When Luna and Bonnie reached the mall, Jason was already standing at the entrance with a huge bouquet of roses.Luna has not seen Jason for almost a month.Back then when they were in Sea City, Jason wore a dark blue outdoor jacket. He had dark stubble on his face, looking malicious and sly.At that moment, Jason, who climbed the money tree that is Bonnie, was in an off-white suit, looking clean and suave.The bouquet of roses in his arms was huge. It looked like it was 99 stalks of roses.The quality and quantity of the bouquet was not something Jason, the type of person who constantly works hard for the money, could afford.Luna even deduced that the roses that Jason bought for Bonnie must have been using Bonnie’s money.At that thought, Luna swept a glance at Bonnie. “Let’s get down.”In the car, Bonnie looked at Jason who was hugging a bouquet of roses. The first emotion that rose up in her was not elated joy, but annoyance.Back then, when Jason gave her anything, even if
Jason did not believe a single word Luna said.“Luna.”Bonnie, who was in front of them, took a few steps before she remembered Luna.She passed the bouquet of roses to the security guard by the side. Just when she turned back, wanting to speak to Luna, she saw how Jason was looking at Luna with a vicious gaze.That gaze made Bonnie’s heart skip a beat. This was the first time she saw Jason having such an expression.Bonnie instinctively walked over and pulled Luna’s hand. She placed herself in front of Luna, blocking her. “Jason, Luna locking me up in the mental asylum was all a misunderstanding. I’ve already let it go. I hope you do the same too. She’s tagging along to help us pick out our ring. Stop finding fault with her.”Upon Bonnie’s words only then did Jason's tensed expression relaxed a little.He furrowed his brows and looked at Luna. He smiled. “Thank you so much for your help, Ms. Luna, taking the time out to accompany Bonnie and me to pick out a ring.”Luna smiled
“Because of the incident six years ago, I used to be afraid of you. Perhaps previously, if you threatened me, I would really be frightened by you, but now…”Luna smiled. She gracefully picked up the cup of water and took a sip. “Do you think I’m still afraid of your threats?”She has already lost Neil and was about to lose Nigel. Even Nellie was depressed and autistic.Could life be any worse for her? Also, sometimes, Luna thought that if she were to be more courageous back then and directly went up against Jason, not ignoring him stalking her, would things have been different? Thus, at that moment, she decided that she would start with Jason.She would let Jason, and Joshua, who was supporting him, pay the price they should have paid! “How is this!” Just when Luna and Jason were in a tense stand-off, Bonnie excitedly rushed over. She showed off the diamond ring on her finger to both of them.“I like this one a lot!”Luna furrowed her brows, then she smiled. “This is my d
“Mr. Lynch, do you like shopping here in this mall? If you do, we can always accompany you…”…Looking at how the men were vying for attention, Luna could not help but furrow her brows.She thought about that woman in the mall.Why was it that no matter men or women, they desperately wanted to get close to Joshua? His pretense was top-notch.Perhaps he felt Luna’s gaze on him, Joshua furrowed his brows and looked in Luna’s direction.Their gaze met.Luna furrowed her brows. She immediately looked away.Joshua narrowed his eyes and swept Luna a glance. Then, he swept another glance at Bonnie and Jason next to Luna.He was there initially because he wanted to make clear of Luna’s relationship between Bonnie and Jason, yet when he reached the mall, he was being badgered by those men.Who would have thought that…It was such a coincidence that they were there having their meal too.“Everyone.”Joshua chuckled a little. He swept a glance at those men surrounding him.“I stil
Jason’s face involuntarily turned pale upon Joshua’s words.He cleared his throat and lowered his head to drink tea. “You remembered it wrongly?”“Oh, I did?” Joshua sneered. He swept Jason a cold glance.“Is that so?” Then, Jason turned to look at Luna indifferently. “He said that I remembered it wrongly.”Luna narrowed her eyes. She clasped her hands together tightly under the table.What were Joshua and Jason playing at? One was placing blame while the other tried hard to avoid.Did they discuss this beforehand to go back and forth like this in front of her? Joshua sure put in the effort to fool her! Luna harrumphed coldly and immediately got up. “Why bother putting an act in front of me?”She looked at Joshua, then at Jason. Her eyes were cold.“I don’t like people pretending in front of me. You can act for yourselves all you want!”Then, Luna apologized to Bonnie, turned, and left.“Luna!”Bonnie furrowed her brows. Looking at Luna storming off in anger, she immedia
Back then after Luna’s accident, Joshua and the police had investigated for a very long time.In the end, they only managed to find out that the truck was a stolen one.Back then, the driver’s face could not be seen clearly because the traffic surveillance was destroyed.Jason smiled and admitted it generously with a chuckle, “Of course, it was me.”Then, Jason relaxedly placed both his arms behind his head. He looked at Joshua lazily. Joshua furrowed his brows tightly.“Why are you pretending to be so shocked, Mr. Lynch? Back then, funds were transferred from your company’s account to fund my escape. If it wasn’t you, who would possibly be able to get the company to transfer five hundred thousand dollars to such an irrelevant person like me? “I know that you want to please Luna right now, you want to pretend that the incident back then had nothing to do with you. If it was previously, you could just give me a hundred thousand or two and I’ll play along with you to keep your sec
A misunderstanding? Luna harrumphed coldly. She swept Bonnie a flat gaze.“You might believe what Jason says, but I don’t.”Luna felt that Jason only told Bonnie that he was not well acquainted with Joshua and was most likely trying to help cover for the things that Joshua has done.Bonnie furrowed her brows. “Luna, although Jason has also lied to me about other things, there is no need for him to lie to me about this. You…”Before Bonnie could finish her sentence, her phone rang.It was Jason.Sitting in the restaurant, Jason looked at both of them outside through the window coldly.“Are you done? Are we still eating or not?”His tone was a little fierce. Bonnie’s heart skipped a beat. “Yes, yes, we’ll eat!”Then, she immediately hung up and pulled Luna back into the restaurant.Once the waiters had served all the dishes, Bonnie urged Luna to start eating.Luna ate very little.The entire meal, she was observing Jason.After a long while, when they finished the meal,
Jason laughed out loud. “The entire city knows about the marriage between Bonnie and I. Do you think I would be able to successfully marry Bonnie if my wife did not agree to it?”Luna was silent for a while. After a while, she laughed. “You’re right. Birds of a feather flock together. Naturally, your wife doesn’t have many principles either.”“Principles? What are those?” Jason harrumphed coldly and crossed his arms around his chest. “You sure have principles, but are you living better than us right now?”Jason’s words were like a knife violently stabbing Luna’s heart.Yes. She has her principles, but was she having a better time compared to anyone else? Two out of her four children were dead. The living ones, one of them had a terminal illness, the other was autistic. The people who hurt her were out there living freely.A wave of hatred overwhelmed her. She wanted to rush forward and kill Jason! She wanted to dissect Jason and Joshua’s chest. To see if they truly had a
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