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Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 2531 by desirenovel

Wendy turned around inimically after saying that. With help from the assistant, she limped her way out of the mansion, leaving Yannie rooted on the spot. She squeezed her brow tightly together as she watched the assistant and Wendy leave the mansion.

Frankly speaking, she should have not waited to mock Wendy, especially when Wendy tried to frame her and got reprimanded by Thomas. As the victim of the case, it was normal for her to demolish Wendy when she so obviously lost.

However, for some reason, when she saw how Thomas reprimanded Wendy harshly, she felt pity for her. Obviously, Thomas did not care about Wendy as much as she thought he did, yet she still acted like she was Thomas‘ partner and wanted to help Thomas get rid of Yannie while she was under the impression that Yannie admired Thomas.

Wendy had been friends with Thomas since three or four years ago, and this was the treatment she had received from him. The more Yannie thought of this, the more she pitied Wendy and loathed that jerk–of–a–man named Thomas.

Yannie wondered why she was foolish in the past and why she was willing to deliver a baby for this jerk. Luckily, nothing strung her to Thomas at present. Otherwise, she could end up with a fate much more terrible than Wendy‘s–much, much more terrible!

“They‘re gone. Why are you still staring into space?” The alluring, husky male voice pulled Yannie‘s wandering mind back to reality. She looked up and saw Thomas‘ handsome face right in front of her face.1

The distance between their faces was less than an inch, so the refreshing sandalwood scent from Thomas‘ body was easily detected. His warm breath fanned Yannie‘s face.

At that moment, Yannie stopped breathing.

“Hello?” Looking at Yannie‘s shocking and dumbfounded eyes, Thomas laughed huskily. “I thought you hated me? Why do you daze out looking at me?”

Yannie finally remembered to breathe, and her heart started beating again when she heard Thomas‘ question. She quickly took a step back to draw a distance from this despicable man. Thomas chuckled again when he saw how Yannie‘s cheeks became pinkish amid her panic. “Spit it. Why did you come looking for me? Or was it because you want to see what‘s going on between me BgRa!|L Wendy?”

Yannie took a deep breath to recollect her emotions and stabilize her breathing. Finally, she looked up at him. “Are you serious that you don‘t know why I came to look for you? You‘re the one who leaked the rumor about me and Joshua on the internet, aren‘t you? Weren‘t you the one who sent the paparazzi to take the photo and video at

Joshua‘s house?”

Thomas crossed his arms and placed them in front of his chest. He leaned on the wall elegantly and looked at Yannie relaxingly. “Yes, I was the one who leaked the rumor. but I didn‘t send anyone to take the photo and video.” He lifted his brow and glanced at Yannie. “There‘s no reason for me to send someone to follow a village girl.”

Yannie bit her lip. “If you weren‘t the one who sent those things to the paparazzi, who else could it have been?” Nigel said that Thomas was the one who leaked the rumor. Thus, it should be him since he had the photo and video.

“Are you going to tell me someone else took them and gave the photo and video to you?

Did such kind–hearted people exist? “Yes, you‘re right.” Thomas tilted his head and looked at Yannie like he was checking her out. “When did you become so smart? Did you guess that on your own, or did Joshua guess it?”

Yannie stared at him. “Of course it was me! Even if Mr. Lynch guessed it, he won‘t tell me!”

Thomas smiled. “Why won‘t he? Aren‘t you Joshua‘s lover?”

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Instantly, Yannie blanched at Thomas‘ words as she stared at Thomas in anguish.” We‘re not in that kind of relationship! You should know better!”

Thomas scoffed. He looked at Yannie with his deep, dark eyes. “Why do you think I know it better? Do I know what the both of you were doing when you spent several hours in the mansion with Joshua?”

Yannie bit her lip and stared at Thomas, infuriated. “Rubbish! He invited me to his house because he wanted to ask me to...” Despite seething at the moment, Yannie quickly realized her error and backtracked, saying, “To cause trouble for you!”

