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Jim did not see the sly look in Luna’s eyes.

Instead, he furrowed his brows and stared at Luna in puzzlement, suddenly realizing that he did not understand her.

Even though he had lost his memories of their siblinghood over the past year, he had never once thought of her as a harsh, unkind person.

However, every word coming out of her mouth was nothing but false accusations of Sean’s integrity.

Sean was injured, for God’s sake!

According to the doctor, he would have lost his hands if they did not perform emergency surgery on him instantly.

Jim could not believe Luna would say things like this about an injured patient! Where was her conscience?

Seeing that Jim did not react to her words at all, Luna bit her lip and glanced at the fire escape door out of the corner of her eye.

The person standing there did not move even an inch.

It seemed that she would have to take it up a notch.

“Jim!” Luna sighed and raised her voice in indignation.” You have to see through Sean’s tricks! He’s even more manipulative than Charlotte! Have you forgotten how smitten you were with her? Don’t you remember how she tricked you and took you for granted? Now that the same thing is happening all over again, why are you choosing to believe this man?”

Luna had said all this on purpose in hopes that she would be able to provoke Jim into quarreling with her.

The person eavesdropping on them wanted nothing more than to see them turn on each other, did he not?

However, to Luna’s surprise , Jim let out a bitter chuckle at the mention of Charlotte’s name. “You’re right; she tricked me like a child.”

He lifted his head to stare coldly at Luna. “So what if she did? Does this mean I shouldn’t trust my brother because of this experience I had with Charlotte? If he had hesitated even a second when jumping in front of that knife, I wouldn’t even be standing here right now.

“If, like you say, he’s just doing this to manipulate me, it doesn’t change the fact that he saved my life, and besides

He sneered. “What evidence do you have to support your claims? If you can’t bring out any proof, I suggest you not make false accusations about an innocent man in the future!”

With that, he turned his head away, refusing to even glance at her.

Luna’s chest tightened at this sight.

She bit her lip and clenched her fists next to her.

No matter how reluctant she was to admit it, the truth was… Jim had changed.

In the past, he had doubted Bonnie countless times because of his bias toward Charlotte. There had been many occasions in the past when Luna wanted nothing more than to grab Jim by his collar and demand he opened his eyes to the truth.

At this moment…

To her surprise, he stood his ground and appeared shockingly calm and rational when faced with questions about Sean’s honesty.

Was this because Bonnie never mattered to him…or because his encounter with Charlotte had changed him drastically?

Even though she could not tell which category Jim fell into, Luna could not help feeling a little relieved by how rational Jim was in this situation.

“What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue?” Jim sneered and added coldly, “Luna, since you can’t provide any evidence to back up your claims, you shouldn’t even bring up the question of Sean’s honesty to anyone!

“He’s a kind, young man, but not only that, he’s now undergoing surgery, so I won’t allow you to say such things about him!”

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Luna stared dazedly at the determined look on Jim’s face. “Jim.”

She sniffed and said solemnly, “You claim that you won’t believe anything I say without evidence, but did you do the same when questioning Bonnie in the past?”

She was curious to know the answer.

Jim’s expression darkened upon hearing this.

Anger flashed through his eyes as he stared at Luna.” Why are you bringing up Bonnie all of a sudden? Are you just trying to distract me from the fact that you don’t have any evidence against Sean? I never thought you’d stoop so low, Luna!”

His steely gaze was fixated on Luna’s face as he grew angrier. “There’s no way to explain everything between Bonnie and me to an outsider! Besides, if you care so much about Bonnie, you shouldn’t even be doubting Sean at all; he’s the one who saved her life before!

“You claim that Sean is manipulating us, but let me ask you this: do you think he was trying to manipulate the situation to his benefit by saving Bonnie in her time of need? Was he trying to control us by saving Bonnie and me countless times?

“It’s one thing to be ungrateful, but another thing entirely to-”

However, before he could even finish his sentence, the sound of an iron grille door being slammed shut echoed out of the stairwell.

This sudden noise interrupted Jim mid-sentence, forcing the words back into his throat.

Jim gulped and turned to stare at Luna. He was about to say something when a man dressed in black sauntered out of the stairwell.

