Ch. 1901..1910
Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 1901
“Was I right
loshua curled his lips into a smirk as he watched the color drain from Bonnie’s
face.
He raised his brows and glanced at Luna, who was still engrossed in her reading on the sofa,” Come out for a moment.”
Luna’s train of thought was disrupted by Joshua. She furrowed her brows and shot him a displeased look. “I have less than an hour left!”
She had yet to finish reading through everything, so why was Joshua disturbing her?
Seeing how frustrated Luna was, Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and leaned against the doorframe elegantly. “Well, if you don’t want to find out how your brother and future sister-in -law met, then suit yourself and stay inside.”
Luna could not help frowning when she heard this. “Bonnie and my brother met through me, don’t you remember?”
She still remembered that the first time Jim and Bonnie met was in Banyan City.
At that time, Aura had burnt down Blue Bay Villa, and when Luna and Bonnie returned to the ruins to recover her belongings, they had bumped into Jim and Harvey.
At that time, Harvey had claimed himself to be a detective who could piece together the crime scene based on clues he obtained from the ruins.
Despite knowing that Harvey was just messing around, Jim still allowed him to have fun.
This was also the time that Jim had stumbled upon a photo of Luna before her plastic surgery.
Because of this photo, he started investigating Luna’s true identity, which finally led them to where they were at present.
Coincidentally, this was also the first time Bonnie and Jim met.
As the matchmaker, Luna had a clearer idea of how Bonnie and Jim had met than Joshua.
“If they had indeed met through you, why do you think I’m asking you to come out here?” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk as he strode over to Luna’s side. Then, he plucked the folder out of her hands and closed it. “You’ve been memorizing this for an hour now. it’s time to stop, or it’ll just become a jumble of words from here.”
Luna pouted slightly and glanced at the folder in his hand. “But…”
There was so much information in there that she did not manage to memorize all of them to heart.
She was worried that she showed up unprepared, she would embarrass herself in front of
Charlotte and Jim.
It was one thing for her to humiliate herself, but another thing entirely if her mistake would cost her Landry Group!
“Don’t worry; you have this.” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk, pulled out a necklace from his pocket, and placed it in Luna’s palm. Luna’s eyes widened in shock when she saw what it was. “Why didn’t you give this to me earlier?”
This was the necklace that Nigel had given her when she left Banyan City.
This necklace, which was embedded with a communication device that connected her to her three children, had helped her plenty when she was in Banyan City.
However, when she was abducted by Hunter a year ago, she had accidentally left this necklace i n Banyan City
It had been such a long time since she saw this necklace that she had forgotten how ingenious her son was for creating this marvelous invention!
Luna shot Joshua a dirty look as she put on the necklace. “I don’t have to worry anymore now that I have this.”
Joshua shot her a helpless glance and placed the folder on the coffee table. “I made this necklace for you based on Nigel’s previous design, and it’s an even better version of the one you had “I’m guessing that Charlotte would have installed signal-blocking devices all over Landry Mansion in preparation for your arrival, so I embedded a signal-magnification feature into this pendant. This can amplify the signal coming out of your necklace, and it’s virtually invincible, except if Charlotte managed to find an exceptionally skilled hacker to produce an even more powerful signal-blocking device.”
Luna’s entire body stiffened for a split second before a surge of warmth spread into her heart.
Joshua…had been thinking in her shoes since the beginning.
Not only that, but he had even used Nigel’s previous design as a model for this new one. Luna was touched by the effort and sincerity he had put into everything he did for her.
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As soon as she thought of this, Luna sniffed and stood up. Then, she walked over to Joshua and grabbed hold of his hands. “Don’t worry; I will definitely try my best. Also…”
She lowered her head to gaze at his hands. “I will try my best to find out what happened to your Aunt Lucy and uncover the truth.”
A surge of warmth spread through Joshua’s heart when he heard this.
He reached out and pulled Luna into his embrace. “None of this is important to me right now.
