Even if Steven knew Mr. and Mrs. Hughes had done many bad things, they were still his parents. They never did anything bad to him.Gwen understood the struggle and helplessness he felt. Thus, she curled up her lips and smiled. "I understand. You don't have to feel bad or blame yourself. I believe if you're Luke now, he'd make the same decision as you. Don't worry. I'll tell Joshua and Thomas about this. We'll rescue Denise and Sean."Her sweet voice soothed his hanging heart. He gripped the phone tightly and shut his eyes. "Thank you, Gwen.""Don't thank me yet. I have a favor to ask."Steven's breathing halted at this. After a while, he asked quickly, "What can I help you with?"He thought they would never cross paths again after how things ended in the hotel. It took him a long time to gather up his courage to make this call, and he never thought Gwen would actually request a favor from him.He was willing to help. No matter what Gwen asked of him, he would do it.Gwen was rig
After a moment of silence, Gwen nodded vehemently. "Thank you. I'll go tell Joshua and the rest about Denise and Sean now. After I'm finished here, I'll go over to your place to look for you."Since Denise and Sean were both in danger, it was better for her to go over as soon as possible to distract Mr. and Mrs. Hughes.…"Steven's parents are gross." Luna frowned after knowing what happened to Denise and Sean. "They specifically said Denise had nothing to do with them. They made it very clear that she was adopted. Now that Denise finally found the love of her life and wanted to cut ties with them, they're pulling this?"She pursed her lips. "They're so mean."Although Luna did not like Denise, she was a mother of four. She knew the bond between the parents and the child. Even if the child was adopted, the parents should never treat the child any differently.The only explanation was that Steven's parents were heartless, cold-blooded people that had not a smidge of sentiment for
Gwen was astonished to hear Nigel's mature voice coming from the other side of the call. "How… How did Nigel do it?"Joshua tried calling Sean, yet the call did not go through. How did Nigel contact Sean from so far away, especially when Sean's phone was off the network? Did he have some kind of superpower?"Before Sean came over, Nigel had given him a special piece of jewelry." Joshua furrowed his brow as he listened to Nigel repeating what Sean told him and explained it to Gwen in a low voice. "It was the same type of jewelry Luna and the kids used to communicate right in front of me back in the past. Sean was sent here by Nigel to protect Riley."During his operation, he had to avoid many surveillance cameras, so Nigel gave him the jewelry. That's why we can't contact Sean, but Nigel can."Even after the explanation, Gwen still felt puzzled by it all. Although she did not understand entirely how it worked, she realized one thing: Nigel was a genius.A genius in computers and te
Joshua had said it before—they hoped Gwen could pretend to be Steven's girlfriend to distract Steven's parents. Therefore, Gwen was not surprised when Joshua said that.She pursed her lips and looked at Joshua with a pair of serious eyes. "Do I need to do it now?"She thought there was time for her to prepare mentally."We don't have much time left." Joshua looked down at his watch to check the time and said, "It's going to take roughly half a day for you and Steven to get ready and ask Steven's parents out to the restaurant."And, since we don't know the exact location where Denise and Sean are in the residence, we can't guarantee Sean has an adequate food supply. Most importantly…"He gave Gwen a serious look. "If we don't distract Steven's parents soon, I'm scared they might be cornered in desperation and sell Denise to someone else."Luna frowned as she heard that. "Are you saying…""Yes." Joshua interrupted her indifferently to express affirmation of her assumption. "You sh
What Joshua said startled Gwen as she stared at him dumbfoundedly. "Seriously?""Why do you think it only took him twenty minutes to arrive here, then?" Joshua glanced at Gwen. "I know you don't want to owe him anything or be too involved with him, but you need to face the reality, Gwen."No matter how you try to avoid it, you can't deny the fact that you had accepted many favors from him."He lowered his head and continued organizing the document on the table. "Nonetheless, you don't have to feel too stressed about it. After all, he's Luke's brother, and he's using Luke's body. He's the beneficiary of all of these. It's right for him to help you."Gwen bit her lip and did not know how to react to what Joshua said."Why did you tell all those?" Luna frowned and raised her hand to knock on Joshua's head. She then turned and looked at Gwen with a smile. "Don't mind what he said. Calm yourself first. Our priority now is to save Denise and Sean."Now that Sean has a lot of evidence t
When Gwen was down at the lobby, Steven's car was parked just right in front of the hotel entrance. The sky was snowing a little, yet there was already a thick layer of snow on Steven's car.Gwen bit her lip when she saw the layer of snow. Even if she did not believe what Joshua said, she had to believe it when she saw Steven's car.Joshua was right. Steven must have come after she called him…or maybe, he could have been waiting for a long time even before she called him.The snow could not have piled up that thickly in a short time, especially when it was only snowing a little.The gratitude and guilt she felt for Steven accumulated even more. She took a deep breath and opened the car door to get in. "Have you waited for a long time?"Steven smiled and looked at her calmly. "I just arrived.""Just arrived?" Gwen raised an eyebrow. "How could there be snow that's almost three to four centimeters thick on your car if you just arrived?"The question caught Steven off-guard as he f
"Steven!"Mrs. Hughes was thrilled when she saw the caller ID on her phone screen. She picked up the call excitedly. "Have you thought it through? I told you. As long as you change your mind, you'll forever be my precious son! You're our only son when we chose you over Luke twenty years ago!"She was so excited that she forgot where she was and she did not care if she embarrassed herself in front of Mr. Hoffman. "Denise is just an orphan we adopted. Her life is worth nothing to us. It's not worth falling out with us because of her. It just isn't worth it!"Where are you now? Do you need us to send someone to pick you up? As long as you are willing to come back, me, you and your father will still be a loving and happy family, okay?"Steven furrowed his brow as he quietly listened to what his mother had to say. After a while, his mother finally finished what she wanted to say.He took a deep breath and said, "Mother."His voice sounded heavy. "Gwen and I would like to sit and eat w
"You can't stop me," Steven interjected as soon as she finished her sentence. "I don't care what any of you think; I want to be with Gwen. This is between the two of us, and is none of your business."All of a sudden, he recalled the reason he had called his mother in the first place, so he took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Mother, you've misunderstood all this. Gwen and I truly love each other, and if you don't believe me, feel free to come to visit us, and bring Father along, too. Gwen and I will show you how genuine we are."Mrs. Hughes could not help snickering when she heard this. "You're going to show me how genuine you are? How naive of you to think you truly love each other! You're just a gullible man being strung along by a calculating witch!"She sneered and added, "My dear son, please open your eyes and see that woman for what she truly is! All she wants from you is your life!"Steven curled his lips into a smirk. "Mother, I've already told you; if you and Fat