If she did not use this opportunity to ruin Luna’s career, she would be sorry for not seizing such a good opportunity! At that thought, Fiona spared no effect to further incite the crowd’s emotions.“Also, I did not mention the plagiarism incident. It was Mr. Joey Charles who said it! Who is Mr. Charles? He is Master Moon’s protege. What he said would not be fake!”“Is that so?”Looking at Fiona acting on stage for a long time, Luna, who had been silent all this while, finally smiled and stood up.She took off her cap and mask, showing off her exquisite face.Luna smiled and looked at Joey.“Have a look, who is this plagiarizer?”Seeing Luna showing her face, Fiona sneered and continued saying loudly, “Everybody, look! It’s her! This is her face! We have to boycott her! Everyone, remember what she looks like!”Upon Fiona’s words, Joey slightly furrowed his brows.Even if he did not understand the relationship between Ms. Blake and that woman, he could see that Ms. Blake want
Fiona could not move on stage.She looked at Joey looking at Luna respectfully in shock. Her face was fluctuating between turning blue and pale.“Ms. Blake.”Joey lifted his head and looked at her flatly.“Although I know you’re trying to do good and maintain the integrity of the jewelry design industry, that is why you call others to action to boycott my teacher. However, you accused her of plagiarizing even before making clear the situation. You were even screaming for everyone to cancel her. I think you do need to apologize to my master.”Fiona bit her lips hard and glared at Joey.“But I only said this all because you mentioned plagiarism! You should be the one apologizing. Not me!”Fiona harrumphed coldly. She looked at Luna coldly and condescendingly.“I get it. The two of you did it on purpose! One of you deliberately mentioned plagiarism, so that a righteous person like me would call everyone to arms to boycott Luna.“The other deliberately placed details that would be
President Calvin said, “This…This is because two days before the competition, the internet blew up about Luna bullying the newcomer. She did not allow the newcomer to partake in the team’s core design work.“Also, since half a month ago, she had been bullying the newcomer. She had a terrible character, so we had to replace her…”Joey laughed, “Bad character? Are you saying my master has a bad character?”He strode up the stage.“All of you here are leaders of the jewelry design industry. Might I ask, have any of you heard any news of my master bullying newcomers before?“When I started following my master, I just graduated from university. I know nothing. It was her who taught me bit by bit how to turn theories from the textbooks into practice.“I’m sure all of you know about my master’s reputation in the jewelry design industry all these years. Why when she comes to your place, she becomes a person who has a bad character and bullies newcomers?”Everyone was silent upon Joey’s
Everyone looked in the direction in which the voice came from.The person that entered was no one other than Bonnie, who told Luna previously that she wanted to travel the world and had already left Banyan City for half a month.At that moment, Bonnie seemed to have rushed over once the plane landed. She was still wearing shades and a trench coat.She strode into the venue, walked up the stage, and stood by Luna’s side. She swept a cold glance at the man next to Fiona. Then, she looked at everyone there.“I’m sure everyone wants to know what is happening in the videos of Luna bullying Fiona, right? Coincidentally, I can explain.”Luna could not help but furrowed her brows upon Bonnie’s words. She said in a suppressed tone, “Aren’t you traveling?”Bonnie rolled her eyes at Luna.“You’re being schemed to death, how could I travel in peace?”Then, Bonnie took a deep breath and looked at Fiona in the distance. Her tone was arrogant.“Ms. Blake, I have a lot of evidence for your vi
Luna furrowed her brows and glared at Samson. Only then did he bite his lips and suppress his anger.However, he still glared at Fiona with eyes full of loathing.Fiona noticed the rage in Samson’s eyes, yet she pretended as if she did not see it. She blinked her eyes innocently.“Ms. Luna, Ms. Craig, everyone is not listening to me, what should I do?”“It’s fine if they don’t listen to you.”Bonnie chuckled, “All they need to do is trust the evidence.”Then, she directly gave Zayne a look and passed him a flash drive.Zayne immediately understood and connected the flash drive to the computer and opened the files.“Everyone.”Bonnie smiled and said arrogantly, “As for the truth of those videos. I will provide you with an answer.”The crowd who had been screaming about boycotting Luna did not listen to her at all.“Everyone knows that you and Luna are a team!”“Yes! You almost gave Luna the Craig Group! Don’t think we don’t know about that!”The crowd was extremely agitated
The entire crowd was silenced by Luna’s words.Not only the others but Fiona was also stunned.She only wanted to provoke Luna. She never would have thought that Luna would agree to it! “Master…”Joey, by the side, furrowed his brows hard. “How could you…”Without mentioning retiring from the jewelry design industry, just apologizing to Fiona in public was humiliating enough for a person like Luna.How could she just agree to it? Samson and Zayne also furrowed their brows. “Director Luna, you…”Luna smiled and looked at Bonnie gently.“I trust my friend.”If Bonnie could give up on her traveling to return to Banyan City, Luna trusted her fully.Also, Bonnie was a professional reporter previously. Luna trusted her judgment. If Bonnie did not have enough evidence, she would not have come here.Bonnie did so much for Luna. If Luna did not even trust her, that would be too disappointing.Perhaps Bonnie did not expect that Luna would agree to Fiona so determinedly or trust he
Not only did both of them not wish Luna or give her flowers, the moment Charmaine spoke, but it was also filled with mockery and provocation.Later on, Luna could not take Charmaine mocking Shannon, so she walked to where the camera was set up. Then, it was the part where Luna lectured Fiona and Charmaine. The one where it was spread virally on the internet.By the end of the video, it was Charmaine sitting in front of the camera.“Everyone, this was the entire situation that happened that day. The source file was with me. When I gave it to Fiona previously, she made me delete the video, but I went against it and backed up a copy.“The ones you all saw on the internet had been edited. The truth was Fiona and I had prepared to capture footage of Luna being bullied by us that day. Later on, Fiona thought that Luna bullying others would be more useful. Thus, it turned out like this.”Charmaine took a deep breath and looked at the camera seriously.“I still have a lot of evidence o
“Whether you poured hot water on yourself or not, you know clearly.”Bonnie sneered and continued opening up a document from the flash drive.“This is burns from someone who was scalded by freshly boiled water for ten minutes. This is someone who had been burned by coffee. The last one is Ms. Blake’s burns. Which one does she belong to?”The audience was silent for a long while when they heard what Bonnie said.In the end, someone said softly, “Ms. Blake’s burns are similar to the freshly boiled water one…” Bonnie nodded. She said the same thing as the doctor when Luna brought Joshua to the hospital that day.“Because they had to consider the customers drinking coffee, coffees are usually not brewed at boiling temperature…”Fiona’s expressions turned ugly instantly.She bit her lips and glared at Bonnie angrily.“You cannot judge it like this! The coffee that burned me the other day, the one that I brewed for Ms. Luna, I used freshly boiled water! That is why I was burned lik
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