“The most important thing is that if Charlotte and Jim do anything bad to you later at Landry Mansion…
“You shouldn’t hold back because he’s your brother. Remember, if he tries to hurt you, you have to retaliate.
“Then, you have to get out of there immediately and never get near him again.”
Joshua took a whiff of Luna’s fragrant-smelling hair as he hugged her. “Nothing matters more to me than your safety.”
Luna nodded as she felt the reassuring warmth of Joshua’s body against hers. “I will.”
Not only had Jim lost his memories, but at this moment, he was entirely under Charlotte’s control.
Luna was confident that Jim would not do anything to hurt her, but what about Charlotte?
Charlotte would stop at nothing to get rid of her and Bonnie!
Regardless of this, she still had to go to their meeting that afternoon.
Luna could not give up on Jim.
He did not give up on her when she was abandoned and had even gone to the orphanage to look for her himself.
Joshua and Luna remained in their embrace for a long while until, finally, Luna sniffed and lifted her head to stare at Joshua’s chiseled face. “Since you already prepared a communication device for me, why did you force me to memorize that painfully long script?”
Joshua could not help curling his lips into a smirk when he saw the look on Luna’s face.
He reached and gently pinched Luna’s nose. “I’ve already said that this device is indestructible unless an exceptionally skilled hacker is present to create an even better signal-blocking device, but what if, worst comes to worst. Charlotte
vhat if, worst comes to worst, Charlotte had indeed employed a hacker to do this?
“It’s better to be safe than sorry, isn’t it?”
Luna bit her lip when she heard this. “Oh… I thought that…”
“What did you think?” Joshua lifted her chin, forcing her to stare straight into his eyes. “Did you think I did this on purpose to trick you into memorizing that script?”
Luna chewed her bottom lip gently and lowered her head but did not reply.
Staring at her adorable demeanor, Joshua reached out to gently stroke her hair. “Luna, it has never been my intention…to make things difficult for you.
“Even though I’m not good at expressing my emotions, I -”
“Ahem!” Theo’s abrupt cough broke through the amorous atmosphere in the room.
Luna quickly removed herself from Joshua’s embrace and glanced at Theo and Bonnie, her face scarlet. “Joshua told me that you’ve found out where and when you met my brother for the first time.”
Bonnie nodded. “That’s one way to put it.” She stared at Luna with a solemn look. “I’ve decided to stay in Merchant City.”
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Luna and Joshua exchanged glances.
The two of them knew very well that Bonnie would make this decision.
She had been reluctant to leave Merchant City in the first place, and after she had found out the truth of her and Jim’s first encounter during their childhood, it was impossible to convince her to leave.
Therefore, Luna nodded and said, “Alright, then. You can stay here with us and help us regain Jim’s memories.”
Bonnie let out a bitter chuckle and nodded. “Let’s hope all goes well.”
With that, she turned and went upstairs to her room. “I’ll go change.”
Ten minutes later, she reappeared, dressed in thick clothing and wearing a cap and mask. Not a single inch of her skin was in sight.
Seeing Luna’s surprised look, Bonnie chuckled and tipped her cap even lower to obscure her face. “I’m not entirely sure yet if Jim is indeed the boy I met when I was young, and I’m not certain whether Charlotte had stolen my identity to be together with Jim after I left the orphanage.
“Therefore, I’ve decided to conceal my identity for now as I follow Luna to Landry Mansion so I can observe their interactions.”
Luna furrowed her brows and said as she strode to the door to grab her coat, “You don’t need t o come with me to do that. I can observe them for you.”
She glanced at Bonnie and added, “Why don’t…you stay home?”
Before this, Luna thought the reason Charlotte hated Bonnie was that she was Jim’s current girlfriend, but at this moment, she finally understood everything.
If Bonnie was right, and that Charlotte had indeed stolen Bonnie’s identity to be with Jim…
The first thing she would do to Bonnie if they came face-to-face with each other was to possibly kill her so that the truth would never resurface.
Therefore, bringing Bonnie to Landry Mansion would be a dangerous mission.
