Luna’s hand that was holding her phone tightened slightly. “How did you know?“

On the other end of the phone, Theo sucked in a cold breath. “So, you really went to Sea City with Joshua?“

Luna frowned but did not answer.

“Luna, didn’t we agree yesterday that I would go with you?“ Theo’s voice carried a hint of disappointment. “I know you don’t want to trouble me, but I told you…“

Sucking in a deep breath, he frowned. “I ‘m on my way to Sea City, tell me where’s the location of the hotel you’re in, I’ll go to you.“

Luna glanced at Luke Jones who was sitting in the passenger seat. He shrugged, then opened the door and stepped out of the car. Luna was the only one left inside the car.

“Theo. “ She sucked in a deep breath. “I came here because my friend fell ill, I came to visit her, not for traveling or for a vacation. Joshua is with me only because Luke is his friend too. You really don’t have to come, I might be able to go home tomorrow.“

“But…“ On the other end of the phone, Theo frowned. “Do you know how I found out you went there with Joshua? Alice told me. She just called and said the two of you have rekindled old flames. She asked whether I would like to work together with her..but I rejected her. She said she’s on her way to Sea City. I was worried she would make a fuss out of the fact that you and Joshua went to Sea City together…“

He paused for a moment. “I can at least help if I ‘m there with you.“

Luna paused. For the past few days, Alice had been laying low, she almost forgot there was still a ticking time bomb beside Joshua in the form of Alice Gibson.

But, Luna’s hand that was holding her phone tightened slightly.

She came just in time. The Walter family was the cause of Gwen’s tragedy. If not for Alice, the Walter family would never do that to Gwen. Since she followed them to Sea City this time, it was the perfect opportunity to take revenge on Alice for old and new wrongs together!

But…

Still, she sucked in a deep breath. “Theo, I know you won’t listen even if I ask you not to come. But…“

She pursed her lips. “If you really want to help me, please don’t come to Sea City. Go abroad, to Neil and Nellie’s summer camp, help me take care of them. “

Luna still remembered; Alice told her she had someone stationed beside the children. No matter how smart they were, they were just two young children, when faced with absolute power, they could never escape. Even if they had Zach and Yuri beside them, the two bodyguards were, to be straightforward, simple musclemen. Luna could sleep peacefully at night if she knew Theo was with them.

“Neil and Nellie…“ Theo frowned, hesitating slightly. “Are they in danger?”

“Perhaps.” Luna sucked in a deep breath. “You know how important the children are to me. I’m not afraid of what Alice will do to me, but I’m worried that she’ll harm my children at the same time that she’s targeting me.”

For a long while, there was nothing but silence from the other end of the phone. A moment later, Theo sighed, “Then, you be careful. I’ll buy my tickets now and fly over to see them.”

Then, he could not help himself and asked, “How long do I have to be there to protect them?”

“Wait for me. I’ll fly over and meet you there when I can.”

“Alright.” After another long moment of silence, Theo sighed, “Be careful when you’re in Sea City.”

“I will.“ After reminding Theo of some important details, Luna finally hung up. Putting away her phone, she closed her eyes and leaned back on the leather upholstery of the car, her thoughts in a mess.

If not for what happened to Gwen, maybe she… would not consider taking revenge against Alice. She was a woman too, she understood too well how painful it was to go through what Gwen experienced. And the source of this pain was Alice’s hatred towards Luna. If this time she did not make Alice show her true colors and force Joshua to expose her true identity, all the pain that Gwen suffered would be in vain.

She intentionally sent Theo abroad because of this too. One of her friends had already suffered. If unfortunately, she failed, she did not want to drag Theo down with her.

“What are you thinking about?“ All of a sudden, Luke’s voice dragged Luna’s mind back to the present. She opened her eyes and smiled in his direction. “I heard you have been busy getting rid of the Walter family’s and Liam Clark’s remaining followers?“

Luke laughed, “Why?“

Luna raised her eyes, looking at him calmly and indifferently. “I can help you.“

The man lifted his eyebrows, opened the car door and climbed back into the passenger seat, then raised his eyes and looked forward. “How?“

By the time Luna and Luke finished discussing Alice, it was already past 11 a.m. The moment the conversation between them ended, Luke’s phone rang, it was a call from Gwen. Luke pressed the button for the loudspeaker.

