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The room fell into silence.

Seeing the look of disbelief on Luna's face, Joshua curled his lips into a small smile. "I asked Christopher, and he told me the baby in your belly is more than a month old.

"A month ago, you had just been abducted, and unless you slept with him immediately after arriving in Merchant City, you wouldn't have gotten pregnant.

"At that time, you had just suffered a miscarriage, so you couldn't have done that."

With that, he took a sip from his cup and added, " Therefore, according to my speculation, this baby is the same one that had been conceived about a month ago."

His analysis was logical and spot-on.

Luna pursed her lips and stared at him intently. "Yes.

She knew that there was no hiding the truth anymore, so she did not want to lie to him any further. "When I fell from the second floor, I had suffered some bleeding. The doctor and I thought the child was gone...

"But to my surprise, it survived against all odds."

Joshua narrowed his eyes. "But now, you claim that this child belongs to Malcolm... Are you planning to let my child have a crook as his father?"

"A crook? " Luna sneered. " I never intended to let Malcolm become this child's father, but on top of that, Malcolm isn't a crook, as you claim."

Joshua narrowed his eyes and snickered. " Isn't he?"

To him, Malcolm was something even more deceitful than a crook.

However, Luna was amused by this. "You're calling Malcolm a crook? Please don't forget, Joshua, that Malcolm was the one who had saved my life and took care of me when I gave birth.

" Before returning to Banyan City, the children had always thought of Malcolm as their godfather, and to them, Malcolm used to be more important than you."

The room fell silent.

Joshua stared at her through narrowed eyes. After a long while, he tilted his head to one side and tried to suppress his emotions. "You say that was in the past. However, after meeting me, the children ended up liking me more."

Luna muttered in affirmation but did not reply.

After a long silence, she lifted her head to stare at Joshua. "Since you asked me here to visit the children and question me about the origin of this baby in my womb, then I guess it's time for me to leave since you have your answers now."

After spending an entire night awake, Luna's head throbbed tremendously.

As soon as she stood up, Joshua furrowed his brows and could not stop himself from grabbing hold of her wrist and pulling her into his arms.

The soft and gentle fragrance wafting off her body made him freeze.

He missed this feeling of holding her in his arms.

Luna frowned and struggled against his grip to no avail.

Therefore, she stopped struggling and instead let him hold her. "What are you doing, Joshua? Is this a farewell hug?"

Joshua murmured in reply and said in a hoarse voice, "How long are you...planning to stay at the Landry's?

Luna could not help feeling that there was a hint of sorrow and pleading in his tone. She pursed her lips and inhaled the unique, manly scent that wafted off his body. "I'm telling you this because I don't want to hide this from you; the reason I chose to return to the Landry family is that my mother's health is deteriorating.

"Aside from that, though, it was also because I was disappointed in you."

Joshua's entire body stiffened when he heard this. He held her close to him and asked, "Then...are you still disappointed in me now?"

"A little." Luna closed her eyes. "However, now I know that...there was a reason why you didn't come to find me, so I don't hate you as much as I used to anymore, but..."

She let out an exhale and removed herself from Joshua's embrace , her clear gaze fixated intently on Joshua's face. "Joshua, from today onward, I'm a Landry, and you're a Lynch."

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"We can't...be together anymore.

"I 'll leave Nigel, Neil, and Nellie to you. As for the child in my belly right now, I'd like to keep it.

"To you, love isn't the most important thing in the world. Therefore, in the future, I'll no longer think of it as the most important thing either.

" It's...time to say goodbye. Let's not make this any more difficult than it has to."

With that, she turned and walked away, with Joshua gaping at her in shock.

"Luna." As soon as Luna's hand wrapped around the door handle, Joshua furrowed his brows and said, " You said that the only reason you chose to return to the Landry family is Rosalyn. Does this mean that if Rosalyn dies, you'll come back to my side?"

Luna's entire body stiffened when she heard this.

She turned around and shot Joshua a cold glance. " I've only managed to reunite with my birth mother after all these years; are you trying to curse her?"

Joshua frowned. "No, that's not what I meant..."

From snippets of conversation with Christopher, he had learned that even though Rosalyn had received the antidote, her health was still deteriorating day by day, and she could not last any longer.

Luna knew what Joshua truly meant, but she could not help feeling uneasy by this.

