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However, Harvey…was exactly the same age as her child would have been.
As soon as she thought of this, a surge of excitement spread through Bonnie’s heart.
What if…Harvey was her long-lost son?
This could not wait
After handing Shelly over to the butler, Bonnie immediately ushered Harvey into the car.
“Where are we going, Bonnie?” Harvey was a little bewildered by Bonnie’s behavior. “Are we leaving Shelly at home just like this?”
Bonnie pursed her lips. “There’s something important I need to confirm.”
If… If Harvey was really her son…
In the future, he would be able to call her Mommy instead of addressing her by her name!
It would be a dream come true if Harvey was indeed her child after all.
Bonnie’s car sailed smoothly along the road.
She was so immersed in her joy that she did not notice a black car following theirs.
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Inside the black car, the driver dialed a number as he trailed behind Bonnie. “Ms. Charlotte, I’ve confirmed that the destination Bonnie is headed to is the DNA Diagnostic Center.”
“The DNA Diagnostic Center?” Charlotte’s shriek echoed from the other end of the line.” Bonnie and Harvey are headed to the DNA Diagnostic Center together… This isn’t good! Stop them!”
The driver fell silent for a moment, then said with a helpless tone, “Ms. Charlotte, I’m all alone out here, and it’ll be difficult for me to attempt to stop her car on my own.
“Why don’t you apologize to Mr. Simms and get him to help you. Otherwise…
“If they reach the center before I can stop them, it’ll be too late.”
Charlotte fell silent for a moment, then finally sighed. “Alright.”
She knew that the driver was telling the truth; there was no way he could stop Bonnie at all unless he deliberately caused a traffic jam or a motor vehicle accident.
Nonetheless, he could not possibly achieve this on his own.
After hanging up the phone, Charlotte gazed at it for a moment before finally picking it up
once more and dialing another number. “Father.”
A man’s cold voice rang out from the other end of the line, saying, “What do you want? You only call me that when you want something from me.”
Charlotte paused before finally replying, “I need your help.”
With that, she explained everything to him, including the reason Bonnie and Harvey were headed to the DNA Diagnostic Center. “I can’t let her find out that Harvey’s her son. As soon as they reunite as mother and son…I won’t be able to stay by Jim’s side anymore!”
The man fell silent. “I can help you, and also, as a bonus, I can help you get rid of Jim’s assistant, too, but you have to promise me that you’ll be good to me in the future.”
Charlotte was a little baffled by this. “Why do you want to get rid of Jim’s assistant?”
The man sneered. “I guess you still have no idea, huh.
“Jim asked his assistant to bring you and Shelly’s hairs to the DNA Diagnostic Center for a test, and he’s now on his way back to Landry Mansion with the results.”
Charlotte’s heart sank when she heard this.
Jim…did not trust her at all, did he?
As soon as she thought of this, Charlotte bit her lip and asked, “Have you prepared the drugs I told you to? Tonight, I’m going to snag Jim once and for all!”
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Bonnie’s car was stopped in traffic halfway to the DNA Diagnostic Center.
It seemed that there had been a serious accident up ahead, which caused the traffic to come to a standstill.
As if this was not enough bad news, as she waited impatiently in the traffic, the black car behind her collided with the back of her car.
However, this car did not belong to her at all; it was Joshua’s, which Sean had driven over that morning with June.
The other party immediately called the police after colliding with Bonnie’s car and demanded an insurance reimbursement from her..
Bonnie had no choice but to call Luna for help.
“What are you doing there?” Luna asked, frowning, as she walked around the house to find Joshua.
Was Bonnie not supposed to be at home, playing with the kids? Why did she and Harvey end up in one of the busiest, most crowded areas of the city?
Bonnie pursed her lips and contemplated for a moment but ultimately decided not to tell Luna the truth. “I brought Harvey out for some fresh air.”
She did not want to tell anyone of things that she was unsure of yet.
What if…
What if Harvey was not her son after all? She did not want Luna to be disappointed as well.
Naturally, Luna could tell that Bonnie was lying, but she did not expose her and instead just sighed. “Alright, just sit tight; Joshua and I will be over shortly.”
With that, she hung up the phone and pushed open the door to Joshua’s study.
Inside the room, Joshua was bent over his desk, immersed in work.
He lifted his head when he heard the door open.
Luna stood at the door, and he glanced at her empty hands. “I thought you were here to bring me coffee.”
