"Special reaction?" Steven frowned and recalled the business meeting he had with Joshua.He then stared at Kate. "Nothing special, other than what you told me that he said I look like an old friend of his."Steven was still baffled by this when he recalled the moment. "Luckily, you told me Joshua Lynch likes to say that to pull the string, or I might've believed him when he said that!"Kate narrowed her eyes. "So Joshua Lynch himself said you look like his old friend?""Yes." Steven paused while feeling lucky. "But, I didn't fall for it. I told him that I don't like to pull any strings when I'm talking about business."Kate was surprised, and her eyes could not hide how happy she was. "What then?""Well, he never talked about his friend anymore, and we started with the negotiation."Later, he could not help but sighed. "I know people tend to butter up to people while doing business, but I never expect Joshua Lynch to do something like this when he is already such a successful bu
"Did you remember it wrongly?"Gwen shook her head. She had the pendant with her for a long time, and she could not possibly misremember a detail. Besides, if someone had picked up the pendant, the metal plate was most likely with the person who found the pendant, too.Luna and Yannie had searched the sofa countless times. If it fell here, it should have been found earlier on.The front desk attendant furrowed her brow. "But Ms. Larson, we're prohibited from revealing our customer information…"Before she could finish, Gwen took out a pile of cash and shoved it into the front desk attendant's hand. "Can you tell me now?"The front desk attendant was shocked to see the cash in her hands. It was almost the amount of salary she could get after working for several years!She bit her lip and looked at Gwen. "They're…in the third room on the right when you walk upstairs."The front desk attendant stared at the money in her hand and mumbled, "If you go, please don't tell them I was the
Kate's eyebrows knitted together when she saw Gwen and Luna standing outside of her resting room. One would always meet the person they least expect to when they did not want to meet!This explained why the pendant Steven found looked so familiar. It was the one Luke bought for Gwen!Kate's expression soured. She preferred not to let Steven have any contact with Gwen. Nonetheless, God did not seem to be on her side and tried to create such a connection between Gwen and Luke.Luckily, she had Steven buy her favorite coffee two minutes ago. Otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable if Gwen and Luna saw Steven when they came into the room…She took a deep breath and looked at Luna. "Hey, Luna. Long time no see."Luna was not in the mood to rekindle her 'friendship' with Kate. She glanced at Kate with narrowed eyes. "Were you the one who found Gwen's pendant?"Kate did not expect Luna to be so direct and impolite to her. She was stunned and later laughed. "Yes, I did."Then,
Kate's instinct told her Luna and Joshua could ruin the plan she had. If Gwen was alone in Saigen City, she would not be worried much. Now that Joshua and Luna were here too…she had no way of guaranteeing that Steven and Gwen would not meet!Gwen would go mad if she saw Steven. Not only was she going to suffer, but Steven would also start to be suspicious of his life too.As she thought more of it, Kate took a deep breath. She took out her phone and dialed a number."Mrs. Hughes, is Mr. Hughes at home? Oh, nothing much. Steven told me you guys are asking me to get married soon…so I was going to ask what you thought about that.""Me? Of course, the sooner the better."…When Gwen left The Spring Resort, she hailed a taxi. Luna and Yannie ran after her and got into the taxi with Gwen."Hi, ladies. Where are you off to today?" the driver asked with a smile.Gwen took a deep breath. "The dump station at the outskirts of the city."The air in the car became still. Even the driver w
At the dump station in the outskirts of Saigen City.Once the driver stopped the car, Gwen dashed out of the car and headed straight into the dump station, swiftly followed by Yannie and Luna, who paid the driver the taxi fare before disembarking.When Luna got out of the taxi, she was stunned to see the mountains of rubbish in front of her. For a moment, she did not know what to say.'Oh my god! How are we going to look for that tiny metal plate in these heaps of rubbish? It's as hard as looking for a needle in the ocean!'Nonetheless, Gwen could not care about anything and rushed toward these heaps like a madwoman. She did not care that she had just enjoyed her time at the hot spring or the smell or how dirty the rubbish was. She just rushed into the rubbish with her white-colored clothes.The temperature in Saigen City was very low. Soon, her hands got frostbitten, but she still continued on searching for the metal plate Luke gave her with her bare hands.Luna felt heartbroken
Yannie paused for a moment before taking out her phone and dialing Thomas' number."Can you do me a favor? I need your help forging a metal plate," she said in a low voice.Luna furrowed her brow when she heard this.It turned out she had misunderstood Yannie. Yannie…had wanted Thomas to help her forge a new metal plate.Luna had to admit that this was a good idea.All of a sudden, Luna's phone rang. It was a call from Joshua.At this moment, Joshua and Thomas were together, and when he caught sight of the photo of the metal plate which Yannie had sent to Thomas' phone, he immediately put two and two together.This was why he had called Luna immediately."Something happened to Gwen." Luna exhaled and continued in a low voice that was barely a whisper, "Gwen accidentally lost her pendant, and even though we managed to find it in the end, the metal plate attached to it had gone missing."You know that Luke was the one who gave it to her, so…"Anyway, she's suspecting that the m
Joshua's hand stiffened at the mention of Steven. He was silent for a moment before finally asking, "Gwen… Have you all met Kate's boyfriend yet?""No, not yet. Why?""Nothing." Joshua rubbed his glabella in frustration. "I couldn't help noticing that Kate's new boyfriend looks a lot like Luke, so I don't think you should let Gwen see him."Luna nodded. "You're right. Don't worry; I'll try my best to protect Gwen."Even though she had yet to meet Kate's new boyfriend in real life, she had seen photos of him and Kate together on the internet. Therefore, even before Joshua brought it up, she already knew that this man looked eerily similar to Luke.At this point, Gwen would go insane at any mention of Luke at all, so if Kate's boyfriend were indeed so similar to Luke, she would have to stop Gwen from seeing him in person at any cost."We'll talk about this more when we meet," Joshua said before frowning and hanging up."What's wrong?" Thomas asked, seeing how troubled Joshua looke
With that, Yannie turned and sprinted in Lucas' direction.Since Yannie's mother, Mrs. Flores, used to work as a nanny for Luna and Joshua, Yannie was naturally familiar with Lucas.Thomas remained motionless, his lips curving into a small smile as he watched Yannie sprint nimbly towards Lucas.That was his girl; kind, soft, and adorable.However, the next second—Thomas watched as Yannie arrived at Lucas' side and, while talking to him, reached out to wipe the sweat from Lucas' forehead.His smile immediately froze on his face.Yannie never treated him that kindly before!Why was she helping Lucas wipe his sweat? Could he not do it on his own? Did he not have hands that were capable of accomplishing this task?Lucas instinctively glanced in Thomas' direction when he felt a cold, steely gaze on him. His heart leaped into his throat when he met Thomas' gaze.Lucas immediately took a small step back and glanced sheepishly at Yannie. "Sir ordered me to pretend as though I had fo