She let out an exhale and turned to glance at Joshua. " If I catch you saying something like this again, I will never forgive you!"

With that, she turned and strode away.

Joshua remained motionless and rubbed his brows in frustration.

He had been so exhausted lately that he could not even make sense of what he was saying.

How could he possibly have said something like that

Not long after Luna left, one of the servants knocked on his door. "Mr. Lynch, Mr. Jim Landry is here, and he wants to see you."

Joshua paused, then quickly tidied himself before walking out of the room.

Outside the door, Jim was leaning against the hood of his car, his impassive gaze fixated on Joshua. "

What did you say that upset my sister so much? She looked annoyed when she left."

Joshua rubbed his brows and let out a sigh. "I don't want to talk about this."

He was concerned that if he told Jim what had happened, Jim would be angry as well.

"My mother wants to see you." Jim curled his lips into a smile, pulled the door open, and made a gesture of invitation. "She thinks you're much more sincere toward Luna than Malcolm is, so she wants to talk to you."

Joshua raised his eyebrows and got into the car.

On the way back to Landry Mansion, Luna's head was throbbing so hard that she felt as though she would die at any moment.

Due to her pregnancy, she had been easily exhausted lately, and on top of that, she had not slept a wink the night before. Therefore, as soon as she returned to her room, Luna was so tired that she fell asleep the moment her head touched her pillow.

After a long time, someone knocked on her door urgently.

Luna was startled by this noise, but she did not feel like getting up. Initially, she had wanted to ignore the knocking, but the person on the other side of the door knocked even harder and louder. After a while, the servant exclaimed, "Ms. Luna, please wake up! Something has happened to Mrs. Landry!"

Luna was awake in an instant. She quickly got out of her bed and flung open the door. "What happened? What happened to Mother?" The servant lowered her head and replied, "She...she has been murdered by Joshua Lynch."

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Joshua Lynch...had killed...Mother?

Luna felt as though something had crashed into the back of her head.

She could not believe her ears.

All the blood in her body rushed into her head. She clutched the servant's shoulders and exclaimed, " What are you saying? You're lying to me, aren't you? How can this..."

How could Joshua have killed Mother?

The servant bit her own lip and said tearfully, "Ms. Luna, how will I even dare to lie to you about something like this? Mrs. Landry is in the operation room now...and the police have captured Joshua Lynch."

Luna almost lost her balance. She gripped the edge of the door frame tightly and forced herself to stand up. "How can this be..."

"Stop asking questions." Suddenly, Jim stormed upstairs and squatted in front of her. "Come on!"

Luna paused for a moment, then quickly got onto Jim's back.

She could not possibly walk downstairs by herself after receiving such shocking news.

Jim carried Luna on his back and quickly strode downstairs.

Luna stared dazedly at the direction in front of her and asked, "Jim, what happened..."

Jim let out a sigh and replied, "Mother couldn't bear seeing you separate from Joshua and your three children, so she asked me to bring Joshua to the hospital to talk to her.

"After bringing him there, Mother told me that she wanted to talk to him in private, so I left them alone and went down to the lobby.

"After half an hour...the nurse called me saying that something terrible had happened to Mother, so I rushed upstairs. She..."

Jim pursed his lips and continued in a hoarse voice, " There was a fruit knife stuck in the middle of her chest, and she had already gone into shock due to blood loss. When I arrived upstairs, she had already been brought into the operation room, and she hadn't come out yet.

"After that, the police arrived and searched the crime scene. The fingerprints on the fruit knife had been wiped clean, and only Mother's fingerprints remained. It was clear that the murderer had been wearing gloves when they killed her.

"According to the security footage of the hospital, no one else entered Mother's room apart from Joshua, who entered twice.

"The second time he came out of the ward, he was covered in blood.

"As for the knife that the murdered used to stab Mother, it was a fruit knife from Swan Lake Chalet; I remember it clearly. Christopher said that the prints of the latex gloves on the knife handle matched with

those of a pack of gloves he had ordered a while back. "However, someone had stolen a pack just this morning."

Luna felt as though she could not breathe.

After coming out of Landry Mansion, she sat in the backseat of Jim's car, staring out at the fallen leaves outside the window. She could not help feeling a chill go down her entire body.

All of the evidence pointed toward Joshua having murdered Mother.