Luna pouted slightly. “Are you tired?”
Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and replied, “A little. After all, someone kept me up all night last night.”
Luna rolled her eyes at him. Was she the one who had kept him up?
He was the one who could not control his desires at all and had kept her up until 2 or l am
How dare he accuse her of doing so when he was the true culprit?
“Okay, I guess we’ll sleep in separate rooms tonight.”
Joshua curled his lips into another smirk. “I don’t have that many rooms available.”
Luna pouted again and retorted, “I’m starting to suspect that this was part of your plan; you deliberately bought this small house to torment me.”
Joshua snickered. “Whatever floats your boat.”
With that, he shot her a glance and asked, “Why did you come to me?”
He knew that Luna would not disturb him during his work unless it were absolutely necessary; she was a smart woman.
Luna finally remembered her intention of entering Joshua’s study. “Bonnie got into a minor accident, and the driver wants her to pay for the damage. She’s with Harvey right now, and she’s worried she’ll be taken advantage of. Will you send Lucas to help her?”
Joshua nodded and was about to call Lucas when his phone rang.
It was a call from Luke.
Joshua picked it up, frowning. “What’s up?”
“Quentin has made a move.” There was a hint of excitement in Luke’s voice. “The massive traffic jam in the southern part of the city was his doing. Not only that, but just a minute ago, he caused a serious accident that killed the other driver on the spot.
“The victim is none other than Jim’s assistant, a man named Clark.”
Luna widened her eyes in shock upon hearing this.
The traffic jam in the southern part of the city…
Was this not where Bonnie was at?
Luna had thought the road was congested because it was a weekend, but it turned out that Quentin had been behind this.
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Quentin had caused a traffic jam and killed Jim’s assistant…
Luna felt her chest tighten at this thought.
Could it be that he was the one behind Bonnie’s accident too? What was this man trying to do?
Joshua, too, had connected the dots.
“Bonnie is now stuck in a standstill traffic at the southern part of the city, and she has just gotten into a minor accident.” Joshua fell silent for a moment, clutching the phone, then finally asked, “Do you have any men stationed around that area? Please do me a favor and send one of your men to help her. I’ll be there soon.
“No problem.” Luke suddenly thought of something. “By the way, that assistant of Jim’s was killed on his way back to Landry Mansion from the DNA Diagnostic Center.”
Luna and Joshua exchanged glances. Luna suddenly recalled that just that morning, she had dared Jim to use Shelly and Charlotte’s hair and nails to conduct a DNA testing. Did this mean that…Assistant Clark was killed because he held the DNA results on him?
However, the person that killed him was Quentin , whereas the only person who would want this DNA report destroyed was Charlotte.
Did Charlotte and Quentin somehow know each other?
Luna’s mind whirled in chaos.
“Bonnie must’ve been taking Harvey to do a DNA test as well,” said Joshua in a low voice as he got into the car.
His words immediately pulled Luna back to reality. She froze for a moment, then brought out the navigation app on her phone to take a look.
He was right!
The destination of Bonnie’s route was none other than the DNA Diagnostic Center!
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She lifted her head to stare at Joshua in shock. “Bonnie was bringing Harvey to do a DNA test… Could she have discovered something?”
“Yes.” Joshua started the car and said impassively as he stared at the road before him,” According to Jude’s investigation, six years ago, when Jim went on his business trip to Banyan City, no mute woman had arrived at the hotel he was in.
“However, an extremely intoxicated Bonnie was brought to that same hotel by Jason that same night.”
Luna was so shocked by this that she almost bit her tongue. A split second later, she shot Joshua an accusing yet somewhat excited glare. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? When did you even ask Jude to look into this?”
“A long time ago.’ Joshua clutched the steering wheel and said, “How can I tell you this when
you weren’t even willing to talk to me in the past?”
Luna was a little speechless.
A split second later, she pursed her lips and replied, “I….I thought we weren’t going to get back together.” With an entire generation of vengeance between them, Luna genuinely thought that she and Joshua were never meant to be.
Therefore, the best course of action to heal their wounds and reduce their suffering was to cut oft each other from their lives.
“How about now?” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk. “We still haven’t got to the bottom of the vengeance between the Landry and Lynch families.”
Luna fell silent upon hearing this.
