Joshua then curled his lips into a smile as he said, "By then, you can have a branch office each in Banyan City and Merchant City, so you can still work while keeping your parents, me, and the kids company."Luna felt stirred by Joshua's suggestion. She bit her lip and looked at Joshua. "You've…thought of all these already?"It was only yesterday when she thought that both Lynch Group and Landry Group could fund the jewelry company together; she had never told anyone about this idea before. Nevertheless, Joshua had the same idea as her and even started to think of the best steps necessary to make it happen.A branch office in both Banyan City and Merchant City… She would be able to live with Joshua and the kids in Banyan Cit, and when work was required, she could go to Merchant City. With that arrangement, she could take care of both her family and her parents.Luna sighed and went to hug Joshua from the back. "Thank you."Joshua smiled. "You don't have to thank me."He then pull
Luna took her phone and glanced at the caller ID, only to notice that it was Rosalyn.'Why is she calling me so early in the morning?' Luna furrowed her eyebrows and removed Joshua's hand on her to answer the call."Mom.""Luna," rang Rosalyn's affectionate voice from the other end of the call. "Have you eaten yet? Why don't you come and join us for breakfast if you haven't? Butler Fred had prepared a scrumptious breakfast earlier this morning. He said we haven't eaten together for a long time, and he even called Jim, asking him to return."I thought I'd call you, too. If you haven't had your breakfast, come join us. If you've already had breakfast, you can still come over."Rosalyn could not help but sigh after she finished her sentence. "Butler Fred is very thoughtful. Your father and I have been bothered about the issue with Jim and Bonnie lately. You know it, too."We can't keep the secret any longer. Jim will no doubt be mad at me when he finds out, so I thought that instead
Joshua had thought Luna would share Rosalyn's sentiment in thinking that it should remain within their family and keep it from him."Maybe there should be secrets between you and the Landry family, but I don't want to have any secrets between us both." Luna took a deep breath and looked at Joshua seriously. "I'm tired of suspicion and betrayal. After yesterday, I realized that there was a conflict between us, and the misunderstanding was because you weren't being truthful with me and my habit of being suspicious."I know that from your point of view, you think that you don't have to tell me a lot of things, but…"I can try to control myself from being suspicious. Similarly, it isn't right to treat people the same way you don't like people treating you. Since I don't like your dishonesty and suspicion, the least I can do is to be honest with you so you don't have to suspect anything. That, I can do."Joshua furrowed his eyebrows tightly. He was quiet for a while before finally smili
"It's not that simple." Jim smiled bitterly when Luna asked about Bonnie's condition. His angular face mellowed into faint hopelessness. "I talked for a long time last night, and I don't know if she can even hear me."Jim was looking at Luna, but it was like his sight bypassed Luna's body and gazed at another distant place. "Come to think of it, she only has four days remaining. Four days…"He smiled bitterly. "If she wakes up, I can at least say goodbye to her. If she doesn't…" After a sniff, he continued, "If she doesn't wake up, I can only apologize to her in person after I die."To be honest, I regret it all now. If we don't have Harvey, and if I didn't promise her that I'd take care of Harvey… I'd want to die with her. We could go to heaven together and maybe reincarnate together so we'd likely not lose each other in the next life. I want to know her before getting to know Number-9 in my next life. Then, there won't be any problem with Number-9 or Charlotte…"Despite bearing a
"Perhaps Bonnie may miraculously wake up after four days instead of dying."Jim sneered at Rosalyn's question. "Mother, you know I never believe in miracles; those illusory things are a distant concept to me. Moreover…"He lowered his eyes while peeking at Butler Fred, who was arranging for the maids to serve the dishes with intention. "I listened to you and asked Christopher to come back. I thought he could help me to manufacture an antidote for Bonnie, but I didn't expect…"He squinted, and there was hatred in his eyes while he looked at Butler Fred. "I didn't expect someone would use the problem with Christopher's mental state to trigger his mental illness. Now, Christopher has gone crazy and nearly killed me in the process. A person who has lost their sanity couldn't possibly manufacture the antidote."Jim closed his eyes and sighed. "If Bonnie dies, I'll never forgive those people behind all this!"At that moment, Luna spotted how Butler Fred trembled slightly. Mickey, who wa
Luna's hand that hovered over her cutleries froze the second she heard Rosalyn speak. She looked up and was dumbfounded by what Rosalyn said. Her face was so stiff that she could not force her expression to fall into normalcy.'How is that possible? From the investigation result Joshua received, the people behind it were Butler Fred and Mickey. The timing matches when Granny Lynch was poisoned, and Mickey left Landry Mansion to go back to his hometown. I refuse to believe that Mother was the one who did it.' Luna thought and she raised her head subconsciously to look at Butler Fred and Mickey.Perhaps Butler Fred never thought Luna would suddenly look at him because all this while, he stared at Rosalyn with a peculiarly pleasant gaze as though elated his plan had worked. Suddenly, he sensed that Luna was looking at him, and he quickly turned his body slightly to meet Luna's eyes.He was caught off-guard for only a moment before he offered her a flattering smile, one that made Luna f
Going through all those thoughts internally, Luna secretly pressed the mic on her collar and communicated with Joshua. "What should we do?"Joshua's calm, steady voice was heard from the concealed earbud. "I think we were too late; they've taken a step ahead of us. Still, it's okay."His low voice was very remote. "Mother-in-law would never discover Butler Fred and Mickey's real identities if they don't fool her once. Just follow the things I say, and don't hint at Jim. I'm sure he'll understand what we're trying to get at."Luna bit her lip. "Alright."Joshua's voice slowly rang in the earbud, and Luna was stunned when she finished listening to Joshua's plan.She subconsciously turned to look at Jim, and moments later, she inhaled deeply and glared at him. "What are you trying to get at, Jim? Are you saying our mother isn't the mastermind? That she's framed? Who'd dare frame our mother?"Jim furrowed his brow tightly at Luna's abnormal reaction. He believed Luna knew the truth,
"Do you really think Granny Lynch isn't guilty of Uncle Colin Landry's death, even when the Quinn family had instigated everything? How many times has our business nearly entered into bankruptcy because of the Lynch family? Which of these had nothing to do with Granny Lynch?"She even sent an assassin to kill Father and Mother! Mother only sent someone to poison her in Banyan City, and she didn't die right away. Granny Lynch even lived for many years ahead even after being poisoned, didn't she?"Luna sneered halfway through the conversation. "Now that the feud between our family and the Lynch family is solved, are you not willing to admit the things that happened? If Mother said she did it, then she did it. No one is worthy enough that Mother would shoulder the blame for them, isn't that right?"She looked at Rosalyn's face seriously. "Mother, am I right?"Rosalyn's face looked terrible as she looked at Luna's sincere face. Somehow, she managed to muster a weak smile. "That's right