Luna recalled what Joshua had said to her this morning when she left Swan Lake Chalet.

'You said that the only reason you chose to return to the Landry family is Rosalyn. Does this mean that if Rosalyn dies, you will come back to my side?'

At that time, Luna had thought Joshua had said something wrong due to his nervousness, but at this moment...

It seemed as though he had planned this. After all...

Luna had overheard Christopher saying that Luke had helped him switch out all the servants and workers in Swan Lake Chalet. Therefore, there were no longer any spies, so who else could have stolen the fruit knife and latex gloves from Swan Lake Chalet? On top of that, Joshua was the only person who had entered and left Mother's room twice.

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On top of that, Joshua had been covered in blood... Luna felt a chill go down her spine.

She had loved this man for many years, so she knew just how cruel and heartless he could be when it came to doing business.

However, she never expected that...Joshua would one day use this cruelty on her mother!

Luna started shivering so badly that she wrapped her arms around herself.

After a moment, she lifted her head to glance at Jim, who was driving. “Jim. Is Joshua...locked up by the police?“

"Yes." Jim furrowed his brows and nodded, but after a split second, he shook his head and added, “He went to the police station himself, not to admit his guilt, but to file a police report.“

Luna froze, then frowned and asked, “File a police report?“

"Yes." Jim let out an exhale. “He filed a police report accusing Heather of killing Mother.“

Luna froze for a moment, then turned around and echoed, “Heather?“

“Yes.“ Jim narrowed his eyes. “Joshua said that when he returned to the room the second time, Mother had already been stabbed, and at that time, she had used her last breath to tell him that Heather was the murderer.

“After that, he stormed out of the door to get a doctor, then went to the police station to file a report.“

Jim sneered and continued, “Even though I 'm not fond of Heather either, this is still a stretch. After all, Heather had only entered Mother's room for a short time after I left, and she came out very soon.

“After that, she had been seeing a doctor in another department of the hospital and rushed over immediately after hearing about what happened to Mother. However, she was framed for murder.“

Jim let out an exhale and said, “I used to be very lenient toward Joshua since he's a member of the family that my birth mother belonged to, and technically, he's a cousin. At one point, I had even considered the possibility of allowing you to run away with him, but now...he doesn't deserve that.“

Luna felt as though an invisible hand was squeezing her heart.

She, too, used to think she knew Joshua very well, but at this moment...

It seemed as though she understood him lesser and lesser.

Ever since he arrived in Merchant City, she could not seem to tell what he was trying to do anymore. She was no longer the most important thing to him, yet he kept pestering her and wanted to take her away from Merchant City.

Even at this moment, he was willing to murder her mother so that she could return to his side!

Throughout the journey from Landry Mansion to the hospital, Luna felt as though numerous invisible hands squeezed her heart.

Since when did Joshua become such a cruel person?

As soon as Luna and Jim arrived at the operation room, Heather stormed forward and gave her a slap across her face.

Smack!

The loud noise echoed through the hallway.

Jim and Charles' eyes widened in shock. One of them shielded Luna with his body, and the other dragged Heather away from her.

Charles steadied Heather's resisting body and frowned. “What are you doing, Heather?"

“I'm getting revenge for Mother! " Heather screamed as she struggled against Charles' grip. “It's all her fault! It's all her fault! If it weren't for her, Mother wouldn't have ended up like this!

“You were the one who doomed us, Luna. You're a curse to this household! "

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The slap landed on Luna so harshly that her face was tilted to one side, and she could taste blood in her mouth.

She could still hear Heather's furious voice, saying, “ Luna! You shouldn't have come back in the first place! If you hadn't returned, Mother wouldn't have been killed by Joshua Lynch! “

“Heather! “ Charles' stern voice rang out. “Don't say nonsense like that. Luna had returned out of love for your mother, and she's already stopped seeing Joshua. She wasn't the one who had asked Joshua to do this! “

Heather grew even more outraged when she heard this. She pointed at Luna and snapped, “Do you think she has nothing to do with this? Why don't you say for yourself, Luna?

“What did you tell him? You had told him that you returned to our family because of Mother, so that's why he bore hatred toward her!

“If anything bad happens to Mother, you'll be the culprit behind this. You don't deserve to be a member of the Landry family! “

A twinge of pain shot through Luna's heart when she heard this.

