“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.

DNA of the dead woman and Hailey’s DNA. Results showed that the

went to so much trouble and finally found this body buried in Liam Clark’s backyard. It is confirmed to be the puppet that previously impersonated Hailey. And

exactly the results that he

“Then where is Hailey?“

the Walters all these years. Even though on the surface, he was chased out of the family, his relationship with them remained.

hand again, and lifted a few

big thumbs up. After making fun of him, Jude heaved out a long sigh, ”For the past few days, these cronies have remained dormant, but my men never gave up on following them. And finally, they moved

house of a man named

almost twisting together to form

house? Even if the Walter family fell into

”No, according to my men’s observation, they didn’t go there to harm

Allen, to the hotel in the suburbs. They were

took a look

the photos were indeed respectful to Theo. The only thing they did not do was carry him in

Joshua furrowed his brows.

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

brows wrung tightly together, the doubts in his heart grew bigger and

took out another photo from the pile on Joshua’s desk. “You’ve been to Luna’s house, right? Have you seen

and took a

bedside drawer! In the past, there had been a few times when he and Luna failed to control themselves, but he still felt it would be bad for both him and Luna if they did not take

he purposely prepared a whole box of these and placed them in Luna’s bedside drawer. But, maybe it was a coincidence, but after he placed the box of stuff in her drawer, they never slept together

the box of stuff

the photos, not only was the box touched, a few

few Walter family cronies, they didn’t do anything when they went to Luna’s apartment, this was all they

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 at all. But her wager paid off, you quite like

hands clenched tightly into fists by

“That’s impossible.“

a long time, the man came to a solemn conclusion. “The Walter family had been targeting Luna when we

believe that Luna was Hailey! Besides, there were

imposter Hailey would target Luna. For example,

is possible.“ Jude laughed softly, “But I too hope your beautiful subordinate isn’t Hailey Walter. Otherwise, you hated her so much back then, but in

eyes and

and stood

lifted his eyebrows 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

gaze dark and bottomless

later, Shannon knocked on the door and entered. She placed a letter on his desk respectfully. “ President Lynch, Director

this morning, she would send him a resignation letter in a fit of anger.

he opened the letter, two thousand dollars and a slip of paper fell out

I’ll give you 2000,

department, Shannon McCartney and a few other female employees

in person than he does on television! He really has the

previously the President’s wife suspected that Director Luna had feelings for President Lynch… It turned out Director Luna and Mr. Theo Allen had

Theo. Even if the President is

the door, he heard the low rumble of the women’s discussion. He huffed angrily, expression cold,

his voice, the entire office fell deadly silent, so quiet

and

and glanced at Lucas who had been following behind him all along. “Record their names, deduct half of their year-end bonus.“ With that, Joshua

Shannon hurriedly opened her mouth to remind him. “ President Lynch… Mr.

faintly at Shannon. “What, I can’t go in when Theo Alle is there? This

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

the moment he opened the door. Joshua felt a bunch of furious flames shooting upward from the depths of his chest. He walked up to them and lifted Theo

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

Why should

female employee in inappropriate activities, during office hours, and in my office. Why should I let

splattered onto my skirt, Theo is just helping me clean it since I hurt my shoulder!

said, there was indeed a fairly large paint

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 you, Mr. Lynch?“ He intentionally emphasized the words ‘my girlfriend ‘, declaring sovereignty over Luna in front of

of the surrounding atmosphere in the office was so

on the couch in a lazy yet

“It’s now office hours. I don’t think Mr. Theo Allen is an employee of the Lynch

isn’t an employee of the Lynch Group, “ Luna laughed softly then stood in front of

Joshua lifted his eyebrows.

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

immediately frowned upon hearing. “No.

him. “You promised me that I would have full authority over the candidate selection and that no one would be able

Joshua squinted at her.

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

gave you the authority to do so, but that doesn’t mean you can bring private relations into your

talking about, Mr. Lynch? How am I 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

me so that 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

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

but narrow his eyes into angry slits when he heard this. He was furious at this sudden turn

did not reply. Finally, after a long while, he curled his lips into a smile and said, ” Mr. Allen is right. If it weren’t for Luna, Lynch Group would not have

the phone and barked to the person on the other line, ”Connect me to the human resources department and ask them to

gritted her teeth in anger. ”What are you trying

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

on his intention to help her with her work. Besides, she could not work anyway due to her injury,

“I’m throwing a party for Mr. Allen to show

of employment for Theo,

way of humiliating and degrading

the rest of the employees found out that Theo was working in Lynch Group as an assistant, it would

her voice. “Theo, you should leave now. I can draw my sketches on

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

Joshua to hear this, but above all, it was meant for

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

mutual agreement that they would only

in reality, they would only

it past this short period of time. Then, as soon as the media got tired of them and moved on to something else,

unaware that if everyone found out about his stint as an assistant at Lynch Group, his career would suffer

right now. “ Theo smirked and fixed his gaze on Joshua. “When will my

overseas if you need help. I’m even willing to pay for it myself so that this

that from today onwards, Luna belongs to me, and me only. Any other men apart from me should stay away from

Theo, a disdainful smirk playing on his lips. “Are you really that desperate, to the point where you’re

him but did not respond. Joshua

around with him. “Since you’re together with Luna now, has she ever told you how many times she and I

bit down on his lips,

knew that Luna’s real identity was Luna Gibson, Joshua’s ex-wife. Naturally,

and more in love with Luna

the extent that she would rather change her

able to start her new life abroad. However, because of Nigel’s condition, she had no choice but to return

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

that? Do

eyes and snickered, “Love? Admiration?“ He turned around and fixated his steely gaze on Luna. “I used to think she loved me as well. However, now I

Maybe artists’ brains are built differently from normal people’s. Otherwise, why else would a person voluntarily

his fists so hard that his knuckles cracked. “If

stood

the anger that seemed to envelop Joshua. She

finish, however, Joshua pressed his lips

one hand under Luna’s chin, and the other on the back of her head, kissing

widened her eyes. She struggled against him, trying to

man. How dare he kiss her? Right in

just pretending, they were still a couple in public! How dare Joshua do this to her? He had no respect

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