luna’s heart squeezed in pain. She bit her lip, walked in front of Gwen, knelt down, and grabbed Gwen's hand. "Gwennie, you… really don't intend to keep this child?"Gwen closed her eyes and nodded fiercely. She bit her lip, her voice almost squeezed out from between her teeth. "Luna, do you know... every time I think of this child in my stomach, I will remember the events of that day. There were five or six of them… all of them looked like monsters… I don’t know who the child belongs to, all of them forced me… forced me several times.” Even with her eyes shut tight, tears still slid quietly out of the corners of her eyes. “I can’t move past this. For the past few days, whether it’s the doctors or the nurses, or even the psychiatrist, all of them kept persuading me, in my body’s current state, if I insist on getting an abortion, I might be infertile for lie… If there's an accident during the surgery, I might even lose my life. All of them suggest