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Luna’s hand that was holding her phone tightened slightly. “How did you know?“

On the other end of the phone, Theo sucked in a cold breath. “So, you really went to Sea City with

Joshua?“

Luna frowned but did not answer.

“Luna, didn’t we agree yesterday that I would go with you?“ Theo’s voice carried a hint of

disappointment. “I know you don’t want to trouble me, but I told you…“

Sucking in a deep breath, he frowned. “I ‘m on my way to Sea City, tell me where’s the location of the

hotel you’re in, I’ll go to you.“

Luna glanced at Luke Jones who was sitting in the passenger seat. He shrugged, then opened the

door and stepped out of the car. Luna was the only one left inside the car.

“Theo. “ She sucked in a deep breath. “I came here because my friend fell ill, I came to visit her, not for

traveling or for a vacation. Joshua is with me only because Luke is his friend too. You really don’t have

to come, I might be able to go home tomorrow.“

“But…“ On the other end of the phone, Theo frowned. “Do you know how I found out you went there

with Joshua? Alice told me. She just called and said the two of you have rekindled old flames. She

asked whether I would like to work together with her..but I rejected her. She said she’s on her way to

Sea City. I was worried she would make a fuss out of the fact that you and Joshua went to Sea City

together…“

He paused for a moment. “I can at least help if I ‘m there with you.“

Luna paused. For the past few days, Alice had been laying low, she almost forgot there was still a

ticking time bomb beside Joshua in the form of Alice Gibson.

But, Luna’s hand that was holding her phone tightened slightly.

She came just in time. The Walter family was the cause of Gwen’s tragedy. If not for Alice, the Walter

family would never do that to Gwen. Since she followed them to Sea City this time, it was the perfect

opportunity to take revenge on Alice for old and new wrongs together!

But…

Still, she sucked in a deep breath. “Theo, I know you won’t listen even if I ask you not to come. But…“

She pursed her lips. “If you really want to help me, please don’t come to Sea City. Go abroad, to Neil

and Nellie’s summer camp, help me take care of them. “

Luna still remembered; Alice told her she had someone stationed beside the children. No matter how

smart they were, they were just two young children, when faced with absolute power, they could never

escape. Even if they had Zach and Yuri beside them, the two bodyguards were, to be straightforward,

simple musclemen. Luna could sleep peacefully at night if she knew Theo was with them.

“Neil and Nellie…“ Theo frowned, hesitating slightly. “Are they in danger?”

“Perhaps.” Luna sucked in a deep breath. “You know how important the children are to me. I’m not

afraid of what Alice will do to me, but I’m worried that she’ll harm my children at the same time that

she’s targeting me.”

For a long while, there was nothing but silence from the other end of the phone. A moment later, Theo

sighed, “Then, you be careful. I’ll buy my tickets now and fly over to see them.”

Then, he could not help himself and asked, “How long do I have to be there to protect them?”

“Wait for me. I’ll fly over and meet you there when I can.”

“Alright.” After another long moment of silence, Theo sighed, “Be careful when you’re in Sea City.”

“I will.“ After reminding Theo of some important details, Luna finally hung up. Putting away her phone,

she closed her eyes and leaned back on the leather upholstery of the car, her thoughts in a mess.

If not for what happened to Gwen, maybe she… would not consider taking revenge against Alice. She

was a woman too, she understood too well how painful it was to go through what Gwen experienced.

And the source of this pain was Alice’s hatred towards Luna. If this time she did not make Alice show

her true colors and force Joshua to expose her true identity, all the pain that Gwen suffered would be in

vain.

She intentionally sent Theo abroad because of this too. One of her friends had already suffered. If

unfortunately, she failed, she did not want to drag Theo down with her.

“What are you thinking about?“ All of a sudden, Luke’s voice dragged Luna’s mind back to the present.

She opened her eyes and smiled in his direction. “I heard you have been busy getting rid of the Walter

family’s and Liam Clark’s remaining followers?“

Luke laughed, “Why?“

Luna raised her eyes, looking at him calmly and indifferently. “I can help you.“

The man lifted his eyebrows, opened the car door and climbed back into the passenger seat, then

raised his eyes and looked forward. “How?“

By the time Luna and Luke finished discussing Alice, it was already past 11 a.m. The moment the

conversation between them ended, Luke’s phone rang, it was a call from Gwen. Luke pressed the

button for the loudspeaker.