“This is Luke Larson.“

The woman’s voice drifting from the other end of the phone was still very weak, her breath unsteady. “ Are you lying to me again? You said Luna is here, where is she? Luke, I ‘m begging you, please don’t treat me like a fool again, please?“

At Gwen’s words, Liam could not help himself and raised his eyebrows at Luna. “Say something.“

Luna licked her lips and sucked in a deep breath. “

Gwennie.“

The woman on the other end of the phone remained silent for several seconds then a trace of excitement and happiness seeped into her breathless voice. “ Luna! You’re really here?“

“Yeah.“ Luna smiled. “Something happened and I got delayed, I ‘m at the hospital, right downstairs, I ‘ll go up to see you now. “ With that, she hung up the phone and gazed at Luke deeply. “Lead the way. “

Luke laughed scornfully, “No matter what, I ‘m the leader of the biggest gang in Sea City. Only two people can order me to serve them using this tone of voice, Gwen is the first one, and you’re the second.“

Luna curled her lips in a smile. “All thanks to Gwen, it’s your own fault for falling for her.“

The moment her words left her mouth, the smile on Lucas’s face froze. He stuck his hands into his pockets, lifted his legs, and strode ahead. “ Nonsense.“

Luna hooked the corners of her lips up in a smile but said nothing. She saw everything that Luke did for Gwen. If he was only nice to her because of Joshua’s previous request, then he would not go the extra mile for her.

The two of them rode the elevator upstairs. The moment the doors to the elevator opened, Luna spotted Gwen who had been waiting for them by the entrance to the elevators, sitting in her wheelchair.

“Luna! “ A red flush blossomed across the woman’s pale face, a lively light entering her dull eyes. “You really came! “

Luna could not hide the excitement in her heart, she strode forward and placed her arms around Gwen in a soft hug. “How are you?“

“No… not very well.“ Gwen held in the tears swimming in her eyes, reached out, and held Luna’s hands. “I always wanted to tell you. I remember now, what was written on the piece of paper I gave you! “

Luna paused.

She still remembered the ‘love letter’ that Gwen stuffed into her hands when she was drunk. That night, after she sent Gwen home, Liam Clark caught her with the letter. Later, Liam took a photo of the letter then set it on fire. And the next day, tragedy struck Gwen.

She still did not know the contents of the letter. The next day, because of the trauma Gwen suffered, she experienced short-term memory loss, and coincidentally forgot the contents of the letter.

And now Gwen said she remembered.

“Luke.“

When Luna was still stuck in her daze, Gwen raised her eyes and side -eyed Luke. “Can you give us some privacy?“

Luke motioned to the caretaker who was pushing Gwen’s wheelchair. The caretaker hurriedly retracted her hands from the handle of the wheelchair, then turned around respectfully and left.

Luke took a cigarette out of his pocket and was about to light it when he unconsciously glanced at Gwen. Finally, he stuffed the cigarette back into its packet and then swept his eyes across at Luna coldly. “I booked the entire floor, there is no one else here except the two of you. You can say anything you want here, it’s very safe.“ Luke looked at Luna

meaningfully. “Take good care of her.“ With that, he turned and left.

When the numbers on the elevator panel Luke was riding in started to change, Gwen finally let out a deep breath, raised her head, and looked at Luna. ” The contents of the letter I gave you is… ”

Luna sighed faintly, raised her hand, and started pushing Gwen’s wheelchair . ”In the letter , you told me you found out the real Hailey Walter is actually Joshua’s current wife, Alice Gibson, am I right?”

Luna’s calm and indifferent voice stunned Gwen. She turned her head and looked at Luna in shock. ”You… you already know?”

”Yeah.” Luna wheeled her slowly along the hallway, a trace of melancholy in her voice. ”Even till now, I haven’t read the contents of your letter. But I found out about the truth in the past few weeks or so.”

