Father."Joshua and Luna were standing in front of the stage.He curled his lips and smiled ambiguously. "It's been a while.""Yes, it has been." Adrian quickly rushed down from the stage and shook Joshua's hand excitedly when he saw Joshua and Luna standing in front of the stage. "You two are really here! Aunt Jacqueline said you were going to be here, but I find it hard to believe…but she's right! You still care about me!"Joshua looked at Adrian. When Adrian said 'Aunt Jacqueline', he frowned.According to their age, Jacqueline and Joshua should be around the same age.'He's marrying someone around my age and expects me to address her as my aunt…' He squinted.Although he was not happy, he still politely looked at Jacqueline. "Ms. Grace."Jacqueline curled up her lips and smiled. "Mr. Lynch, we finally meet."She had worked so hard over the year for this day. Ever since she knew Joshua and Luna were the ones who killed Fiona, she toiled rigorously to meet the nasty couple.
What Joshua said created a ripple effect like when a stone got thrown into a peaceful lake. An uproar appeared among the crowd.Some were worried Joshua was really serious about not helping with Adrian's debt and they needed to go after Adrian. Some were guessing that something happened between Joshua and Adrian. Some even thought Joshua deliberately put on a show and lied about cutting ties with Adrian because he did not want to help with Adrian's debt.All kinds of assumptions and guesses appeared.Luna stood beside Joshua and grabbed his hand tightly. She knew to the others, Joshua looked powerful and mighty but he actually had a soft heart too.He yearned for family bonding. He yearned for Adrian to love and care for him as every normal father would.All these years, he had been trying to bear with Adrian no matter how Adrian hurt him over and over again. Otherwise, it just did not make sense that the only one in jail was Michael after Granny Lynch passed away when Adrian was
Joshua's statement made the entire room go silent as everyone gaped at the pair of men onstage.Everyone in Banyan City knew that Rianna, the most powerful businesswoman in the city at one point, died due to complications during childbirth, and at that time, Adrian even hosted a memorial for her.At her funeral, Adrian cried his heart out, claiming that Rianna was the most selfless woman he had ever met and that she had chosen to give up her life just to continue the Lynch bloodline.This was why even after so many years, everyone in Banyan City was under the impression that Adrian and Rianna were a match made in heaven, and that if Rianna had not died, they would have spent the rest of their lives together, happily ever after. At this moment, however…Joshua's bold statement destroyed everyone's impression. "Mr. Lynch, you can't frame your father with false accusations just to get out of paying our money back!" All of a sudden, someone yelled from among the crowd.The entire ro
A copy of Rianna's medical report while she was pregnant read that her pregnancy had been uneventful and that she could undergo normal vaginal delivery as planned.However, it was Adrian who insisted on letting her go through a Cesarean delivery.Besides that, the doctors also documented the fact that they had warned Adrian of the complications that could arise from a Cesarean delivery due to Rianna's condition, and that the surgery came with a high risk of death, but Adrian did not waver.On the day of Rianna's surgery, she almost died on the table as the doctors predicted, but fortunately, her sister Eanne arrived at the scene just in time and managed to save her life.Rianna was still alive up until this time, but the final medical report documented that she had died of surgical complications.With that, a series of photos from Rianna's funeral appeared onscreen, including pictures of Adrian crying as though he was a child who had lost his favorite toy.However, on the same da
The entire room fell silent when they heard this woman's voice.Everyone turned to gaze in the direction of the voice.At this moment, Celia walked into the room, dressed entirely in white."Who's that?""I think that's Adrian's ex-wife, Celia something…""Is that Celia Giles, the name of the woman written on the hotel records from just now?""Yes, I think that's her! she's the one who slept with Adrian the day of Rianna's memorial!"Celia finally reached the stage among the audience's whispers and alighted the steps until she was standing directly in front of Joshua."Adrian, you claimed that Joshua does not have sufficient evidence to prove himself, didn't you? Well, do you think I'm enough proof?"The entire room erupted into a flurry of activity at this.Adrian turned to glance at the woman standing in front of Joshua, his face pale, and said in a trembling voice, "Celia, you and I have been together for over twenty years, and we've been through thick and thin together. H
Celia froze, unable to understand why Jacqueline had turned on her all of a sudden, and immediately shot Jacqueline another cold glare back. "What did I do, then? Tell me, you brat—what did I do to deserve Adrian sending his men to beat me up like a criminal?"Jacqueline could not help curling her lips into a smirk when she heard this. She took out her phone, pulled up a recording, and pressed play."You brat, I've already told you this—Adrian and I have been together for more than two decades, and if you don't give me enough money, I'll continue to harass the two of you for the rest of your lives! Bitch, I gave birth to Adrian's son for him, and even though Michael is in jail now, you probably don't know that he's in there because he took the blame for his father!"Do you honestly think Michael could've pulled off Granny Lynch's murder all of his own? Well, let me tell you this—if you don't give me two million dollars now, I won't let this go. Not only will I continue harassing Adr
"What is she trying to say?" Joshua glanced coldly at Adrian as a sneer crossed his face. "Mr. Lynch, do you honestly think that Jacqueline, a beautiful woman in her twenties, would be willing to marry a man more than twice her age? Do you think you won her over with your irresistible charm somehow?"He fixated his frosty gaze on Adrian's face and said in a tone as cold as ice, "Do you think Jacqueline would have even given you a second glance if it weren't for the fact that you're Adrian Lynch, father of Joshua Lynch?"Joshua's tone was so sarcastic that some of the audience could not help snickering at this. The truth was, everyone knew that a woman in her twenties would never willingly marry a man twice her age, not unless she had ulterior motives, and especially not since Adrian was such a useless man.When he was younger, he relied on Grandpa and Granny Lynch, then after he married Rianna, she became the head of the family, while he eventually became dependent on Joshua, their
"Did you honestly think that as long as Eanne and Carl died, the truth would never surface?" Joshua sneered as though he could sense Adrian's exact thoughts, then tapped on his phone again.Another piece of news about Rianna appeared onscreen.This time, the evidence was even more concrete—this was a record from Rianna's taxi ride at the airport, where she had hailed a taxi to Lynch Mansion.Then, the visitation records of a mental asylum were displayed, which showed that Rianna had been admitted, and Adrian visited her multiple times after her admission.This was followed shortly by Rianna's death certificate, which showed that her cause of death was suicide.Everyone fell silent upon seeing this as they finally pieced together the truth of Rianna's death.It turned out that she had not died while giving birth to Joshua two decades ago, but instead, had taken her own life in a mental asylum in Banyan City when Joshua was five."I obtained these records from Carl Howard, my uncl