Luna had no laxatives on her.She lowered her head. “I didn’t bring them with me.”“Lucas,” Joshua’s tone was ice-cold as he spoke, “go back to Blue Bay Villa and bring the remaining laxatives over.”Then, he had a slightly flirtatious look. He looked at Luna with his deep, sharp eyes. “Where did you put it?”Luna bit her lip. She did not know why this man was suddenly so excited and insistent she consumed the laxatives he had consumed.She furrowed her brows. “Mr. Lynch, it’s too much of a trouble to get Lucas to go back and take them. We’re in a hospital, why don’t we get the doctor to—”“Yes!” Lucas clearly did not want to make a trip back to Blue Bay Villa, but before Luna could finish, Lucas interrupted, “Sir, why don’t I go and get the doctor now?”“I said, I want her to eat her remaining portion.” Joshua swept a cold glance at Lucas. His tone was cold enough to freeze the Arctic. “Don’t you get it?”Lucas was stunned. His expressions darkened gradually.He raised his ey
“You were the one who wanted to get in my bed and become my woman, yet you refuse to get intimate with me. You drugged me, and you even refused to drink what I drank,” spoke Joshua as he eyed Luna coldly. “Luna, what on earth are you trying to do?” His gaze was so overpowering that Luna did not dare look at him. She gently coughed and remained silent with her head lowered.“According to your previous plans, it’s only right that you drug me, but it shouldn’t be laxative.” The man’s voice was magnetic and pleasing to the ears.Luna felt her chest tightened. She bit her lip. “I…”Joshua shut his eyes and flatly concluded, “Your goal isn’t me,” “Tell me then, what do you want?” His voice was soft.Was she trying to pretend to be Luna Gibson? Perhaps she just liked Nellie? These two reasons were not convincing enough on why Luna wanted to stay by his side.There must be some other reason.Luna bit her lip. As usual, this man was so sensible that it was terrifying. She did not dare
Luna gasped. “None!” She denied it instantly, afraid that Joshua would find out about her relationship with Neil.Joshua said nothing about it as he merely looked at her meaningfully, to which Luna grew more anxious by the second.After a while, she lifted her head. “I’m not related to him—honest. I just...” Luna took a deep breath and looked at Lucas who was standing next to Joshua.“It’s because of Mr. Bean. He said that he wanted to find out who drugged you. He said that if it wasn’t me, it’d be the other little boy outside.”At the mention of Neil, Luna pretended to be estranged from him. “I’m guessing that the little boy was just playing a prank on you, but he won’t be able to take it if you get angry. He’s just a young boy, after all.”“So you took it upon yourself and admitted that you drugged me?”“Mmh.”“Ah.” Joshua raised his eyebrows and smiled. “Who knew that Ms. Luna would be such a caring person to an unknown child?”Luna nodded and smiled lightly. “Yes, that’s my
Joshua smiled. “That’s true.” Then, Joshua looked at Luna. “Somehow, I don’t care what you do to Aura. I’m quite looking forward to seeing who’d win.” Luna’s heart sank. No wonder he did not mention Aura previously; he was waiting for her to do that. He wanted to see who would win between her and Aura? Luna doubted so.Joshua was only trying to give Aura some sense of crisis, since he felt that he had spoiled Aura too much, perhaps?After all, Joshua was willing to kill Luna—who was pregnant with the triplets—back then because of Aura, what more at that moment?Unfortunately, back then, Joshua tried to please Aura, and it tortured her. At that moment, to please Aura, she still had to be tortured.Luna could not help but feel bitter at the thought, but her smile never faded. “Naturally, I won’t be able to beat Ms. Gibson.”Whether it be six years ago or six years after, she would always lose to Aura. “That’s not necessarily true.” Joshua closed his eyes. He gently rubbed th
Luna took Nellie and Neil back to Blue Bay Villa, and she texted Anne that Neil was with her on the way there.“Tsk, tsk! The scumbag’s house is pretty nice.” It was Neil’s first time in the villa. As he eyed the villa’s understated luxury, he could not help but scoff, “The four of us lived in a dozen square meters space when we were overseas, but he lived in such a huge place here alone!”Luna furrowed her brows. “Neil, watch what you’re saying!” Luckily, the maids were off work at that time, or they would have been in big trouble if someone overheard him! “I’ve looked around, and no else but the three of us are in this building right now.” Neil smiled cheekily and raised his pinky finger, tugging at Luna’s fingers. “Mommy, I know what you’re worried about. I’ll be good!”“Tsk.” Nellie rolled her eyes at Neil. She crossed her arms at her chest and sat on the sofa angrily. “If you were, you wouldn’t have landed Daddy in the hospital and Mommy taking the blame for you.”The more
Neil did not give anything away; that was why he wanted Nigel to take a guess! “Firstly, you just returned not long ago. There aren’t many places you can go to. Also, you want me to take a guess, this place must be somewhere I can think of but won’t dare to believe it. Lastly, this place sounded exciting and interesting to you, so you just had to share it with me.”Nigel still had a child-like voice, but his tone was mature and calm. “With all things considered, the place you are at should be that scumbag Joshua Lynch’s house.”Neil was utterly depressed. “It’s no fun playing with you.”“So don’t play boring things like these.” Nigel gently smiled. “Tell me, why are you at his place?”Neil pursed his lips and recounted what happened that night to Nigel.“You’re too reckless,” said Nigel earnestly. “Luckily, Mommy handled it well. If not, that scumbag might find out about your relations with Mommy. Next time, wherever you go and anything you do in the country, he’ll know about it
Neil spent almost an hour in Joshua’s study before he came out.He carefully returned to the guest bedroom. Once he was under his covers, he texted, [Nigel, resume the surveillance and recordings]. [Mmh.] Nigel texted while controlling the system, [What took you so long?]Even if the size of Joshua’s folders were huge, it would not take so long.Neil was silent for a while before he picked up his phone and replied, [I saw some stuff on this computer, and I copied them down. Will send it over together with the documents to you. It has to do with Mommy].[Okay.]Unable to feel the change in his brother’s emotions, Nigel replied directly, [I’ve resumed the system. It should be quite late over at your end. Rest. You can send me the documents tomorrow].[Okay!]After replying, Neil put his phone under the pillow and hugged his chest as he gazed at the ceiling in the dark.He had always been under his Mommy’s influence and under the impression that Joshua was a cheating scumbag w
After a while, Joshua waved his hands. “Please leave.” Lucas nodded, turned, and left. He shut the door on the way out.With eyes narrowed, Joshua looked at the two investigation documents in front of him as he knocked his large hands on the desk. After a while, he smiled bitterly. Putting the two documents together, only one name appeared: Aura Gibson. It was obvious.She wanted Nellie dead. She wanted to get rid of the people who treated her best.Joshua shut his eyes. Aura. She was Luna Gibson’s most beloved sister. Even before she left, she had a will that asked Joshua to take good care of her younger sister.The other person was the daughter he had with Luna Gibson.“Luna, you gave me a challenging problem to deal with.”…Lynch Mansion.Aura had waited in the hall for half an hour as she held an intricately wrapped box in her arms.“Is Granny Lynch up yet?”Looking at the servants lazing around in the mansion, Aura was rather impatient.The servant looked at he
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