“Damn it!“

In the amusement park’s changing room, Alice unwillingly slipped out of her long, red dress and into a long shirt and long pants that the staff provided.

After leaving the changing room, she ran into Neil who had long since been waiting for her at the entrance.

“Ms. Alice, our beautiful day has just started.“

The little guy leaned on the door, licking on the new ice cream that Joshua bought for him and winked in Alice’s direction. “Later I would like to invite you to ride on the roller coaster, the drop tower and the swing pendulum ride too! “

He frowned slightly. “Ms. Alice, are you afraid of heights? I remember there’s also bungee jumping facilities in this amusement park.“ As he said that, he turned and glimpsed at her, “Initially, I planned to enjoy those rides with Mommy Luna, but now that she hurt her shoulder, I have no choice but to invite you. Since you’re here today to bond with us children, then you wouldn’t reject an invitation from your beloved son and daughter to enjoy such exciting rides, right?“

Alice trembled slightly. She hated all these exciting, gravity-defying rides the most! If it was not because she wanted to teach Luna a lesson, she would not have come here at all! Her initial plan was to act all

lovey-dovey with Joshua in front of Luna and take away her chance of spending time with the children when necessary.

As long as Luna was unhappy, she would be happy.

But now…

Not only did she fail at causing trouble for Luna, instead she was made a fool of the moment they entered the amusement park!

She glared at Neil viciously, expression venomous. “ What do you want?“

“Eyesores should know when they’re not wanted.“ Neil took a bite of his ice cream, and smiled in her direction. “It’s such a beautiful weekend, you should go and visit your father who’s in jail, or perhaps

your mother, who’s in a bad mood because her husband is in jail. What do you think?“

Alice gritted her teeth, glared at Neil viciously again, and strode away.

Looking at the woman’s retreating back, huffing in vexation, Neil lifted the pendant hanging from his necklace and laughed cheekily, “Nigel, the idea you gave me is perfect! You’re the best! “

Nigel’s flat voice drifted in from the pendant, “I read up on her, she’s a germaphobe, has a fear of heights, and hates exhilarating rides like these.“

Neil smiled, his eyes curving into little crescents. “ But how did you find information about her? You already know her true identity?“

On the other end of the phone, Nigel hummed flatly in reply, then hurriedly changed the subject. “We must have chased Alice away.“ “Then what about Joshua?“

“I just hacked into the surveillance system, Nellie seems to be having fun with him…“

Neil frowned. “Forget it, let him stay then. We’re leaving tomorrow, and Nellie likes him so much.“

In the amusement park outside.

Joshua was shooting at balloons with a BB gun. Nellie stood beside him, hugging a huge teddy bear. She smiled happily and glanced at Luna, who was sitting at the side. “Mommy, my Daddy is great, isn’t he?“

Luna smiled and ruffled the little girl’s hair, but remained silent.

The moment Alice stalked out of the dressing room angrily, the first scene that entered her eyes was of three of them, interacting with each other harmoniously, as if they were a happy family.

Her hands clenched tightly into fists beside her.

She strode toward them, and dove into Joshua’s arms the moment he put down the BB gun. “Joshua, I just got a call. My mother’s condition has worsened, and the news that my father is in jail upset her.“

She raised her eyes and looked at him pitifully. “Can you accompany me to the hospital to visit my mother, please?“

Nellie pouted unhappily the moment the words left her mouth. “No, don’t! “

“Daddy promised me just now, he would make szo points, and win me the biggest teddy bear as a parting gift! “

Alice secretly rolled her eyes at her and raised her head, her voice soft and gentle, “Joshua, since Nellie wants it so much, let’s buy the bear and give it to her, then can you accompany me to the hospital to visit my mother?“

Nellie pursed her lips. “I don’t want you to buy it! I want Daddy to exchange his points for it! A present that you buy with money is different from one that you earn with your effort and hard work! “

Alice frowned and glared at her. “How is it different! You’ll just get the same teddy bear! “ With that, she raised her head. “Joshua, visiting my mother is more important, I’m worried something will happen to her can you accompany me, please?“

She definitely did not want to continue staying here and be tortured by that little bastard, Neil. But if she left by herself and left Joshua here with them…

Was that not exactly what Luna wanted?