She placed her hands over her face and took a step back.

Was that...what had happened?

Would Mother have been fine if Luna had not told Joshua that she had returned to the Landry family because of her?

As soon as she thought of this, Luna was so stunned that she could not keep her balance.

Thankfully, Jim noticed this and caught her before she could fall.

He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and shielded her in his arms. “Luna was just telling the truth; she can't possibly have control over what other people do.

“If she had been able to control Joshua, she wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place! “

With that, Jim lifted his head to glare at Heather. “ Don't blame Luna for every bad thing that happens. She's Mother's biological daughter, and therefore, she's closer to Mother than either of us!

“Now that something terrible has happened to Mother, she's the most devastated out of all of us, yet you're constantly blaming her for everything. What are you trying to do?

“If we hadn't known that Joshua was the culprit, I would've suspected that you were the one who did it instead, and you're now trying to find a scapegoat! “

Terror flashed through Heather's eyes upon hearing this. She pursed her lip and took a small step back, her anger dissipating almost immediately.

She bit her lip and turned to look at Charles. “Father, did you hear what Jim said?

“When Mother was injured, I had been downstairs seeing another doctor, and I rushed over immediately after hearing the news like he did…”

“Besides, Mother has raised me as her own, and I have the closest relationship with her, so how could I have hurt her?”

“I’m so sad that Jim would say something like this…”

As she said this, Heather slumped into Charles’ arms and started sobbing, “Is it because I’m not blood-related to any of you, so you’re all treating me like an outsider now? I can’t believe Jim would suspect me after something like this has happened to Mother…”

“If only I hadn’t listened to you and Mother. I should’ve left Merchant City in the first place and gone to Sea City to find my birth parents. Even though they’re my real family…”

Charles could not help frowning when he heard this, and he turned to glower at Jim. “Your Mother was the one who wanted Heather to stay; she and Heather are closest to each other! If your mother wakes up and finds out what you said just now, she’ll scold you for this!”

Jim scoffed and held Luna close to him. “Well, if Mother finds out that Heather had blamed her biological daughter for this, wouldn’t she be mad too?”

Jim’s body felt warm and reliant.

For the first time, Luna suddenly felt the warmth of having a family member looking out for her.This was Jim, her half—brother.

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Luna bit her lip and said in a low voice as she lay in Jim's arms, “Jim, it's fine.“

Luna knew that Heather was just trying to use this incident as an excuse to get on her nerves.

However, Jim refused to let this slide. “Heather, please don't think you can bully Luna on behalf of Mother just because you've been here longer than Luna! Let me tell you this: even if Mother can't protect her again in the future, I'm still her big brother, and I will protect her!

“As long as I'm still alive, you won't be able to bully Luna. Remember that this is the Landry family, not the Gibson family! “

Heather's entire body stiffened when she heard this.

She bit her lip and glanced at Luna with an expression of hatred.

This woman...

What did she do to deserve all this?

What made Luna so adored by others that she could bully Aura at her will and even end up meeting a man as good as Joshua Lynch?

Why did Rosalyn and Jim protect her and obey her every whim and fancy, even after she had killed Aura?

Was it simply because Luna was the true heiress of the Landry family and the only one among them who truly belonged to the Landry family?

No.

There could only be one heiress, and it was Heather!

As soon as she thought of this, Heather sniffed and slumped into Charles' arms, sobbing, “Father, look... Jim is still treating me like an outsider and saying things like this... Even though my birth parents are the Gibsons, I've always thought of myself as a part of the Landry family...

“What Jim said has upset me tremendously.“

Charles rubbed his brows in frustration and glanced at the door of the operation room.

Rosalyn was inside, undergoing a life-saving procedure, but his children were quarreling right in front of the operation room...

He would not tolerate this!

Charles let out an exhale and shoved Heather out of his arms coldly. “Shut up, the three of you! “

With that, he turned to glance at an upset -looking Heather, then at Luna, who was still shielded by Jim.

A twinge of helplessness shot through Charles' eyes.

Even though Jim and Luna were only half-siblings, they were still blood -related, and because of this, the two of them were on the same side, whereas no one rooted for Heather.

If at this moment, he chose not to stand by Heather's side, then she would be even more devastated.

