Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"I still feel bad about it. I don't want you feeling uncomfortable in any way," Bobby Cates said.

He had long thought of Josh Batton as his biological son.

"But then again, I am proud that you have so many fans," he added.

Sometimes, pain and joy needed to coexist.

Josh's smile gradually widened. "Don't feel bad. All right, let's eat, Dad and Mom."

Bobby and Peggy Howards nodded simultaneously, their hands clasped as they returned to their seats to resume their meal.

Meanwhile, Annabeth Cates continued to scroll through the list of Weibo topics, feeling bored as she browsed through other headlines but found nothing else of interest.

***

The next day, Annabeth and Josh took her parents on their planned vacation, spending a few days together before he flew Annabeth back to Atlantis on his helicopter to land at Atlantis International Airport.

Once their helicopter came to a stable halt on a helipad, they held each other's hands and took an elevator to the underground parking lot before driving away.

profile, nobody recognized them this

the road, Josh drove with one hand and held hers with the other, occasionally lowering his head to press a kiss on her

They seemed very intimate.

face masks removed since they were in the privacy of their

a red light, followed suit by another car that came to

and started honking at Josh's car, but he didn't turn

wife had witnessed situations like that numerous times, so she didn't bother

her

any attention, the

lights to

them with

on the accelerator and drove away, leaving her behind as she continued taking pictures in her stationary

crazy and jealous as she recalled how intimate her

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eye, another month had

ended, making