Thomas sneered. “Cause trouble for me? You?“.

He walked up to Yannie and trapped her between the wall and his body. “Tell me: how does Joshua intend to let you cause trouble for me? Hmm?”

Thomas‘ face was barely a meter away from Yannie‘s face, and at such dangerously close proximity, she could feel his body temperature and breath. She bit her lip and wanted to push him away angrily, but he just would not budge. It was Thomas‘ intention to trap her, and nothing would work despite how much she struggled. In the end, something went wrong in between. When Yannie tried to push Thomas away, Thomas leaned forward instinctively.

Then...their lips knocked together without warning. It was too sudden, so much so that Yannie‘s eyes widened as she forgot to breathe and think.

Thomas, on the other hand, did not expect he would have so much interest in Yannie and ended up kissing her.

He had acted in multiple movies, but he never accepted any kissing scenes. He felt dirty and impolite to kiss a woman he did not like. Truthfully speaking, Yannie was the first woman he kissed.

Correction... Yannie was the second woman.

The first woman was that damned woman who got pregnant with his baby.

For some inexplicable reason, he was not disgusted by that woman from one year ago and Yannie.

Although Yannie seemed to have an affinity for running her mouth, her lips felt soft and juicy, just like sweet jelio. 1 Influenced by his desire, he could not help but extend his hEfQd1% L out to grab the back of Yannie‘s head and kiss Yannie deeply.

Yannie felt like her breaths and heartbeat were not hers anymore. Oddly enough, it felt

like she was back in a certain church in that foreign country one year ago.

Thomas held the back of Yannie‘s head with one hand as he kissed her, while the other hand wound around her waist. The warm temperature of his palm heated up her cola waist. There was a hint of sweetness from his mouth that caused her to be addicted, and she found herself immersed in the feeling and the moment.

Unconsciously, she closed her eyes and let him kiss her.

He kissed her lips, her chin, her neck, and her collarbone. Her rational thought told her that this was not the time to do such things, and she should push him away. She had suffered enough after what happened one year ago!

However... She found herself addicted to this feeling. She enjoyed his gentleness and sweetness. All this while, she thought she did not like Thomas, and she only paid attention to him because of the baby. However, her baby had long since died three months ago. All that, yet she still did not have the power to resist Thomas when she saw him. Only at this moment did she know her true feelings. The truth was...

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Everything Yannie did that was related to Thomas over this year was...not solely because of the baby.

All of a sudden...

"Sir!" rang the voice of Thomas’ assistant as he walked up the stairs.

The sight that greeted him stunned him to thecore, and whatever he wanted to say got stuck in his throat. The assistant's voice instantly pulled Yannie away from the moment, and she quickly pushed away Thomas, who was kissing her collarbone, with all of her strength. Then, she pulled her collar to cover her collarbone and ran downstairs while blushing Thomas, who had enjoyed his treat, looked to the side. He wiped his lips and smiled with his eyes as he watched how Yannie basically scampered away. His assistant was scared when he saw how Thomas looked. "S-Sir, did I come at the wrong time?" "It's alright." Thomas regained his senses and looked at his assistant with a faint smile. "What's the matter?" The assistant lowered his head and said, "I've sent Ms. Fann to the hospital, and there are bruises on her body. She requested me to ask you what she should do..." Then, he raised his head and carefully monitored Thomas' reaction. "Ms. Fann said...the penalty fee is more than one million and five hundred thousand, and we can't afford to offend that company, so...maybe you'll have to help her cover for the shower gel shooting so she could avoid being penalized and continue to work in the industry. She's one of the celebrities in your company, and if she's banned by the industry, you'll also face some losses...." Thomas could not help but raise an eyebrow at what he was hearing. He knew Wendy did this on purpose. She manipulated the situation to remind him that they were in the same boat. In the meantime, she was also venting out her dissatisfaction against Thomas because of what happened previously. Frankly speaking, he could just ignore Wendy's threat and reminder. It was not like he could not afford the penalty fee, and he would only suffer a minor loss when she was banned by the industry. However... Thomas' gaze shifted away as he looked at the evidently rattled woman sitting on the sofa, aggressively wiping her lips with a tissue. All the while, she would occasionally throw him a stare from the corner of her eyes. What a silly girl. After being harassed, she was still willing to stay so she could get an explanation from him. Was Joshua's innocence more important to her? Even more important than being harassed? 1 "Sir?" the assistant called out to him carefully, biting his lip when he noticed Thomas looking at Yannie in a daze. Only then did Thomas look at his assistant. "Tell Wendy I'll take over the shower gel shooting. I'll pick a female counterpart to do the shooting with me. Tell her to rest well." After that, he headed downstairs. Yannie, hearing the sound of footsteps, quickly composed herself on the sofa. After a while, she took a deep breath EeQfA+{M stood up to face Thomas fearlessly. "I'm going to tell you one more time: Nothing improper is happening between me and Mr. Lynch. I hope you'll delete all of the information you leaked as soon as possible. Mr. Lynch and Ms. Luna are deeply in love, and I don't want other people to misunderstand them because of someone unimportant like me. I—" "Okay." Thomas glanced at Yannie and smiled. "I promise you." Yannie's eyes widened. Why was Thomas so... nice all of a sudden? Thomas looked at her with a smile. 'Til agree with all of what you said...but on one condition."