At this thought, Alice even pulled on Joshua’s arm and started whining, “Joshua…“

Looking at her like this, a laugh escaped Luna’s tight lips.

“Even if your mother was upset, she should have been the most upset yesterday. You weren’t even by

her side yesterday, why are you suddenly such a filial daughter today?”

With that, she changed into a comfortable position and leaned back on the bench, holding Nellie’s hand a s she laughed lightly, ”Besides, didn’t you just say this morning that you didn’t want to leave Neil and Nellie, that’s why you came along. We haven’t even been here for an hour, and you want to leave already?”

Luna was looking at Alice when she said these words.

Alice clearly read the taunt and condescension in her words. She narrowed her eyes viciously. She knew Luna was saying these as revenge for her threatening words this morning.

”Alice.” Joshua frowned slightly, pushing Alice away from him. ”Luna is right. This morning before we left, you put in so much effort to convince me to come along with you and have fun with the children. And now we just arrived but you’re already rushing to leave.”

”Exactly.” Nellie took the fruit juice that Lucas just bought for her and sucked hard on the straw. ”Neil even said he wants to ride on the roller coaster and drop tower with Ms. Alice later! ”

She bit her lip, turned, and looked at Joshua. ”Joshua. will you accompany me to the hospital, please? I’m really worried about my mother… ”

”If you’ re worried, you can go by yourself. ” Nellie sucked in another mouthful of juice. ”Daddy still needs to win me the big teddy bear! ”

Alice bit her lip at the little girl’s words. Before she could say anything, Joshua opened his mouth and said faintly, ”Since you’re so worried about your mother , ask Lucas to drive you home.”

Alice herself knew her reason was not strong enough to convince Joshua to give up the two children and leave with her. But still, she gritted her teeth secretly and pulled on Joshua’s sleeve in a whine, putting in a last-ditch effort. “Joshua…“

Luna yawned and turned away, right at that moment she saw the carousel had started rotating. She lowered her eyes and whispered in Nellie’s ears.

Nellie pursed her lips and stood up, carrying her teddy bear in her hands. “Daddy, since you’re so busy, you don’t want to win the toy for me. After all, you haven’t given me any meaningful presents before, I’m used to it!“

With that, the little girl held Luna’s hand and the mother and daughter pair headed in the direction of the carousel.

Seeing as the eyesores were finally gone, Alice heaved a sigh of relief, “Joshua, let’s…“

“Daddy.“

Before she could finish her sentence, Neil appeared out of nowhere, holding four tickets to the roller coaster in his hand. “Let’s try out this ride, okay? “

As he spoke, he even turned and glanced at Alice. “ Our family of four can go and try out the ride together, okay?“

Joshua raised his slips in a smile, then reached out and took the tickets from Neil. “Okay.“

He turned and looked at Alice. ”Since you don’t want to go to the hospital by yourself, you should stay and accompany the kids. Luna is right, the timeframe when she was most upset has already passed, we can go visit her tomorrow.”

With that, he reached out and held her hand. ”I remember you once wrote in your diary that you hope one day, we can be like any other couple, and try out all the exciting rides in the amusement park.”

The man looked at her, his eyes filled with deep and unfailing affection. ”I was too busy before and never really took the time to spend time with you. Today is our chance.”

He spoke solemnly as if by accompanying her like this, he really wanted to make up for the loss and regret he caused all those years ago.

But Alice paled as his words drifted into her ears. She never expected Luna, who looked all soft and gentle on the surface, would write something like this in her diary. What was even more unexpected was that not only did Neil want to drag her onto the roller coaster, even Joshua wanted to!

