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
Fiona let out a sigh of relief, then immediately put on an expression of innocence. She lifted her hand to grab Joshua’s wrist gently. “Joshua, you’re hurting me. Actually… I didn’t mean to say that to Luna at all…”She bit down on her lip and said in an upset tone, “After we finished our meeting this morning, Luna pulled me aside after everyone had left and demanded to know what I told you when we were at Neil’s grave… She accused me of talking bad about her right in front of Neil’s grave… So I had no choice but to leak our conversation to her, just to prove I’m innocent…” Tears started to well up in Fiona’s eyes as she continued, “Joshua, I didn’t do it on purpose… Luna was just too aggressive at that time, so I had no choice but to tell her everything… Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to prove my innocence… Please don’t get mad at me, will you?”Fiona thought that this was a perfect excuse and that Joshua would believe her immediately.To her surprise, he did not release her and e
As soon as Luna turned around, Joshua felt the blood rush throughout his entire body. A strange feeling arose within him.He knew what this feeling was.Nonetheless, it was broad daylight, and he was in her office, no less. Besides, their relationship was at its breaking point already, and after believing Fiona’s lies, Luna was probably upset at him. Joshua knew he should not be lusting after her at this moment, but he could not control himself. He could not stop himself from walking toward her. He suppressed the fluttery feeling in his heart and hoarsely spoke, “Luna, the reason I came here is to tell you…”Joshua let out an exhale and continued in a low voice, “I don’t intend on having children with Fiona at all.”Luna’s entire body stiffened at that moment, but a chuckle escaped her afterward. “Is that so?”She did not believe a single word that came out of this man’s mouth. She stood up and circled past him toward the door, flinging the door open. “If you don’t have an
Luna struggled against Joshua’s grasp, cursing and swearing at him like a crazed woman, to no avail.Her office was extremely soundproof, so none of the employees outside could hear what was going on inside, yet at the same time, she could not release herself either.Perhaps this was the feeling of helplessness. “Don’t yell,” commanded Joshua hoarsely. Then, he pressed his lips against Luna’s. Joshua’s kiss was so sudden that Luna did not even see it coming.After a moment, she resumed struggling again. Finally, she bit down on Joshua’s lip, and blood immediately filled both their mouths.Joshua immediately let go of her, but after a split second, he pressed her up against the closed door and started trailing kisses all over her, from her mouth to her jawline, to her neck, finally stopping at Luna’s collarbone. He lingered there for a long time.Luna closed her eyes in despair. She knew that the skin on her collarbone must have turned red already.This was Joshua’s favorite t