“This is Luke Larson.“

The woman’s voice drifting from the other end of the phone was still very weak, her breath unsteady. “

Are you lying to me again? You said Luna is here, where is she? Luke, I ‘m begging you, please don’t

treat me like a fool again, please?“

At Gwen’s words, Liam could not help himself and raised his eyebrows at Luna. “Say something.“

Luna licked her lips and sucked in a deep breath. “

Gwennie.“

The woman on the other end of the phone remained silent for several seconds then a trace of

excitement and happiness seeped into her breathless voice. “ Luna! You’re really here?“

“Yeah.“ Luna smiled. “Something happened and I got delayed, I ‘m at the hospital, right downstairs, I ‘ll

go up to see you now. “ With that, she hung up the phone and gazed at Luke deeply. “Lead the way. “

Luke laughed scornfully, “No matter what, I ‘m the leader of the biggest gang in Sea City. Only two

people can order me to serve them using this tone of voice, Gwen is the first one, and you’re the

second.“

Luna curled her lips in a smile. “All thanks to Gwen, it’s your own fault for falling for her.“

The moment her words left her mouth, the smile on Lucas’s face froze. He stuck his hands into his

pockets, lifted his legs, and strode ahead. “ Nonsense.“

Luna hooked the corners of her lips up in a smile but said nothing. She saw everything that Luke did for

Gwen. If he was only nice to her because of Joshua’s previous request, then he would not go the extra

mile for her.

The two of them rode the elevator upstairs. The moment the doors to the elevator opened, Luna

spotted Gwen who had been waiting for them by the entrance to the elevators, sitting in her wheelchair.

“Luna! “ A red flush blossomed across the woman’s pale face, a lively light entering her dull eyes. “You

really came! “

Luna could not hide the excitement in her heart, she strode forward and placed her arms around Gwen

in a soft hug. “How are you?“

“No… not very well.“ Gwen held in the tears swimming in her eyes, reached out, and held Luna’s

hands. “I always wanted to tell you. I remember now, what was written on the piece of paper I gave

you! “

Luna paused.

She still remembered the ‘love letter’ that Gwen stuffed into her hands when she was drunk. That night,

after she sent Gwen home, Liam Clark caught her with the letter. Later, Liam took a photo of the letter

then set it on fire. And the next day, tragedy struck Gwen.

She still did not know the contents of the letter. The next day, because of the trauma Gwen suffered,

she experienced short-term memory loss, and coincidentally forgot the contents of the letter.

And now Gwen said she remembered.

“Luke.“

When Luna was still stuck in her daze, Gwen raised her eyes and side -eyed Luke. “Can you give us

some privacy?“

Luke motioned to the caretaker who was pushing Gwen’s wheelchair. The caretaker hurriedly retracted

her hands from the handle of the wheelchair, then turned around respectfully and left.

Luke took a cigarette out of his pocket and was about to light it when he unconsciously glanced at

Gwen. Finally, he stuffed the cigarette back into its packet and then swept his eyes across at Luna

coldly. “I booked the entire floor, there is no one else here except the two of you. You can say anything

you want here, it’s very safe.“ Luke looked at Luna

meaningfully. “Take good care of her.“ With that, he turned and left.

When the numbers on the elevator panel Luke was riding in started to change, Gwen finally let out a

deep breath, raised her head, and looked at Luna. ” The contents of the letter I gave you is… ”

Luna sighed faintly, raised her hand, and started pushing Gwen’s wheelchair . ”In the letter , you told

me you found out the real Hailey Walter is actually Joshua’s current wife, Alice Gibson, am I right?”

Luna’s calm and indifferent voice stunned Gwen. She turned her head and looked at Luna in shock.

”You… you already know?”

”Yeah.” Luna wheeled her slowly along the hallway, a trace of melancholy in her voice. ”Even till now, I

haven’t read the contents of your letter. But I found out about the truth in the past few weeks or so.”