Back then when the Walter family read the contents of the letter, they risked the danger of Joshua exacting revenge on them again and attacked Gwen once more. It was obvious the information that Gwen held was critical to the Walter family. And what they feared the most, was the exposure of Alice’s identity. The cause of death of the puppet that impersonated Hailey could not have been suicide. With an identity like hers, she would definitely know who the real Hailey Walter was. That was why Dennis would kill the puppet in a murderous rage, to create the illusion that she was dead. Then they took a huge risk and again plotted to harm Gwen. After returning to Banyan City, the Walter family started to plan, wanting to plant the identity of Hailey Walter on someone else.

Luna sighed, “Gwennie, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.“ If she did not return to Sea City, if she did not reunite with Gwen… Gwen would still be the perfect, loving couple with Ben Zeller. She would not discover the Walter family’s secret, and such a tragedy would not have befallen her.“

“There’s no need to apologize…“ Gwen shook her head, a wry smile appearing on her pale face. “I cou1d’ve chosen to ignore you when you approached me. Even after I discovered this information, I could’ve acted like I didn’t know anything and not tell you.“

not anyone’s fault. This

lowered her head and gently stroked her flat tummy. “And also destined to be pregnant with the

bit her lip, walked in front of Gwen,

her lip, her voice almost squeezed out from between her teeth. “Luna, do you know… every time I think of this child in my stomach, I will remember the events of that day. There were five or six of them… all of them looked like monsters… I don’t know who the child belongs to, all

quietly out of the

doctors or the nurses,

body’s current state, if I insist on getting an abortion, I might be infertile for lie… If there’s an accident during the surgery, I might even lose my life. All of them suggest that I rest for a few months, and after I fully recover, by that time, the child would have grown up,

children, I don’t know whether you’ll understand how I feel right now. Even if I give birth to the child, I won’t love him. His father is a criminal and

child to be born.“ She lowered her head. “The

a deep breath and raised her head. “I want

heart squeezed together at Gwen’s words. She had never experienced Gwen’s pain, so she could not put herself in her shoes

shadow that followed her her whole life…

her hand. “Are you willing to

not agree to this… If he doesn’t agree, even if I escape from here, no hospital in

he’ll capture me before I make it

and stood up. “If

“Really?“

“Yeah.” “Interesting.”

moment Luna’s words left her mouth, a man’s cold voice rang out. Joshua leaned on the wall in the hallway, a taunting sneer hanging on his lips. “Luke asked you to come here to Sea City to persuade Gwen to keep the child for

Gwen turned around upon hearing

smile. ”Luke said this floor was very secure,

or Luke with your words.” He stood up elegantly and strolled toward Luna. ”I heard the first thing you did after you woke up in the car was ask about me. I thought there was an emergency of some sort, so I rushed up here immediately.” With

loyal and loving man, someone who had always kept Luna in his heart. But after she found out about everything that

acquire the Larson Group that belonged to

though from the eyes of an outsider, Mr. Lynch you are indeed my savior. Without you, my father wouldn’t be where he

out of the kindness of your heart?

help but curl his lips in a smile at Gwen’s words. He never expected Luna’s friend would grow to become more similar to her in terms of character

you said that…“ He laughed coldly, “Then everything I did for you was in vain? I ‘m not your savior,

owes me a

in a deep breath, lowered her head, her eyes darted to Gwen and back again quickly. “Gwennie, I should send

Gwen nodded.

a moment, Mr. Lynch, I ’11 send her back to her room first.“ With that,

back as she wheeled Gwen,

her head and looked at him, a smile plastered across her face. “Mr. Lynch, shall we go out for

and smiled. “This is how

this is not enough to repay the favor I owe you. This is just the

spoke, the elevator arrived. She lifted her legs and entered. Standing in the elevator, she cocked her head to the

made Luna look even slimmer and more charming than usual, the smile on

Especially her eyes…

and felt as if

Back then, in the throes of newlywed bliss, she loved following him around,

his expression was ice-cold as always, looking down his nose at her actions, deep down,

out until everyone else left. When it was only the two of them left, Luna Gibson would cheekily step into the elevator ahead of him, then stand there and look at him, her head cocked to the side, a smile in her eyes, waiting

always

him with her head cocked to the side, smiling mischievously at him was the only time

till this day,

the image of the Luna Gibson of his memories seemed to overlap with Luna in front of

different. But those eyes,

murmured and opened his mouth,

heard him say that word… Lulu was the nickname given to her by Gwen. Gwen called her Lulu, and she in turn called