While waiting for the red light, she hesitated for a moment, then finally snaked her arms around his neck and pressed a kiss onto Joshua’s cheek. “Now, I trust your intuition, and I trust mine as well.”
For the past year that they had been separated, Joshua had been trying to find ways of resolving the vengeance between their families. He had been trying for their relationship, so how could she let him do this alone?
Joshua could not help smiling at her kiss. “I trust you too.”
Soon, he received a call from Luke.
The traffic had dissipated at this point, and his men had managed to resolve the dispute between Bonnie and the driver and delivered Bonnie and Harvey safely to their destination.
By the time Luna and Joshua arrived at the DNA Diagnostic Center, Bonnie and Harvey were already waiting quietly for their results.
As soon as he saw Luna, Harvey leaped off his seat and pulled Luna into a hug. “Aunt Luna! Bonnie and I are going to become a real family very soon!”
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Bonnie immediately stood up as well when she saw Luna coming. “Luna, I…” “I know.” Luna let out a sigh, hugged Harvey back, and smiled at Bonnie. “Don’t worry; I’m sure the outcome must be something good.”
Bonnie grew even more nervous to hear this.
In a trembling voice, she explained to Joshua and Luna that the butler had sent one of his men to follow Assistant Clark.
Joshua furrowed his brows upon hearing this. “With only a copy and not the original…it’s hard to tell if Jim will believe the results of the DNA test.”
Bonnie shot him a confused glance. “But the original is with Assistant Clark.”
He was Jim’s personal assistant, and there was no way he would not hand the original copy of the DNA report to Jim.
Joshua and Luna exchanged a glance upon hearing this. Finally, Luna let out a sigh and reached out to grasp Bonnie’s hands. “Assistant Clark…passed away just now, in a car crash.”
As soon as she heard this, Bonnie’s entire body froze in shock as though she had been struck by lightning
She stared dazedly at Luna, a faint humming sound echoing in her head. Assistant Clark had been perfectly fine before this. How could he have… A split second later, Bonnie understood that this had been Charlotte’s doing. After all, the report that Assistant Clark had been carrying contained evidence proving that Charlotte was not Shelly’s mother at all.
If Jim were to get his hands on this report, he would not be able to accept the fact that Charlotte had lied to him, even if he still maintained his loyalty toward her.
As soon as she thought of this, Bonnie bit her lip and immediately glanced at Harvey. In a split second, she suddenly realized that it could have been a mistake to bring Harvey with her to conduct a DNA test.
If Harvey was truly her son, Charlotte would stop at nothing to bring the two of them down.
That woman was a merciless crook.
Bonnie had to admit that her power and influence in Merchant City were not sufficient to protect Harvey against Charlotte at all.
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She immediately turned to stare at Luna and said in a trembling voice, “Please help me…”
Seeing how frightened she was, Joshua let out a chuckle and said in determination as he pulled Luna into his arms, “Don’t worry; I promise that I’ll protect Shelly and Harvey, and Luke will, too,”
Bonnie could not help feeling a little uneasy at the mention of Luke.
She glanced at Luke’s men, who had escorted her to the DNA Diagnostic Center and remained by her side in protection all this while.
Just a few minutes ago…the man that had collided with her car had almost been physically violent with her.
Fortunately, Luke’s men had shown up just in time and managed to save her and Harvey from harm.
Because of this, Bonnie’s impression of Luke had taken a good turn, but she still could not understand one thing…
Luke was such a hypocrite. On the one hand, he was the leader of the most notorious gangs, and he was a man who constantly walked the line of cruelty and ruthlessness.
However, ironically, he appeared to be a gentle and quiet person, not at all like how a gang leader was supposed to look. Instead, he resembled an educated, soft-spoken scholar.
On the one hand, he had been merciless toward Gwen. Not only had he killed her late fiance, but he even imprisoned her by his side and refused to let her out of his sight.
All that, and he was extremely kind and helpful to Gwen and all of her friends. Today was another instance of his kind-heartedness. Bonnie was convinced that if it were not for Gwen, Luke would never have sent his men to help her nor protect her. Luna let out a sigh as though she could see through Bonnie’s thoughts. “Some things aren’t supposed to have an answer.”
Truth be told, Luna was unsure of how she felt about Luke either.
Soon, the DNA results came out.
When the doctor emerged from the lab with the report in his hand, Harvey was the first to leap from his chair and sprint toward him.
He snatched the report out of the doctor’s hands and stared at it.
