“Theo.“

When Theo’s hand was on the door handle, Luna frowned and called out to him, “Don’t go.“

Theo frowned, turned, and looked at her, confusion etched across his features. “Why not? He did those things with you last night, then he brought me here, and made it look like the both of us were together! Because he was worried his wife would find out ! A man like him, we should expose him in front of his wife, and ruin his image! “

“What good will that do us?“ Luna closed her eyes and smiled bitterly. No one else knew Alice’s identity, but she did. Back then, Hailey was so deeply in love with Joshua, she was even willing to go through plastic surgery to look like the person she hated the most… She did all of that just to be together with Joshua. That was why, even if Alice knew what happened between Luna and Joshua, nothing would change. She would not leave him, at most she would make Joshua coax her and placate her. It was meaningless.

Theo frowned. “Then we’ll just allow this incident to pass, just like this?“

Luna squinted. “For the moment, yes.“ She could not create too much of a fuss out of this. After all,

she had yet to get pregnant with Joshua’s child. She had to continue lying in wait.

Theo clenched his hands tightly into fists and slammed them onto the tabletop. “They’re too much! “

A long while later, he retracted his fists, raised his head, and looked at Luna seriously. “Can I… be your boyfriend?“

Luna paused. A moment later, she smiled. “You deserve a better woman than me.“ With that, she left the bed and entered the bathroom. “Can you go downstairs and buy me some breakfast? “ After last night’s intense workout, she was fairly hungry.

Theo looked at her from behind and was about to say something, but stopped himself in the end.

“Joshua, eat something.“

In the room next door, Alice gently placed Joshua’s breakfast in front of him. “I purposely asked the chef to prepare this for you, your favorite sandwich.“

Joshua glanced at the sandwich in her hands but had no appetite at all. His mind was filled with Luna’s cold expression from the incident this morning.

“What right do you have to question me? Who are you to me?“

The man’s eyebrows furrowed.

What right did he have to question her? Who was he to her?

He was her boss! Was that enough?

He closed his eyes and smiled bitterly. A moment later, he opened them again. “I’m heading to the office now.“ With that, he lifted his legs and left.

Alice looked at the sumptuous breakfast on the table and bit her lip harshly. She could tell Joshua still cared. Still cared that Luna slept with Theo!

Her hands clenched tightly into fists. It seemed like just making them sleep together was not enough… so, she took her phone. “Mr. Walter, send an email to all the news outlets…“

Luna had a hefty breakfast.

After breakfast, she curled up on the couch and video called Neil.

The two children were halfway through their flight and were now waiting in the airport waiting for their connecting flight.

“Mommy, you have to take care of yourself! “ Neil said as he sipped on his juice, “This morning I rejected Idiot Lynch when he asked whether we wanted you to come to send us off. I think you’ll cry. I hate to see you cry.“

“Yeah, exactly. “ Beside him, Nellie smiled sweetly too, her eyes curving up into little crescents. “ Mommy, you have to take good care of yourself in the future! Don’t let Daddy bully you! “

Luna’s heart soured at the little girl’s words. Even when Nellie left her, she knew to remind her not to be bullied by Joshua…

She sniffed and tempered her emotions. “Is your Mommy someone who’ll be bullied so easily?“

Nellie pouted. “Even though Mommy won’t be bullied, we will still worry! “

Luna sighed and continued chatting with the children for a while, only hanging up reluctantly when they had to board the plane.

Not long later, Theo knocked on her room door. “ The car is ready.“

Joshua left without even telling her, and this was the countryside. Since the amusement park was closed, not many taxis were available. That was why Theo only found a single taxi after searching downstairs for a long time.

Luna sucked in a deep breath, packed her belongings, and went downstairs with Theo. But she never expected…

The moment the two of them walked out of the door, they were surrounded by reporters.

“Mr. Theo Allen, can I know why you and Ms. Luna walked out from the hotel at the same time, what relationship do the two of you share?“

“Mr. Theo Allen, someone said they saw you entering Ms. Luna’s room last night, and the two of you spent the night together. Is that true?“

“I heard the two of you both stay in the same apartment building and on the same floor at the Swan Lake Residences, were the two of you already together when you rented your apartments?“

“The two of you, one of you is a famous artist, and the other is a famous jewelry designer, it can be said that the two of you are a match made in heaven, can I ask how the two of you got to know each other?“

The series of questions bombarded them like a round of gunshots.

In the chaos, Theo hurriedly protected Luna. But there were too many reporters. The two of them were surrounded in the middle of the crowd and could hardly move.

Luna twisted her eyebrows.

How could so many reporters suddenly appear in such a remote place?

. It was weird. But now was not the time to worry about this.

The group of reporters aimed the long lenses of their cameras at Luna and Theo’s faces, as if they would surround them here and not let them go, if they refused to answer their questions.