She grit her teeth, cursed Luna viciously in her heart, then glanced at the time. ”Joshua, I ‘in still worried about my mother… ”

With that, she sucked in a deep breath, her expression bellying her awkwardness and reluctance. ”I know you want to accompany me, but you want to spend time with the children too. But to me, my parents who gave birth to me and raised me are still more important… They’ve gotten on in age too, they don’t have much time left with me. But we still have a lot of time with each other… I think I should go now.“

She turned and strode away, as if she was making an escape.

Looking at her retreating back, a cheeky, self- satisfied smile appeared on Neil’s lips.

However, Joshua was deeply moved by this incident. This was the Luna Gibson of his memories. A filial daughter, kind and gentle. But the remaining regret that he had never truly spent time with her… It would have to wait.

“Mr. Lynch.“ Neil turned and looked at Joshua. “ Since I already bought the tickets, they’ll go to waste if we don’t use them. Why not ask Mommy Luna and Nellie to join us, and the four of us can ride it together?“

Joshua narrowed his eyes and looked at the two girls, one big and one small, who were riding on the carousel.

Their bright, beaming smiles were identical.

Joshua watched them for a while before turning and glanced at Neil. “Her injury… is she okay?“

“She should be fine.“

Mommy promised she would accompany us to the

was silent for a moment before

many, many other rides that Luna always wanted to try but never

and gentle appearance, he never expected Luna

looked at her side profile as

why they still tried their best to protect her even though they knew she was the fake mommy that

was

family of four tried out all the rides in the

initially planned to work today. But because she still held a

expect Luna herself to remain passive, instead Luna’s two little bastards started causing trouble for her! The more she thought about it, the more furious she grew. Finally, her fist slammed into the screen of

The heavy

at the entrance to the hotel beside the amusement park, Lucas raised his head and looked at the raindrops pouring from the sky. “Sir, I don’t think we can

in the suburbs, traffic was already poor, and now the roads were clogged with rainwater. Plus, they had the

spend the night here tonight.“ The

the man raised his legs and headed

the restaurant upstairs, the owner of the hotel had the most luxurious dinner prepared for

also thoroughly exhausted. As gentle as always, Luna poured some juice for the both of them and said, “Slow down.“ But no one listened to her. Soon, the two little fellows were

lowered her head, focusing on

her with her head bowed, Joshua opened his mouth

her cutlery, her hands paused slightly. A moment later, she raised her head and smiled.

woman I know who… has a gentle personality and yet

first

she used to be.” As he sipped his drink, he started reminiscing about the past. “Like you, she used to be kind and gentle too, I always thought that was just who she was, a cute and obedient girl. Until later on, after she disappeared, I read in her diary that she wanted me to accompany her to the amusement park, and ride on all the dangerous and

of his lips upward and glanced at Luna. “She’s very similar t o you, don’t

that were holding her cutlery

later, she laughed, “You’re right, we are quite similar. But she doesn’t seem to

in a breath. “People change, she’s completely different now from the woman she used

eyes and looked at him. “Then what about you? Are you the same man you are now

paused, then laughed, “You

lips in a

he used to

of them finished their meal, each occupied with their own

having fun with the children, Joshua felt particularly relaxed. That was why after dinner, he invited Luna up to the

rain, the moon was nowhere to be seen, with only tiny specks of golden stars

as if

red wine in his glass, and started asking about the past few years, about her life, raising

children, and truly understood he could never make up for the

for it,

to discuss the children. He was too sharp and perceptive; she was worried she would accidentally expose the fact that she actually

his voice started to grow vague and indistinct, his words slurring together. She

because Nellie was always sick, and I was busy all the time. He even learned how to cook for sister. Once, I came home from work and immediately smelled the fragrance of scrambled eggs wafting through the whole house. I opened the door and saw Neil standing on a little

she said this, gentle affection swimming through

her nearly-perfect side profile, and the glow in her eyes, and he

the influence of the alcohol, any sense of rationality had

looked at her.

a loud clang,

undeniable. Luna was shocked, she wanted

her hands reached out and wrapped around his slim, yet

immersed herself in his gentle movements. At this moment, she could

between the two of them burned from the roof all the

The night was long.