“According to the genetic cross-matching, Sample A and Sample B were found to bear a 99.99 % resemblance, suggesting that these two people are related as mother and son.”
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Harvey was so overjoyed that he leaped into the air in exhilaration.
“It turns out I’m Bonnie’s son after all! No, wait, I guess I should be calling her Mommy now
“It’s no wonder why I liked her as soon as I saw her. I couldn’t help feeling as if I had known her in the past and that she and I were meant to be the first time I met her!”
Bonnie could not stop the flurry of joy within her, too.
She strode over to his side and pulled him into a tight embrace, picking up the report from his hands at the same time.
Every word printed on that page strummed her heartstrings.
She bit her lip and tried to stop her tears from falling.
She had been searching for him for more than a year!
Her beloved child…
It turned out that her long-lost child had been under her nose all this while, and it was none other than the boy she loved so much she had been planning to raise as her own!
Tears stained her face.
She hugged Harvey close to her and muttered, “I’ve finally found you…” It had taken her too long! If Jim had not sent his assistant to conduct a DNA test that day, she would never have thought Harvey could be her son!
If the butler had not encouraged her to bring Harvey here, she would never have found out the truth…
She held Harvey close to her and muttered, “Harvey… Mommy has finally found you… We’ll never be separated ever again…”
There was nothing in this world that delighted her more than finding out her favorite little boy was her biological son after all.
She swore that she would never leave Harvey from this moment onward. She had missed out on the first six years of his life; she would never make that mistake again! “Don’t cry, Mommy.” Harvey tried desperately to wipe the tears from her face. “I promise we’ll never be separated ever again.”
He had thought himself a strong boy and that he would not cry, but when he saw Bonnie sobbing, Harvey, too, began to feel his tears fall.
He finally had a mother!
He would no longer be a motherless little runt!
Luna, too, began to feel a little touched by the scene before her.
She lay in Joshua’s arms and silently wiped her tears away. “I’m so happy for Bonnie.”
However, she still could not help recalling her daughter, who had been taken away by Malcolm
Was she Riley?
If she was not, then where was she?
Bonnie had managed to find her son, so when would she be able to find her daughter?
Joshua hugged her close to him as though he could sense Luna’s sadness. “I promise you that we’ll find her soon.”
With that, he casually changed the topic. “Don’t you think it’s a little strange?” Luna paused. “What is?”
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“Since Harvey is Bonnie and Jim’s son, Bonnie must’ve been the girl that Charlotte had tricked in the past, and she was lured to the hotel Jim was staying in by Jason. “This means that Charlotte and Jason had worked together on this. However, he was the culprit who had hit you with his truck.” Joshua narrowed his eyes. “Do you honestly believe that…Charlotte hadn’t been a part of Heather and Aura’s plans to kill you six years ago?”
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Luna immediately froze upon hearing this.
She stared at Joshua blankly for a long time before finally understanding what he said. She bit her lip and said dazedly, “Are you saying that…Charlotte had been involved in trying to kill me as well?” Joshua narrowed his eyes and said with a sneer, “That’s right.”
Luna felt the chill rise from her sole to the top of her head.
If that was true, then Charlotte…was far more deceitful than she had thought. If she had been involved in Heather and Aura’s plans to kill her six years ago… Her visiting Luna when she was in jail for Cheryl’s murder and claiming to help her had been fake all along
Luna, at that point, still naively believed that Charlotte had wanted to help her at the start, but after her plans of getting close to Jim failed, she had no choice but to resort to desperate measures…
As soon as she thought of this, Luna felt her entire body tremble.
“Since Charlotte had been devising to kill Aunt Luna with Heather and Aura, why did she fall out with Heather and even end up becoming disfigured because of this?”
All of a sudden, Harvey lifted his head from between Bonnie’s arms and asked in a sweet, earnest voice.
Even though he was only six, he was an avid reader of crime thrillers, and he had always borne an interest in solving mysteries. Joshua curled his lips into a smile when he heard Harvey’s question, strode over, and gently patted his head. “This is an issue of conflict of interest between adults. You’re too young, and you won’t understand any of this.”
Harvey pouted when he heard this but did not reply. Bonnie, on the other hand, held him close to her and could not help lamenting, “I can’t believe I have such a smart boy for a son.”
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She had always been envious of Harvey’s mother. After all, this boy’s intelligence had always been on par with Luna’s three children.