Back then when the Walter family read the contents of the letter, they risked the danger of Joshua

exacting revenge on them again and attacked Gwen once more. It was obvious the information that

Gwen held was critical to the Walter family. And what they feared the most, was the exposure of Alice’s

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identity. The cause of death of the puppet that impersonated Hailey could not have been suicide. With

an identity like hers, she would definitely know who the real Hailey Walter was. That was why Dennis

would kill the puppet in a murderous rage, to create the illusion that she was dead. Then they took a

huge risk and again plotted to harm Gwen. After returning to Banyan City, the Walter family started to

plan, wanting to plant the identity of Hailey Walter on someone else.

Luna sighed, “Gwennie, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.“ If she did not return to Sea City, if she did not reunite

with Gwen… Gwen would still be the perfect, loving couple with Ben Zeller. She would not discover the

Walter family’s secret, and such a tragedy would not have befallen her.“

“There’s no need to apologize…“ Gwen shook her head, a wry smile appearing on her pale face. “I

cou1d’ve chosen to ignore you when you approached me. Even after I discovered this information, I

could’ve acted like I didn’t know anything and not tell you.“

She lifted her eyes and looked into the distance, her gaze calm and unfeeling. “These are all my own

choices, it’s not your fault, it’s not anyone’s fault. This is my destiny. I was destined to be played with by

an idiot like Ben Zeller, destined to suffer through this calamity, and also destined…“

She lowered her head and gently stroked her flat tummy. “And also destined to be pregnant with the

devil’s child.“

Seeing her look so down and afraid, Luna’s heart squeezed in pain. She bit her lip, walked in front of

Gwen, knelt down, and grabbed Gwen’s hand. ” Gwennie, you… really don’t intend to keep this child?

Gwen closed her eyes and nodded fiercely. She bit her lip, her voice almost squeezed out from

between her teeth. “Luna, do you know… every time I think of this child in my stomach, I will remember

the events of that day. There were five or six of them… all of them looked like monsters… I don’t know

who the child belongs to, all of them forced me… forced me several times.“

Even with her eyes shut tight, tears still slid quietly out of the corners of her eyes. “I can’t move past

this. For the past few days, whether it’s the doctors or the nurses, or even the psychiatrist, all of them

kept persuading me, in my body’s current state, if I insist on getting an abortion, I might be infertile for

lie… If there’s an accident during the surgery, I might even lose my life. All of them suggest that I rest

for a few months, and after I fully recover, by that time, the child would have grown up, then both the

child and I would be safe…“

With that, she opened her eyes and looked straight at Luna. “You have 3 children, I don’t know whether

you’ll understand how I feel right now. Even if I give birth to the child, I won’t love him. His father is a

criminal and his mother doesn’t love him, giving birth to him would be nothing but a tragedy. That’s

why…“

Gwen sucked in a deep breath. “Even if there might be a risk to my life, I don’t want this child to be

born.“ She lowered her head. “The doctor said… in another week or two, the child will have a

heartbeat, it’ll be a complete lifeform.“

Finally, she sucked in a deep breath and raised her head. “I want to abort him before he becomes a

complete lifeform.“

Luna’s heart squeezed together at Gwen’s words. She had never experienced Gwen’s pain, so she

could not put herself in her shoes and understand her pain and suffering.

But she was right. If this child was destined to become the grim shadow that followed her her whole

life… then it would be better if she ended his life before he formed into a complete lifeform.

“But Gwennie.“ Luna held her hand. “Are you willing to risk your life to abort this child?“

“Yeah.“ Gwen nodded solemnly, a hint of despair in her expression. “Luke will not agree to this… If he

doesn’t agree, even if I escape from here, no hospital in Sea City will dare to perform the operation on

me

. with the current state of my body, he’ll capture me before I make it out of the city… maybe, after I

die… I’ll be free again.“

“I’ll help you.“ Luna sucked in a deep breath and stood up. “If you really don’t want this baby… I’ll help

you convince Luke.“

“Really?“

“Yeah.” “Interesting.”

The moment Luna’s words left her mouth, a man’s cold voice rang out. Joshua leaned on the wall in

the hallway, a taunting sneer hanging on his lips. “Luke asked you to come here to Sea City to

persuade Gwen to keep the child for the sake of her own health, and now you want to help Gwen

persuade Luke instead?”