“It won’t be the same.” Bonnie curled her lips into a smile, then strode over to Luna’s side.” It’ll be different listening to another person’s point of view versus actually being there myself.
“I trust my instincts more.”
Seeing that she had no way of convincing Bonnie otherwise, Luna let out a sigh and relented.
Joshua had told them that he had arranged for a car to bring them to Landry Mansion and had even asked two of their friends to escort them.
Because of this, Luna initially thought that Joshua must have arranged for Zach and Yuri to escort them, but as soon as she and Bonnie got into the car, they were shocked to see the two people sitting in the car.
It was none other than Luke and Gwen.
Luna stared at them in utter disbelief.
She was so shocked that her entire body was frozen in place.
It was only until the driver reminded her that he could not close the door with her standing there that she finally snapped out of her stupor and got into the car.
“Luna.” Gwen immediately smiled and beckoned her over. “Come sit with me.”
Luna and Bonnie, both utterly stunned, got into the car slowly and sat down across from Luke and Gwen.
“What a surprise, isn’t it?” At this moment, there was not a single trace of the despair and helplessness in Gwen’s eyes when she was carried away by Luke that morning. Instead, her eyes glowed with gentle humility.
“Initially, Joshua had called Luke to ask him to send two of his best men to escort you. He had even emphasized that since Bonnie is pregnant, he has to send the cream of the crop to protect you two.” As she said this, Gwen smiled at Bonnie adoringly. “I was so happy for Bonnie as soon as I heard the great news.
“However, the more I thought about it, the more worried I got. I was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to escape Landry Mansion should Charlotte and Jim get ahold of you, and even then, Luke’s men wouldn’t be able to save you. “But things will be different if Luke and I escorted you ourselves!”
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As she said this, Gwen pointed at the row of black cars following behind theirs. “If they keep you hostage at Landry Mansion and refuse to let you go, we’ll stay there until they give in
“If that happens, Luke’s men will surely attack them.”
With that, Gwen clutched Luna’s arm and smiled at her. “Isn’t this a genius plan?”
Luna sucked her lip between her teeth, too shocked to say a word. A split second later, she nodded. “It’s… It’s genius.”
So genius, in fact, that she never even dared to dream of this happening.
How could she and Bonnie possibly envision that one day, Luke Jones, the notorious gang leader of both Sea City and Merchant City, would accompany them to a negotiation?
Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined this would happen.
However, Joshua was not the one who had put in the favor for them, but Gwen instead.
As soon as she thought of this, Luna turned to glance at Luke.
At this moment, Luke was staring out the window coldly, appearing utterly uninterested in their conversation.
However, one of his arms was wrapped around Gwen’s shoulders, and the other was grasping her hand tightly, as though he was worried that she would fly away as soon as he let go.
His behavior was full of stubborn possessiveness and even a hint of fear.
‘Gwen will die as soon as she leaves Luke.!
All of a sudden, Luna recalled what Joshua had told her earlier.
She bit her lip and glanced at Gwen.
Ever since she was taken away by Luke and forced to live with him, Gwen’s complexion had become healthier than before.
Luke, on the other hand, seemed to be getting frailer by the day.
The two of them…
A bad feeling began to arise in Luna’s heart.
She quickly shook her head in an attempt to chase away her unrealistic guesses.
She must have been watching too many soap operas. Otherwise, why would she think Luke was keeping Gwen alive in exchange for his own…
The car soon arrived at Landry Mansion.
Standing on the second floor balcony, Charlotte watched with disbelief as the road in front of the house was filled with car after car.
“Where on earth did she even get so many people to help her?”
All the cars were identical black BMVs, and there were more than 50 of them. Not only that, but these cars did not belong to Lynch Group!
“Help me check where these cars came from…”
Next to her, Roanne lowered her head and replied in a hoarse voice, “These cars belong to Luke Jones, the leader of the biggest gang in Merchant City as of now. The car that Luna is sitting in now…belongs to Luke Jones himself.’
