Luna did not expect this question from Christian.She gripped onto her phone and was silent for a long while. She could not help but clear her throat.“Christian, what kind of joke is this? You’re Nigel's and Nellie’s cousin. Although our age difference isn’t that huge, in terms of seniority…”Christian, on the other end of the line, chuckled. “If you’re not planning to be with Joshua, is seniority in the family that important?“Rather than saying although our age difference isn’t huge but due to seniority…“I’d rather put it this way: Although seniority is in the way, our age gap isn’t that wide.”Then, Christian cleared his throat and continued seriously, “Luna, aren’t you going to consider it?”Luna paused a little. Her throat tightened. “Christian, stop pulling my leg, I—”“I’m already being so serious, yet you could still hear that I’m joking?” Before Luna could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Christian’s mischievous laughter.He chuckled loudly. “Yeah, I’m ju
In the end, Luna decided to have a look.She had gone through so much that summer.Seizing the end of the summer and bidding farewell to the unhappy incidents was a good choice, too.The more important thing was that she was indeed hungry. She was all alone at home, and she was too lazy to make her meals.Thus, after asking Anne about where the event was taking place, Luna simply packed up and hailed a taxi there.Outside the Blue Bay Villa, in a corner somewhere...Zach took his phone out. “Mr. Lynch, Ms. Luna hailed a taxi and left. Should we follow her?”A cold man’s voice came from the other end of the line, “Go with her.” Then, he hung up when a knock came from the door of his study.“Joshua.”The person that entered was the aggrieved-looking Fiona.She was still in her usual white dress, looking extremely frail.“Joshua, Granny Lynch has been targeting me. I don’t feel like having dinner at home tonight. Let’s go out, please?”Joshua calmly furrowed his brows. He lift
Luna, Anne, and John had a lot of good food at the fireworks celebration event.They knew that Luna could not take alcohol, so John deliberately went far away and bought a few different flavors of beverages for Luna and Anne to pick.“I have known for some time that the fireworks celebration takes place every year, but I was always busy, and I’ve never been here before. I never thought that it’d be so pretty!”Anne lamented while looking at Luna, “How is it? Do you feel your unhappiness caused by Joshua vanishing into thin air after coming here?”Luna shrugged. “To be honest with you, not that much.”Being there made her think of her past even more. She had been to Banyan City’s fireworks celebration event before.The year she just got married to Joshua, she was still a young girl full of dreams and hopes.When she heard the servants at home mention that there would be a fireworks celebration event every summer, Luna would always find the opportunity to get Joshua to accompany h
Anne’s voice wafted into the night breeze into Joshua and Fiona’s ears.Fiona furrowed her brows. She subconsciously wanted to reason with Anne, yet Joshua stopped her.He came there tonight to see Luna and to accompany Fiona to relieve her boredom.He did not want to cause any trouble.Thus, Joshua pretended he did not hear them and pulled Fiona forward. He only took a few steps when his phone rang at an inappropriate time.This time, it was from his company. It was from work.Seeing Joshua getting busy, Fiona bit her lip a little and headed to one corner of the fireworks celebration.Actually, she had another purpose for coming there that night, besides watching the fireworks with Joshua.That was to find an opportunity to get in touch with Aura’s people amidst the dazzling crowd. She needed to get something. After Fiona complained to Aura about Granny Lynch, Aura told her there was something that could silence Granny Lynch. Fiona was there specifically for that thing that
It was completely dark behind the boulder, save only the vague, dim light from the fireworks and moonlight in the distance.Behind the dark boulder stood an emaciated man. He was so thin that his facial features almost changed.He was as thin as a rake, but his eyes were still elegant and gentle-looking.“Luna.” That man smiled. “I never would’ve thought we’d meet under such circumstances.”Luna rushed forward and immediately hugged him. He was so thin that it was almost uncomfortable hugging him.Tears fell. Luna hugged him tightly. “Theo, I thought that you were really gone! I thought I won’t be able to see you again in this life! I knew that the email must’ve been you! It was you!”Theo hugged her. His eyes were rather teary, too. This was the first time that Luna hugged him first, yet it was under such circumstances.Luna’s tears wet his shoulders.Theo sighed and gently lifted his hands to pat on Luna’s back.“It’s fine, it’s fine. I’m alive. Neil is still alive, too.”L
Luna took a deep breath. “Fiona Blake. Is she under Aura’s orders?”“Yes, and no.” Theo furrowed his brows. “Fiona is rather special. She was first picked by Joshua, and only then was she used by Aura.”Then, he looked at Luna deeply. “The suggestion I can give you now is to get Fiona to leave Joshua. Aura returned to Banyan City this time. Everything she did on the surface was through Fiona. As long as you get rid of Fiona, Aura would be forced to use her other two aces, which are Neil and me.”Then, Theo turned and left.He only walked for a few steps when he suddenly thought of something. He went in close to Luna’s ears and instructed her before turning and leaving.Luna stood in the same spot, looking at him leave, for a long time.It was only when a scream came from the crowd behind her did she come to her senses.Anne!Luna immediately collected her thoughts and rushed into the crowd, only making it through with much effort.The scene in front of her baffled her.On the
Looking at Luna’s miserably pale face, not saying anything as she stood still, Joshua’s gaze darkened even more.He was spot on, then.The person hugging the thin man behind the boulders was Luna. At that thought, Joshua’s gaze turned even colder.There he was, worried that Luna might be lonely since there was no one to talk to her after Christian left Banyan City so suddenly.What happened then? In less than half a day, she found another person! If he was not standing by the edge of the beach on a phone call, he would not have noticed how loose and easy Luna was.She was not like that before. At that thought, Joshua was even more convinced that Nigel and Fiona were right—Luna was mentally ill.If she was not mentally ill, how could she do such baffling things? Luna’s heart was in suspense when she saw Joshua’s cold gaze. She bit her lip and looked at Joshua.“W—What else did you see?”Did Joshua see Theo? Did he know that the other guy was Theo? However, Luna’s nervous
“I know I’m sensitive, but if you really want to blame someone, it’s not my fault…”“You’re spewing nonsense!”Anne was instantly infuriated at Fiona’s words. “You’re lying!” Since when did she say that Fiona had no place in Joshua’s heart? She only warned Fiona to be careful lest they find evidence of her faking her illness when she was in a rage.Then, Fiona immediately rushed over to pick up the knife.At that moment, Anne and John thought that Fiona was aggravated by that, so she wanted to murder them. That was why John went to stop her.All of a sudden, Fiona did a complete 180. She twisted their words, changing what they said! Anne glared at Fiona. Her eyes were filled with rage.“I never once mentioned Joshua! Whether Joshua has you in his heart or whether you could match up to Luna is none of my bloody business!” Joshua furrowed his brows upon Anne’s crude remarks.“Then, what did you say just now?”Anxious, Anne immediately spoke what she thought of, “I asked Fiona