Both Luna and Gwen turned around upon hearing the man’s voice.

Seeing that it was Joshua, Gwen’s expression turned ugly. Luna on the other hand, raised her lips in a

faint smile. ”Luke said this floor was very secure, there wouldn’t be anyone else besides the two of you.

So in his eyes, you’re not even human?”

Joshua smiled, eyes flattening into two crescents. ”I don’t know whether you’re insulting me or Luke

with your words.” He stood up elegantly and strolled toward Luna. ”I heard the first thing you did after

you woke up in the car was ask about me. I thought there was an emergency of some sort, so I rushed

up here immediately.” With that, he curled his lips up into a sneer, then glanced at her coldly. ”It seems

I should not have come.”

”You know you should not have come and yet you’re still here?” Gwen frowned, sounding slightly

displeased. Previously, like everyone else, she thought Joshua was a loyal and loving man, someone

who had always kept Luna in his heart. But after she found out about everything that happened to

Luna, she saw him as nothing but a fake, two -faced hypocrite.

Joshua laughed coldly and glanced at Gwen, ”This is how you treat your savior? ” Back then if he did

not acquire the Larson Group that belonged to Gwen’s father, and plead with Luke to take care of her

and her father, would she have the chance to be sitting here, talking to him alive?

“Savior?“ Gwen snorted, “Even though from the eyes of an outsider, Mr. Lynch you are indeed my

savior. Without you, my father wouldn’t be where he is today. But…“

She curled her lips and looked at Joshua. “Everything that you did for my family, did you do it out of

pity, out of the kindness of your heart? Without Luna, would you help us so much? My savior is Luna,

the person I should thank is also Luna.“

Joshua could not help but curl his lips in a smile at Gwen’s words. He never expected Luna’s friend

would grow to become more similar to her in terms of character and personality.

“Since you said that…“ He laughed coldly, “Then everything I did for you was in vain? I ‘m not your

savior, you don’t owe me anything… “ As he spoke, he looked at Luna meaningfully. “Then who does?

Who owes me a favor?“

Luna frowned. She sucked in a deep breath, lowered her head, her eyes darted to Gwen and back

again quickly. “Gwennie, I should send you back to your room.“

Gwen nodded.

Luna raised her eyes and swept her eyes across at Joshua. “I am the one who owes you a favor.

Please wait for a moment, Mr. Lynch, I ’11 send her back to her room first.“ With that, she turned and

wheeled Gwen back to her ward.

Joshua stood in his spot, looked at her retreating back as she wheeled Gwen, and could not help but

narrow his eyes.

A minute later, Luna walked out of the ward and strode toward him. She stood steadily in front of him

and raised her head and looked at him, a smile plastered across her face. “Mr. Lynch, shall we go out

for a cup of coffee?“

He curled his lips and smiled. “This is how you repay the favor you owe me?“

Luna turned and walked ahead, pressing on the elevator button swiftly. “Of course this is not enough to

repay the favor I owe you. This is just the first step.“

As she spoke, the elevator arrived. She lifted her legs and entered. Standing in the elevator, she

cocked her head to the side and smiled in his direction. “Mr. Lynch, aren’t you leaving?“

The cold, steel mirror in the elevator made Luna look even slimmer and more charming than usual, the

smile on her face as gentle as the first breeze of spring.

Especially her eyes…

Joshua looked at her eyes and felt as if his heart had stopped.

His thoughts immediately jumped back to the time when he and Luna Gibson had just gotten married.

Back then, in the throes of newlywed bliss, she loved following him around, acting as his perfect wife.

Even though his expression was ice-cold as always, looking down his nose at her actions, deep down,

he felt warm and happy.

Once, they were stuck in a restaurant for dinner and stuck it out until everyone else left. When it was

only the two of them left, Luna Gibson would cheekily step into the elevator ahead of him, then stand

there and look at him, her head cocked to the side, a smile in her eyes, waiting for him to come in.

Before him, she was always gentle, steady, and submissive.

Now, standing before him with her head cocked to the side, smiling mischievously at him was the only

time she saw the lively, high-spirited side of her.

Even till this day, he remembered that scene.