After all, this was the girl he had raised as his own

daughter for more than zo years. Charles could not bear to hurt her.

As soon as he thought of this, Charles glanced coldly at Luna and said, “Stop hiding behind your brother.“

Luna furrowed her brows and contemplated for a moment, then finally removed herself from Jim's grasp.

Charles pointed at the marble floor and ordered, “Kneel.

“Heather is right; the reason your mother is in the position she's in now was because of you and your ex-husband Joshua. This has everything to do with you.

“You met up with Joshua Lynch today, and as soon as you returned, your mother has gotten hurt. Are you still unaware of what you did wrong?“

Luna did not kneel. Instead, she remained motionless and gazed straight at Charles. “I did nothing wrong.“

As soon as she said this, Luna suddenly felt someone kick her in the back of her knees.

Slam! She lost her balance and tipped forward, landing on the ground in a kneeling position.

Heather's cold voice rang out from behind her, “ Father has ordered you to kneel, so what are you waiting for?“

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Luna's knees slammed against the cold, hard marble floor.

At that instant, she could feel a twinge of pain shoot up her knees. She knew that this fall had triggered the past injury she had suffered due to her accident six years ago.

She gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not do so.

Charles never expected that Heather would force Luna to kneel, and a hint of surprise flashed through his eyes. Immediately, he reached out his hand to help her up.

However, a split second later, he changed his mind and withdrew his hand.

He was the one who had demanded Luna to kneel, and Heather was simply trying to help. If he helped Luna up...

What would Heather think?

As soon as he thought of this, Charles furrowed his brows and decided that he would make it up to Luna by apologizing to her after they got home. Then, he said curtly, “Luna, I'll take care of this and make Joshua pay for attempting to kill your mother, but you...“

He lowered his head and glanced at the pale -faced woman kneeling before him. “You have to swear before us—me, your brother, your sister, as well as

your mother inside the operation room —that you will never see Joshua again.

“If you do not stick to your word...“

Charles' gaze fell on Luna's belly. “If you do not stick to your word, the baby in your belly will not be able to come into this world safely.“

As soon as she heard this, Luna lifted her head to stare at Charles with an expression of surprise, confusion, and bafflement.

“Father.“ She rarely ever called him this. “How can you...“

Luna reached out to place her hand over her belly. “ How can you force me to swear on my baby's life? This child...“

She bit her lip, and a hopeful expression crossed her face as she stared at Charles. “Are you unaware whose baby this is?“

Charles narrowed his eyes. “It is precisely because I know who the father is that I'm ordering you to swear on its life.“

He squatted before Luna and lifted up her chin. “Do you think I'm an idiot? The only reason I had given you a chance was that Malcolm was willing to claim this child as his own.“

With that, he turned around, refusing to continue staring into Luna's eyes. “Luna, make that vow.

“Even if you refuse to swear upon the baby's life, it will not survive anyway.

“We're in a hospital; it will be easy for me to find a doctor to force -feed you some abortion medicine.

“On top of that, if you leak this news to the public, everyone will think I was right to do this after knowing who the baby's father is.“

“Father! “ Jim furrowed his brows upon hearing this. He stepped forward to shield Luna behind him. “ Luna is your biological daughter! The baby in her belly right now is your grandchild! “

Charles sneered. “Grandchild?“

He turned around and stared at Luna coldly, then at Jim. “She's still young, and she has plenty of other opportunities; she can always give birth to a purer grandchild to continue the bloodline.

“Do you want me to think of that man every time I pick up my grandchild in the future?“

Jim bit his lip when he heard this.

He let out an exhale and kneeled next to Luna. “If you are so unwilling to accept the presence of a Lynch in your family, then you should get rid of me as well. When are you going to do that, Father?“

Charles was so furious that his entire face turned scarlet, and his chest started rising and falling rapidly. “Jim Landry, I'm talking to Luna, and none of this has anything to do with you! You are different from her child! “

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“How are we different?

“Both Luna's child and I have both the Landry and Lynch family's blood coursing through our veins!

“On top of that, what about my birth mother?“

Jim fixated his cold, penetrating stare on Charles' face. “My mother Lucy was also a Lynch, and she's even the daughter of Granny Lynch.

“Why don't you kick me out of the house and get rid of the painting in the living room, as well as the morning glories in the yard?“

Jim's every word struck a nerve within Charles. He flung his entire body backward—

Smack!

