“Fiona did that on purpose, I swear!”After Joshua left with Fiona in his arms, Shannon was so furious that she threw everything Fiona touched on the table into the bin.“She entered Director Luna’s office and deliberately put some white powder into her water to let us catch her!”Shannon merely grew angrier the more she talked.“She did all that on purpose! When we entered, she was still muttering to herself how ‘no one will find out’! Who in the right mind would know that she put vitamins in the water when she said such things?”Zayne also nodded. “Also, the vitamins that Fiona put in Director Luna’s cup were pounded into powder. The vitamins that you can find on the market are all in tablet form. She is trying to cause misunderstandings, deliberately taking her time spent in turning the tablets into powder. How…thoughtful of her.”The two of them were in a heated discussion. Luna, by the side, was sitting on her chair on her phone.Shannon furrowed her brows and looked at her
“Your body is the most important thing right now. Don’t affect your mood because of irrelevant people that’ll affect your own body indirectly.”Upon Joshua’s words, Fiona bit her lip and meekly responded, “But…Ms. Luna isn’t an irrelevant person. You and her…”“I’ve had no whatsoever relationship with her since six years back. If it weren’t because we still have children together, she and I would no longer be in touch anymore.”Joshua looked at Fiona and said tenderly, “So, don’t bring up things that shouldn’t be mentioned.”Luna, still standing outside the door the whole while, was disheartened. Those were all Joshua’s sincere words, were they not? This came from his heart.Jude only came up with the man who was deeply in love. Only Luna was foolish enough to believe him.“Luna?”Lucas came out of the elevator with some documents at hand while she still stood outside the office in a daze. His brows furrowed immediately at the sight of her. “You… Oh, right. Mr. Lynch got you t
Luna squinted slightly as she looked at Fiona, who was sitting on the sofa in the distance with a rosy complexion.The day before, Joshua brought Fiona to the hospital. He said that Arianna burned Fiona, so they had to check up on her.What was it this time? Fiona was the one who deliberately put powdered vitamins in her cup just hours ago to cause a misunderstanding intentionally.Moreover, even if everyone mistook Fiona, no one took action on her. No one even touched her.Joshua was still taking her to the hospital, just because of that? How precious was Fiona to him? Just because she was agitated and was so-called misunderstood by others, she had to go to the hospital? At that thought, the wound on Luna’s arm, previously cut open by the painting equipment, started to hurt inexplicably.She seemed to have forgotten to dress her wound after getting hurt.Luna clutched the painful part of her arm and said nothing, but Joshua saw her every move.He narrowed his eyes, then h
Joshua, who was pouring the disinfectant, paused a little.After a while, he lifted his head and looked at Luna coldly. “You don’t have to put it so harshly. Fiona means a lot to me. It’s only normal that I value her.”Upon saying that, Joshua pointed to the seat next to him. “Come, sit here.”Luna bled so profusely that it must have hurt.This woman only wanted to bicker with him. Did she not care about her pain at all? Luna did not move.“Mr. Lynch, didn’t you say that you and I had nothing going on ever since six years ago? Since you and I are just normal superior and subordinate, which superior would help their subordinate dress wounds?”Luna shot Joshua a fierce stare.“Mr. Lynch, you got me to come over. I don’t think it’s just to help me dress my wounds, right? Just say what you want to say—don’t beat around the bush. I’m pretty busy, too.”Luna’s aloof and distant attitude made Joshua somewhat uncomfortable.He furrowed his brows and coldly looked at her face. “Do
Joshua’s answer only made Luna’s blood boil.She clenched her fists tight and gritted her teeth hard. She even had murderous intentions against Joshua.How could someone be so heartless, despicable, and shameless to this extent? Did he have to use such a detached way, talking so cruelly about his own child? Why in the world did she fall for this man in the beginning?Regardless, Luna understood all too well that she could not afford to offend Joshua.She clenched her fist by her sides, then she let go. She clenched them and relaxed them once again.Finally, she raised her head.“I understand, Mr. Lynch.”For her children, she could only continue to bear it.Luna forced a smile with difficulty. In the end, she smiled and looked at Joshua. “Is there anything else? If not, I’ll head back to work.”She did not even spare Joshua a chance to speak as she immediately turned and left.Luna did not dare to continue staying there in front of him. She was afraid that she could not
Christian Moore wanted to please Joshua. Naturally, he would also try to please Fiona.With Christian accompanying Fiona, Joshua did not worry about Fiona.Joshua let out a long breath and exhaustedly sat back on his chair.“Send men to protect Fiona secretly.”…When Luna returned to the office, there was a small bottle of iodine on her desk. It was the same bottle as the one in Joshua’s office previously.Did Joshua arrange for someone to send it over? How pretentious.Luna narrowed her eyes. She picked up the bottle of iodine and was about to throw it into the bin.Right at this moment, Shannon entered. Looking at Luna’s actions, Shannon’s eyes widened and came over to stop Luna.“Director Luna, what are you doing? Aren’t you injured? Zayne brought the iodine over to dress your wounds. It’s just a small gesture. You…”Luna’s hand, which was holding onto the bottle of iodine, stiffened a little.She retracted her hands and placed the bottle of iodine back on her desk.
Coming out of Lynch Group Tower, Luna immediately hailed a taxi to the hospital.Upon hearing that she had an emergency, the driver drove faster, reaching the hospital in less than 20 minutes.Leaving the car, Luna went straight into the hospital. With a queue waiting for the elevator, Luna gave up taking the elevator and chose the stairs instead.Soon, she reached the 13th floor.This was the floor where the donor was signing the agreement, according to what Anne told her on the phone.Panting heavily, Luna lowered her eyes and looked at the time.Thank goodness, she was still on time! The donor definitely had not left yet! “My, my, isn’t this Ms. Luna? Why are you so tired?” a woman’s ridicule-laced words rang in her ears.Luna furrowed her brows and subconsciously lifted her head.In front of her, Fiona had her arms crossed at her chest as she looked at Luna coldly.“Why are you here?” She knew Fiona was at the hospital, but should she not be in the department where she w
“After all, he and I are still related. Can I see him?”The doctor was in a bit of a pickle.“Uh… The child isn’t at the hospital for the time being. If you want to visit him, you might need to contact his mother. Get his mother to take you there.”Upon hearing their conversation up to that point, Luna was almost certain that the man was the donor who would donate his blood marrow cells to Nigel! Luna forcefully suppressed the excitement in her heart. She wanted to go up and speak to that man, but she was afraid that she would be too excited and thrilled, that man might notice something was off.She still remembered that the doctor had said the donor did not want anybody to know his identity.“Okay. Could you give me the mother’s phone number, then? I’ll contact her myself.”The doctor nodded. “It’s possible, but…”“Don’t worry. I won’t mention a thing about today.”After Christian saved the child’s mother’s phone number, he thought of how to approach Joshua’s child while kee
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