And at that moment, the image of the Luna Gibson of his memories seemed to overlap with Luna in

front of him.

Even though their looks, their figures, and personalities were completely different. But those eyes, and

the familiar feeling she brought him, were exactly the same.

He murmured and opened his mouth, “Lulu…“

Luna paused violently. It had been a long time since she heard him say that word… Lulu was the

nickname given to her by Gwen. Gwen called her Lulu, and she in turn called Gwen, Gwennie. Later,

anyone who was closer to her also addressed her as Lulu.

Joshua was no exception.

It was just that after she became Luna, this was the second time Joshua had mentioned this nickname.

Did he… find out anything?

She pursed her lips, suppressed the confusion in the bottom of her heart, and looked at him, her lips

curled up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, what did you say?“

Only then did Joshua recover his wits. He smiled wryly. “Nothing.“ With that, he sucked in a deep

breath, raised his leg, and stepped into the elevator.

When both of them reached the ground floor, Luke was leaning on the wall in the lobby smoking a

cigarette. Seeing Luna and Joshua come down, the first thing he did was call his subordinate and ask

him to go to Gwen’s ward and look after her.

“Don’t worry, Gwen won’t try to commit suicide again.“

Luna looked at how he worried he was and could not help but laugh, “Luke, have you dated a girl

before? “

Luke rolled his eyes at her, lifted his legs, and entered the elevator. Looking at Luke’s retreating back,

Luna could not help it and burst out laughing.

“This man was awkward but cute. If he was less domineering, he would be a good match for Gwen.“

Seeing Luna look at Luke from behind, stupefied, Joshua narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, “

Interested in him?“

She turned and glanced at him, “No, I’m only interested in you, Mr. Lynch.“

He frowned, swept his eyes at her coldly then turned and walked out the door.

Luna sucked in a deep breath and hurriedly chased after him.

The two of them sat down in a coffee shop outside the hospital.

Luna sipped at her coffee and smiled as she looked at Joshua. “I have a favor to ask of you.“

Joshua leaned back on the chair indifferently and looked at her. “What favor? You want me to help you

persuade Luke to allow Gwen to abort her child?“

Luna paused, then nodded. “Yes.“

He lifted his lips in a smile. “You should know, with the current state that her body is in, her life will be

endangered if she undergoes the abortion. I would suggest for her to play around for a few months,

then abort the baby when the surgery isn’t life- threatening.“

Luna placed the coffee mug on the table. “But if she waits for a while more before getting the abortion,

the baby is going to have a heartbeat.“

Joshua raised his eyebrows. “So? It can’t be aborted once it has a heartbeat?“

Luna’s heart dropped into the pit of her stomach at his words. Back then, after the accident, she hated

Joshua to his core. And so, she once considered aborting her own unborn children. But back then the

three little kids already had heartbeats. She could not bear to do it. That’s why she tried her best to give

birth to them.

And now Joshua was asking her a question like this. Luna found it ironic. She curled her lips. “Then

what if it was your own child? Back then, when Luna Gibson met with an accident and fell into the

ocean, your children already had heartbeats. If she shared the same thoughts as you, do you think you

would still be able to see Neil and Nellie now?“

Joshua frowned. “That’s different.“ “How is it different?“

“Luna Gibson loved me.“

Luna almost lost her cool and laughed out loud. How thick-skinned could he be?

Back then, he almost killed her and their three children, and now when he mentioned the past, he could

still be so sure, so confident that even if the children did not have heartbeats yet, she would still keep

them.

Because she still loved him.

Where did his confidence come from, to think that the woman he almost pushed into the gates of hell

would still love him?

Joshua clearly read the disdain and scorn in her eyes. He frowned, leaning back on the chair in

displeasure. “You seem to doubt my words a lot?“

“Not really, “ she smiled faintly. “I was just thinking, if back then her unborn children did not have

heartbeats yet when Luna met with the accident, whether the final outcome would be the same.“

Back then, she hated Joshua to his core, she wished she could feast on his flesh and quench her thirst

with his blood to quell the hatred in her heart. But in the end, she still gave birth to his children.

Actually, there was another reason why she could not bear to abort the children…

The babies with heartbeats were triplets. If she aborted them rashly, she would be killing three lives.