A deafening slap landed on Jim's face. Charles had used so much strength in this motion that Jim's entire body faltered.

Jim kept his hand on his swollen cheek and said, blood trickling out of the corner of his mouth, “ What's wrong, Mr. Landry? Guilty?

“You didn't accomplish much in your lifetime, apart from harnessing the ability to make the lives of the people around you more difficult. I must say, you're getting better and better at this.

“In the past, Mother was the victim, and now it's Luna and me. What about the future?

“Are you going to wait for Luna's child to be born and make its life difficult as well?“

Charles was so furious that he had to hold onto a handrail to prevent himself from collapsing. He started to breathe heavily at this point.

Heather noticed this and quickly walked over to help him up. As she did this, she glanced at Jim and Luna, frowning, and said, “Jim, why did you say

something like that?

“Father is upset because Joshua Lynch tried to murder Mother today, so he's forcing Luna to swear never to see him again.

“Why are you doing this? You've put Father and Luna on opposite sides now.

“Maybe Luna is actually willing to swear on her child's life.“

With that, Heather approached them and stared intently at Luna. “Look at this, Luna. Father and Jim are arguing because of your unwillingness to make this vow.

“If Mother wakes up and sees what has happened, she'll be devastated...

“On top of that...“

Heather lowered her head, her gaze falling on Luna's belly. "Your child has survived against all odds.

Maybe even after making this vow, it'll be fine. “Or maybe...“

A glint flashed through Heather's eyes, and she said in a lilting voice, “Or maybe you love Joshua so much

that you're willing to forgive him, even though he killed your birth mother, and you're still longing to see him. Is that why you don't want to make this vow?“

Luna bit her lip and enunciated, staring intently at Heather, “Even if none of this happened, I would never meet up with Joshua again in the future!

“However, I will not swear on my child's life! “

This was a human life, not a tool to be used for betting!

Charles narrowed his eyes and said, a sneer playing on his lips, “Since you're not willing to make this

vow, and you're still intending to meet up with the man who almost killed your mother...

“Then I guess there's no need to keep this child anymore.“

With that, he glanced at Heather. “Heather, get me an obstetrician.“

“Alright.“ Heather stood up and said, staring at Luna with a pitiful expression, “Don't worry, Luna, this hospital has the best obstetricians, and they'll be able to get rid of the child within half an hour.“

With that, she turned and strode away.

Luna kneeled on the ground, listening to the sound of Heather's heels fading in the distance. She felt as though an invisible hand was squeezing her heart.

She knew that Charles was dead serious about this matter.

The baby in her belly...

Luna let out an exhale and lifted her head. Then, she raised her right hand and said with red-rimmed eyes, ”Alright, I'll swear on my baby's life.”

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Luna let out an exhale and said, enunciating her words carefully, “I swear that from today onward, I, Luna, will never meet up with Joshua Lynch in private again.

“If I go back on my word, I...“

She let out another exhale and continued, her voice trembling, “If I go back on my word, then my child will never be born.“

With that, she lifted her head to gaze at Charles with red -rimmed eyes. “Are you satisfied now, Father?“

Charles furrowed his brows as he stared back at her.

He walked over and reached out to stroke Luna's hair. Then, he said with a hint of helplessness, “ Luna, you're still young, and you don't understand much yet.

“In the future, when you're older, you'll understand why I had to do this...“

As soon as he finished his sentence, Jim sneered and stood up to help Luna up from the ground. Then, he shot Charles a cold glance and said, “Understand why you had to do this? Why you had to force your daughter to swear on her child's life?

“From the moment you forced Luna to do this, you had trampled both her dignity and her worth as a human being.

“Charles Landry, I always thought the reason you treated me bad was that I had the blood of a Lynch coursing through my veins, but Luna is the daughter of you and Mother...

“I never thought you'd be just as cruel to her! “

With that, Jim helped Luna sit down on a bench and clutched her hand, the two of them staring at the operation room door in silence.

Charles narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at the two of them but did not say a word.

On the other hand, Heather curled her lips into a triumphant smile.

She loved the way things had turned out.

If Rosalyn died, Charles would be devastated.

If, at a time like this, Jim and Luna continued to pick fights against him...Heather would become the only person Charles could rely on for emotional support.