Not only that, but he even requested Jim to bring him to Banyan City to find his mother as soon as he found out that she could possibly still be alive.
On top of that, he had even convinced Jim to make a promise that he would not date other women before finding his biological mother
Bonnie could not help feeling jealous when she first heard about this.
She thought that Harvey’s mother must have been an extremely lucky woman and that she would continue to live a happy, carefree life with them.
However, she never thought that she was that woman, Harvey’s mother, all along!
“Why can’t you?” Luna rolled her eyes and glanced at Harvey, then at Bonnie. “Actually, you two look a lot alike!”
She had never thought of it that way at all, but now that the truth was out, she could not help finding Harvey and Bonnie strikingly similar.
Amid the joy, Bonnie’s phone rang.
It was a call from a foreign number.
Bonnie picked up the call, frowning.
Sean’s worried voice rang out from the other end of the line, “Ms. Bonnie, you…your daughter has been kidnapped!”
Bonnie’s entire body stiffened when she heard this. She almost dropped her phone and shrieked so loudly that her voice nearly broke, “What… What did you just say?”
“Your daughter was kidnapped.” Sean’s voice came in desperate pants as he ran. “I’m trying to chase after them, but they got into a car, and I can’t keep up with them anymore!”
Bonnie felt the whole world spin.
She clutched the armchair next to her to steady herself and tried to stop herself from fainting. “How is this possible…” “It’s true!” Sean replied, panting. “Didn’t you ask the butler to look after her? The butler had taken up this job very seriously and even employed some of his men to look after her. “However, for some reason, there was a fire in the backyard of Landry Mansion, and the smoke was so heavy that it was hard for us to breathe!”
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The butler sent his men to help me put out the fire while he stayed behind to keep an eye on Shelly. “When we got there, we discovered that the trash had accidentally caught on fire, and we quickly put it out and rushed back to the house. “But when we returned, we discovered that the butler had passed out, and someone had taken both June and Shelly! “I tried to chase after them, but they had gotten into a car…and I can’t keep up with them!”
Sean watched in despair as the car got further and further away and slumped onto the ground in a heap. “I managed to note down the license plate, though, and I’ll send it to you very soon!
With that, he hung up the phone and sent her a text message containing the license plate number of the car that had gotten away.
Bonnie’s mind was blank as the dial tone rang in her ears.
She had no idea what to do at all. Why… Why would someone want to kidnap Shelly?
The only person she could think of was Charlotte, but…
Luna and Harvey stormed over to Bonnie’s side to help her up. “Don’t worry, we’ll find her very soon!”
Joshua, on the other hand, took Bonnie’s phone from her. He furrowed his brows when he saw the license plate number that Sean had sent her.
If he remembered correctly, this car…belonged to the Quinn family. That meant that Shelly’s kidnapping probably had something to do with Quentin. . Were Charlotte and Quentin related? Why was he helping her over and over, despite knowing that doing so would offend Joshua?
Bonnie bit her lip and lifted her head to stare at Joshua. “Can you find out where this car went?
“Yes.” Joshua narrowed his eyes and glanced at Bonnie, then at Luna. “Let’s bring Bonnie and Harvey back to my house. We need to discuss this in more detail.” Luna nodded, then, together with Harvey, helped Bonnie out of the room and into the car. They soon arrived at Joshua’s house, and Bonnie had sobbed throughout their journey there.
After all, Shelly was barely two months old, and she could not afford to be hurt… If anything bad were to happen to Shelly, she would never be able to forgive herself!
“Bonnie?” All of a sudden, Luna’s voice pulled her back to reality.
Bonnie immediately came to and realized they had arrived at Joshua’s house. She sniffed and followed Luna out of the car, trying to suppress the fear in her heart.
However, to her surprise… When she got out of the car, the first person she saw was a little girl dressed in green, who was grinning at her. Bonnie widened her eyes in shock. “You…” However, before she could say anything , Harvey sprinted forward and pulled the girl into a hug. “June! Thank God you’re fine!”
June could not help frowning at Harvey’s somewhat painful hug and said in a sweet voice, “Let go of me! Of course I’m fine; I wasn’t put in danger at all!”
Bonnie could not believe her eyes.
If June was here…then where was Shelly? She immediately shifted her glance to Joshua. “What’s going on here?”