“Even if the children did not have heartbeats yet when Luna met with the accident, the final outcome

would be the same.” Joshua lifted his mug and sipped on his coffee, he obviously did not want to

continue this topic of conversation. ”You really plan to allow Gwen to take such a risk?”

Luna nodded. ”Even if it is for the sake of her own safety, we cannot go against her wishes.”

He laughed coldly, ”Is Gwen your friend, or your enemy? This is the first time I ‘in seeing someone

push her friend into a pit of fire.”

Luna interrupted him. ”Allowing her to keep this child would be truly pushing her into a pit of fire. ”

Joshua lowered his mug, looking at Luna with a deep, meaningful gaze. ”It’s just giving birth to the child

of someone you hate or aborting a fetus with a heartbeat… is it so unacceptable? “

“Yes.” She took a deep breath, and looked at him solemnly. ”Mr. Lynch, you’ re not a woman so you

can’ t understand the God- given feelings a woman has towards her child. There is no mother who

doesn’t love her own child, Gwen is no exception. But this child, if she keeps it, will bring her nothing

but endless pain. Her love for her child and her hatred for the child’s father will destroy her.”

Joshua remained quiet for a while. A moment later , he switched into a more comfortable position and

leaned back in the chair, looking at Luna with faint and indifferent eyes. ”In the end, Gwen is your

friend, not mine. If you insist on helping her, I can help you.” As he spoke, he lifted his eyebrows in her

direction. ”But, how do you intend to repay my kindness? I remember you already owe me enough

favors as it is.“

Luna smiled. “You’re right, I do owe you many favors. Then why don’t I… “ She did not know which

nerve short-circuited in her brain, the words just flew off her tongue. “Give you a child?“

Her words caused the air between them to instantly turn quiet.

Luna regretted it the moment the words left her mouth. But there was no retracting the words she said.

After a bout of awkward silence, Luna coughed softly and turned her face away. “It’s just a joke, don’t

take it seriously, Mr. Lynch.“

Joshua looked at her flushed cheeks, a cold smile hanging on his lips. “It’s a pretty good idea. When

did you start wanting to give birth to my children?“

Luna closed her eyes, she even found it difficult to breathe, her entire body enveloped in tight layers of

nerves and awkwardness.

A moment later, she sucked in a deep breath and pulled herself together. “I was just talking nonsense.

Mr. Lynch, can’t you take a simple joke?“

Joshua smiled faintly, lowering his eyes as he fiddled with his coffee mug. ”Initially, the way I wanted

you to repay my kindness was by continuing to helm the project for next season’s jewelry designs.

Unexpectedly… you got the wrong idea, Ms. Luna. ”

He raised his head and looked at her, seeming to be in a good mood. ”Then it is decided. I’ll help you

persuade Luke, and you’ll help me… ”

Luna was so embarrassed she wanted to bury her head in the ground and die, she was worried he

would really say he wanted her to give birth to his child, so she hurriedly opened her mouth to interrupt

him. ”I’ll help you with the jewelry projects for the next season.”

Luna sat in her spot and watched his retreating back, her entire body stiff. She raised a hand and

patted her cheek, muscles frozen from prolonged smiling. How could she accidentally say such a

thing? Maybe her mind had been quite scattered recently. Since she could not approach Joshua, could

not sleep with him, even in her dreams she dreamt about getting pregnant. That’s why she let the

words slip out of her accidentally.

After Joshua left, Luna sat in the coffee shop and finished her coffee before paying the bill and left.

The moment she walked out of the exit, she immediately noticed there was a man standing on the

street opposite the coffee shop. That man was wearing jeans and a black jacket, his long hair blown

into a mess by the wind, looking dirty and disheveled.

He was looking in her direction. When she looked toward him, their eyes met. When they looked at

each other, the man smiled creepily, pulling down the jacket that covered his face, and that terrible,

monster-like face was exposed.

Luna paused violently. It was not anyone else but the man that was captured by Joshua’s subordinates

for trying to assassinate her at night, Jason Lane.

Jason smiled in Luna’s direction, then made a slashing motion across his neck, and turned to leave.

Luna’s brows furrowed tightly together.

