Hearing how Mrs. Collins’ voice was getting further, Luna hurriedly changed her clothes, opened the door, and chased after her in the direction of her voice.However, she could not even see her shadow.Luna bit her lips. She wanted to continue searching for her when Christian’s voice rang out from behind. “What are you searching for?”Luna pursed her lips. She looked in the direction in which Mrs. Collins left once again. Once she made sure that she could no longer see her, Luna sighed heavily and said, “Nothing.”When Luna brought Christian back to Blue Bay Villa, her two kids were still sitting on the sofa waiting for her as usual.Seeing how she brought a stranger back, Nigel furrowed his brows. He looked at Christian with a little hostility.“Mommy, this is…?”Luna calmly introduced while placing the nutritious foods on the table together with Christian.“This is my new friend, Mr. Christian Moore. You can call him Uncle Christian.”Christian almost spat his water out wh
She opened Luna’s social media. The first post she saw was Joshua’s.It was a photo of the night sky. There was no caption.Nellie secretly rolled her eyes.Her mommy brought a strange man home, yet her daddy was still looking at the night sky as if nothing had happened? Did he not have any sense of crisis and urgency? Nellie pursed her lips and suddenly had an idea. She took a photo of Christian, Luna, and Nigel chatting together. Then, she posted it on Luna’s social media.When he received Jude’s call, Joshua was on the second-floor balcony in Orchard Manor, working on his laptop under the moonlight.“Joshua, what’s going on? Since when did your nephew Christian Moore know Luna? I saw her post on social media. They seem tight. They were eating together and laughing about it! Your nephew and your ex-wife are together. Even your son agrees. How can you bear it?”Joshua narrowed his eyes. “What nonsense are you talking about?”“I’m not talking nonsense! Go look at Luna’s soci
When Joshua reached Blue Bay Villa, Luna was just seeing Christian out.The two of them were laughing and chatting while coming out of the villa.Joshua parked in a dark corner and rolled his window down. He could hear their voices in the night breeze.Luna was wearing newly bought clothes walking in front. She smiled and walked together with Christian.“I’m very sorry for today. I wanted to let you have a taste of my cooking, but the accident at the market…”Then, Luna smiled and looked at Christian. “But it’s fine. Nothing will happen tomorrow. Why don’t you come over tomorrow and try it out.”Christian chuckled. “Okay. That’s great too. I did not bring things over today. I’ll bring them over tomorrow for you.”Then, Christian turned to look at Luna. “Right, by the way, what do Nigel and Nellie like? I can’t come empty-handed tomorrow.”Luna laughed helplessly, “You don’t need to bring gifts for them. Visiting them is the best gift you could give them.”Christian has already
Not only could she not break free from his shackles, but she was hugged even tighter.Luna in anger had completely messed up her ways. She struggled and tried to break free without any regard for anything.“Joshua, let me go! “Stop hugging me! “You disgust me! I want to puke!”The more she scolded, the colder Joshua’s gaze became. He hugged her even tighter.Luna’s angry voice was unusually loud in the quiet villa compound, so much so there was even some echo.Joshua squinted his eyes. If Luna were to continue this way, she would alert the kids.Thank goodness his car was nearby.Joshua decided on the spot. He immediately carried Luna up, who was still struggling and strode to his car.He opened his car door and threw her in.Slam! He shut the car door.Joshua locked the car doors, went around, and entered via the driver’s seat.“I’m sure you know how properly sound-proof my car is.”Luna bit her lips hard and glared at Joshua, who was looking relaxed and smug.“Josh
“What’s going on with her?”Before Joshua could finish his sentence, Luna coldly interrupted him.She looked coldly at the man whom she once loved the most. The more she said, the more ironic she felt.“I’ve said so much to you, yet you only care about me claiming that Fiona is faking her illness?”Joshua shuddered a little. He suddenly could not continue what he was about to say.Looking at how hesitant Joshua was, Luna felt ridiculous.How could she possibly think that Joshua would listen to what she said? How could Joshua truly understand how aggrieved she felt when she was ignored by him in the market?He never had her in his eyes. Not once.Thus, it did not matter what she said about how pitiful and helpless she felt when she was almost beaten up at the market. Joshua would not listen.He only heard Luna saying Fiona faked her illness.If that was the case, what else was there to say between them? She was truly asking for it. She had been hurt by him countless times, y
Fiona said in a feeble and aggrieved tone, “Joshua suddenly left in the hurry. Although he said that he’s going to work, I'm guessing that he must have gone to look for you. I think he still blames me. It’s all my fault. I wish my illness didn’t flare up.“Ms. Luna, please don’t resent Joshua due to the incident this afternoon. It was not that he didn’t want to rescue you. He must be feeling guilty that he didn’t go and rescue you. Thank goodness you did not have any serious injuries, if something were to happen to you, how could I continue living?”Luna closed her eyes and listened to Fiona’s half-hearted words. She sneered.“Ms. Blake, you’re overthinking this. Joshua did not come to find me.”Luna took a deep breath and looked at Joshua, who was in the driver’s seat, coldly.“We have long ended our relationship. Also, he has also stated openly that he is not willing to pay for my child’s medical fees. My children and I have had nothing to do with him for a long time already.
The atmosphere in the car became even heavier upon Luna’s words.Joshua grabbed the steering wheel and closed his eyes slowly.“Luna, you keep saying I protect Fiona, but you dare say your staff is not wrong?”“Mr. Lynch, if you were to truly investigate it, you will know whether are they in the wrong or not, but will you do it? Will you want to expose Ms. Blake’s tricks? You won’t.”Luna took a deep breath. “Joshua, you have always been like this. If you like a woman , you will let them do anything. Whether it be Aura, Alice, or Fiona. All of your women, besides me, every one of them could use the fact that they are your woman to bully others. “Only I could not. When I was with you I was always walking on thin ice. I was worried that you would be in a bad mood. I was worried that your health would not be able to take it due to your excessive socializing.“After splitting up with you, I would always think to myself in the middle of the night. What did I do wrong? Where did it
Joshua held onto his phone and was silent for a very long time before saying in a hoarse voice, “She said that I…have never loved her before.”Luna said that in his heart, Aura, Alice, and Fiona, were more important than her, but what she did not know was…He was nice to Aura because he was feeling guilty. He thought that Luna had already passed away, so he wanted to take good care of her most beloved sister.He treated Alice nicely because Alice pretended to be her.Fiona, on the other hand…Joshua closed his eyes.If Fiona did not donate her bone marrow to Nigel and if Nigel were to die...Would Luna still live well? However, Joshua could no longer say those things to Luna. He would not be able to.Even if he told her, what use was there? She would still think that he was lying to her.Jude, on the other end of the call, sighed.“I’ll leave now. Same old place. I’ll keep you accompanied.”…In the villa, Luna was on the balcony on the second floor. She looked at Joshu
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