“Alright, he’s gone, so you can stop acting now.” Joshua walked over to Luna’s side and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

As soon as she heard this, Luna let out a sigh of relief and slumped against Joshua’s shoulder in exhaustion. “I thought he’d be here for a while longer; I was beginning to run out of things to argue with Jim about.”

Joshua could not help chuckling when he heard the exhaustion in Luna’s voice, then pinched her nose playfully. “I heard everything. You did an amazing job,

especially when you deliberately brought up Bonnie and Charlotte. For a split second there, I was convinced that you were really picking a bone with your brother.”

Luna pursed her lips but did not reply.

Truth be told…she did have a bone to pick with Jim.

After all, she had witnessed the suffering Bonnie had gone through because of Jim, and as Bonnie’s best friend, she could not help thinking it was unfair of Bonnie to be treated like this.

In the past, she rarely brought this up with Jim, considering the fact that he was her brother, after all…

However, since she had the golden opportunity to reprimand him for this, she had to seize it while she could.

“You…” Jim furrowed his brows in confusion as he stared at the couple before him. “Are you playing a trick on me?”

Why did Joshua send Luna to argue with him on purpose? Why did he even compliment her on it?

Did he somehow become a source of entertainment for his sister and brother-in-law?

“Of course not.” Joshua let go of Luna, strode over to Jim,

and showed him to video on his phone. “Someone has been watching you and waiting for you and Luna to turn against each other.”

Jim took the phone from him in puzzlement and stared at the man on the screen, who had been eavesdropping on his argument with Luna in the stairwell. “Is this…Mickey?

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“You’re right; that is Mickey.” Joshua glanced first at Jim, then at the phone.

There was a message from Lucas, received a second ago.

[We’ve cleared the entire floor, and Mickey has already left the hospital. I’m still following him.]

Joshua narrowed his eyes at the sight of this, then lifted his head to stare at Jim’s baffled face. “Mickey and Butler Fred are trying to drive a wedge between the two of you.

“To be specific, they’re trying to turn you, Luna, and Sean against each other.”

Jim’s mouth dropped open in shock, but not a single word came out.

He stared dazedly at Joshua and Luna, but the confusion in his eyes only grew deeper. “What do you mean?”

Why was Mickey eavesdropping on their argument?

Why would Joshua say that Mickey and Butler Fred were trying to drive a wedge between the three of them?

“Let me explain .” Seeing how perplexed Jim was, Luna let out a sigh and plopped down on the bench, then told him everything, including her and Joshua’s visit to Christopher and their subsequent investigation.

“So you’re saying that…” Jim furrowed his eyebrows and said dubiously, “The butler and Mickey…are deliberately trying to turn me, Luna, and Sean against each other? They used Christopher’s love towards Bonnie and June against him and forged an email to him from Bonnie, which indirectly led to Christopher going insane?”

Luna nodded in affirmation. “That’s right. Jim, you know for a fact that Christopher would never disobey Mother’s orders, but this time, he still returned home despite Mother calling him and telling him not to.

“This was what tipped Joshua and me off, so we asked Christopher about this and discovered that someone else has been engineering this scheme!”

Jim narrowed his eyes and stared at Luna in bafflement.” There’s one thing I still don’t understand . Mother was the one who diagnosed Bonnie and declared that she only had seven days left to live. Besides, I had also contacted Christopher in front of her.”

He lifted his head to meet her gaze; his dark eyes etched with confusion. “Why did Mother secretly phone Christopher to ask him not to return to Merchant City after my call with him?”

He could not wrap his head around this; did Rosalyn not want Bonnie to get well as soon as possible?

Could there be another reason for Rosalyn’s actions?

Luna froze when she heard this.

She fell silent for a moment, then suddenly realized that she had accidentally let slip something she should not have.

Telling Jim that someone had forged an email to Christopher from Bonnie would suffice, but out of her desperation to explain everything as clearly as possible, she had accidentally blurted out the truth about Rosalyn’s interference as well.

“Luna?” Jim grew even more puzzled when Luna did not answer. “There has to be another story to this, then. Could it be that…”

The glimmer in his eyes dimmed. “Could it be that… Mother knew there was no point saving Bonnie anymore, so she didn’t want Christopher to travel all the way here for nothing? Is that why she called Christopher to stop him from returning?”

