Seeing the sincerity in Felix’s eyes made Luna’s heart tighten. She pressed her lips together and nodded firmly.A weight seemed to lift from Felix’s chest. He reached out, covering Lily’s eyes with his hand as he leaned in, his lips brushing against Luna’s. That familiar blend of tobacco and cologne filled her senses, and her eyes stung with tears.She pressed a hand to her nose, her voice soft. “Felix, come back soon. Let’s leave the past behind us. After this, it’ll be you, me, and the kids together, as a family. Okay?”Felix’s expression faltered.Lily wrapped her little arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, “Daddy, I don’t care if it’s tough. I just want to be with you.”In the stroller, James stretched out his tiny hands, laughing. Felix reached for him, but his hands slipped through the air. James began to fuss, his cries growing louder, and Felix jolted awake, realizing it had only been a dream.Now here was Luna, offering a future together: “Let’s put everything
Felix watched, dazed, as Luna and Lily’s figures grew smaller in the distance. He heard footsteps behind him and turned, holding out his hands with a cold, steely expression. “Let’s go.”The guard hesitated as he brought out the handcuffs. Just as he was about to lock them around Felix’s wrists, he asked casually, “Mr. Lincoln, that woman who came to visit you, she’s the new CEO of Lincoln Corporation, right? I heard she’s planning to leave the country with her kids. Was this visit just to hand over the reins? Will you be resuming your role as CEO once you’re out?”What? Luna’s leaving with the kids?Felix’s head snapped up, his jaw tightening, and a vein throbbed on his forehead. Grabbing the guard by the collar, he demanded, “Where did you hear that?”The guard trembled, visibly shaken. He had expected this kind of reaction. Felix’s icy stare and whole demeanor practically screamed stay away. All he wanted was to turn around and make a run for it.But he couldn’t. Fate had pic
Felix stood in the middle of the bustling airport terminal, watching as people hurried by with their luggage, each one with someplace to be. The whole world felt like it was spinning, endlessly, leaving him disoriented. A chill ran down his spine, even though he felt like he was burning up inside. He wanted to move, to chase after them, but his feet felt rooted to the spot, lost.Then, just at the edge of his vision, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure holding a little girl’s hand, slipping through the security checkpoint.“Luna! Lily!” he shouted, sprinting towards them.A security guard in uniform stepped in front of him, saying politely, “Sir, I’m going to need to see your boarding pass and ID.”“Move!” Felix snarled, swatting the man’s arm aside as he tried to push his way through.Two more guards quickly blocked his path, their expressions firm. “I’m sorry, sir, but by regulation, we need to see your boarding pass,” one of them said, resolute.Felix pointed toward the
“No, please! Not in front of our son!”Luna Jasper sobbed, pleading as she stayed still, too afraid to move and risk disturbing her child, Orion Lincoln. She didn’t dare fight back.On the stark white bed in the morgue, Orion lay motionless, deeply asleep, lifeless.Luna was pinned at the foot of the bed, while the man behind her, the one she once loved so deeply, was destroying her completely.Felix Lincoln’s cold, mocking voice broke the silence. "Luna, this is a morgue. You know what that means, right? It’s a place for the dead. That little brat is already gone. Even if I screw you right here, he’s not going to see anything!"Luna clutched the bedsheet tightly, gasping for air in sharp, shallow breaths.Her beloved son, eyes closed, was an angel. How could Orion not see?Orion had once told her he was a little man, that he would protect his mom.If he could see his father humiliating her like this, how much pain would he be in?“Felix, he’s your son… your son!”“My son? Lu
“My child’s a love child? What about Stella Lewis’s?”Luna laughed through her tears. “Stella brought that kid back from abroad, isn’t he a love child, too? But what about you?”She had always wanted to never mention Stella again, to never bring up her child.She tried to pretend she didn’t know. If she didn’t speak about it, maybe it hadn’t really happened.All she wanted was to live with Felix. Felix was her world, the one who could give her the support she needed.After all, she had no mother, her father was in a coma, and she had to care for her sick son. As long as Felix was there, she could keep going.She didn’t want to lose him, so no matter how many provocations or pieces of evidence came her way, she acted like she hadn’t seen them.She tried desperately, humbly, to maintain a fragile peace, but it all came crashing down."Her child is so much better than yours," Felix sneered at Luna.Luna nodded, feeling like her heart had stopped. It was as if someone else were sp
Luna hung up the phone, still sitting on the bench. She wanted to get up and go to Felix, to demand Orion’s body back.But she couldn’t move. Doctors kept approaching her, handing her forms to sign.She couldn’t leave. She was terrified that if she missed signing even one form, her father’s life would slip away.And then she would truly have nothing left.She wished she could split herself in two, so one part of her could go find her son.The sound of high heels clicking on the floor grew closer. Luna didn’t look up until a pair of red heels came into view."Hiding out in the hospital, Luna? Trying to dodge the divorce?"Luna slowly raised her eyes to meet Stella’s. She was beautiful, the kind of beauty that made people hate her.Luna stood up slowly. “Getting impatient, aren’t you? You really think you can replace me? Your sister was my father’s mistress for years, but she never got into the Jasper family because I didn’t allow it. And now you think you can come here and make
After a long pause, Luna responded."Take me to see Felix. I'll divorce him. I’m sure that’s what you want more than anything, seeing us divorced. If he’s not Orion’s father anymore, he won’t have the right to decide what happens to his body."Luna spoke as blood poured from her mouth, soaking the front of her clothes.Stella looked at her, shocked, as if she had seen a ghost. She had expected Luna to lash out, maybe even fight her.Luna saw right through her. "I’m not going to cause a scene here. I’ll change my clothes, and then you can take me to Felix."At Riverview Villa, Stella led Luna to the second floor and opened the door. "Felix, Luna insisted on seeing you. I had no choice but to bring her here."Luna stepped into the study, shut the door behind her, and locked it.Stella sneered, "What? Afraid Felix won’t want to see you and might take off? Guess you know your place."Luna looked at Felix, who was sitting at his desk. No one could imagine the cruel heart that lay be
Felix’s face twisted in shock. "Luna, stop!"Stella hadn’t even processed what was happening before blood began pouring from her, filling the room with the metallic smell of iron.Luna gritted her teeth as she glared at Stella. "I told you, I wasn’t going to fight you in the hospital. I was saving my strength to kill you! You deserve this. Orion was allergic to dapsone, and you put it in his food. That’s what killed him. I could have taken you to court, but now I want you to pay with your life!"Stella stared at Luna in terror. "Felix, Felix, help me, please… help me…"Felix shoved Luna aside and rushed to grab Stella, his gaze burning with rage as if he wanted to tear Luna apart."Luna, how dare you!"Luna gripped the knife tightly, as if afraid her fingerprints might slip off the Swiss army knife. "I’ve committed assault. That’s at least three years in prison, and with your connections, probably more. I sent a message when I walked into this room, and the police will be here an