Thomas slept for the entire night. When he woke up, it was already the next afternoon.The moment he opened his eyes, he was greeted with the sight of the unfamiliar room he was in, and his mind was instantly blank.He reached his hand and massaged his throbbing glabella. He could not, for the life of him, remember where he was or how he got there.He pushed himself to sit up and realized that he was in a guest room with simple decorations. There was a painting on the wall, and the signature at the bottom of the painting was Theo Allen.Thomas furrowed his brow. Theo Allen? Was that not the artist who was close to Luna and Joshua?Where was this place? Why was Theo's painting here?At that moment, he registered that something was pressing against his legs. He lowered his head to see Yannie, lying next to his legs and sleeping soundly. It was her arm that was pressing against his leg.Her hair was rather messy. She looked weary too as if she had been caring for him the entire nig
That meant Thomas owed Joshua even more.At the thought of all that, Thomas' mind was a mess. He did not want to get further involved with Joshua nor did he want to see his hypocrisy."You don't have to feel uncomfortable about this."As if she could read his mind, Yannie sighed. "Mr. Lynch didn't want me to tell you all these. He said that you have high self-esteem, so you surely would reject any help. Thus, he and Luna left early in the morning, leaving only us both and their three children at home."Mr. Lynch got me to let you leave after you woke up. You can pretend that this incident has never happened before."Then, Yannie placed Thomas' clean clothes in front of him. "You can put on your clothes and leave. I'll wait for you outside."Then, without waiting for a response from him, Yannie turned and left.Thomas was leaning on the head of the bed. He looked at Yannie leaving and furrowed his brow tightly.A long time later, he lowered his gaze to see the clothes placed by
Lucas was standing by the entrance of the Lynch Group building, looking troubled as he talked to the other person on the phone. He did not notice the car nearby nor Thomas, who was in the car."Sir, it's useless to threaten me. You know much better than me what Mr. Lynch's temper is like. If an assistant like me could easily sway his decisions with a few words, he's not Joshua Lynch."Then, Lucas sighed. "Mr. Lynch has agreed to give you fifteen thousand, and I advise you to take it. Because of you, he has been misunderstood deeply by other people. He has already contacted the Moore family. You should…pray for yourself."Then, Lucas sighed and hung up the call immediately.He kept his phone. When he turned around and was about to head back into the building, he noticed the car parked nearby. He furrowed his brow and subconsciously walked over to the car as if he wanted to spot to see if there was anyone in the car.Right at that moment, the car window suddenly rolled down, reveali
Lucas looked up at Thomas seriously. "If there is anything you need my help with, tell me."Of course, he knew that Thomas had taken such a huge effort to see him. It was not purely to chat with him. He did not have the time to chat with him either.Looking at Lucas' serious face, Thomas narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "I overheard some of your conversation with Adrian Lynch a moment ago."He lowered his head and stirred the cup of coffee, calmly adding, "Does Joshua have a bad relationship with Adrian?"Before seeing Lucas that day, he did not know that Joshua had such a terrible relationship with his father.He did research it before, of course. The outside world has always said that Joshua and Adrian did not have a good relationship. He also found out that Joshua has publicly condemned Adrian before.However, when he asked Malcolm about this, Malcolm said a different story. "What we see is what Joshua wants us to see. He always told the public that he didn't have a good r
"What is Lucifer doing recently?" said Thomas into the phone as he walked out of the cafe.Lucifer Howard was the new name he gave Malcolm when they made a deal. After all, back then, Malcolm had been kicked out of Merchant City by the Quinn family, and he could not possibly stay in Merchant City with his original identity. Thus, Thomas gave him a name and a fake identity. Lucifer thus followed him and his management company team to Merchant City.That was why Thomas' subordinates had never heard of Malcolm Quinn. They only knew that he was Lucifer Howard."He hasn't returned in a long time."The driver sitting at the driver's seat drove while furrowing his brow. "Didn't you instruct us not to care about him anymore? He was initially living with us, but a month or so ago, he accepted a call, and he suddenly became rich. He treated us to a meal and said that he was going to do great things, so he left our team."Then, the driver could not help but lament, "Later on, I heard that he
Luna stopped breathing the moment she heard Thomas say those words.After a while, she took a deep breath. "Impossible."She did not believe that Joshua would not discuss with her letting Riley leave with Thomas."If you don't believe me, you can ask him yourself," said Thomas, his voice sounding as though he was smiling. "I just came out from Joshua's office."Luna could not help but furrow her brow. She stopped her work and leaned back in her chair. "What are you trying to do? Fine, even if you're Riley's father and you use your right as her father to take her away, why are you taking Yannie away?""Because…" Thomas was silent for a while. "Because of yesterday's incident. She's now rumored to be my girlfriend, so we have to play the part."Then, he paused for a while. "Actually, it's fine if you don't see me. I just wanted to apologize to you in person."Luna's eyes widened. She was in a daze. Did she mishear him? Was Thomas Howard apologizing to her?Perhaps he could guess
The sun had set.When Luna returned to Joshua's house, Joshua was on the sofa hugging Nellie, looking at her latest design.Nellie was dressed in a white billowy dress, fit for a royal, and had a huge bow on her head with her hair slightly curled. She was nestled in Joshua's arms, smiling. "Daddy, what do you think of my design? Will Mommy like it?""She will."Joshua looked at Nellie's designs seriously while smiling and ruffling her head gently. "Your Mommy will like anything you make."Nellie pursed her lips. "Daddy, you're brushing me off! You think it doesn't look nice!"Joshua smiled a little. "I am not.""You are!" Nellie puffed her cheeks.Neil, who was by the side, helplessly looked at his father and sister bickering before looking at Nigel, who had his head buried in a book. In the end, he pushed his drink to Nellie. "I'm sure you're thirsty after quarreling with Daddy, right? Drink up."Nellie pouted. She took the drink and looked at Neil unhappily. "You must think
Walking to the courtyard in front of the mansion, the cool night breeze cleared Luna's mind up a little.She sat on the bench by the side and said calmly, "Yannie, I want to know your thoughts about Thomas."She already knew about Thomas' feelings toward Yannie. However, she did not know if Yannie was willing to give birth to Riley for Thomas back then because she liked Thomas or because she just liked children.Perhaps Yannie did not expect that Luna would suddenly ask her about her love life that she fell silent. The quietness lasted for a long few seconds before Yannie depressingly replied, "Luna, why are you…suddenly asking me this?"Luna leaned back. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the night breeze. "I'm just curious. Now that you know that Riley is your child with Thomas, what are you planning to do next? Thomas isn't going to let Riley go, and if you don't want to give Riley up, it seems that you can only…continue to be with him. Which is why, Yannie, I want to know your tho