He lowered his head and murmured, “I should’ve known. Bonnie…”

Seeing that Jim was beginning to sink into despair, Joshua furrowed his brows and patted Jim’s shoulder.” Don’t be so pessimistic; I’m sure that wasn’t what Rosalyn meant.”

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Jim lifted his head to stare at Joshua, his eyes dull and lackluster. “Why else would Mother do this, then?”

He could not think of any reason to justify Rosalyn stopping Christopher from returning to help Bonnie.

“Perhaps she wasn’t trying to stop Christopher from flying back to help at all, but just trying to prevent him from coming back during a time like this. After all, she knows better than anyone what condition Christopher is in…

“She didn’t want Christopher to return because she knew that if he saw the state Bonnie and June were in, it’d trigger a psychotic episode, and he’d blame everything on you.

“Rosalyn was just concerned about you and Bonnie, and she wanted nothing more than for you to have a happy, smooth wedding ceremony. This was why she chose not to disclose this to Christopher and even instructed him not to return home.”

Joshua’s words made the glimmer in Jim’s eyes return. He stared dazedly at Joshua and asked, “Are you… Do you

think that’s what happened?”

“Of course.” Joshua smiled at him. “Bonnie is a good person, and I’m sure God will bless her. Rosalyn was just doing this for you and Bonnie because she didn’t want to see your wedding being gatecrashed.”

Jim let out a sigh as he closed his eyes. “But I ruined the wedding ceremony myself.”

“Now’s not the time to feel guilty.” Seeing that Jim had finally bought into Joshua’s explanation , Luna let out a sigh of relief and interrupted Jim before he could fall into a spiral of guilt, “What we have to do now is get to the bottom of what Mickey and Butler Fred have up their sleeves.”

They had used Sean’s address to forge a message to Christopher from Bonnie, making it seem as though Sean had deliberately triggered Christopher’s psychotic episode.

What were they trying to achieve?

Did they want to get Sean kicked out of the Landry family? Or perhaps…they did not want Jim and Bonnie to get married?

Could they have other ulterior motives for doing this?

Jim regained his composure and glanced at Luna, frowning. “How’re you planning to investigate this?”

“Well, since we know what they want, we might as well give it to them.” Joshua narrowed his eyes. “Since they want us to think Sean was behind all this, we’ll just play along and try to observe their next move.”

Then, he lifted his head to glance at the operation room behind Jim. “However, we might need Sean’s help in this.

Jim lifted his head in warning upon hearing this.” What’re you going to do to my brother?”

Not even Jim himself noticed that he had referred to Sean as his brother out of instinct.

Joshua and Luna exchanged a glance, and Joshua broke out into a smile.

He strode over to Jim’s side and gently patted his shoulder in reassurance. “Don’t worry, Jim. Now that Sean is your brother, that makes him my cousin, too, and I promise I won’t do anything bad to him.

“It’s just…we might need him to put on a show with you and Luna, where you’ll both pretend to kick him out of the Landry family and leave him to survive on his own.

“However, I’ll secretly send him over to Luke’s, where he’ll be taken good care of while he’s recovering from surgery, and after we get to the bottom of Mickey and Butler Fred’s scheme, we’ll bring him back to Landry Mansion.”

Joshua narrowed his eyes as he explained his plan to Jim, but his gaze seemed to penetrate past everything and fixate on somewhere far, far away.

It was time to get to the bottom of everything, including Rosalyn had denied ever trying to poison Granny Lynch, but all of her poisons were kept in the warehouse behind Landry Mansion.

The only person besides Rosalyn who had access to the warehouse was Mickey.

If this was the case, Mickey was the only person who could have known the identity of Granny Lynch’s murderer.

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Sean’s surgery went on for about 10 hours.

The anesthetist topped up his local anesthesia over and over throughout the whole 10 hours.

Initially, Sean was under the impression that this would only be minor surgery since he did not fracture his bones at all, and all the doctors needed to do was suture his nerves and vessels together, so it would not take too long.

However, as the duration of the surgery lengthened progressively, even the surgeons began to slow down.

Sean could not help wondering if he would lose his hands after all.

Why was the surgery taking so long?

10 hours…

To his knowledge, not even a heart transplant would exceed 20 hours.

Sean could not help asking the doctors how serious his condition was, slurring his speech a little because of the effects of the anesthesia.

The chief surgeon glanced at him as though he wanted to say something but did not volunteer any information.