Finally, Theo made up his mind and pulled Luna into his arms. “That’s right, we’re together now. We have been together for a long time. I was the one who helped Luna look for her apartment in Swan Lake Residences. We were already together back then! “

The reporters were thrown into a frenzy at Theo’s words. They threw question after question at them continuously, but Theo shot back at every one of them coldly. Finally, the reporters scattered away angrily. Only then did Theo pull Luna behind him and they both climbed into the car.

“I’m sorry.“

After the car door was closed, Theo sucked in a deep breath. “With the situation just now, I had no choice but to…“

“It’s okay.“

Luna turned and glanced at him softly. “Thank you.“

Looking at her face that was so beautiful it was nearly perfect, Theo gritted his teeth and asked her again, “Luna, can I be your boyfriend?“

The top floor of the Lynch Group, the President’s office.

The tall and lean man sat in the large reclining chair, watching the news that was streaming on the screen of his computer with cold eyes.

“That’s right, we’re together now. We have been together for a long time. I was the one who helped Luna look for her apartment in Swan Lake Residences. We were already together back then! “

Luna had been staying in the Swan Lake Residences for more than a month. So, it turned out she was already in a relationship with Theo back then. But, for the past month… Both of them, in the apartment at the Swan Lake Residences, in Sea City…

The image of Luna in bed, hugging him tightly, floated in front of his eyes. His heart felt as if it had been cut in half by a sharp object.

Alas, he did not see through her!

That’s right.

A woman who stole his and Alice’s children… How could she be so innocent?

”Joshua.” At that moment , the door to the office was pushed open. Jude Smith walked in. ”There is news of Hailey Walter.”

News of Hailey Walter?

Joshua closed his laptop, raised his head, and looked at Jude. “What news?“

“Your guess was accurate.“ Jude placed a stack of photographs and documents on Joshua’s desk then sat down in a chair. “The woman who died is not Hailey Walter. I looked into the dead Hailey’s identity for two whole weeks before I finally found her body.“

Joshua frowned and took the document.

comparing the DNA of the dead woman and Hailey’s DNA.

buried in Liam Clark’s backyard. It is confirmed to be the puppet

This was exactly

“Then where is Hailey?“

“That butler had benefited heavily from working for the Walters all these years. Even though on the surface, he was chased out of the family, his relationship with them remained. I investigated him and finally found a few

hand again, and lifted a few photos. ”In Banyan

him, Jude heaved out a long sigh, ”For the past few days, these cronies have remained dormant, but my men never gave

last night and went to the house of a man named Theo Allen. They then went to

furrowed together, almost twisting together

if the Walter family fell into ruins

mind clearly, Jude laughed lightly, ”No, according to my men’s observation, they didn’t go there to harm

front of Joshua. ”Last night, my men clearly saw, the Walter family’s cronies brought this artist named Theo Allen, to the hotel in the suburbs. They were very respectful of him the entire journey, even supporting him from

took a look at

to Theo. The only thing they

Joshua furrowed his brows.

orders. If she wasn’t in Banyan City, they wouldn’t be here. They had been hiding here for so long, and now the first thing they did was take the opportunity while Theo was surrounded by his fans and couldn’t go home, to first go to Theo’s home and take something for him, then

the doubts in his heart grew bigger

out another photo from the pile on Joshua’s desk. “You’ve been

and took a look. Instantly, his pupils

past, there had been a few times when he and Luna failed to control themselves, but

drawer. But, maybe it was a coincidence, but after he placed the box of stuff in her drawer, they never

stuff remained untouched. But

not only was the box touched, a

anything when they went to Luna’s apartment, this

subordinates do everything for her. Right, Hailey has been receiving plastic surgery continuously for the past few years. I thought she would at least make herself look like your wife, to earn your attention. But unexpectedly, she made herself look so beautiful, she doesn’t look like your wife

words made Joshua’s hands clenched

“That’s impossible.“

solemn conclusion. “The Walter family had been targeting Luna when we

believe that Luna was

For example, why would Hailey

“But I too hope your beautiful subordinate isn’t Hailey Walter. Otherwise, you hated her so much back then, but in the end you slept with her

and glared at

shrugged and stood up. “I’ll still

and side- eyed Joshua, “You be careful. I also looked into your female subordinate’s identity for quite some time. I can tell you for sure that her identity is fake, entirely made up by someone. As for her true identity and goal… I don’t think it will be

gaze dark and bottomless as he flipped through each of the

on the door and entered. She placed a letter on his desk respectfully. “ President Lynch, Director Luna asked me to pass this to you.” With that, the woman turned

after the dispute with Luna this morning, she would send him a resignation letter in

thousand dollars and a slip of paper

I’ll give you 2000, the rest is hush money, as a reward for you in keeping our

the office of the design department, Shannon McCartney and a few other female

than he does on television! He really has the demeanor

previously the President’s wife suspected that Director Luna had feelings for President Lynch… It turned out Director Luna and Mr. Theo Allen had gotten together a long time ago!

