“Ms. Luna is the director. She’s uncomfortable being discussed by others, it’s only normal that she gave everyone a lecture. You…”“What do you mean by that? What do you mean that I’m uncomfortable being discussed by others so I gave everyone a lecture?”When Luna heard what Fiona said, she sneered. Luna crossed her arms around her chest and looked at Fiona coldly. “Ms. Blake, care to explain?”Luna almost had a clear understanding of Fiona’s character after a few short days of interaction.Fiona always liked to pretend to be innocent. On the surface, she might be pacifying the situation peacefully, but every word she said was stoking the fire.Just like what she said to Charmaine at the moment.On the surface, she wanted Charmaine to stop talking, but what was her real intention? She was implying that Luna was in a bad mood because everyone was talking about her, so she abused her power as a director in retaliation.Fiona’s face turned a little pale upon Luna’s words.She
There were thousands upon thousands of roses in her office.Huge bouquets of roses had filled up every inch of her office.Each of the roses was beautiful, they were even glistening with water droplets on it.It looked like they were sent over this morning.However, Banyan City was not a city that produced roses abundantly.That many roses…It looked like the entire city’s supply of roses was bought? Luna looked at the flaming red scene in front of her in shock. She was suddenly speechless.When she was young, she did indeed hope that the person that she loved would give her fresh red roses.However, at that moment, she was no longer the gullible damsel that could be easily coaxed.Who in the world would send her so many roses? Luna furrowed her brows. She went out and looked for Shannon.“What is going on?”Shannon pursed her lips. She opened her mouth and said awkwardly, “I don’t know either. When I came here this morning, there were already a few car-loads of roses wa
Seeing how Nigel had not responded for a long time, Luna furrowed her brows and gently asked, “Is it someone I know?”Nigel suddenly did not know how to tell Luna the truth.He bit his lips and was silent for a while. In the end, he took a deep breath.“Mommy. This person’s information is hidden too deeply. I have not reached that level. I couldn’t get anything out of it.”Luna paused for a while, gripping her phone.Even Nigel could not find out? Who would it be? Perhaps he could feel Luna’s shock, Nigel bit his lips. He knew that he would not be able to convince Luna with just a few simple sentences.Thus, he sighed and pretended to say guiltily, “Mommy, am I useless? I…I thought that I would be able to find out, but perhaps my level is not there yet. I can’t help you, Mommy. I’m really useless…”Hearing how dejected Nigel sounded, Luna’s eyes widened.“Nigel, how could you think that way? You’re only six. You’re already amazing. Don’t worry. Once you get better, we’ll slow
“What do you mean by not well?”Nigel held the phone, furrowed his brows, and asked.Jude sighed and looked at Joshua on the bed once more. He turned around and headed outside to the corridors.“We’re at the hospital right now. There was a…socializing event last night. Joshua was drinking with me. His stomach problems acted up and he is currently still unconscious.”Upon hearing what Jude said, Nigel subconsciously widened his eyes.Did Joshua not come over to look for Luna the night before? He remembered when his Mommy came back with reddened eyes, it was already 10:30 p.m.It was impossible for Joshua to have a socializing event at that tie.However, what Jude said did not seem all fake. Therefore, Nigel boldly deduced that Joshua went drinking with Jude after leaving Blue Bay Villa the night before.He even drank until his stomach problems acted up.Joshua always knew his limits. If it was really just socializing, he would not have drunk until that way.Therefore…Nigel s
“Furthermore, what does it have to do with me when he wakes up?”Jude spoke with emotion and reason, “Your Daddy is the president of the Lynch Group! As long as he is unconscious, the Lynch Group will be missing its leader. It will be a huge loss!”Nigel said, “What does the Lynch Group’s loss have to do with me?”Jude was speechless. Nigel’s stubborn ways were very similar to Luna’s.He furrowed his brows. He could only use his final move.“You’ll be undergoing your operation in less than a week. He has not even transferred the money to your Mommy. If he continues being unconscious, not only will the Lynch Group be affected. Your sickness too!”Nigel was silent for a while upon Jude’s words.He was actually not worried for Joshua. He only thought about how Joshua upset his Mommy while also being ambiguous with another woman. It did not sit well with Nigel.However, Jude was right too. His treatment cannot be delayed.Luna has already lost Neil, she could not lose him too.Th
Luna furrowed her brows confusedly. “How do you know that Joshua is in the hospital?”If Fiona did not mention it a moment ago, no one in the company would know about the fact that Joshua is in the hospital.Why would Nigel, who was at home recuperating, know about Joshua being admitted to the hospital? “I was the one that told him.”The moment Luna asked Nigel and before Nigel could answer, a young man’s voice rang in her ears.Luna furrowed her brows and subconsciously turned to look.At that moment, Christian was in a flaming red suit. He elegantly crossed his arms leaning by the door. He was smiling and looking at Luna.“Uncle Christian told me.”Nigel’s crisp voice rang. “He said that since we are all his family, we should pay him a visit. Uncle Christian also said that he is willing to fetch us there.”Looking at Christian entering, Luna could not help but ask, “Since when the two of you became so close?”She was asking Nigel as well as Christian.She remembered dur
“Should we leave now?”“I’m not concerned for him.”Luna turned her face over. She did not dare to meet Christian’s gaze.“But since we’re going to visit him, then we should leave earlier. I do not want to delay the children’s dinner.”Then, Luna took a deep breath and sped up her packing process.Looking at her, Christian could not help but sigh.Actually, Luna was still worried for Joshua…After Luna finished packing, Christian’s car, which had already picked Nigel and Nellie up, was waiting at the entrance of the office.When the four of them reached the hospital, they bumped into Fiona coming out from Joshua’s ward.Fiona was still in a knee-length dress. Her face was no longer in a pitiful look, but a mocking expression instead.“What? Once you heard that Joshua is sick and unconscious, you brought your children over? Are you thinking that he is almost dying, so you want your kids to inherit the family’s fortune? Luna, how vicious of you.”Fiona narrowed her eyes, sneer
Christian was slightly stunned at Luna’s question.Using his fist to cover his mouth, Christian cleared his throat.“I’m just saying. L-Let’s go in and visit Joshua.”Then, Christian turned around and entered the ward.Looking at Christian’s back, Luna slightly furrowed her brows.“Our cousin is hiding something from us,” Nellie, who always did not like to talk, unprecedentedly opened her mouth and said, “And it’s something to do with that woman.”Luna looked at Nellie in shock.Ever since Nellie had autism, she rarely initiated a conversation.For that, the doctors did a lot of targeted practice for Nellie. They found many things that Nellie might be interested in, trying to lead her to initiate a conversation.However, no matter how hard they tried, Nellie was not willing to open her mouth.No one would have expected that Nellie would take the initiative to speak up.Noticing Luna looking at her, Nellie pursed her lips rather embarrassedly.“Let’s go in.”Nigel nodded as
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