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Did Sean not say that June and Shelly had both been abducted? If so, what was june doing here
at Joshua’s house?
Luna, too, was a little perplexed by this. “What… What’s going on?” Seeing that both Bonnie and Luna’s faces had morphed with shock, Joshua curled his lips into a smirk, strode over to June, and gently patted her head. “Why don’t you tell your two aunts what happened?”
June had always been a little intimidated by Joshua’s cold, assertive demeanor, and with Joshua patting her head, she was so nervous that her teeth chattered.
Despite this, she still described her experience in great detail. “Well…a man had sneaked in from the back door to find us, and Mr. Butler escorted Shelly and me into the car.
“After that, he returned to the house with a little doll disguised as Shelly, and we arrived here!
With that, she pointed at the room behind her. “Shelly’s in there, sleeping!” Bonnie immediately burst into tears of happiness upon hearing this. She immediately stormed past them and into the house, exclaiming, “Shelly!” Luna remained motionless and stared in disbelief at Joshua. “You knew that someone would try to harm Shelly?”
If Joshua had not known this, he would not have set up such an elaborate scheme at all. Joshua smiled, walked over to her side, and pulled her into his arms. “I guess you can say that, “he answered in a soft voice.
“When I found out that Quentin’s men had deliberately caused traffic congestion to trap Bonnie and that he had killed Jim’s assistant, I knew that Shelly wouldn’t be safe. “The thing that Charlotte would fear most at a time like this is Jim finding out about her lies and that she wasn’t related to Shelly at all.
“Therefore, the first thing she had to do was prevent Jim from seeing that DNA report, and the second was to get rid of Shelly.
“As long as Shelly died, Jim would be so engulfed by his grief that he wouldn’t even want to do a DNA test to confirm Shelly’s identity.
“Therefore, I ordered Lucas to get in touch with the butler at Landry Mansion and managed to sneak the children out.”
Luna bit her lip upon hearing this. A split second later, she lifted her head to stare at him. “But since Charlotte intended to kill Shelly to distract Jim…she could’ve sent someone to choke her right in her bed, so why did she have to kidnap her instead?”
Logically speaking, it was far easier to kill a two-month-old baby rather than abduct it.
Tohill a baby required only brute force, but to kidnap one not only needed manpower, and she had to risk being caught and her plans failing.
Toshua chuckled when he saw how immersed Luna was in her thoughts, “What do you think? Even I could’ve thought of the possibility that Charlotte would try to kill this child… do you think someone who had been with her for almost ten years wouldn’t?
“By taking the child away, she would have leverage over Charlotte that she could use to threaten her.” Achill went down Luna’s spine upon hearing this. She lifted her head to stare at him, “Are you saying that the person who kidnapped the baby… was Roanne?”
Joshua nodded and replied, “Just now, Theo received a call asking him to prepare and bring some baby supplies to a specified location. What do you think Roanne is planning to do with these things?” Luna was a little speechless by this. She could not believe that Roanne was willing to betray Charlotte, whom she had spent almost ten years with, and yet did not forget to contact Theo to help her! Joshua’s guesses had been right all along; Roanne had fallen prey to Theo, after all.
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As soon as she thought of this, Luna could not help sneaking a glance at Joshua. Her admiration and love for him only grew.
Alas…
The vengeance between their families had yet to be resolved.
As soon as she entered the house, Bonnie caught sight of Shelly in her stroller, who was giggling and cooing at Nigel.
She was momentarily stunned by the sight before her. Nigel was about the same age as Harvey, but for some reason, as she stared at Nigel and Shelly, she could not help feeling that they resembled one another more than Harvey and Shelly did.
Her mood dampened as she thought of this.
What was Shelly’s true identity? She was not Charlotte’s daughter, and she was not Jim’s, either.
Why, then, had Jim brought this child home and told her that it was his daughter?
Why did Jim treat this baby as though she were his own?
The only way her questions would be answered was if Jim recovered his memories… As soon as she thought of this, Bonnie strode over and picked up Shelly in her arms. “Thank God you’re alright…”
If something terrible had happened to Shelly while she and Harvey were gone, she would not be able to forgive herself!
All of a sudden, her phone rang. A disgusted look crept across Harvey’s face as soon as he picked up the phone and glanced at the name. “It’s from Mr. Jim. Should I decline the call?”
Bonnie furrowed her brows. “No.”