Finally, after ten hours, Sean was wheeled out of the operation room.

Strangely enough, the first person he hoped to see standing outside the operation room…was Jim.

He remembered the worried look on Jim’s face before he was brought in for surgery, and because of this, he wanted to see Jim and tell him that he would be fine.

Jim was nowhere to be found.

Not only that, bụt even Assistant Coleman was missing.

The only person waiting outside was a woman in a white dress, who approached him as soon as she saw him emerge from the operation room. “Nice to meet you, Mr. Wheeler.

“My name is Kate Miller, and I work for Mr. Luke Jones. I’ve been sent here to escort you home.”

With that, she gestured to the men standing behind her without even waiting for Sean’s reply: “Boys, let’s bring him home!”

As soon as she finished her sentence, a group of men surged forward and wheeled Sean’s bed into the elevator.

By the time the elevator doors slid shut, Sean was still entranced in his stupor. He stared dazedly at the woman standing next to him. “You…”

“My name is Kate.” The woman lowered her head to glance at him. “I know you have many questions, but you must come with me now.

“Your brother Jim is very busy and doesn’t have the time to look after you, but you’re not going to be safe in the hospital.

“Mr. Jones can provide you with top-notch medical facilities and a safe environment for your recovery, so coming with us will only benefit you.”

Then, she fixed her gaze on Sean’s face and asked, “Is there anything else you’d like me to answer?”

Sean paused for a moment. “What… What’s Jim so busy over? Is he busy tending to Bonnie?”

Kate curled her lips into a smile. “I’m sorry, but I don’t have the information for that. I had only been given orders to escort you to your destination. If you really want to know, you may ask Mr. Jones yourself after you arrive there.”

Then, she turned her head away and did not give Sean a second glance.

Sean furrowed his brows as he stared at the woman’s back, the outline of her short hair making her look even more serious and intense.

What was going on? Why was Jim not waiting outside the operation room…and instead had handed him over to Luke’s subordinates?

Landry Mansion.

Luna was staring daggers at Jim as she snarled, “Where the hell did you hide that wretched Sean Wheeler ? I’ve already told you that this man is a manipulative crook, and you shouldn’t continue being in touch with him!” Jim leaned against the sofa lazily, sneering.

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“I’ve already told you that Sean saved my life, and on top of that, he’s my brother. There’s no way I can stay away from him, and I won’t allow you to hurt him, either.”

He shot Luna a cold glance. “So you’d better give up right now.”

Luna narrowed her eyes, picked up a cup on the coffee table, and smashed it on the ground.

Crash!

The deafening clatter of smashed porcelain echoed through the entire house.

All the servants froze in the middle of their work and turned to stare at Luna and Jim.

“What’re you all staring at, huh? Get back to work!” snapped Butler Fred as he glared at them.

The servants exchanged nervous glances and quickly resumed their work.

“Ms. Luna, Young Master Landry.” The butler approached them, smiling, and glanced first at Luna, then at Jim. “Thank heavens that Master and Mrs. Landry have gone for their checkup because if they had been home, they wouldn’t have allowed you to make such a racket. You…”

He let out a sigh and said courteously, “Please don’t ruin your harmonious siblinghood because of an outsider.”

“Outsider?” Jim raised his brows and shot Butler Fred a murderous look. “Sean is my brother! Besides, Mother has already declared that she’d take him in as her youngest son, so how dare you call him an outsider?”

Luna could not help snickering when she heard this.” What’s wrong with that? The Landry family was built by my father, Charles Landry, and my mother, Rosalyn Lawson! As someone who hails from the Wheeler and Hamilton family, you must be insane not to think of Sean as an outsider!”

Then, she smirked and plopped down on the sofa, crossing her arms in front of her chest indignantly.” Based on this logic, I’m the true heir of the Landry family, and you, Jim, can only be considered half a member of this family. If so, where do you think Sean stands, huh?”

Jim sneered. “I’m just half a member of this family? How dare you even say this, Luna?”

He shot her a murderous glare and stormed out of the room. “After more than twenty years of living in this house, this is the first time I’ve ever heard such bullshit! I don’t want to continue arguing with you anymore; I’ll ask Father and Mother to talk some sense into you when they get home!”

With that, he disappeared up the stairs and slammed his door shut with a deafening thud.