Luke Jones?
Charlotte raised her brows in puzzlement. “Since when did Luna and Luke become friends?”
She knew that Luke was good friends with Joshua, but even then, he had never shown up so dramatically to help him.
Roanne lowered her head and replied, “Luna and Luke aren’t close with each other at all, but…
“Luke’s ill girlfriend is Luna’s best friend.”
As soon as she heard this, Charlotte understood everything immediately.
She narrowed her eyes, glaring at the cars parked outside the house, and snapped, “I guess birds of a feather flock together, huh?”
She turned to glance coldly at Roanne, then ordered, “Well, since Luke Jones loves his women frail and sickly, you pretend to be one and go out right now to seduce him!”
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Roanne could not help frowning when she heard Charlotte’s disdainful tone.
She stared at Charlotte’s cold, chiseled face and protested, “But Charlotte, I…”
There was a hint of embarrassment in her tone as she said, “I’m in love with someone else.”
Charlotte immediately furrowed her brows upon hearing this.
She shot Roanne a cold glare. “You’re in love with someone else? Who is it?
“Don’t you dare tell me that Joshua Lynch managed to successfully seduce you with one of his men!”
Roanne bit her lip when she heard Charlotte utter the word ‘seduce.’
“No, of course not.”
Charlotte narrowed her eyes and stared at her sister with a dubious look. “Who is it, then?”
Roanne froze in her tracks.
The person she was in love with was none other than Theo.
She could not resist gentle, intelligent, and scholarly artists like Theo, but he was Joshua and Luna’s friend, after all.
If she were to say Theo’s name, Charlotte would immediately be convinced that he had other intentions for approaching her, even if that was not the truth.
To Roanne, Theo had not been trying to get close to her on purpose at all. All he did was help Joshua and Luna lure her into their car and nothing more.
Roanne swiveled her eyes and suddenly recalled the name of the butler’s son.
She let out a small smile and lifted her head to stare at Charlotte. “I’m in love with Mickey, the man that has been helping Rosalyn guard her drug warehouse.”
Charlotte furrowed her brows, and the image of Mickey, the man in the gold-rimmed glasses who always wore black clothes and white gloves, popped into her mind. “That’s the man you like? He must be more than ten years older than you, surely?”
Roanne nodded and replied, “Yes, I like mature men like him.”
Charlotte could not help sneering when she heard Roanne’s answer. She lifted her hand to pat Roanne’s shoulder and said, her voice full of contempt, “That sounds about right. Your parents abandoned you since you were young, so it makes sense that you will end up falling in love with men old enough to be your father.
“Do you know what this is called? It’s called being mentally deformed.”
With that, Charlotte curled her lips into a smirk and added, “To be honest, someone like you should seek professional treatment for these tendencies, but I don’t think you need to see a doctor.
“After all, you wouldn’t want to be taken advantage of should your mental abnormalities be corrected in the future.”
Roanne narrowed her eyes when she heard this and clenched her fists next to her.
Charlotte did not seem to notice that Roanne was trying to suppress her rage. Instead, she let out an exhale and suddenly felt the jealousy toward Luna being escorted by Luke dissipate after taunting her sister.
She turned around, seemingly in a good mood, and walked out the door. “I’ll go check on Jim.”
Roanne remained motionless as she watched her leave, and for the first time ever, the silent tolerance in her eyes was replaced by red-hot hatred.
Inside the study, Jim was listening to the vice president of Landry Group’s oral report.
Joshua had managed to buy out most of Landry Group’s shares in less than a morning, and at this moment, Landry Group was on the verge of bankruptcy.
“Now that our stock prices have plummeted to an all-time low, all the shareholders have started selling their shares, and these shares were bought out by the same person.
“If we don’t find a way to reacquire these shares, this man will become the biggest shareholder, apart from Ms. Luna, of Landry Group within an hour.
“If Ms. Luna were to leave Landry Group now, this man will become the newest and most influential member of the board…” Jim furrowed his brows when he heard this.
