“Um…” Shannon felt a little puzzled after hearing Bonnie’s explanation. “Bonnie, since there won’t be a groom anymore, why do you feel the need to host this engagement party?“I know it’ll be a waste to cancel everything, but if you proceed with it…people will laugh at you, won’t they?” Everyone fell silent as soon as they heard Shannon’s words, while Bonnie turned around and glanced at her, still smiling. “I know what you mean, but…”She sighed and said, “I’m not doing so well now, and I was hoping that hosting this party would lift my spirits. As for what other people think…” She lifted her head and let out a bitter smile. “Don’t you think I’m already humiliated enough?”The entire office fell into silence once again.Luna let out a sigh. She knew that Bonnie was right.Bonnie and Jason’s engagement was so high-profile that even though Jason was arrested, their broken engagement still garnered a lot of media attention. Naturally, everyone in Banyan City had found out about wha
“How are you planning to take care of this?”Joshua paused for a moment, then answered in a low voice, “I’ll go over tonight.” With that, he hung up the phone.Fiona wriggled into his arms and asked, “What’s wrong, Joshua?”“Nothing.” Joshua let out a sigh and gently patted her head. “I have some stuff to take care of tonight, so you’ll have to eat dinner by yourself. How does that sound?”Fiona bit down on her lip and stared at Joshua with her dark eyes. “What’s so urgent that you have to take care of it tonight? I think I heard you say something about a party… Can you bring me along with you?”Fiona then continued, her eyes glimmering with sorrow, “I’m new to Banyan City, and I don’t know anyone here. I’m just hoping to get to know a few people. Otherwise…”She lowered her head and said in a rueful tone, “It’ll just feel like I’m stuck in a hospital again, all alone with no one by my side.”Joshua let out a sigh. “Fiona, I’ve already allowed you to come work at Lynch Group, bu
Luna felt inexplicably puzzled when she heard Bonnie’s words.Bonnie was supposed to be the star of the show tonight, right? Why did she say she wanted to make Luna the most charming woman in Banyan City, then?Shannon did not seem to notice anything wrong and instead agreed with Bonnie, “That’s right! If Director Luna is the star of tonight instead of you, Bonnie, then she would really be the most charming woman in the city.”Luna’s elegance was unsurpassable. Bonnie curled her lips into a smile but said nothing in reply.After freshening up, the three of them made their way to Starhill Hotel.Initially, there were supposed to be photos of Bonnie and Jason together at the venue, but it had been replaced with a picture of Bonnie, standing alone in a wedding dress. The banner that initially read, [Congratulations, Bonnie and Jason,] was also changed to [Congratulations on your freedom, Bonnie.]The three of them had arrived early, so after settling Luna and Shannon down in the h
“No matter how hard I try, I can’t ever be as elegant and sophisticated as Ms. Luna.” Fiona let out an exhale and forced a bitter smile. “Thankfully, Joshua doesn’t seem to mind.”With that, she turned around to glance at Joshua. “Aren’t you going to say hello, Joshua? Ms. Luna’s here to attend the party with us.”Joshua paused for a moment, then strode in their direction. He stuck out his hand gracefully and said, “What a coincidence.”It was not a coincidence. He came because he heard Luna was going to be here.Luna glanced at Joshua’s arm, which still hovered mid-air, but did not reach out to shake it. Instead, she let out a chuckle and tilted her head away. “Yes. What a coincidence. No matter where I go, I seem to run into Mr. Lynch and Ms. Blake together everywhere. Anyone might think I was following the two of you.”She shot Joshua and Fiona a self-deprecating smile and said, “I’ll leave now so as not to bother you. Goodbye.”With that, she turned around and walked away.F
“Ms. Blake!”“Fiona!”Jude and Joshua both exclaimed as soon as they saw Fiona falling.Joshua immediately rushed forward to help Fiona up before lifting his head to shoot Luna a murderous glare. “You’ve already witnessed how weak Fiona is. She was just talking to you, and she didn’t even say anything that was out of line. Why did you shove her like that?”Luna stared at Fiona, who was slumped ashen-faced in Joshua’s arms, and smirked contemptuously. “She didn’t say anything out of line, you say? Joshua Lynch, she mentioned my son and even said she wanted to become his godmother. Don’t you think she’s trying to provoke me?“What does my son have to do with her? Both I and Nigel aren’t close with her, so why would she want to become his godmother? Why doesn’t she just voice out her true intentions? That all she wants is to take my son away from me!”Joshua, whose arms were wrapped around Fiona protectively, stiffened when he heard this.He did not know that this was how Luna felt
Joshua sighed and gently patted Fiona’s back to console her before they entered the hall with his arm around her.Following behind them, Jude looked at their retreating figures and let out a sigh.By the time Luna and Shannon returned to the hall, the party had already started. Bonnie was onstage, welcoming the guests along with the emcee. When she caught sight of Luna, Bonnie immediately leaped off the stage and scuttled toward her. As soon as she reached Luna, she grabbed hold of her hand and said, “Let’s go.”“Go where?”“Go on stage with me.” Bonnie winked at Luna and said, “Initially, there were going to be three of us: me, Jason, and the emcee, but now that Jason’s in jail, I want you to take his spot.”With that, she smiled and could not help teasing Luna, “Did you genuinely think I invited you here to mooch off my food like Shannon?”Shannon, who at this moment was mooching off the food at Bonnie’s party, was speechless to hear this. Luna lifted her head to glance at
The crowd in the hall burst into a flurry of activity, as though someone had tossed a grenade right into the room. Everyone gaped at this sudden turn of events, and some of the audience even screamed in horror.Was Ms. Craig crazy? Her family had spent generations accumulating their wealth! Even though Bonnie was the only heir to the Craig family wealth, she still should not have gifted it just like that!This was tens of billion dollars, not a few hundred!Shannon’s legs gave out beneath her, causing her to almost fall. Was this the shocking news that Bonnie had hinted to them about? Well, it was shocking, alright…Luna, still standing on the stage, felt her head ring. She could not believe her ears.She watched Bonnie, who was explaining the reason behind her decision animatedly, and suddenly came to a realization.This was why Bonnie wanted to make her the most charming woman in Banyan City.Considering she was suddenly ten billion dollars richer, she had indeed become ju
In reality…Bonnie wanted to transfer all her fortune over to Luna, then disappear from the face of this earth entirely. However, Luna was a calm and level-headed person. Bonnie knew that if she did not agree to Luna’s terms, Luna would definitely refuse to take the money.Bonnie bit down on her lip and remained silent. After a long while, she finally let out an exhale and chuckled. “Well, since Luna thinks that accepting all of the Craig family’s fortune is too much and insists on only taking one million dollars, I’ll gladly do so.“As for the rest…we’ll discuss this again in the future.” With that, she turned to glance at one of her lawyers, who had been waiting backstage all this while. “You don’t have to draft the transfer contract anymore. Just get me a contract for a transfer of one million dollars for now.”The lawyer nodded, and after a while, the contract was printed and passed over to Bonnie.Exhaling, Bonnie dragged Luna to a table on the stage and signed her name on the