‘We’re all fine now, don't worry.’Who was the ‘we’ referred to in the email? No matter how hard she thought about it, she still could not figure out the answer, so she sent a reply tentatively. “Who are you?” There was no response. Her email was sent out, but like a stone throw into the middle of the ocean, there was no further response. Luna waited for the other party to reply for more than an hour, and finally, when she almost fell asleep, the notification beep on her laptop sounded again.This time the other party sent her an email using a different email address. ‘The person you miss day dearly.’Luna frowned fiercely at the sentence.The person she missed dearly? There was no one whom she missed dearly. If she had to name someone whom she missed dearly... There was no one else but Neil. But Neil was dead...She closed her eyes, treated the email as a prank, deleted it, and turned off the computer.Because of this email, she was reminded of Neil again.The woman l
Luna stood frozen in her spot, as if struck by lightning. The sun was shining brightly above her, but she felt an unprecedented chill attacking her body. Aura Gibson. The dry bouquet of baby’s breath was from Aura Gibson. This woman…was already back in Banyan City? What did she mean by giving Neil flowers? Was she gloating? Trying to provoke her? Or…declaring war on her?Countless scenes where Aura almost killed Neil and Nellie flashed before her eyes. She bit her lip with all the strength she could muster, feeling as if she had fallen into an icy lake in the middle of winter. If she was still abroad, with Malcolm’s influence, she was not worried about Aura taking revenge on her at all. But now, she was in Banyan City. Joshua already had a new girlfriend; it was impossible for him to extend some of his love and warmth toward her and her children. No one could protect them. No one. Standing in her original spot, Luna bit her lip tightly. Since Aura was back… From now
Luna stood motionless and clenched her fists. Then, she turned around and watched Joshua and Fiona’s retreating figures, curling her lips into a smirk.“Mr. Lynch. Ms. Blake isn’t in the pink of health, so I advise you not to bring her to places like this in the future. You wouldn’t want her condition to get worse, would you?”Luna had to admit that she was overly cruel and heartless there, but she had no other choice to stop Joshua from taking Fiona to visit Neil’s grave. She hated him for wanting to let Neil see this side of him and hated Fiona even more for even wanting to visit Neil’s grave.This was the only way she knew how to make them stop.As soon as Luna said that, Joshua furrowed his brows and turned around, his steely gaze locking in on her. “Luna!” he snapped, his expression as dark as the sky above.He was looking at her so coldly that it was as though they were strangers. “There are some things you can say, but some things you shouldn’t! Fiona’s body is weak, but
Joshua could not fight the frown on his face when he heard Fiona’s words.He lowered his head to stare at her with a hint of solemnity in his scrutinizing gaze. “Fiona, you know your condition better than anyone else; even losing control of your emotions would make you have difficulty breathing and get hospitalized. Sexual intercourse requires even more physical exertion than fighting. I don’t think your body will be able to handle that at all.”Fiona bit down on her lip and clung to Joshua’s shirt tightly. “Joshua, you haven’t even tried it yet. How do you know I won’t be able to handle it?” She lowered her head, and a hint of shyness flashed across her face. “What if… What if I can take it?”It had been almost a month since she and Joshua got together, but he never attempted anything else apart from hugging her. They had not even kissed yet, much less slept together. The irony was, Fiona was not content with Joshua’s hugs. She wanted so much more from him.She wanted, more th
Luna raised her head stiffly to gaze at Shannon. “Yes, I remember.”Shannon pursed her lips and said, “I have a college friend who’s working as a reporter now, and he’s always camped out in front of airports. When I was talking to him this morning, he told me that he had seen Aura at the airport. She’s returned to Banyan City.“Initially, I thought maybe he had mistaken someone else as Aura, but he told me that because she used to be a celebrity, he’d recognize her anywhere. He even sent me a photo to prove he was right.”With that, Shannon pulled out her phone to show Luna the photo. “Look.”Luna furrowed her brows and glanced at the photo on Shannon’s phone.It was indeed Aura. It had been a few months since she last saw Aura, so the first thing she noticed was how much weight Aura had lost. She also looked much more beautiful than before.Aura wore a red trench coat and smiled at the photographer, but for some reason, Luna found her smile somewhat eerie and spine-chilling.Sh
Luna curled her lips into a smirk.She moved closer to Fiona and taunted lowly with contempt, “What makes you think he’ll protect you and take care of your child after you give birth?”Fiona narrowed her eyes. “Of course he will.”Luna scoffed. “Do you want me to help you count the number of women he made this promise to? Do you want to know what happened to all of them in the end? How naive.”With that, she turned around and was about to leave the room when Fiona’s disdainful voice rang out behind her, “You’re the naive one. Do you know why Joshua doesn’t care about and doesn’t even like your children?”Fiona stood up gracefully. “That’s because you were the one who wanted children, while he didn’t, but it’s different with me.” She slowly made her way to Luna and fixated her triumphant, mocking gaze on her. “This morning, Joshua posed a request to me, right in front of your dead son’s grave. He wanted me to bear children for him.” Fiona smirked and continued, tucking her hair
“What are you doing? Why aren’t you eating lunch and holding your face like that instead?” a clear male voice suddenly rang out from the direction of Luna’s door.Luna immediately brought her hands away from her face.Christian was standing at her door with a bag of food at hand. He leaned against the doorframe in a position he deemed attractive, staring at Luna as he did.Luna immediately frowned. “Why are you back so soon?”Christian had gone back to his hometown last night, and Luna thought he would be gone for at least a few days.“My family wants me to get my company started as soon as possible,” Christian replied as he walked toward Luna and handed her the food. “Even though Joshua has agreed to invest in my company, my family is still worried about this since I haven’t received the money yet, nor did we sign any contract.”Luna took the food from him and started eating. She chuckled and replied, “That’s true.”She knew better than anyone else how untrustworthy Joshua was.
The unexpected voice startled Christian.What was… Why was Joshua the one who answered Fiona’s phone?Christian almost dropped his phone on the ground. He let out an awkward cough and said, “Joshua, I—”“I told you to repeat what you just said!” Joshua’s stern voice interrupted Christian before he could even finish.Christian suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing out of anger…He pursed his lips and said in a low voice, “I just came out from Luna’s office… She found out about you and Fiona’s discussion of having children together, right in front of Neil’s grave. She’s so upset by this that she didn’t even eat lunch. Instead, she’s holed up in her office, crying.”Since there was no point hiding the truth anymore, Christian chose to paint an even more intense picture of Luna’s sadness. “This is the first time I ever saw Luna cry so hard. She couldn’t even catch her breath… I was so angry that I called Fiona immediately…”He then sighed. “Joshua, let me ask you… How c
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