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“Well, how much money do we have now? Is it enough to prevent this man from acquiring the remaining shares?”
The vice president shook his head. “We can’t do that because…”
He paused for a moment before continuing, “I understand that when Ms. Luna infused her money into reviving Landry Group, you had allocated some funds into a backup account for emergencies like this, but on the day you fell unconscious, Ms. Charlotte withdrew the rest of this money under your name.”
Jim immediately lifted his head to stare at the vice president in surprise. “Charlotte withdrew my money?”
The vice president nodded. “Yes. However, Ms. Charlotte didn’t use this money elsewhere and instead had infused it into Landry Group’s financial planning.
“Because of this, we were successfully able to unbind ourselves from Quinn Group as soon as possible and prevent further losses.”
Jim slumped back into his chair in defeat and rubbed his brows in frustration. There was a hint of tiredness in his tone as he said, “If that’s the case, there are only two solutions.
“The first is to force Luna to reallocate all her shares of Landry Group to me.
“The second option…is to find this man who is buying up all of our shares and beg him to show us mercy.”
As he said this, Jim glanced at the vice president and asked, “Do you know who’s been buying u p all our shares?”
The vice president lowered his head to glance at the page before him.
For a split second, he thought he had misread the words.
After making sure that he had not misinterpreted anything, he finally said, albeit hesitantly,” The person who’s on his way to becoming Landry Group’s largest shareholder…is Lucas Bean, Joshua Lynch’s personal assistant.”
Jim immediately furrowed his brows when he heard this.
He narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists.
He had finally confirmed that Joshua had been planning this all along!
He could not believe that the man who owned the majority of Landry Group’s shares was none other than Joshua’s assistant!
How ironic.
The last two people who had positions on the board and, therefore, had a say in everything Landry Group did, were none other than Luna and Joshua’s assistant!
All of a sudden, the door was pushed open,
Charlotte strode elegantly into the room and gently wrapped her arms around Jim’s shoulders. “I saw from the second floor balcony that Luna has arrived.
“She came with her friend, and the person escorting her was Luke Jones, the leader of the largest gang in Merchant City.”
The vice president, who had been tidying his notes, suddenly froze when he heard this name.
Even though his actions were barely noticeable, they could not escape Jim’s hawk-like eyes. H e furrowed his brows and glanced at the man. “What’s wrong? Do you know this man, Luke
Jones?”
The vice president nodded, then suddenly shook his head. “There’s no one in Merchant City… that doesn’t know that name,
“Rumors say that Luke Jones is cruel and heartless and never hesitates when taking revenge o n the people that wronged him.
“The last gang leader in Merchant City, a man named Todd, was killed by Luke Jones himself.”
As he said this, the vice president started to shake. “I hear that Todd accepted a job offer that h e shouldn’t have and killed someone, but the person who was killed was Luke’s friend.
“Because of this, Luke had murdered Todd as soon as he found evidence of his crimes.”
The color drained from Charlotte’s face when she heard this. Todd was dead?
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“What’s wrong?” Jim furrowed his brows as he pulled a shuddering Charlotte into his arms. H e stared at her with a look of concern and asked, “Are you feeling unwell?”
“No, no.” Charlotte immediately came to and gave him a somewhat awkward smile. “I…I was just afraid after hearing how powerful this Luke Jones is. I can’t believe that he had even killed such a merciless man as Todd.
“I wonder what his intentions are for accompanying Luna to see us today.”
Charlotte then bit her lip and leaned against Jim’s shoulder, her voice quivering and laced with fear, “Jim… Surely we haven’t been treating Luna so badly that she’d bring such a terrifying man with her to see us?
“Did she somehow get it into her brain that we’re trying to con her, or is she trying to threaten us?”
Jim narrowed his eyes when he heard this.
He and Charlotte called for this meeting with Luna to discuss the reallocation of her shares of Landry Group.
After all, everyone, including employees of Landry Group and the general public, had found out about Luna being involved with Joshua Lynch, so if Luna were to continue being the CEO O f Landry Group, it would only destroy the employees’ morale.