the ambiguity between

a shower and blow-dried her hair. Then, she refused to give up and adamantly put on the

to believe she could not

a mistake today, willingly giving Luna an opportunity to

tonight, Joshua

with a trench coat and headed upstairs. She had gotten Joshua’s room key from Lucas and even reminded them not to come upstairs. She was

breath and took the key out of her pocket confidently. Earlier downstairs, she had heard from Lucas

That was why…

“Luna…”

before she could turn it in the lock, she heard the sounds of a man and a woman’s mixed breathing

resentment flashed in Alice’s eyes. She

caught them in the act, then Luna

But…

imprisoned more than a month ago and she did not gain anything from the Lynch Group. If her identity was exposed at this point in time, not just her alone, but

suppress the bubbling anger in her chest, pull out the key,

the hotel were truly soundproof, even if she sat in the room beside Joshua’s, she could not hear a

hear them, did not mean they did not

frustration, planning to employ the same

eyes scanned through a

of the master artist Theo Allen’s lodging has been exposed, it turned out he had

along. Currently, Swan Lake Residences has been surrounded by fans of his art. According to reports, Mr. Theo Allen did not

an idea flashing through her

by in

next morning, Luna awoke from her slumber, her entire body aching. She did not know why, but Joshua was particularly rough with her last night. If she had not fainted

thought of this, she

on the mattress, trying to climb up from

a man’s arm. She frowned, thinking it was Joshua. But

lay with her in bed was not Joshua! But Theo Allen,

hand as if she had been burned, leaning backward immediately, shock and fear lacing her voice. “Theo,

his features when he saw Luna, lying in bed with him

the blankets to cover himself up. “What happened?“ Luna frowned. “You don’t

hotel and stayed the night. But in the middle of my sleep, the front desk called me and said my fans stalked me to the hotel, asking me

and studied his surroundings.

It was obvious that she and Theo had

She clearly remembered she was with Joshua, he had tortured her until 3 or 4 a.m. when she finally fainted and fell into a deep sleep. And now, she was barely dressed, lying

person who set them

deep breath, she immediately calmed

littered with hickeys. “We… are you

deep breath. “I can’t explain this to you. But you’re an adult too, I’m sure you understand what it means when a man

and nodded.

them, he could not stay here, he

put on his shoes and

facing him, Luna heard the sound of him opening the

are you here?” Suddenly, Joshua’s cold voice drifted in from

froze in her veins at the sound of the

She turned.

his expression dark and stormy, his hand raised, blocking

Luna’s direction

eyes in faux-shock. “So, last

spoke, she even walked past Theo and came to Luna’s bedside, picking up her jacket from the floor and placing it on her shoulders, “How come your clothes are all torn, Mr. Allen is such an elegant artist, why

the jacket

backward, turned, and glanced at Theo and Joshua standing in the doorway. “Luckily, the children

and hooked her arm through his, “Joshua, I never knew Mr. Allen

at her words. He frowned, raised his eyes, and glanced at Theo coldly. “When did you

a deep breath. “Luna and I, it’s not what you think!

step backward, his emotions running wild.

do anything last

along, but he knew she did not feel the same way. He did not like forcing his will on others, and neither did he want to cause her

was ambushed by my fans,

you came to

sentence, Alice interrupted him. She gave a faint tut and said, “Both of you are single, so something like this could happen, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Why do you keep denying it,

it be, you don’t want to take

matter what Luna is our children’s foster mother, and our friend. If Mr. Allen doesn’t want to take

trained tightly on Luna, as if he wanted to see through

one else but him. She never displayed any sense of intimacy with Theo in front of

And now?!

were already in such an

and insisted on coming to get Luna so all three of them could send the children off together, he would never realize Luna

and enjoyed

that she loved the children, with all her heart, and was even afraid that their biological

And now what happened?

scheduled to leave, she and Theo would exert themselves so much in the hotel, until the point where she was still asleep

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