“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
As soon as she heard Charmaine’s words, Shannon narrowed her eyes and strode toward Charmaine. Before any of them could react, she swung her arm up and slapped Charmaine across her face. A deafening slap echoed through the hallway.Shannon looked down at Charmaine and said, “Director Luna had hurt her arm, so President Lynch is sending her to the hospital. How dare you even suggest anything like that and perpetuate rumors about the two of them? Mr. Lynch has a girlfriend now, but even if he doesn’t, he won’t engage in relationships with Director Luna or any other employee. This is the respect every CEO should show to their employees!“Not only are you disrespecting Director Luna, but President Lynch as well! How dare you?”Charmaine was so stunned by this that she did not even know how to react.She felt a little confused by Shannon’s words. It seemed like Shannon was scolding her yet, at the same time…indirectly reprimanding Joshua.Joshua was standing in the elevator, still ca
“Joshua was carrying Luna simply because she got hurt, and he wanted to send her to the hospital. That’s all it is. If you got slapped, it’s on you because you jumped to conclusions and talked nonsense. If employees of the design department or the entire Lynch Group Tower find out about this and spread rumors about Luna and Joshua, you’ll feel my wrath.”With that, Fiona hung up the phone, much to Charmaine’s bewilderment. What was going on? Was Fiona going crazy?Did Fiona get so used to Joshua cheating on her with Luna that she no longer cared? Why was she on Luna and Shannon’s side?Meanwhile, Fiona hurled the phone against the wall in anger the moment she hung up.Even though she had reprimanded Charmaine about this, she knew full well what Joshua was up to.She had added libido-enhancing drugs into his drink to trick him into sleeping with her. However, not only was he perfectly calm, but he even stormed off to find Luna as soon as he found out about everything. He had le
A deafening thud echoed through the entire house.Joshua, who was pinning Luna down against the sofa, slumped limply on top of her right after.Luna could not help but furrowed her brows upon feeling his weight on top of her. However, since her hands were still tied, she had no way of releasing herself and instead looked in the direction where the noise had come from.She saw Nellie holding a metal box in her hands, panting heavily at the same time. It was evident that Nellie had struck Joshua on the back of his head with the metal box. Seeing that Luna was looking at her, Nellie’s face grew an even darker shade of red. She let out an exhale, then shouted for help at the top of her lungs.Lily immediately arrived at the scene, along with the rest of the servants. The doctor who Joshua had assigned to look after Nigel stormed downstairs as well to see what was going on.Everyone worked together to help move Joshua away from his position on top of Luna and laid him down on the c