Joshua was no exception.

the second time Joshua had mentioned this

her heart, and looked at him, her lips curled up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch,

did Joshua recover his wits. He smiled wryly. “Nothing.“ With that, he sucked in a deep breath, raised his leg, and stepped

leaning on the wall in the lobby smoking a cigarette. Seeing Luna and Joshua come down, the first thing he did was call his subordinate

won’t try to commit

how he worried he was and could not help

rolled his eyes at her, lifted his legs, and entered the elevator. Looking at Luke’s retreating back, Luna could not help it

awkward but cute. If he was less domineering, he would be a good match

Joshua narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, “ Interested

him, “No, I’m only interested in

his eyes at her coldly then

breath and hurriedly chased after

of them sat down in a

smiled as she looked

“What favor? You want

then nodded.

lips in a smile. “You should know, with the current state that her body is in,

she undergoes the abortion. I would suggest for her to play around for a few months, then abort the baby when the surgery isn’t

if she waits for a while more before getting the

his eyebrows. “So? It can’t be aborted

stomach at his words. Back then, after the accident, she hated Joshua to his core. And so, she once considered aborting her own unborn

it was your own child? Back then, when Luna Gibson met with an accident

“That’s different.“ “How is it

“Luna Gibson loved me.“

her cool and laughed

mentioned the past, he could still be so sure, so confident that even if the

she still loved

from, to think that the woman he almost pushed into the gates of hell would still

He frowned, leaning back on the chair in displeasure. “You seem

she smiled faintly. “I was just thinking, if back then her unborn children did not have heartbeats yet when Luna met with the accident,

with his blood to quell the hatred in her heart. But in the

there was another reason why she could not bear to abort

were triplets. If she aborted them rashly, she would be

accident, the final outcome would be the same.” Joshua lifted

of conversation. ”You really plan

the sake of her own safety, we cannot go against

enemy? This is the first time I ‘in seeing someone

to keep this child would be truly pushing her into a pit of

just giving birth to the child of someone you hate

woman so you can’ t understand the God- given feelings a woman has towards her child. There is no mother who doesn’t love her own child, Gwen is no exception. But this child, if she keeps it, will bring her nothing but endless pain. Her love for

in the chair, looking at Luna with faint and indifferent eyes. ”In the end, Gwen is your friend, not mine. If you insist on helping her, I can help you.” As he spoke, he lifted his eyebrows in her direction. ”But, how do

why don’t I… “ She did not know which nerve short-circuited in her brain, the words

words caused the air between them to instantly turn

her mouth. But there was no retracting the words

turned her

lips. “It’s a pretty good idea. When did you

her eyes, she even found it difficult to breathe, her entire body enveloped in tight layers of nerves and

moment later, she sucked in a deep breath and pulled herself together. “I was just talking nonsense. Mr. Lynch,

fiddled with his coffee mug. ”Initially, the way I wanted you to repay my kindness was by continuing to helm the project for

got the wrong

at her, seeming to be in a good mood.

really say he wanted her to give birth to his child, so she hurriedly opened her mouth to interrupt him. ”I’ll

patted her cheek, muscles frozen from prolonged smiling. How could she accidentally say such a thing? Maybe her mind had been quite

Luna sat in the coffee shop and finished

moment she walked out of the exit, she immediately noticed there was a man standing on the street opposite the coffee shop. That man was wearing jeans and a black jacket,

When they looked at each other, the man smiled creepily, pulling down the jacket that covered his face, and

not anyone else but the man that was captured by Joshua’s subordinates for trying to assassinate her at night, Jason

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