"What is she trying to say?" Joshua glanced coldly at Adrian as a sneer crossed his face. "Mr. Lynch, do you honestly think that Jacqueline, a beautiful woman in her twenties, would be willing to marry a man more than twice her age? Do you think you won her over with your irresistible charm somehow?"He fixated his frosty gaze on Adrian's face and said in a tone as cold as ice, "Do you think Jacqueline would have even given you a second glance if it weren't for the fact that you're Adrian Lynch, father of Joshua Lynch?"Joshua's tone was so sarcastic that some of the audience could not help snickering at this. The truth was, everyone knew that a woman in her twenties would never willingly marry a man twice her age, not unless she had ulterior motives, and especially not since Adrian was such a useless man.When he was younger, he relied on Grandpa and Granny Lynch, then after he married Rianna, she became the head of the family, while he eventually became dependent on Joshua, their
"Did you honestly think that as long as Eanne and Carl died, the truth would never surface?" Joshua sneered as though he could sense Adrian's exact thoughts, then tapped on his phone again.Another piece of news about Rianna appeared onscreen.This time, the evidence was even more concrete—this was a record from Rianna's taxi ride at the airport, where she had hailed a taxi to Lynch Mansion.Then, the visitation records of a mental asylum were displayed, which showed that Rianna had been admitted, and Adrian visited her multiple times after her admission.This was followed shortly by Rianna's death certificate, which showed that her cause of death was suicide.Everyone fell silent upon seeing this as they finally pieced together the truth of Rianna's death.It turned out that she had not died while giving birth to Joshua two decades ago, but instead, had taken her own life in a mental asylum in Banyan City when Joshua was five."I obtained these records from Carl Howard, my uncl
Adrian's face turned as pale as the wall behind him. He furrowed his eyebrows and spat through gritted teeth, "Hey, I'm still Michael's father!"He knew he could never change Celia's mind by talking about their marriage, and the only way he could sway her was to use their son, Michael, against her.He knew just how much Celia loved Michael, and Michael would finally prove himself useful if the mention of him could convince Celia to switch sides and betray Joshua.At the thought of this, Adrian sighed and sniffed. "Celia, Michael will get out in a few more years, so surely you wouldn't want him to…see his father like this when he gets released?"Celia froze when she heard this.Adrian was right. Michael always prided himself on being a Lynch and having Adrian as his father for many years, and even at this moment, she had yet to tell him the truth about her and Adrian's separation.Therefore, if he were to discover how haggard his father had become once he got released from jail, h
There was a faint glimmer in Celia's eyes.She lifted her head to stare at Luna rather dazedly, but her gaze seemed to speak a thousand words.Luna knew that Celia was waiting for a confirmation, so she let out an exhale and turned to glance at Joshua.Joshua smiled and shot her a look of affirmation.Luna finally smiled, turned back to meet Celia's gaze, and said softly, "Aunty Celia, if you step forward and expose Mr. Adrian for who he truly is, Joshua will treat you well in the future. Besides, you're the mother of Joshua's brother, and if you expose the truth, Joshua will take care of both you and Michael. He'll never allow you two to fend for yourselves in this cruel world."This tugged at Celia's heartstrings.The truth was, she never cared about Adrian at all—all she cared about was Michael!She almost fell right into Adrian's trap!Michael was her son, and she could see through every last thought in his head. The only reason Michael adored his father was that Adrian had
What Celia said had shaken everyone at the wedding and created an uproar. Everyone started to discuss and whispered to each other.Although Celia had aged with time and she did not maintain her face very well, it was easy to tell she was quite a beautiful woman in her prime.Many people thought she was just a woman Adrian met. Who would have thought…Celia actually worked in the household as their nanny when Rianna was pregnant. In other words, Adrian fell for Rianna's nanny when Rianna was pregnant and, at that time, started to think about killing Rianna.That was why Celia resigned and left Rianna, lying that she needed to go back to her hometown to get married and have kids. The naive Rianna thought Celia was telling the truth. She even gave some money to Celia in hope that Celia would have a great life ahead of her.As people discussed further, they felt even more sorry for Rianna. Their conclusion was how kind Rianna was and what a jerk Adrian had been.Adrian's face looked te
This time, Celia did not hesitate and gathered all of the evidence she had into this recording, including the thing Adrian said to her and how they plotted to frame Rianna…to the extent that Adrian encouraged Michael to hurt Granny Lynch a year ago. In it was also how Adrian used Joshua's name to borrow money from people half a year ago.Celia recorded nearly everything Adrian said to her in the house.Adrian's face paled as he heard the recording. He bit his lip and clenched his hands into fists, and the nerves on his face protruded. "Celia Giles! How dare you do this to me? Did you record every single damn word I said to you?"Celia sneered, "Record? Do you think I'm that free to do it?"She gazed at him and shot him a cold smirk. "Have you forgotten there are surveillance cameras in the house? I was afraid you'd steal the money and spend it, so I changed the hard disk to a new one every month for the past years. I'd simply run through the old footage once and leave it at the war
Joshua waved his hand to ask the staff beside the stage to carry Adrian, who passed out on the floor, away. He gave Jacqueline a cold look."Do you truly believe I'm that kind of person without the things that happened just now? Do you really think I don't know what you're up to? After how hard you try to get close to Adrian and also throw this extravagant wedding?"It just never occurred to Jacqueline that Joshua would so harshly and openly expose her. She was stunned but that did not stop her from giving a cold look to Joshua.She smiled. "I can tell you're not stupid after all."Joshua squinted. "Do you think I won't investigate you after knowing you and Adrian are getting married? Especially when you and Fiona look so alike?"As she felt her senses settling down, Jacqueline's lips curled into a smile. She gave Joshua a look and said, "That's true. But…"She looked at Joshua again before looking at Luna. "If you two are so capable, you should have known why I insisted on havin
Luna's eyebrows furrowed after hearing that. She looked at Jacqueline coldly. "What do you mean by that?"'Didn't Anne head back home with John after they dropped me and Joshua at the rented place? What does her kidnapping…has anything to do with me?' she thought.Jacqueline narrowed her eyes when she saw how confused Luna was. "What? Don't tell me you forgot. You and Anne went shopping in the afternoon. After that, you two went to that restaurant, and I went there too…""Jacqueline!" Joshua interrupted the conversation, fearing that Luna would remember everything should Jacqueline remind her of what happened in the afternoon. "I know you're Fiona's sister, but you shouldn't blame us for Fiona's death."After all, Fiona set a trap and intended to harm Luna grievously, but her plan failed. It was she who met her demise when she fell off the cliff."Who should I look for if I don't blame you two?" Immediately, Jacqueline got distracted as soon as Joshua started the topic.She turne