If that happened, then even if Luna managed to give birth to her new baby and save Nigel, she and her child would still be forever indebted to Gwen.As soon as she thought of this, Luna let out a sigh and lowered her voice. “Have you forgotten that Luke’s men are protecting me? You don’t have to worry about Jason. As for Alice, I haven’t seen her in a long time now. Besides, she’s after Joshua, not me. I just have to keep my distance from him for the time being.“I’ll try to convince Luke to let you do the surgery as soon as possible… I’ll leave this country as soon as you’ve undergone the abortion.”Gwen paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement. She sighed and grabbed hold of Luna’s hand. “You and your child will be fine.”…As soon as Joshua got back to the hotel, Alice immediately went up to him. First, she took his jacket and hung it on the coat rack, then retrieved his slippers for him like an obedient wife. She led him to the dining table and offered him a bowl of the c
Alice immediately stiffened when she heard Joshua’s voice suddenly echoing through the silent room.She must have misheard it; Joshua had eaten the crème brûlée that she spiked with sedatives. How could he possibly have awoken?This was impossible…Alice shook her head and continued rifling through Joshua’s clothes.“You don’t need any help?” the same voice rang out from behind her just as she was about to reach for his shirt.Alice could no longer convince herself she was mishearing things.She slowly turned around, feeling as though the joints in her entire body were stiff and rigid. She finally took in the scene behind her. Joshua, dressed in a pair of gray pajamas, was leaning gracefully against the doorframe. He fixated his gaze on her, a smirk playing on his lips. Alice felt as though her blood had run cold and her entire body had stiffened.She opened her mouth but did not manage to say a single word. After a long while, she finally stammered, “Josh…Joshua.”“Yes.” J
Joshua spoke impassively, face devoid of emotions. He crossed his legs and leaned back against the sofa gracefully. “I’ll give you one last chance to tell me what you’re looking for. Are you really looking for other women’s hair?”Alice slumped onto the floor as soon as she heard this. She lifted her head and shot Joshua a somewhat helpless look. “Joshua…” she trembled. “Can you pretend you didn’t see any of that?”She did not dare tell him the truth.“If you don’t want to be honest with me, then I’ll make my guess.” Joshua looked down at Alice from his seat on the sofa and continued, “You’ve been very quiet and obedient for a while now. I naturally thought you had changed, but you didn’t at all. You were just afraid that I’d divorce you, so you didn’t dare do anything bad to Luna.”Joshua propped his chin up with one hand and glanced at Alice, whose face was as white as the wall behind her. “While I was here in Sea City, you searched my study and my office at Lynch Group Tower,
The atmosphere in the room fell silent.Alice’s face turned an even paler shade of white. She…had inadvertently revealed something she should not have…Joshua fixated his cold gaze on Alice. “The reason you didn’t do anything bad to Luna lately isn’t that you had changed. It’s because Luna and I had maintained a distance and didn’t see each other all this while, right?“Alice, you never once thought you were wrong, did you? You didn’t even try to reflect on your mistakes, and instead, you sent some men to follow me around, didn’t you?”Alice could not say a single word in response to Joshua’s interrogation.She could tell that Joshua was furious.Alice closed her eyes in hopelessness.No matter what kind of outrageous stuff she did in the past, Joshua had never once gotten angry at her at all. Even though he found out that she had spiked his food with sedatives, Joshua did not even yell at her.However...Alice sat on the carpet and clenched her fists in anger. She lifted her
Joshua came out of the hotel, got into his car, and drove around the outskirts of Sea City in frustration.After circling a few times, he finally stopped next to the beach and got out of the car.The sea breeze blew against his face and somehow made him a little more balanced.It was already nighttime, so there were not many people around. Joshua caught sight of a food truck a short distance away, along with two or three customers gathered around it, drinking and having their meal.Although the customers seemed to be having a great time, the beach was so quiet apart from them that even the food truck owner started to doze off.Joshua could see the silhouette of a slim woman in the distance, her long hair billowing about her in the sea breeze. She seemed to be talking on the phone.Joshua thought this woman looked familiar. She reminded him a lot of Luna Gibson.When he first met Luna Gibson, she, too, liked to talk on the phone with him at night. She would always layer a jacket
Luna’s entire body stiffened when she heard what Joshua had said.She gaped at Joshua, her face pale, but could not say a single word in response.“Are you surprised that I know about your pregnancy?” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and poured himself a drink. “You’ve always been smart, but somehow, today, you’re a lot more dull-witted than usual. Is this what they call a pregnancy brain?”Joshua smiled and continued, “You were so desperate for me to leave while we were at the hospital. If you were me, wouldn’t you want to find out what’s wrong?”Luna’s face turned pale, then blushed scarlet, then turned pale again.She had to admit that she was, in fact, hastier than usual today. However, since she had finally gotten the outcome she was seeking, she was afraid that Joshua would find out about the baby.Besides, everything had happened so suddenly this afternoon that she had no other way of stopping Joshua from finding out.Perhaps, she could not hide anything from him at al
Luna lifted her head and stared at Joshua dazedly. She opened her mouth as if wanting to say something but did not know how to explain everything to him.He was right. Before Luna found out that she was pregnant, she tried to seize every opportunity she got to get closer to Joshua. The moment she received good news, he misinterpreted it as joy over the fact that the baby belonged to Theo.Luna did not know how to explain it to Joshua. Joshua leaned against the chair lazily and gazed at her. “Luna, do you know what the consequences of offending me are? Do you think I’m too lenient and kind toward you, and that’s why you can toy with my feelings like this?”There was an air of hostility and ruthlessness about him when he said this, that Luna could not help but feel suffocated. She clung to the hem of her shirt underneath the table.Luna lowered her head and feebly spoke, “I… Of course, I know what the consequences are.”Joshua was so cruel that he was even willing to hurt his chil
“Why are you so scared to see me? I’m not going to eat you.” Jason sneered and dragged Joshua’s plate toward him and started eating. “Mr. Lynch told me when he let me out that as long as I behaved, he wouldn't lock me up again.”He grinned at Luna, exposing a row of neat, white teeth. “Mr. Lynch ordered me not to hurt you, so of course I won’t, Ms. Luna.”With that, he glanced at the small group of men that lurked around the beach in the distance and said, “With Luke Jones’ men protecting you, I wouldn’t dare hurt you either, even if Mr. Lynch allowed me to.”Luna started to tremble when she stared at the man before her. She frowned and said in a soft voice, sounding as if she was millions of miles away, “Joshua…was the one who let you out?”“Of course,” Jason lied through his teeth. “Mr. Lynch was the one who locked me up, so how else would I be able to escape if not for his help?”Luna felt as though someone had torn a hole in her heart when she heard this.The reason Joshua ha