Joshua's words shook Luna to the core. She dazedly looked at the man in front of her. "I…should help Anne take care of Sammie?""Yes!" Joshua grasped her chin and wound his free arm around her slim waist. He solemnly said, "If you think you owe Anne, and if you believe you were the reason why Anne is dead, make it up to her. Since you're the reason Sammie won't have a mother in her life anymore, take up the responsibility to be her mother! Look after Sammie so she'll be able to grow up happily."Would you be daring enough to seek forgiveness from Anne when you meet her in the afterlife? Are you sure you don't want to do anything to atone for your sin before you meet her?"A glimmer of hope slowly returned to Luna's lost eyes. She bit her lip as she could not help her tears from spilling. "You're right…"She was the reason Anne was dead. She was the reason Sammie had to grow up without her mother.She needed to help Anne to give Sammie a complete life. This was not the time for her
The loud slam caught the guests by surprise as they looked over at the door.There stood a group of armed policemen. Some of them rushed to the stage. "Ms. Grace, you're under arrest for kidnapping and suspected murder. We're taking you in according to the law."Jacqueline had expected the police to arrive. She silently extended her hands out as told.Click! The police secured the woman in the wedding gown with cold handcuffs."Sir." Jacqueline looked at her injury after she was cuffed. "Please take me to the hospital."The police looked over and noticed she was bleeding. The lead, a policewoman, frowned. "How did that happen?""Ms. Luna here stabbed me," Jacqueline curled her lips and sneered. "She tried to kill me. Are you going to do anything about that?"The female police frowned as she looked at Luna, "You did this?"She recognized Luna. When Anne was kidnapped, she tapped and listened to the conversation between Vanessa and Willow. She was in the loop about Anne's death a
The news of Luna, Joshua Lynch's wife, attempting murder at a wedding spread like wildfire through the entire Banyan City.Everyone was on the edge of their seats, waiting to see just how Joshua, the most powerful man in Banyan City, would help his wife get out of this pinch."I saw the news, Daddy."Joshua received a call from Nigel not long after he returned to the villa that night. Although he was only seven, Nigel was very mature for his age and calmly explained to his father, "I saw everything about Mommy's outburst on the internet, but just to save you the trouble, I lied to Neil and Nellie about this, and I configured the internet here at Grandpa, Grandma's, and Uncle Jim's place so that none of them would be able to receive the news from Banyan City. Don't worry, I've got it under control."Joshua's heart sank when he heard this. He leaned against the wall and let out a sigh. "Like father, like son."It was unbelievable how detail-oriented Nigel was at such a young age."
The next morning, Joshua was just about to take a quick nap on the sofa after working the entire night when his phone rang.It was Jude.Joshua picked up, rubbing his eyebrows in exhaustion. "What's wrong?""Joshua!" Jude exclaimed from the other end of the line. "Where were you last night?"Joshua furrowed his eyebrows and glanced at the empty living room. "At home, of course."Before this, he and Luna had stayed in a rental unit that John helped them book so that their return to Banyan City would remain a secret, but considering that everyone in Banyan City knew that they returned and even witnessed Luna attempting murder, Joshua decided not to continue staying at the rental unit anymore and instead returned home to Blue Bay Villa.Since Blue Bay Villa had been abandoned for quite some time, he dismissed most of the servants working there, with only a couple remaining to keep the villa clean and tidy.It was five in the morning, and the cleaners had yet to arrive, so Joshua wa
"Yes, it's me."It was none other than John, who disappeared the day before with Anne's body and their daughter, Sammie. At this moment, he was standing at Joshua's door with an umbrella in the pouring rain, his eyes bloodshot. "I was the one who killed Jacqueline."John wanted to exact revenge against Jacqueline ever since finding out about Anne's death, but he never once dreamed that Luna, the person whom he blamed for Anne's death, would risk everything, including her status and future, to murder Jacqueline in front of so many people…It should have been him, and only him.Therefore, after seeing the news last night, John decided not to hide any longer and instead went to the hospital to kill Jacqueline once and for all. If it were not for the fact that Willow was already arrested, he would have killed her, too.Joshua sighed as he stared at John's sunken face. "I knew it was you."There were no records of John or Sammie leaving the city, so this meant that they had been in hi
"Okay," replied Joshua after a moment of silence."You shouldn't stay here long. The police will be on me since Jacqueline is dead. They'll be here anytime soon looking for me," he said.He gave John a name card. "This is a name card of a logistic company's owner. He owes me big time. Take this name card to him, and he'll know you're my friend. I'll keep my promise and never ask the owner your whereabouts with Sammie, ever."John paused and nodded while he tightened his fist with the name card in his palm. "Goodbye.""Take care," bade Joshua.John turned around and used the black baseball cap to hide his face while walking away with the umbrella. Just as he got to the street, a police car drove by.It was a dim morning, and it was raining to boot. The police were busy tracking where Joshua had been last night, so none of them noticed the man with the umbrella leaving.The moment John passed by the police car, he smiled ambiguously and contacted the owner of the logistics company
"No one is going to laugh at you." It seemed like Joshua could tell what Luna was thinking about.He curled up his lips and smiled. "I'm here."Luna raised her head and looked at him through the glass. The determination and seriousness in his eyes warmed her chest.She bit her lip. After a moment of silence, she asked, "How's Jacqueline doing?"With a peaceful expression, he looked at Luna's face and said, "She's dead.""She's…dead?" Stunned, Luna looked back at him in disbelief. "How could that be?"When she was brought away by the police, Jacqueline was still smiling at the police as she told them how she, Luna, tried to kill her. Although Jacqueline's abdomen was bleeding, her mind was clear and she was still very much alive.'How is she dead over the night?' she thought."She didn't die because you stabbed her in the stomach. Someone snuck into the hospital and killed her." Joshua frowned.He was not going to tell her John was the murderer."So, there is no plaintiff in y
Perhaps Joshua never expected Luna would suddenly question him about John's whereabouts at this time. He was startled and quietly shook his head."No. He was gone with Anne's body and Sammie after Anne passed away yesterday. I looked everywhere—every train station, airport, harbor, and highway. But…"He sighed. "I still can't find any traces of him leaving. Maybe he's still in the city. We just can't find where he is hiding. Don't worry. I'll try my best to look for him."Since he promised John not to look into where he and Sammie were going, he thought it was unnecessary to let Luna know about the promise. It was better off—that no one ever knew he had met up with John before."Okay." The light in Luna's eyes dimmed down after knowing that. "I'm sure he never wants to see us again or doesn't want to be found… If you can't find him, just let it be."The whole city must have gotten the news that she nearly killed Jacqueline during the wedding. If John was still indifferent after se