artist like Theo. Even if the President is rich, handsome, and charming, he definitely isn’t Director Luna’s

rumble of the women’s discussion. He huffed angrily,

so quiet that they could

Joshua’s expression and her

behind him all

steps, behind him, Shannon hurriedly opened her mouth to remind him. “ President

slightly in his tracks. A moment later, he turned and smiled faintly at Shannon. “What, I can’t go in when Theo Alle is there? This office belongs to my Lynch

squatted in front of her, facing her directly. Their positions were suspicious, as if they were doing something they should not be

door. Joshua felt a bunch of furious flames shooting upward from the depths of his chest.

as Joshua lifted Theo up, Luna frowned and hurriedly stood up, grabbing at Joshua’s wrist. “Let go

Why

“He’s trying to engage my female employee in inappropriate activities, during office hours, and in

eyes. “Some paint splattered onto my skirt, Theo

and unconsciously looked toward Luna’s skirt. As she said, there was indeed a fairly large paint stain on her

Lynch care so deeply about every single one of your female employees?“ Theo lowered his head, elegantly smoothing out his clothes, and looked at Joshua with faint, emotion less eyes. “We were just cleaning up a stain, but even if I did do something with my girlfriend… you don’t have the right to question us, do

office was so low it was getting difficult to

moment later, Joshua lifted his lips in a faint smile. He turned and sat down on the couch in a lazy yet somehow elegant gesture. “Even if the two of

lowered his eyes, making a show of looking at the time on his wristwatch. “It’s now office hours. I don’t think Mr. Theo Allen

“ Luna laughed softly then stood in front of Theo, blocking him from Joshua. “But he is now

Joshua lifted his eyebrows.

me the freedom to hire two assistants to work for me, Mr. Lynch. Arianna is one of them.

frowned upon hearing.

her suggestion. She chuckled and lifted her head to stare straight at him. “You promised me

Joshua squinted at her.

had given her plenty of authority. One of them was that she had the freedom to choose and hire two

to do so, but that doesn’t mean you can

bringing my private life into work?“ She unbuttoned her shirt collar and showed Joshua her bandaged right shoulder. “Mr. Lynch, do you remember how I got this injury? Your father-in- law stabbed me with a cutting knife right in the middle of my right shoulder. Because of my injury, I can’t move my right arm as

even though I can’ t sketch anymore , my ideas and designs can still be brought to life.” Luna shot Joshua a contemptuous glance and said, ”I wanted to hire him so that the project

on the paper before him slowly. ”I admit that I ‘in not a world -famous artist. However, I still have my standards, and if it wasn’t for Luna, I don’t think Lynch Group would have been able to

not help but narrow his eyes into angry slits when he heard this. He was furious at this sudden turn of events, but Luna’s reason for hiring Theo was perfectly reasonable and justified.

reply. Finally, after a long while, he curled his lips into a smile and said, ” Mr. Allen is right. If

me to the human resources department

”What are

that of everyone in Lynch Group. Therefore, Luna felt it was extremely unfair for him to be appointed as a lowly assistant in

she could not work anyway due to

for Mr. Allen to show him my

draw up a contract of employment for Theo, but now, he

knew this was Joshua’s way of humiliating and degrading

artist, after all. If the rest of the employees found out that Theo was working in Lynch Group as an assistant, it would affect his reputation and might even cause his artwork to lose its

as she thought of this, Luna clenched her fists and lowered her voice. “Theo, you should leave now. I can draw my sketches

split second later, he strode over and pulled Luna into his embrace. Then, he shot Joshua a threatening look and said, “Since Mr. Lynch wants to throw me a welcome party, I appreciate your effort. I want everyone to

hear this, but above all, it

had been standing behind him all this while, paled as soon

a mutual agreement that they would only pretend to be a couple

they would only

moved on to

that if everyone found out about his stint as an assistant at Lynch Group, his

on Joshua. “When will my

invite some more reporters from overseas if you need help. I’m even willing to pay for it myself so that this

only. Any other men apart from me should stay away from her! “ Theo narrowed his eyes on Joshua.

lips. “Are you really that desperate, to the point where you’re

glowered at him but did not respond. Joshua shifted

with Luna now, has she ever told you how many times she and I have slept together? Has she ever told you how she tried

bit down on his lips, trying to suppress his

Luna’s real identity was Luna Gibson, Joshua’s ex-wife. Naturally, he also knew what Luna was

love with Luna was that he knew how many hardships she had

after Joshua’s betrayal, to the extent that she would rather change her appearance

However, because of Nigel’s condition, she had no choice but to return to Banyan City and

and Joshua had slept together multiple times now. Even though this was the cold hard truth, he could

talk about her like that? Do

on Luna. “I used to think she loved me as

artists’ brains are built differently from normal people’s.

fists so hard that his knuckles cracked. “If you don’t appreciate and protect her, someone else will!

Joshua smirked, stood up slowly, and strode over to

take a step back when she sensed the anger that seemed to envelop Joshua. She frowned and asked warily, “Joshua, what are

however, Joshua pressed his lips

the other on the back of her head, kissing

widened her eyes. She struggled against him, trying to get

dare he kiss her? Right

were still a couple in public! How dare Joshua

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