“Even if you want to thank me, you didn’t have to call me out this early in the morning, right?”At the break of dawn, Bonnie sat in the coffee shop owned by her family, yawning continuously. She sipped on her coffee, her eyes blurred, complaining to Luna in a low voice. Sitting in front of her, Luna smiled faintly. “Of course I’m not asking you out just to thank you.” She found the photo Joey Charles sent to her the other day and handed it to Bonnie. “Look.” Bonnie frowned and took the phone, then, her eyes widened immediately. “Isn’t this Aura Gibson?”To investigate her brother, Jason’s disappearance, Bonnie had been conducting follow-up reports on Aura for a long time. In the end, she was even tricked by Aura and stayed in the psychiatric hospital for a long time instead of Aura. But…Joshua sent Aura abroad in the name of furthering her studies and forbade her from returning to Banyan City, right? So why was the photo of Aura taken at the airport in Banyan City? And…W
She took out her phone as she spoke. “The things I said when I went to the competition yesterday were all provided for in the email. The sender was so careful, if not you, who else could it be? All I did was take out what you gave me, and recited the script you prepared then exaggerated with a few sentences of my own.”As she spoke, she tapped her mailbox open. There were two emails lying in her inbox. One of them contained all the videos and photographs, the other was a long, anonymous letter. Luna took the phone in shock and read through the contents of the email. Not only did the sender send the emails to Bonnie anonymously, he even analyzed and predicted what happened yesterday. The sender knew Luna very well. Besides knowing how much effort she poured into the competition, the sender even knew that Fiona would use the rumors floating around online about Luna’s poor personality to attack her. That’s why the sender informed Bonnie of all the appropriate responses and asked
Walking out of the hospital, Luna felt as if her entire mind and body were befuddled and confused.No matter how long she thought about it, she failed to figure it out. If she and Joshua were really the only ones who had seen this photo and Joshua bought it in the end, then even if the person who sent the email to Bonnie was not Joshua, he would at least know about it.But if the sender was indeed Joshua…Then what was his aim?These documents and pieces of evidence were unfavorable to Fiona. He loved her so much, was even willing to accompany her through her final days, then why would he embarrass her in public like that yesterday? Luna was thoroughly puzzled. Back at the Blue Bay Villa, she contemplated the issue for a long while and in the end, told Nigel about the emails. She also sent him the sender’s email address. The little guy immediately understood what she meant. He blinked his big eyes. “Mommy, do you want me to find out the address of the person who sent the em
“Very soon we’ll be able to determine the location from which this email address sent its last email!”Luna was startled and hurriedly poked her head over to her son. Looking at the swirly numbers and codes on the screen, she pursed her lips and had no choice but to retract her gaze, instead, choosing to quietly stare at Nigel’s answer.But she…could not make any sense of it.Seeing her curious yet confused look, Nigel could not help but cover his mouth with his hand and laugh. “Mommy, people specialize in different professions, both you and Nellie are designers, it’s normal that you don’t know this! If you’re good at everything, then I would be of no help to you!”As he spoke, the little guy frowned and glanced at the address on the computer screen. “The Smith Group… Where is that?”Luna was completely startled. “You’re saying, the email address that sent the emails to Bonnie was last logged in at the Smith Group?” “Yes.” Nigel nodded solemnly. “Not only was it last logged in
When Luna rushed to Jude’s company, his secretary stopped her. “I’m sorry, Ms. Luna, Mr. Smith is not here.” Luna narrowed her eyes slightly. She lowered her eyes and took a glimpse of the time. It was past 9 a.m. in the morning, normal working hours. Besides, today was Monday, where could he be if he was not in his office? Right when Luna was wondering about Jude’s whereabouts, an executive of the Smith Group arrived outside of the office. “Secretary Colleen, President Smith called me, he asked me to come over and report to him, he…”The executive's words were interrupted by the secretary. "Director Smith is not here now."The executive frowned. "But President Smith just called me half an hour ago. Besides, I just saw President Smith's car downstairs, he should still be in the company, right?” The secretary grew anxious, gesturing at the executive with her eyes and guarding against Luna at the same time. “President Smith just left…”The executive was surprised, then final
He should have taken Joshua’s advice and escaped through the back door! During their call just now, Joshua asked him to run away, but as the President of the Smith Group, it would be too much of an embarrassment if he ran away as soon as Luna came calling. He thought she would never find him as long as he hid behind the hidden door in his office. But he underestimated Luna and her son’s abilities!His phone was switched off, but somehow it switched on all by itself and started playing music. What’s more, no matter how hard he tried to switch it off, he failed! At this thought, Jude could not help but smile at Luna while he muttered to himself, “Nigel was indeed Joshua’s son… Not only his hacking skills, but even his two-facedness was also exactly the same as Joshua’s…”“Why are you hiding from me, Mr. Smith?” After sitting down with Jude on the sofa, Luna did not want to waste any time on pleasantries and went straight to the point. Since Jude was already avoiding her, that prove
Jude wanted to reject Luna’s suggestion. But… Right when he was about to open his mouth to reject her, Luna took out her phone and pressed the button to set it on loudspeaker. Nigel’s cheerful voice drifted from the phone. “Mommy, if Uncle Jude does not agree, I’ll expose the secrets in his phone to the public! About the identity of the goddess that you have been crushing on for ten years, and how you lost badly at a game and reported your opponent to get his account knocked…I know everything!”Listening to the little guy's slightly immature and threatening words, Jude frowned. “Nigel, it’s wrong of you to do this! If I get angry enough, I will sue you!” “Oh.” Nigel pouted and said, “But Uncle Jude, if you sue me, my Daddy will have a heart-to-heart with you. Don’t worry, he can’t bear to watch as his beloved son rots in prison.”Jude was speechless. “…”The office was quiet for a long period of time. Finally, Jude had no choice but to admit defeat and called Joshua resignedly
Since the moment Jude said he wanted to hide behind the secret door, Joshua had expected this outcome. That’s why he immediately hacked into the surveillance system of Jude’s company and located the CCTV camera installed in his office. He saw the hidden hope and expectation in her eyes when she suspected that he was the one who had sent the emails to Bonnie. Deep down, she still hoped it was him, and still wished the answer he gave her was that he once cherished her in his heart. Otherwise, why would she rush to Jude’s office to question him and force him to call Joshua?But…Joshua laughed bitterly. The lives of two children separated them. Even if she knew that he had feelings for her, and was helping her behind her back… Could she really forget about the deaths of their children and choose to be with him? She would still be in pain; she would still feel conflicted. Him suffering alone was better than the both of them suffering together. Joshua sucked in a deep breath in frus
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