Luna glared in the direction Jim had left, sneering, and retorted, “Everything in Landry Mansion belongs to me! If you break anything, you’ll have to pay it back to me in full!”

The only response was the clatter of thrown objects coming out of Jim’s room.

Luna bit her lip, and as she turned to stare at Butler Fred, tears brimmed in her eyes. “How dare he even talk to me like that, Butler Fred?”

She wiped the tears from her face as she wailed, “I was just trying to help him stay away from that manipulative bastard, and I can’t believe this is how he repays me—by throwing a tantrum!”

The butler sighed, handed Luna a tissue, and said with a hint of relief, “You were right , Ms. Luna. Everything in Landry Mansion belongs to you, and even Jim is technically only half a part of this family, so of course Sean would be considered an outsider.

“You’re the true heir to this family.”

He reached out to gently pat Luna’s shoulder and added,” It’d be splendid if he could come to his senses and realize how right you are, but if he doesn’t…” He curled his lips into a smile. “Don’t you think you should fulfill your responsibility as the sole heir of the Landry family and weed out all the people with ill intentions within this family?”

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Luna’s entire body stiffened upon hearing this.

A split second later, she tucked away her surprise, let out an exhale, and turned to smile at Butler Fred. “You’re right…I’m the only heir to the Landry family.”

With that, she narrowed her eyes and curled her lips into a sneer as she stared in the direction Jim had left in.” Butler Fred, if Jim and I come to a point where we can’t resolve our differences anymore one day…whose side will you be on?”

Butler Fred froze upon hearing this.

He never thought Luna would ask him a question like this so directly.

After being silent for a long while, he gave her his answer. “Of course I’ll be on your side, Ms. Luna.

“Even though Young Master Landry grew up alongside me and we’ve known each other for many years…I’m still the Landry family’s butler, and I’ll always choose to stand on the heir of the Landry family’s side.

“You, Ms. Luna, are the rightful heir to the family, and even if Young Master Landry got into a conflict with you, I’ll put aside my loyalty toward him and choose to stand by your side.”

Luna immediately bit her lip, and a glimmer flashed through her eyes. “Are you saying that…your many years of friendship with Jim doesn’t matter when compared to me?”

Butler Fred immediately froze upon hearing this.

After a split second, he realized that he had been a little too harsh and let out a slight cough before replying, “Of course, it’d be best if you and Young Master Landry manage to talk this out and resolve your differences.

“Even though he’s not the true heir to the Landry family, he still grew up here and is certainly attached to each and every one of us. Not only that, but he never had ill intentions toward this family.”

He let out a sigh. “If only he had not chosen to marry Bonnie and had not gotten involved with Sean…

“Ms. Luna, you have to talk some sense into him. Despite knowing that Bonnie only has seven days left to live and that he’d never get to spend the rest of his life with her, he still insists on marrying her…

“If he hadn’t married her in the first place, none of this would’ve happened.”

Luna could not help sighing when she heard this. “I didn’t want Jim to marry Bonnie, either.

“Just like what you said , Butler Fred, she’s already got one foot in the grave, and yet Jim still insists on marrying her…”

Luna fell silent for a moment, then finally lifted her head to stare at Butler Fred, clinging onto his sleeve as though she was a drowning victim clutching onto a floating piece of plywood. “What do you think I should do now, Butler Fred? Should I kick Sean out of this place, or…”

She bit her lip and stared at Butler Fred with wide, innocent eyes. “Now that Jim refuses to listen to me, I can’t go to Father and Mother for help, either. They’re either going to force Jim and me to make up or stand on his side.

“Not only that, but they might even force me to accept Sean as a part of our family.”

She let out a sigh. “The only person in this family I can trust is you, Butler Fred.”

Butler Fred fell silent upon hearing this.

A split second later, he let out an exhale and replied, “I pity your situation, Ms. Luna…”

With that, he lifted his head to stare at the direction in front of him, his gaze seeming to penetrate the wall and fixate on someplace far away. “Master and Mrs. Landry are both kindhearted people, and even if they find out how manipulative Sean is, they’ll still try to protect him.

“Therefore , you can’t bring this up to Master and Mrs. Landry…”

He sighed and continued , “Ms. Luna , judging from the urgency of this situation , I think you’d better kick Sean out of this house to prevent him from brainwashing Young Master Landry any further.”