Not only that, but from the moment she decided to get involved with Joshua, Jim thought that she had lost her privilege as a Landry.
Therefore, she should reallocate all her shares to him and resign from her position as CEO.
Jim did not think this request was unreasonable. Even if he was not the leader and, instead, Charles was, Jim was sure that his father would make the same decision.
However…
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Not only was Luna seemingly displeased by this decision, but she had even gone to great lengths to use her connections to help her.
First, she had asked Joshua and his assistant to attack Landry Group so she would be able to monopolize the company’s shares.
Then, she decided to bring someone like Luke Jones with her to their meeting.
It was clear Luna was trying to provoke them.
Seeing that Jim did not reply, Charlotte bit her lip and asked timidly, “What should we do now, Jim?”
Jim narrowed his eyes and fixed his penetrating gaze on the distance. Then, he said with a hint of coldness in his tone, “We’ll take it one step at a time as soon as we meet Luna.
“If you hadn’t withdrawn my emergency money, we wouldn’t have ended up in such a passive situation.”
With that, he coldly stared at Charlotte’s face and demanded, “Who gave you the right to touch my money?”
Charlotte, who was still laying against Jim’s shoulder, immediately froze when she heard this.
She bit her lip and stared intently at Jim’s face. “I…”
.
Then, she lowered her head and said with a hint of helplessness in her tone, “I was just trying t o help you.
“I thought since the money wasn’t being used anyway, I might as well take it out and infuse it into Landry Group’s future development funds. Besides…”
She lifted her head to stare at Jim, a glimmer of hopefulness in her eyes. “You must’ve seen what I had done with that money. With the funds, Landry Group has successfully unbound two of its supply chains from Quinn Group. This is a good thing, Jim.”
Jim’s expression darkened when he saw the delighted look on Charlotte’s face. “Charlotte, do you know I had specially allocated that money for emergencies like these?
“If my money were still intact, Landry Group wouldn’t have ended up in such a passive position beneath Lynch Group!”
Charlotte gnawed on her lip nervously. “But… But I…” She lowered her head and stuttered, “I was just trying to help you… …”
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Charlotte had yet to finish her sentence when Jim’s phone rang all of a sudden.
He picked up the call, frowning.
Joshua’s low voice, laced with a hint of a smile, rang out from the other end of the line,” Hello, Mr. Landry. This must be the first thing we ever talked on the phone ever since you lost your memories.”
Jim narrowed his eyes and sneered, “Yes, this is the first time we’ve ever talked on the phone, but even before this, I’ve already gotten to know you very well, Mr. Lynch.”
There was a trace of hatred in Jim’s voice.
Joshua could not help chuckling when he heard this. “I cañ tell from your voice that you hate m e very much right now, Mr. Landry. Well, don’t worry, because I’m not going to waste much of your precious time.”
He let out an exhale and continued impassively, “I can tell you very clearly that even though she agreed to meet with you at Landry Mansion, Luna will not give in to your terms and hand over her shares of Landry Group.”
As soon as she heard this, Charlotte’s brows scrunched up into a scowl. She snapped through gritted teeth, “What right does she have to refuse us?
“Since she has already been kicked out of the Landry family, she should maintain her distance and return all the money!
“All this money doesn’t even belong to her!”
“Who owns the money if not her? Do you think you’re the rightful owner of the Landry family’s fortune, Ms. Jacobs?” Joshua interrupted her curtly. “Ms. Jacobs, I’m talking to Mr. Landry right now, and since when have you become his spokesperson? Has he become mute? Doesn’t he know how to speak for himself?”
The color drained from Charlotte’s face when she heard this.
“Do you like stealing things from other people so much, Ms. Jacobs, that aside from stealing someone else’s childhood, memories, and identity, you have now set out to steal Luna’s money and Jim’s freedom of speech?”
As soon as he said this, Joshua could not help snickering. “Why do you like stealing things so much, Ms. Jacobs?”