If this happened, Charles would never be able to leave her, the fake daughter who obeyed his every command.

Heather had even considered the possibility of becoming the new Mrs. Landry instead of just a daughter.

After all, all she wanted was the wealth and glamor of the Landry family. To her, it did not matter whether she was the heiress of the Landry family or Mrs. Landry at all.

As soon as she thought of this, Heather walked over to Charles and snaked her arm around his. “Father, please don't be mad at Jim and Luna.

“You're right. We're still young, and we don't understand why you had to do this yet.“

With that, she shot Luna a helpless look and added, “ After Luna gets older, she'll realize that you were simply looking out for her.“

When he heard this, Charles could feel the anger inside him dissipating.

However, he still reached out and removed Heather's hand from his arm. “Heather, you're already in your twenties, and you're a big girl now. You can't always rely on me like a child anymore.“

Heather's entire body stiffened.

A split second later, she let out an awkward smile

and said, “Well, I was spoiled by you since young...“ Jim snickered when he heard this.

Did Heather think her tactics were so well-executed that no one would notice?

A woman who did not belong to the Landry family yet still chose to remain and never returned to Sea City to visit her birth parents...

What did this say about her character?

The four of them waited outside the operation room for a few more hours.

In the middle of the night, the operation room door finally opened.

Luna and Jim quickly got out of their seats and rushed forward.

Charles, too, strode toward the door hurriedly. On the other hand, Heather stood up slowly and sauntered toward the door.

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Rosalyn had been in the operation room for about l2 hours...

Her condition must have been dire to undergo such a long surgery.

If Rosalyn died, not only would no one discover that Heather had poisoned her, but no one would be able to cause trouble for Malcolm anymore.

On top of that, Luna and Joshua would never be able to reconcile anymore!

As soon as she thought of this, Heather could not help feeling overjoyed, so much so that she wanted to go home and pop open a bottle of wine to celebrate!

Aura's dying wish had been to separate Luna and Joshua. Therefore, she had helped avenge Aura's death!

All of a sudden, the doctor who had come out from the operation room let out a sigh and said, “We've tried our best. Even though we managed to save Mrs. Landry, she...

“She is now in a vegetative state.“ Vegetative state.

These two words felt like thunder crashing around Jim, Luna, and Charles' heads.

Luna bit her lip and grabbed hold of the doctor's hand. “Will... Will she ever wake up?“

According to TV shows and novels, people in

vegetative states would always miraculously wake up!

The doctor let out a sigh and replied in a hoarse voice, “I hope that all of you will remain realistic. Even though Mrs. Landry didn't experience brain death...it's still unlikely that she'll ever wake up.“

Luna bit her lip but did not let go of the doctor's hand. “It's unlikely but still possible, isn't it? What do we have to do?

“Should we talk to her every day and call her name so that she can wake up?“

The doctor shook his head. “This isn't a TV show. You can do that, but you...shouldn't have high hopes.“

With that, the doctor turned and left.

Luna remained motionless and felt as though someone had given her a blow right in the back of her head with a baseball bat. Her entire head felt so heavy that she could barely stand up.

Jim quickly caught her before she could fall and said, “It's fine, it's fine...

“As long as she's still alive... She's still alive...

“As long as she's still alive, there is still hope of her waking up one day...“

Luna bit her lip, and tears slid down her face.

She repeated Jim's words as her own. “As long as she's still alive, there's still hope of her waking up...“

In the distance, Charles had already slumped onto the ground in shock.

Heather squatted next to him and gently pressed his shoulder. “Father, you heard what the doctor said just now; Mother is still alive...

“Even though she can't talk or move, at least she's still alive.

“You can continue talking to her, and this is already the best outcome we can hope for...“

Charles clenched his fists. The best outcome?

How good was this?

Rosalyn had been fine before this, but because of the Lynch family, she was rendered into a vegetative state!

It was already enough that the Lynch family had killed his brother, but at this moment, they had subdued Rosalyn, the woman who had accompanied him for so many years, into a vegetative state!

He still owed Rosalyn so much that he had yet to pay her back!

How could she... How could she... Charles clenched his fists.

He took out his phone and dialed a number. “ Malcolm, I remember that you have connections at the police station, don't you?

“Don't allow Joshua Lynch to come out of the police station alive! “