Jason Lane… was he not locked up by Joshua? When did he come out? Did he follow her to Sea City?

Or… the motion that he made just now had made his intentions crystal clear. He chased her here to kill

her.

She bit her lip, the first thought that popped into her mind was to call Joshua. But in the end, she gave

up when she recalled their awkward conversation moments ago.

Returning to the hospital from the coffee shop, the moment she entered Gwen’s ward, she saw Luke

sitting in front of her bed, gently feeding her some mashed potatoes.

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Gwen still looked gloomy and depressed, but Luke was ecstatic to hear the news that Gwen had given

up committing suicide.

“If I knew you would decide to live on once Luan came and talked to you, I should have brought her

here earlier to accompany you.”

Gwen pursed her lips, her voice low and hoarse. “ She’s busy with her own affairs…” With that, she

raised her head and immediately noticed Luna standing in the doorway. She smiled at Luna. “You’re

back.”

Luke frowned, turned and glanced at Luna. “You’re done talking to Joshua so soon?”

Luna nodded. A moment later, she raised her head and looked at Luke. “Now in Sea City… you’re the

one who calls the shots, right?”

Luke threw a confused glance at her. “You could say so.”

Gwen paused. “What’s wrong?”

Luna sucked in a deep breath and looked at Luke. “I need you to arrange for some men to protect me

here in Sea City.”

Luke was surprised to receive Luna’s request.

He lifted his lips in a cold smile, gaze studying Luna’s expression from top to bottom. “You have

Joshua, why would you need my protection?“

Luna remained silent.

Luke raised an eyebrow. “Why, did you have a fight?“

He smiled faintly. “It’s no big deal, I’ll transfer the man who was in charge of keeping an eye on Gwen

to make sure she didn’t commit suicide again to protect you.“

Gwen frowned. “Is it enough?“ Somehow, she remembered he only arranged for a middle-aged

caretaker to watch over her and prevent her from committing suicide again.

“Eight men still isn’t enough?“ Luke lowered his head and held the sandwich gently with his hand. “

Come on, open your mouth.“

Both Luna and Gwen were stunned. Luke arranged for eight men to prevent her from committing

suicide again?

Luna could not help herself and threw a meaningful gaze at him again. It was obvious that now to Luke,

Gwen was a very, very important person… Not long later, Luke finished feeding Gwen the sandwich.

He stood up, glanced faintly at Luna. ”Are you going to continue keeping her company?”

Luna nodded.

Only then did Luke tidy up the plates, and turned and left. The door to the ward was closed once more.

Gwen lifted her head, frowning at a constant feature on her face, a hint of a cry in her voice. ”He’s

feeding me medicine to stabilize the baby… ”

Luna sucked in a deep breath, then walked over and held Gwen’s hand. ”Don’t worry. It won’t take

long. I’ve already convinced Joshua, he’ll help me persuade Luke.”

Gwen lowered her head quietly, nodding as she sobbed quietly, ”Okay.”

At the moment, she had no other choice. She wanted to die, but failed. The food that she ate every day

was based on a menu specifically designed for her by a dietician that Luke hired. It was impossible for

her to suffer a miscarriage by accident.

Not to mention medicine to trigger a miscarriage. Every day, she was closely monitored here. No one

could bring medicine in here. Without Luna’s help, she had no other choice except painfully giving birth

to a child that should not have existed in the first place. Just the thought alone felt suffocating.

A moment later , Gwen turned and glanced at Luna. ”

Why did you suddenly ask Luke’s men to protect you? The remaining followers of the Walter family are

targeting you?”

Luna shook her head. “No. It’s… some private vengeance I have back in Banyan City.“

Gwen sighed, “Don’t worry, Luke is practically the top overlord of Sea City, with his men protecting you,

nothing will happen to you.“

Luna nodded.

The two good friends sat together in silence for a while, then they felt too bored and started hunting for

a new topic of conversation.

Their past was bitter, but the present was not all rainbows and unicorns either. The only thing that could

make them happy was their time spent together as students. Back then, Luna had yet to meet Joshua,

and Gwen was not married to Ben Zeller yet. As they talked, they could not help but talk about the time

when they played the online game, Lost, together.