Charlotte bit her lip, her entire body frozen in shock.
She was not surprised by Joshua’s taunts at all, but the fact that…
He had accused her of stealing someone else’s childhood, memories, and identity.
What was he trying to say?
Could Joshua have…found out about Bonnie and Jim?
Charlotte’s expression darkened as soon as she thought of this.
“Please excuse us, Charlotte.” Jim could tell that Charlotte was beginning to grow nervous and infuriated by Joshua’s words, so he gently stroked her head and asked her to leave.
Charlotte bit her lip, glanced first at Jim, then shot his phone a murderous glare before finally leaving the room.
As soon as the door closed behind her, Jim shifted into a more comfortable position in his chair and said lazily, “What do you want?”.
“What I want is simple.” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk. “Luna is loyal to your family, and s o, she’s reluctant to let go of her share of the fortune.
“I’m just trying to help her.”
With that, Joshua exhaled, leaned against his office chair, and stared at the smiling photo of Luna on his computer screen. “If you don’t force her to give up her shares of Landry Group and the family fortune, I’ll order Lucas to sell off the majority of Landry Group’s shares individually.
“However, if you insist on forcing her… “I will only make things harder for you.
“The moment she leaves Landry Group, the entire company, as well as Landry family itself, will cease to exist.”
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Jim’s entire body broke out in cold sweats as soon as he heard Joshua’s threat.
Joshua’s voice sounded extremely arrogant, so much so that it terrified Jim.
Jim could not remember, even in his brief memories, anyone having ever spoken to him like
this.
It was bad enough that Joshua dared to threaten him like this, but he had the capabilities of making these threats come true, too.
These days, the first thing Jim did after losing his memory was getting an understanding of the Landry Group’s latest developments, then investigating Lynch Group.
Joshua Lynch was indeed the business prodigy everyone thought he was.
Jim, too, could not help but notice that during the past year that Joshua had arrived in Merchant City, he had plenty of opportunities of defeating Landry Group once and for all.
However, he chose not to do so.
For the past year, Joshua had been focusing his energy on attacking the more powerful and more power-hungry Quinn family.
As for the Landry family, all the attacks they had suffered were simply collaterals of the attacks on the Quinn family.
Despite never having shifted his focus onto the Landry family, Joshua was still capable of defeating them until they were on the verge of bankruptcy.
Therefore, it was clear that they had yet to witness the true extent of this man’s power.
As soon as he thought of this, Jim let out an exhale and asked, “Why are you helping Luna?
“If me and Charlotte had successfully forced Luna out of the Landry family, she’d be rendered homeless and remain by your side. When that happens, you’ll be able to bring her back to your hometown, Banyan City. Isn’t that a good thing?
“Why are you so fixated on helping Luna and trying to fight against us?”
Jim was not the only one wondering this. Both Charlotte and Roanne had thought of this before, too.
The more severe their rivalries got, the more disappointed Luna would be in the Landry family.
If that happened, Joshua would be able to use this to his advantage and drive a wedge between Luna and the Landry family.
If Luna became utterly disappointed in the Landry family, Joshua would become her last and
only hope. Therefore, he could take this opportunity to show her kindness and bring her backt O Banyan City
Why was he trying to help Luna battle them and, in turn, allow her to regain her throne as heiress to the Landry family, where she would become his enemy once more?
Joshua could not help bursting out into laughter when he heard Jim’s question.
He laughed for a long time, so much so that Jim could not help feeling a little uneasy by this.
Finally, Joshua stopped laughing. He curled his lips into a smirk and said coldly, “The reason I’m helping Luna is not for my gain alone.
“I love her so deeply and so much that I will help her do anything she wants.
“If you guys upset her, I’ll make you pay. If she doesn’t want to separate from her family and insists on returning to your side, I will gladly help her.”
Jim narrowed his eyes. “What do you mean?”
“Loving someone means that you will do anything in your power to make her happy, even if it means making yourself suffer.”
