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.“

eyes and looked into the distance, her gaze calm and unfeeling. “These are all my own choices, it’s not your fault, it’s not anyone’s fault. This is my destiny. I was destined to be played with by an

gently stroked her flat tummy. “And also destined

in front of Gwen, knelt

closed her eyes and nodded fiercely. She bit 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…

eyes shut tight, tears still slid quietly out of the corners of

doctors or the nurses, or even the psychiatrist, all of

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

eyes and looked straight at Luna. “You have 3 children, I don’t know whether you’ll understand how I feel right now. Even if I give birth

be born.“ She lowered her head. “The doctor said… in another week or two, the child will have a heartbeat, it’ll be

deep breath and raised her head. “I want to abort him before he becomes a complete

words. She had never experienced Gwen’s pain, so she could not put herself

was right. If this child was destined to become the grim shadow that followed her her whole life… then it would be better if

you willing to risk

solemnly, a hint of despair in her expression. “Luke will not agree to this… If he doesn’t agree, even

capture me before I make it out of

sucked in a deep breath and stood up. “If you really

“Really?“

“Yeah.” “Interesting.”

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

Gwen turned around upon hearing

hand, raised her lips in a faint smile. ”Luke said this floor was very secure, there wouldn’t be anyone else besides the

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 that, he curled his lips up into a sneer, then glanced at her coldly. ”It seems I should not have

like everyone else, she thought Joshua was a loyal and loving man, someone who had always kept Luna

laughed coldly and glanced at Gwen, ”This is how you treat your savior? ” Back then if he did not acquire the Larson Group that belonged to Gwen’s father, and plead with Luke to take care of

outsider, Mr. Lynch you are indeed my savior.

lips and looked at Joshua. “Everything that you did for my family, did you do it out of pity, out of the kindness of your heart? Without Luna, would you help us so much? My savior is Luna, the person

in a smile at Gwen’s words. He never expected Luna’s friend would grow to become more similar to her in terms

He laughed coldly, “Then everything I did for you was in vain? I ‘m not your savior, you don’t owe me anything…

owes me a

sucked in a deep breath, lowered her head, her eyes darted to Gwen and back

Gwen nodded.

owes you a favor. Please wait for a

as she wheeled Gwen,

Luna walked out of the ward and strode toward him. She stood steadily in front of him and raised her head and looked at him, a smile plastered across her face. “Mr. Lynch, shall we go out

“This is how you repay the favor

and walked ahead, pressing on the elevator button swiftly. “Of course this is not enough to repay the favor I owe you. This is just the first

lifted her legs and entered. Standing in the elevator, she cocked her head to the side and smiled in his direction. “Mr.

the elevator made Luna look even slimmer and more charming than usual, the smile on her face as gentle as the first breeze

Especially her eyes…

and felt as if his

thoughts immediately jumped back to the time when he and Luna Gibson had just gotten married. Back then, in the throes of newlywed bliss, she loved

down his nose at her actions, deep down,

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

him, she was always

with her head cocked to the side, smiling mischievously at

till this day, he

at that moment, the image of the Luna Gibson of his memories seemed to overlap with Luna in

different. But those eyes, and the familiar feeling she brought

opened his mouth,

the nickname given to her by Gwen. Gwen called her Lulu, and she in turn called Gwen, Gwennie. Later, anyone who was closer to her also addressed

Joshua was no exception.

this was the second time Joshua had mentioned this nickname. Did

in the bottom of her heart, and looked at him, her

that, he

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

Gwen won’t try

could not help but laugh, “Luke, have you dated a girl

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

look at Luke from behind, stupefied, Joshua narrowed his eyes and asked coldly,

glanced at him, “No, I’m

at her coldly then turned and

a deep breath and

down in a coffee shop

looked

chair indifferently and looked at her. “What favor? You want me to help you persuade Luke to allow Gwen to abort her

then nodded.

his lips in a smile. “You should know, with the current state that

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

mug on the table. “But if she waits for a while more

eyebrows. “So? It can’t be aborted once it has

her own unborn children. But back then

She curled her lips. “Then what if it was your own child? Back then, when Luna Gibson met with an accident and fell into the ocean, your children already had heartbeats. If she shared the same thoughts as you, do you

“That’s different.“ “How is it

“Luna Gibson loved me.“

laughed out loud. How

he mentioned the past, he could still

still

from, to think that the woman he almost pushed into

and scorn in her eyes. He frowned, leaning back

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

core, she wished she could feast on his flesh and quench her thirst with his blood to quell the hatred in her heart. But in the end, she still gave birth to his

another reason why she could not bear to abort

aborted them rashly, she would be killing three

have heartbeats yet when Luna met with the accident, the final outcome would be

really plan to allow Gwen to

nodded. ”Even if it is for the sake of her

Gwen your friend, or your enemy? This is the first time I ‘in seeing someone push her

child would be

lowered his mug, looking at Luna with a deep, meaningful gaze. ”It’s just giving birth to the child of someone you hate or aborting a fetus with

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

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 you intend to repay my

favors. Then why don’t I… “ She did not know which nerve short-circuited in her brain, the words just flew off her tongue. “Give

between

it the moment the words left her mouth.

and turned her face away. “It’s just a

a pretty good idea. When did you start wanting to give birth

her eyes, she even found it difficult to breathe, her entire body enveloped in

later, she sucked in a deep breath and pulled herself together. “I

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

wrong

seeming to be in a good mood. ”Then it is

her to give birth to his child, so she hurriedly opened her mouth

body stiff. She raised a hand and patted her cheek, muscles frozen from prolonged smiling. How could she accidentally say such a thing? Maybe her mind had been quite scattered recently. Since she could not approach Joshua, could not sleep with him, even in her dreams she

in the coffee shop and finished her coffee before paying

man standing on the street opposite the coffee shop.

direction. When she looked toward him, their eyes met. When they looked at each other, the man smiled creepily, pulling down the jacket that covered his face, and that terrible, monster-like

man that was captured by Joshua’s subordinates for trying to assassinate her

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