Luna did not know whether to laugh or cry.She immediately got out of Joshua's arms. "Nigel…""You two continue." He opened the door to the study. "My siblings will care for me."He thought for a while before saying, "Aunt Yannie will take care of me too."Then, he shut the door and left.Luna blushed a little. Before she could say anything, Joshua hugged her waist from behind. "The boy is very understanding. We can't disappoint him now, can we?"Then, he gently kissed her cheeks.Feeling his warmth, Luna's heart constricted tightly. She turned to look at his angular face. "Joshua.""Hmm?""We've found Riley's parents." Luna sniffled. In the end, she still could not help but bring up this topic. "When… When will we be able to find our daughter?"She only dared to bring up this topic when she was alone with Joshua at that moment.That day, when she saw Thomas and Yannie appearing together at the hospital, she felt inexplicably sad although she looked calm outwardly.She knew
Luna was taken aback as she stared at Joshua in disbelief. "Y—You…brought Thomas back?""Mhm. He was drunk at a bar, and I bumped into him."Joshua held Luna tighter to his form as he placed his chin on her head and gently kissed her fragrant hair. "He's downstairs right now. Yannie is taking care of him."Luna paused for a while before remembering that Yannie initially wanted to leave but Nellie kept holding her back, wanting her to look at her designs.Did that mean…Yannie stumbled upon Joshua bringing Thomas back? That was too much of a coincidence."This isn't a coincidence." Joshua seemed to have guessed what Luna was thinking and could not help but smile. He gently reached his hand out and ruffled Luna's hair. "I got Nellie to make Yannie stay."Joshua's deep voice came from the top of Luna's head. "If Yannie was telling you the truth, Thomas' misunderstanding toward me might be more than I imagined. If Yannie isn't there, even if Thomas comes around, he wouldn't be willing
It was until the door to the study door closed that Joshua finally let out a sigh. He slumped to the chair by the side as if his energy was depleted.He closed his eyes. Luna's words to him kept ringing in his ears.'Thomas always had a prejudice toward you. The truth is, it's because of your mother.''Joshua, your mother didn't die in childbirth. She was killed by your father.''As for the things that happened when you were five…it's not your fault. You don't need to blame yourself.'Joshua smiled self-deprecatingly.How was that not his fault? How was he not to be blamed?Although he could not clearly remember his memories when he was five, he did remember a crazy woman rushing toward him, asking him to call her his mother.Back then, he was mature for a five-year-old. He also knew that his mother had passed away and would never return. However, everyone in the Lynch family has never shown him his mother's photo.His father said that it was unnecessary. His grandmother said
"Joshua, I know that you don't like me. You even hate me, but if I had any other choice, I wouldn't have looked for you."Adrian began to complain, "Some time back, a group called Orming Tech came to Banyan City to do business. They were looking for a partner and found me."You know how careful I am. Initially, I never thought of working with them, but I had no choice. They were great at brainwashing people. After your aunt was brainwashed, she forced me to invest with her."I had a momentary lapse of judgment, so I agreed to it and even invested all of my money in it."I initially thought I could earn from that and have a good life with your aunt, but…"Hearing Adrian's words, Joshua narrowed his gaze. He swiftly typed in his computer to search for Banyan City's recent news.He had not paid attention to things in Banyan City for a long time, but his home base was still in Banyan City, which was why anything that happened to the malls in Banyan City, someone would compile a docum
That was why at that moment, even after Rianna had passed for almost 30 years, Adrian could barely remember what she looked like. He had almost forgotten everything about her, too.Thus, after being silent for a while, in the end, he could only say once more, "She truly was a great person. It's a pity that she had such a short life."Joshua sneered listening to Adrian talking. His heart turned cold. "I have other things to do, so I'm going to end this call."Joshua took a deep breath and calmly added, "I'll get Lucas to transfer fifteen thousand to you.""Fifteen thousand?!" Adrian was instantly infuriated. "How is fifteen thousand enough for anyone? Are you joking, Joshua? You have assets worth billions, yet you're only giving your father fifteen thousand? Don't you think other people would laugh at you when they hear that?"Joshua sneered. "Mr. Adrian Lynch, if I remember correctly, the family gave you at least three million after Granny passed away. It's enough for you to live.
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