Gwen closed her eyes. Thank God. Thank God none of Luke's old subordinates remembered what she looked like. Gwen let out a sigh of relief amid Ben's howls and the woman's wails of agony. She wondered why Ben decided to bring the woman here, but now, it turned out that Ben saved her life. If they did not show up here, Tyson's men would have turned the entire place upside down to search for her, and she would surely be caught. The car started, and the woman's howls grew further and further away. Finally, after the car was out of earshot, Gwen let out another exhale of relief and texted Luna. [You can come over now.] Before this, Stefan specifically warned her not to leave the room, not before Luna and Joshua arrived. Taking his instruction to heart, she decided to continue waiting for them in the little room. Luna's reply came quickly. [The jam has subsided too. We'll be right over!] Gwen felt as though a weight was lifted off her shoulders. "Gwen?" all of a sudde
However, as much as she dreaded it, Ben's key fit perfectly into the padlock, and the doorknob turned. Ben could feel the resistance as soon as he pushed the door. He burst into a sinister laugh. "I knew it—you've been hiding in here all along, Gwen!" Gwen placed her entire weight against the door, trying to stop Ben from coming in, but it was no use. The discrepancy between a man's and a woman's strength was already striking enough, not to mention the fact that Gwen was petite, whereas Ben was tall and muscular. She was no match for him at all! Although Ben did not manage to open the door initially, bit by bit, he was still able to inch it slowly open. "Gwen!" finally, he caught sight of Gwen's face from the crack in the door. A glimmer of malice flashed through his eyes as his lips split open in a gleeful grin. "I knew I'd find you! Have you been hiding here all along? Have you been eavesdropping on me the last time I was here with that woman? "Is it exciting to eaves
Gwen lowered the broom and slumped against the wall behind her, still clutching the handle tightly. After a few moments of catching her breath, she finally glanced at the man before her. Ben was sprawled across the ground in a grotesque position, bleeding from a wound in his head. She could not tell whether he was dead or just rendered unconscious. This sight shocked Gwen greatly, and she instinctively took a small step back. She was so preoccupied with defending herself against Ben that she never once stopped to see what was happening. Now that he was unresponsive, she felt her chest tighten, and the broomstick clattered onto the ground. Did she perhaps beat him to death? At the thought of this, Gwen kneeled and reached out to feel for Ben's breathing. As much as she wanted to escape from him, she never once intended to kill him! However, the moment she reached out her fingers, Ben leaped up from the ground, grabbed hold of her arm, and tackled her to the ground. By
"Gwen!" Luna's worried voice rang out through the empty house. "Are you okay?" She and Joshua arrived just in time to hear Gwen's scream, and she immediately stormed into the house without even waiting for the rest to follow. Gwen felt every last fiber of her being relaxed when she heard Luna's voice. As her vision started to blur, she could only vaguely make out the sight of Joshua and Luna sprinting toward her. "Luna!" Finally, she closed her eyes and passed out. When she finally came to, Ben was already tied up and kneeling before her. "Gwennie." Luna brought her a glass of water when she noticed Gwen waking up, "are you okay?" The cool water soothed her hoarse, raspy throat greatly. Gwen closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief, then turned to glance at Luna. "You came just in time." "We were still too late," Luna sighed and handed the empty glass to Joshua, who placed it on the table next to him, "if we arrived sooner, you wouldn't have gotten injured." With th
"So what if I am?" Ben sneered at Luna and replied coldly, "What does being a kind person get you? Look what Luke had to go through for this bitch? "If I didn't break up with her, she would've forced me to give her my heart too! I'll never be as stupid as Luke was. He's the leader of notorious gangs in two cities, for God's sake! How can he be so stupid as to sacrifice his life for a woman? What a joke!" With that, he glanced at a pale-faced Gwen and said, "Luna, you said you'd be able to protect her forever, but are you sure you can do that? Not even Luke could pull that off! "You and Joshua are going to go back to your lives eventually, and you can't possibly spend the rest of eternity trying to protect her! The only solution is for Luke to come back to life and revive his old gang so that they can bring down Tyson, but we all know that's impossible! As long as Tyson and Winson are around, they won't rest until they get their hands on Gwen!" Joshua curled his lips into a smir
Gwen furrowed her brows and wanted to ask further, but Luna stopped her. She winked at Gwen and said, "Ignore him. He's always trying to appear mysterious."With that, she tugged Gwen toward her and placed her head on her shoulder. "Are you tired? You want to take a nap?"Gwen nodded and obediently leaned her head against Luna's shoulder. She was so exhausted from her physical fight against Ben just now that it did not take her long to drift off to sleep. However, in her sleep, she still managed to overhear some snippets of Luna and Joshua's conversation."You can't get in touch with them?""That's right. They've lost all contact with the outside world. Wherever they've stowed Andy away is surely secretive and difficult to locate.""Does that mean all we can do is wait for them to get in touch with us?""Theoretically that's correct, but don't worry. Once we arrive there, Tara will arrange for the rest of the Moore family to help, and I'm sure we can track them down in no time.
Luna furrowed her brows when she heard this and nodded, albeit rather displeased. "Yes, this is she." "Your name is Gwen, right?" Tara smiled and extended her hand toward Gwen. "Nice to meet you. My name is Tara Moore, and I'm Joshua's cousin. "However, he and I aren't truly related by blood. I was adopted." For some reason, Gwen could not help finding Tara's smile fake and deceiving. She did not understand why Tara had to deliberately mention the fact that she and Joshua were not actual blood relatives. It was as though she was not saying this as a fact but as a means of bragging. What was there to brag about? Gwen could not wrap her head around this. however, despite her confusion, she still smiled and shook Tara's hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Tara. I'm Luna's friend, Gwen Larson." "I know your name's Gwen Larson." Tara grinned and swept her gaze over Luna's entire body. "You're Luna's best friend, so I've heard everything about you!" "I didn't realize I'm this famous
Tara's smile froze on her face. She glanced sheepishly at Joshua, then let out an awkward cough. "Well, I'm not hungry at all. I just wanted to know if you guys were. Well, if none of us want to eat, we don't have to go anywhere. Shall I send you all to the hotel now?" "There's no need for that." Gwen chuckled as she glanced at Tara. "We can find our way. Feel free to attend to your own duties, Ms. Moore." Luna nodded in agreement, then turned to smile at Joshua. "Aren't you here to help Tara out with her business? The fact that she came as soon as we landed must mean there's something urgent that requires your help. why don't you follow her back to the office while Gwen and I go to the hotel ourselves?" Tara's entire face lit up when she heard this. "That's a great idea!" With that, she could not help adding, "You're such an open-minded person, Luna! If this had happened to someone else, she would misinterpret my intentions as trying to get close to her husband and would refus