“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
“Luna…” Bonnie continued to watch the Craig Group’s shares plummet and began to panic.Even though she did not know much about finance, she could still figure out that Craig Group was on the brink of collapsing.All of a sudden, Bonnie’s phone rang. It was a call from the CEO that she had employed for Craig Group. “Ms. Craig, we have a crisis. A mysterious person has been attacking our company for ten minutes now, but we have no idea who it is.“Not only are Craig Group’s shares plummeting, but the company’s IT system has also experienced a crash. Our PR department has been receiving calls left and right from our vendors and suppliers, claiming that they don’t want to work with us anymore…”The CEO continued to spout explanations that sounded like gibberish to Bonnie’s ears, but there was one final sentence that she could understand. “If whoever is attacking us doesn’t stop us, Craig Group will be bankrupt in five minutes' time.” Bonnie, her hand still clutching her phone, star
The entire room fell into pin-drop silence. As they had witnessed the extent of Joshua Lynch’s capabilities, no one in the audience even dared to gossip about him anymore. Instead, they all stared in silent admiration at the man who almost single-handedly bankrupted a company.Meanwhile, Fiona, who was sitting next to Joshua, clenched her fists in fury. She had witnessed firsthand just how powerful Joshua was. Not only was this man handsome and well-mannered, but most importantly, he possessed insurmountable wealth and resources.This was a man she wanted to rely on for the rest of her life, but everything he did this night was for Luna…Fiona narrowed her eyes and glanced at Luna, a glint of malice flashing through her eyes. Everything was settled for the time being.The emcee let out an awkward cough and tried fervently to salvage the situation. “Hahahaha! What an exciting night, isn’t it? Since we’ve moved on from what happened just now, let the festivities begin! Please e
Luna clenched her fists. As much as she wanted to hurl something at the couple sitting before her, she stifled her temptations and replied, “Thank you so much for your support and admiration, Mr. Lynch.”With that, she picked up a glass of wine that was sitting on the table and drained it under Joshua’s watchful gaze, slamming the glass back down as she remarked, “Please enjoy the party.“Oh, by the way...” She turned around and smiled at Fiona. “Ms. Blake, you mentioned that you wanted to learn from me. Well, let me tell you this: I don’t think you’ll ever have the opportunity to do so because I don’t take apprentices like you. You don’t have any talent whatsoever, and you’re not even willing to work hard to make up for it. Goodbye.”With that, Luna turned around and strode away.Joshua remained motionless and watched the hem of Luna’s blue satin dress sway with her every step. Then, he narrowed his eyes.“Ms. Luna must really hate me…” Fiona suppressed the jealousy and hatred sh
No matter how much she wanted to help Luna, Bonnie still had Craig Group as well as its employees to think about.She could not afford to provoke Joshua even further.After coming out of the hotel, Luna let out a sigh and headed to the roadside to hail a taxi.However, she seemed down on her luck that night because not a single taxi passed even after waiting for almost ten minutes. Finally, a black BMV pulled up in front of her. The passenger side window rolled down, revealing Jude’s smiling face. “Need a ride?”Luna glanced at the time. It was already past 9 p.m., and if she did not get home quickly, Nigel and Nellie would have waited past their bedtime for her.She hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and got into the backseat.“What an exciting night,” lamented Jude, crossing his arms in front of his chest. “The richest man in Banyan City almost bankrupted Craig Group, the third wealthiest company, in a matter of ten minutes. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have ha