Joshua nodded, gave Rosalyn a courteous smile, then circled past them and headed straight toward the kids."Daddy!" Nellie spread her little arms wide open when she saw him coming and lunged straight into his embrace. "I missed you so much!"Joshua curled his lips into a smile as he knelt to pick her up. "Daddy misses all of you too."Nellie could not help pouting when she heard this. "What do you mean, you miss all of us, and not just me?"She reached out to point at Shelly's stroller with her pudgy little finger. "Are you saying that you don't love me anymore ever since Shelly came along?"Joshua could not help bursting into a chuckle when he saw the jealousy on Nellie's face. "I meant all four of you, sweetheart."He pressed a kiss onto her cheek and added, "All four of you, and also your Mommy, are my babies. I love all of you equally, and that never changed even after Shelly came along. And this means that I won't stop loving Mommy or your brothers because of you, do you und
Neil and Nellie rushed to Joshua when they heard this and lined up to stare at him expectantly, waiting to hear his answer.Even Shelly seemed to understand her brothers and sister's actions and fixated her unblinking eyes on Joshua.Joshua sighed, gazing at the four children. "Your mother is fine, but…"He reached out to gently clasp Nellie's hand. "Unfortunately, Mommy needs to stay apart from us for a while. Will you wait patiently for Mommy to return?"Nellie bit her lip and lifted her head to stare at Joshua with tearful eyes. "I will! Not only that, but I'm sure Nigel, Neil, and Shelly will all wait for her to come back!"As she said this, she trotted to the stroller and gently held her sister's chubby hand. "Even though Mommy isn't around, I'll take good care of little Shelly! When she returns, she'll see just how good of a sister I am!"Joshua curled his lips into a smile as a surge of warmth spread into his heart. He was certain that Neil and Nellie had heard of what hap
Luna closed her eyes, and memories of her with Anne flashed in her mind. The countless nights Anne spent with her, the time they admired the moon together…After Anne's unfortunate death, Anne's smiling face kept on appearing in her mind for days.She knew very well Anne would not want her to blame herself because of how kind she was. She even imagined Anne holding her hand, telling her it was not her fault with kindness and love.Nevertheless, it failed to make her come out from the fact that she was the reason her best friend was dead. Every time she thought of this, the pain consumed her so badly that she thought it was a mistake for her to be alive."Luna." Jim could see the sorrow and hopelessness in his sister's eyes. He furrowed his brows while holding Bonnie's hand to stop her from saying anything related to Anne."Dad and Mom flew here too. Everyone cares about you; we're worried about you. They wanted to come with us, but I stopped them. I was afraid you'd feel even wors
Jim frowned and looked at Bonnie flatly. "Do you think Luna would be happy if we did that?"Bonnie paused after what Jim said. After that, she shook her head quietly. "She'd be angry at us."John was Anne's husband and Sammie's father. He was a person Anne cared deeply for in this world.Sammie would not just lose her mother if they sent John to jail for killing Jacqueline, but she would also lose the time growing up with her father just because they wanted to save Luna.Luna would never agree to that."That's why we can't let John surrender himself to the police." Jim gazed into the distance. "Still, we need to find him."Bonnie was confused. "If we're not going to ask him to surrender, why should we look for him?"Sooner or later, the police were going to be suspicious of John, and they would just lead the police to him if they were able to track him down."It'll give Luna peace of mind to know where he is." Jim sighed. "Remember what Luna said just now. She regretted that sh
"Fine! You're not going to look for him, are you?" Jim furrowed his brows vehemently, seeing Joshua's indifferent attitude. "I can track him down myself. I'll use my family's power and those from Craig Group to track him down!"Even if he's at the other end of the world, I'm going to track him. I want him to tell Luna himself that Luna bought him time and took the blame for him!"Right after that, he walked out angrily.Bam! The door to the study slammed shut.Joshua remained seated on the chair as he looked in the direction where Jim left. His hand reached for his aching glabella."Daddy." Suddenly, the door opened again. This time, the person who entered was Neil. He looked like something was bothering him.He walked in, closed the door, and climbed on the chair across from Joshua to sit. "Did Uncle John really kill that bad woman?"Joshua was stunned. Neil must have been standing outside for long enough to overhear the conversation between him and Jim. He frowned and walked o
All in all, Jim and Bonnie did not track down John.…A month later, Luna's case for intentionally causing harm was scheduled for hearing in the court in Banyan City. Joshua and the Landry family had used all possible means to help with the case, and every guest who attended the wedding had given their affidavit to prove that Jacqueline was the one who instigated Luna to result in her reckless and impulsive action.Despite that, it did not help much because the action was done in public. Eventually, she was unable to escape the legal sanction for intentionally causing harm to another person. As a result, Luna was sentenced to a four-month jail.Since she was already in jail for one month previously, the remaining sentence she needed to serve was three months.Time passed swiftly. In the blink of an eye, Luna finished serving her time in jail.On the day she was released, Charles, Rosalyn, Jim, Bonnie, Theo, and Rachel were patiently waiting at the entrance. Luna had her hair cut.
Luna was not in the mood to go back home with everyone.She bit her lip and tried to let go of Rosalyn's hand. "Mom, please tell me. What happened to him?"Her tears were rolling down her cheeks when she begged to know what happened to Joshua.Over the past three months, she thought of the many memories she had with Joshua. She also saw much news regarding Lynch Group. When she was serving her sentence, the only thing on her mind was the guilt and sadness she had for Anne.Later, she slowly understood how much Joshua had sacrificed for her when she was in jail with her inmates and from the news.To have those guests who attended the wedding plead for her and tell the truth about what happened that night, Joshua paid back every debt that Adrian owed to the debtors and, in the process, nearly used up half of his savings. All this so that Luna could spend less time in jail.If she knew ahead of what Joshua was going to do, she would have stopped him. She knew very well how much it m
"Who?" Luna was stunned when Rosalyn said that, her mind unable to process her mother's words. "Who is waiting for me?""Who else can it be? The person you've been worrying about, of course." Jim laughed out loud uncontrollably as he extended his hand out to knock at Luna's forehead. "Joshua is waiting for you inside. Go now."Luna was dumbstruck. It took her a while to finally process the whole thing. The second realization dawned on her, she dashed out of the car like a strong gust.After she got down from the car, she could finally tell what the building was. It was a church. Before this, she had been worried about Joshua's safety and could not pay attention to her surroundings. All she could tell was that they were not at their house.Finally, she understood why no one in the car said anything, acting like they were keeping a secret from her when she looked at the church in front of her.'T—This is the surprise Joshua prepared for me!' she thought.She burst into tears of joy