The room was in silence for a few seconds.Joshua lifted his head and looked at Luna. “Jason has nothing to do with me.”Luna laughed. Did he still intend to keep up with the pretense, even at this stage?Nothing to do with him, he said?“If he had nothing to do with you, how did he get out of the mental asylum?”Luna looked at Joshua coldly, her smile drenched in mockery.“Don’t tell me that a person whom you locked up could come out from the mental asylum without your approval!”Joshua furrowed his brows. “He might’ve escaped.”It has been a month since that dark day.Luna had been unconscious that whole time. Once Joshua made sure that Luna was no longer in danger, he started getting busy with the three children.He dealt with Neil’s funeral, helped Nellie get a psychologist for therapy sessions, then went to Malcolm to see Nigel and brought him back to Banyan City. He got all the best specialists in the world to treat Nigel.He never cared to deal with an unimportant per
Then, Joshua strode away.Luna leaned against the head of the bed, her eyes narrowed as she watched Joshua leave. She sneered.She did not believe a single word he said.At that moment, no one knew where Aura was. With no one to prove his words, he could naturally come up with nonsense and blame everything on Aura.He said that he would find men to bring Aura back, and Luna would hold him to his word—she did not believe that Joshua could do it.After all, if Aura came back and they failed to be on the same page, Joshua’s lies would be easily exposed.How would Joshua dare to bring Aura back? Coming out of the hospital, Joshua immediately got in the car. “Lucas, to the mental asylum.” Joshua also wanted to know how Jason escaped from such a tightly guarded mental asylum.Lucas immediately drove away.“By the way.” Joshua, in the back seat, closed his eyes and rubbed the middle of his brows. “Is there any news on the men we sent to follow Aura?”Lucas’s hands which were ho
Lynch Mansion.Granny Lynch was in the courtyard with a lollipop in one hand and a teddy bear in the other, trying to cheer Nellie up.“Be happy, my precious darling. Come on, smile. Smile for Great-Granny!”Nellie, dressed in a pink princess gown and sitting on the lawn, tried to squeeze out a smile but could not do it no matter what.When she finally could, it looked worse compared to when she was crying.Adrian furrowed his brows. “Mom, stop making it difficult for her. The doctors already said that her mental illness was due to the brain not secreting enough dopamine. You can’t make her smile happily just by asking her to smile.”He glanced at Lily, who was waiting in the distance. “Take Nellie back. Remember to feed her her medication.”Lily nodded. She cautiously walked over, carried Nellie, and took her back into the mansion.“How unfortunate.” Granny Lynch sighed. “I never once liked that kid Neil, but who would’ve thought that he’d die at such a young age of six. My pr
The only thing Adrian could do was to prevent Luna from marrying into the Lynch family! At that moment, a black Maseratee stopped at the entrance of the Lynch Mansion.The huge gate was opened, and a man in black entered majestically.Adrian came to his senses and gracefully got up, turning to look at the man behind him. “Why are you only back now? Nellie has just slept.”Joshua glowered as he sat down opposite of Adrian, flatly sweeping Adrian a glance.“I’m not here to take Nellie away. I’m here to look for you, Dad.”Joshua’s tone and gaze were so cold, Adrian could not help but slightly furrowed his brows. He smiled and sat back on the bench once more.“Is there anything?”“Of course.” Joshua took a picture from his pocket and placed it on the table. “Mr. Lynch, do you recognize this man?” Adrian calmly swept a glance at the photo. It was a photo of a fierce-looking man.He furrowed his brows and hesitated for a while.“He looks familiar, but I don’t remember where I s
Joshua was unable to refute Adrian’s rhetorical question.Joshua closed his eyes. The disappointment in him washed over wave after wave.“I’m your biological son.”Why did his thoughts and feelings not matter in Adrian’s heart? Only Hailey’s was important.Adrian smiled. “It’s because I know that you are my son, that is why I hoped you could be with the best girl on earth.”Adrian looked at Joshua with bone-chilling iciness.“It’s true. I don’t really like you that much. I had a good relationship with your mother, but your mother died while she gave birth to you, and I was quite reluctant to see you after that. I left Banyan City and left you for your grandmother to bring you up. No matter what, you’re still my son in the end. I also hope to see you being happy. However, only the girl I arranged for you can bring you happiness, yet you defied me over and over again…”Adrian sneered. “I thought that you were only blinded, and that was why I helped Hailey, time after time. I never
“So, you have to bear this bite.”Joshua’s words seemed to have encouraged Nellie. She held onto Adrian’s arm tightly and bit him hard. She was so exhausted that sweat started to form on her forehead.Adrian was in so much pain that he was in cold sweats, too.He tried his best to struggle, but he could not break free of Joshua’s clutches.Just when Adrian was about to pass out from the pain, the door of the mansion opened once again.Granny Lynch stood by the door with a wan expression and calmly remarked, “That’s enough. Even if you bite him to death, Neil won’t be resurrected from the dead.”Upon hearing Granny Lynch’s voice, Nellie paused for a while before letting go of Adrian’s arm.Nellie’s mouth was covered red with blood, nearly biting off a chunk of Adrian’s flesh at his hand.He was in so much pain that he sweated profusely. He slumped and sat on the ground as he panted heavily.“Are you alright?” Joshua ignored Adrian, went around him, and approached Nellie. He pic
Looking at the photo of Jason and Bonnie, who stood happily in a wedding gown, Luna found it taunting.She lost two children, with one still on the brink of death.However, Jason, the man who almost killed her and her three children six years ago and also killed her child a month ago, could happily stand next to Bonnie in a wedding photo, having a huge wedding ceremony.The internet even came up with a beautiful childhood sweetheart love story for both of them.Looking at the articles, Luna only thought that the romantic love story was rather insulting.Why did this happen? Why did Jason get to have such a beautiful happy ending when he hurt her and her children?Why did she have to suffer so much when she never harmed anyone? Luna took a deep breath and looked at Jason and Bonnie’s wedding date seriously.It was a week later.Meaning, she still had a week to get Bonnie to see Jason’s true colors! Luna gripped her phone tightly.Those who had previously hurt her and her
“As long as he is still alive, I’ll never give up hope of curing him.”Malcolm, on the other end of the line, was silent for a while. “Luna, I know that you might not be able to accept this fact, but you just had a miscarriage a month ago. Even if you try hard with Joshua, it might not be in time…”Luna closed her eyes. “I don’t want to argue with you.”She tried her best to reign in her emotions.“Malcolm. I just lost two children, yet you’re here discussing with me when I’m going to lose my third child. Do you think it’s appropriate?”Malcolm paused a little. He said nothing.“I know you’re being kind, but you really can’t understand what I’m feeling right now. I don’t want to argue with you, so I’m going to hang up.”Once Luna hung up and lifted her head, she saw a scrawny figure by the door.Nigel was much skinnier compared to when she first left him and returned back to the country. A light breeze blew by Nigel in his hospital gown. It emphasized how skinny his body and li