Even as these words tumbled out of his mouth, Joshua could not help feeling a little repulsed b y himself.
He let out an awkward cough and said, “It doesn’t matter what I tell you; you wouldn’t understand anyway.”
Jim furrowed his brows. “You’re right. I don’t understand, and neither do I want to.”
With that, he let out an exhale and added, “But I accept your terms.”
As soon as he finished saying this, Jim hung up the phone.
He put down his phone and slumped into his office chair in exhaustion. The very words that Joshua had said to him echoed in his mind.
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‘I love her so deeply and so much that I will help her do anything she wants.’
“Loving someone means that you will do anything in your power to make her happy, even if it means making yourself suffer.’
Jim closed his eyes and could not help sneering when he thought of this.
He could not believe that something as mundane as love and romance would one day become the weakness of Joshua Lynch, business prodigy.
Fortunately, Jim was a heartless person and loved only himself.
His being with Charlotte was just a fulfillment of his childhood promise to her.
That was not to say that he had never been in love with Charlotte before. He had, in the past.
However, for some reason, when he saw Charlotte after losing his memories for the first time i n six years, he could not seem to summon his passion for her anymore.
At this point, his feelings toward Charlotte were more toward fulfilling a responsibility rather than actually loving her.
Jim thought that this was a good state to be in, since without distractions of love and romance, he was far more rational and would not commit stupid mistakes like Joshua, nor would he be like Christopher and fall for a tacky woman like that.
As soon as he thought of Christopher, Joshua could not help recalling the woman he had seen a t the hospital that morning.
At that time, he had misunderstood Bonnie’s relationship with that strange man and even called her a slut.
However, not only had she refused to admit it, but she even took out a pen and paper to write down her so-called evidence of them having slept together in the past.
‘The first time you and I slept together was at 10 p.m. at Tea Cottage ten months ago, on the nth of one particular month. I have two witnesses of this incident; one of them being your sister Luna and the other being one of your drivers who goes by Mr. Williams.
‘The second time you and I slept together was nine-and-a-half months ago at Starhill Hotel a t midnight. At that time, something drastic had happened to your family, and you were confused as to whether you should return to Landry Group to help your family or not. Witnesses of this incident were the housekeepers and the lobby receptionist at Starhill Hotel…
‘The third time…
’The fourth time…’
Bonnie had written down every incident clearly, down to the date, venue, and witnesses.
Jim could not help sneering when he recalled how focused Bonnie was when writing this down.
He could not believe that at a time like this, there were some women so desperate to get closet o him that they were willing to forge evidence just like that.
If he remembered correctly, that piece of paper was still tucked inside his coat pocket.
As soon as he thought of this, Jim opened his eyes, stood up, and walked into the closet, intending to find his coat from that morning.
However, he could not find it at all.
One of the servants passed by and saw him doing this, so she approached him, asking if she could help.
Jim furrowed his brows and told her that he was looking for his coat.
“Are you talking about the coat you were wearing when you went to the hospital with Ms. Charlotte this morning?” The servant furrowed her brows, deep in thought. “I think I just brought it to the laundry room just now.”
With that, she quickly turned around and said, “I’ll go get it for you, Sir.”
“There’s no need.” Jim stopped her and decided to go himself. “I’ll go get it myself.”
He was still infuriated about his encounter with Joshua, so it might be a good idea to walk around for a bit to calm his nerves.
Soon, he arrived at the laundry room.
Inside the room, another servant was separating the clothes into whites and colors in preparation for laundering.
Seeing that Jim had arrived, the servant quickly stood up and left the room.
Jim soon managed to find the coat he had worn that morning, but during this process, he caught sight of Charlotte’s clothes.
There was a bra buried in a heap of Charlotte’s dirty clothes.
One of its straps was snapped off, seemingly done by someone very strong.
On top of that, according to the position of the tear, the person had been standing on Charlotte’s right, and it was impossible that Charlotte had broken it herself while she was changing Jim furrowed his brows, and a bad feeling arose in his heart…