“Actually, even after so many years, the game is still running.“

Gwen sighed, then took an invitation out from under her pillow. “Some time ago, I was bored and

downloaded the game again and logged on.

Unexpectedly, a lot of the people we played with back then were still playing the game.“ She stuffed the

invitation into Luna’s hands. “This is the invitation that the clan leader sent me a few days ago. She’s

getting married in real life and invited a lot of old friends in the game. I really want to go… but my health

doesn’t allow me to… why not, you attend on my behalf? Maybe you might even meet the clan member

that you had a crush on! “

Luna accepted the invitation and laughed helplessly as she tore it apart, “I’m afraid the clan member

from back then must have forgotten me a long time ago.”

In high school, in order to play with Gwen, Luna downloaded Lost and registered for an account, even

creating a character. As a rookie in the game, she stumbled around in the game, even walking was

difficult for her.

Later, she met a clan member from the clan that she later joined. He taught her how to play the game,

helping her level up and fighting bosses in dungeons, the two of them had a good time playing

together.

During that time, Luna gradually started to have feelings for him, and he too told her she was very

special.

Later on, he said he only played the game to try it out, he was too busy with his job in real life and

would stop playing. Since then, he never came online again.

After he left, Luna was upset for a period of time, so she too put aside the game. The last day she

logged onto the game was the day she registered her marriage with Joshua. She thought she should

say a proper goodbye to her young love that ended before it even started.

But unexpectedly, when she logged into the game, she realized the clan member had sent her a

message

six months ago, telling her he was already in Sea City and wanted to meet her.

Reading the message, Luna felt as if fate was playing a cruel trick on her. Because the date on the

message, she remembered clearly, was the day she met Joshua.

The day the clan member sent her the email saying he wanted to meet her was the day she met

Joshua and fell in love with him at first sight.

Later, she deleted the game and never logged in again.

Now, if Joshua did not question the time she met Gwen, she would have forgotten this game a long

time ago, and what’s more, would never remember there was once a fellow clan member that she had

a crush on.

Gwen handed her the laptop. “What if he didn’t? Do you want to go online for a look?“

Luna tore open the wedding invitation, the date of the wedding was tomorrow, the name of the bride

printed on the invitation was Clover Bailey. An unfamiliar name.

She frowned, looking at Gwen’s excited expression a s she turned on the laptop. “Do you really want

me to attend the wedding on your behalf?“

“Yeah! “ Gwen nodded seriously. “Just go on my behalf, it’ll be… like fulfilling a wish of mine.“

Luna paused, then sighed and agreed. But, since Gwen already turned on the laptop for her, Luna

accepted it and logged into her old account.

Unexpectedly, the moment she logged on, she received a message from the clan member. (I haven’t

seen you for so many years, I never expected you would still be here.]

Luna was so shocked she did not speak for a moment. A long while later, she sucked in a deep breath

and typed a sentence into the chatbox. (I haven’t touched the game in a long while, it popped up during

my conversation with a friend, so I logged in for a look.]

He sent her a smiley face. (This is fate indeed. I redownloaded the game too after someone mentioned

it to me today.]

After another long bout of silence, he took the initiative and sent her a message. (Are you still in Sea

City? Back then I came to Sea City to see you but failed. Coincidentally, I’m also in Sea City right now,

would you like to meet up?]

Luna paused, excitement bubbling in her chest. (I ‘m attending a wedding tomorrow, would you like to

come along?]

(Alright.]

Reading the word ‘Alright ‘ that the man sent to her, somehow, excitement filled her chest. She never

thought she could somehow reconnect with someone with whom she had lost contact for so many

years. At least she could make up for past regret, right?

Looking at her smiling eyes, Luna frowned. “What’s the matter?”

Luna took a deep breath and turned to look at her, ” You are right. The clan member… is still here! “

At the same time.

In a five-star hotel in Sea City.

Joshua turned off the computer and took out his phone. “Lucas, find out who will be holding the

wedding at the Ocean View Hotel in Sea City tomorrow.”

On the other end of the phone, Lucas was silent for a long while, and finally answered. “Sir, I found it.”

“It’s… Gwen Larson’s ex-husband, Ben Zeller’s wedding.”