She put down the baby and took the phone from him. As soon as she walked into the backyard, she picked up the call. “What’s wrong?” “What’s wrong?” Jim echoed frostily. “What do you think? Do you know Shelly was abducted after you took Harvey out? How can you leave a two-month-old baby by herself at home?”
He had sent his men to investigate Shelly’s whereabouts, and according to the surveillance footage, the car that the kidnappers had gotten into belonged to the Quinn family! Jim was confused by this. The Quinn and Landry families had been courteous with each other, but ever since Malcolm and Heather’s marriage turned sour, the two families had gone separate ways as well.
Regardless, he never thought that the Quinn family would take revenge on them at a time like this!
just a few minutes ago, Jim had attempted to get in touch with the Quinn family, but the news he had received was that the car registered under that license plate number had long since broken down, and the license plate had been stolen.
This meant that…whoever had kidnapped Shelly had nothing to do with the Quinn family at all, and they had just used this as a means of averting his attention to the Quinn family.
Jim had lost his one and only clue to Shelly’s whereabouts.
There was nothing he could do apart from calling the cops.
After lodging a police report, he still felt unsettled about this incident and thus called Bonnie.
However, he never thought that Bonnie, the person who claimed to love the children more than he did, would be so nonchalant about all this and even have the audacity to ask him what was wrong!
It seemed that she did not even know that Shelly had gone missing at all!
The more he thought about this, the angrier Jim got, and so he snapped at her, “I guess that your concern about the children had all been a ruse, huh? You’re finally showing your true colors now, aren’t you?”
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Bonnie snickered at Jim’s behavior.
She could not believe that even during a time like this, this man still resorted to insulting and cursing her
It was difficult for her to fathom that this was the same gentle, kind man she had fallen in love with a year ago
Even though the butler had told her that Jim did not remember her because she mattered too much to him, she still could not help finding this incredibly ironic. “What are you laughing at?” asked Jim coldly with furrowed brows when he heard her laughter.
Bonnie continued chuckling for a long time before finally letting out an exhale and saying,” I’m laughing at how hypocritical you are. Jim Landry, it’s your child that has gone missing now, and not only did you not go searching for her, but you called to interrogate me instead? “Even though you haven’t forgotten about your children after losing your memories, you’ve never cared about them at all!
“You never asked about them while they were in Banyan City, and now that they’ve arrived in Merchant City, the only thing you care about is still your precious Charlotte. You’ve never shown any signs of concern about Harvey and Shelly at all.
“Have you held Shelly even once ever since she arrived here? You didn’t!
“The only thing you did for them was buy them the flight tickets here, but even then, they almost died on their way! Not only that, but you even resorted to letting them stay in a separate house from you.”
As soon as she thought of this, Bonnie sniffed and added coldly, “If you hadn’t forced the children and me to live at Landry Mansion, we would’ve been staying here at Joshua’s house, and none of this would’ve happened at all!”
Bonnie’s words were like slaps after slaps, landing on Jim’s face.
He fell silent upon hearing this, and his expression darkened. Jim narrowed his eyes and asked, “Are you saying all of this was my fault?”
“What do you think?” Bonnie sneered. “The only thing you do best is accusing other people of your mistakes when you should’ve been reflecting on yourself instead. Jim Landry, you don’t deserve to be a father!”
With that, she hung up the phone.
Jim furrowed his brows as he clutched the phone, listening to the dial tone.
His other hand clenched into a tight fist.
A split second later, he narrowed his eyes and dialed another number. “Get the car ready; I want to go to Joshua’s place!” Did Bonnie not say that she was with Joshua? Well then, he would go there and interrogate her
himself! Who gave her the right to reprimand him like that? The assistant on the other end of the line fell silent for a moment, then replied, “Master Landry, a guest has just arrived for you.”
Jim furrowed his brows, but before he could ask any further, someone knocked on the door.
Charlotte’s gentle voice rang out from the other side, “Jim? It’s me. Can you open the door, please? I know you’re upset about Shelly’s kidnapping, so I came to find you. Maybe we can think of a plan together.”
Charlotte’s tender voice made Jim’s furrowed brows smoothen and relax. He stood up, let out a sigh, and opened the door for her. As soon as the door was opened, she wrapped her arms around his neck and whimpered, “Jim…
Tears started to fall as she leaned into him. “Who could’ve done this? Who took Shelly away from us?”