Luna froze, a bad feeling creeping into her heart. "Tim, what are you trying to say?"Timothy rolled his eyes, clearly annoyed. "I'm saying that Lucas Corporation is in big trouble, and I can't deal with you right now. Go do something else, okay?"Her last bit of hope crumbled, and Luna slumped to the floor. Her usual grace was gone.No way! How could Tim's company be failing?He owned the biggest company in town, and only the Quinn family could stand up to him.The Lucas family had not made any enemies. Wait a minute! A sudden thought struck her, and she pictured the faces of Lucy and her successful husband.It had to be Lucy!Luna's face twisted with bitterness.Was Lucy jealous of her happiness?At that moment, Timothy looked at Luna with pure distaste. Luna, already on edge, saw it right away."Tim, what's your problem? Are you looking down on me?" she yelled, not realizing that her outburst was making Timothy even more disgusted.'Was I just not seeing clearly? How coul
Timothy could not see Luna's face, but he thought she understood. After he hung up, he drove back to their place.The moment he walked in, a black bag was pulled over his head, and then he felt a hard hit on the back of his head.He fell to the floor, knocked out, with Luna standing over him. She had hatred in her eyes.Luna was panting with a look of triumph in her eyes. "That's what you get for ignoring me and thinking you can replace me," she thought. She grabbed the hemp rope she had bought earlier from the coffee table and tied up Timothy's hands and feet. Then, using a small cart, she pushed him down to the basement of the villa.The basement was a hidden place meant for safety during big disasters. It was stocked with lots of emergency gear and medical supplies.Knowing her way around, Luna took out an IV drip from the medical box, set it up for Timothy, and then used his phone to transfer a bunch of money from his bank account to hers using his fingerprint.Luna gave a
When Timothy’s father took over Lucas Corporation, Matthew’s assistant reported it to him.Matthew looked at Lucas Corporation’s shares on the computer screen and pursed his lips in contemplation. Although it was not what he expected, it was good enough.“You’ve secured your bonus for the month.”His assistant breathed a sigh of relief.Lucy finally emerged from the sea of documents and looked at the happy Matthew. She had to ask, “Matt, is there good news? You seem to be in a good mood.”Matthew caressed her head. “Wifey, what would you think if I gave you a small portion of Lucas Corporation’s shares?”Lucy was surprised.She was well aware that for these words to come out of Matthew’s mouth, that meant that he had gained control of most of Lucas Corporation’s shares.She could not hide her surprise. “Matt, how did you do it?”Matthew shook his head. “It’s no big deal. By the time he wanted to go against me, it was already settled.”Lucy’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Mat
For a moment, it seemed like he was onto something, but he quickly dismissed that thought. There was no way it was Luna.However, she was the only one at home…No matter who it was, he had to find a way to get out. Timothy looked around him, but it was pitch-black and he could not see anything.He shouted for help for 15 minutes straight, but no one responded.Timothy figured that either no one was around to hear his cry for help or he was in a soundproofed room.Timothy was quite sharp-witted for piecing together the truth.Unfortunately, he hit the jackpot on both counts. Not only was there no one around, but the basement was built with such high-quality materials that it was completely soundproof!Timothy refused to give up, so he shouted for another ten minutes.In the end, he decided to just shut up and save his energy.He was extremely anxious. Lucas Corporation was in deep shit, so he could not leave it unattended for too long.If he did, the company would be doomed. H
"The company is fine. I made it in time to stop the major shareholders from selling their shares, so we’re still in control.”Aaron paused for a bit and asked, “You'd better tell me what the hell is going on!”Timothy was relieved to hear that the company was doing fine. It was only then that he felt the pain in his body.He massaged his hands and feet, which had been tied up for hours, as well as the throbbing pain on the back of his head.He shook his head and said, “I don’t know. Nana told me to come home all of a sudden. As soon as I got home, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head and everything went black. I fell unconscious, and after I woke up, here I was.”Aaron frowned. “Is there anything on you that’s missing?”Aaron looked around the villa. Everything was neatly arranged, and there were no signs of anyone rummaging through the cabinets. It did not seem like a burglary at all.Meanwhile, Timothy checked his belongings and did not find anything missing. He turned o
After Lucy got the name of the place, she drove to the mental hospital.When she arrived at the lobby, a nurse was sitting at the front desk and looking at her manicure with a bored look.She did not even bother greeting Lucy when she saw her come in. She just straightened her posture a little bit.Lucy walked up to her and asked, “May I know which ward Luna Quinn is in?”The nurse smiled and said, “Miss, I strongly advise you not to visit Ms. Luna. She was sent in here by her husband, and she’s showing serious violent tendencies.”Lucy knew what her sister was like. Luna never showed any signs of a mental disorder before, so why was she sent to the mental hospital?She paused for a moment and said, “I’d still like to visit her. I’m her sister, Lucy. Here’s my identification.”She showed the nurse her ID.After the nurse took Lucy's ID card and verified it, she did not bother dissuading Lucy. She registered Lucy and pointed out the location of Luna’s ward.Lucy followed her in
That silhouette was all too familiar to Lucy, and because of that, she felt her stomach churning as a nauseating sensation crept up to her throat.Frowning, she shifted her gaze to Amy, who was sweating profusely.After meeting Lucy’s eyes, she apologized.“I’m sorry, Ms. Lucy. Mr. Timothy insisted on going in, so I couldn’t stop him.”Lucy felt helpless, but she did not blame Amy. If Timothy insisted, she believed that there was not much Amy could do.Timothy, who was left out in the cold, coughed to announce his presence to the people in front of him.Lucy said coldly to him, “Is there a reason why you’re here?”Her words took him by surprise. Timothy was not expecting her to talk to him like this. It hurt his self-esteem.He stood in place for some time before he finally decided to tell Lucy why he came.“Lucy, about my company…”After hearing his opening, Lucy knew what he was going to say, but she did not interrupt him.“You were the one who asked Mr. Leon to do it, rig
Lucy stopped in her tracks. She turned around and looked Timothy up and down in disbelief.Holy shit! How had she never noticed how shameless this man was before? Not only that, he had no self-awareness whatsoever.How blind was she back then to have fallen in love with him? “If it’s not your fault, who are you going to blame it on, then? Luna?”Timothy ignored her contemptuous gaze. “Luna is indeed partly responsible for this. If she hadn’t seduced me, how could I have made such a mistake?”Not to mention…He recalled how crazy Luna had been the past few days, and his disgust for her seemed to emerge. How could he have once thought of her as gentle and innocent?Seeing how well put together Lucy was and how well she was managing her company, Timothy could not help but feel a pinch of regret.He realized that he had misjudged Lucy before. The Lucy before him was nothing like the gloomy woman he once perceived her as. Clearly, he just did not know her well enough.It must have b