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After Yannie left Thomas’ mansion, she called Luna excitedly."Ms. Luna, you don’t have to worry anymore. I’ve requested the person who spread the video and photo to delete everything.

The information on the internet will disappear very soon! "You have to believe inMr. Lynch. Please don’t fight with him. I promise that nothing suspicious is happening between us." On the other side of the phone, Luna grasped the phone and looked at Joshua, who was in front of her. She furrowed her eyebrows. "Yannie, what did you do?" Nigel had found out that Thomas was the person who spread the news. If Yannie said she had settled with the origin of the news, did she mean that she had settled things with Thomas? However... Luna knew from the start that Yannie and Thomas did not like each other. How did this naive woman manage to make Thomas pull back the news? Thomas was a cunning man, and it was not easy dealing with him. 1 "You don’t have to worry about this." Yannie smiled happily on the other end of the line. "You just need to know that it’s all settled now. I’m sorry for causing trouble for you and Mr. Lynch, but now, I’m very happy because I settled this on my own. You have to be happy, too. Also, don’t fight with Mr. Lynch anymore!" 1 With that, Yannie took a deep breath and hung up the call. Luna was stunned when she heard the beeping tone. After a while, she lifted her head and looked at Joshua, who was sitting on the chair in the study. "Yannie said she made Thomas stop stirring up the public with rumors on the internet and have him revoke all the news and videos..." She sighed and looked troubled. "I don’t know how Yannie made Thomas stop, but.J’m sure she sacrificed a lot. So..." She sighed again and looked at Joshua pleadingly. "Should you also control your side?" Joshua looked up. "I won’t. The person in the dark will only make the next move when he thinks he’s successful." The photo and video were taken when he gave Yannie money to have her collect Thomas' DNA sample for him. It was purely inconceivable that Thomas would create a rumor saying he DcPg,)J Yannic wore having an affair. On the day it happened, Thomas never even cared about looking at him and Yannie. According to his prideful self, he would not bother to take candid shots with people he did not care about. Moreover, if Thomas had the thought to arrange a person to take candid shots of him and Yannie at the door, then why could not he think of a way to let someone sneak into the house to take videos of their conversation and interaction? It was just not Thomas' characteristic. Thus, Joshua presumed someone else had sent the photo and video to Thomas. Whoever it was, they were the same as Malcolm; a chess piece used by another person. With those thoughts in his mind, Joshua squinted. Truthfully, he had already guessed who was behind all of this. The only thing he did not understand was the person's intention. The person clearly did not have any grievances with them, so why did she make numerous moves against them? Nevertheless, he would expose everything without caring what the person was after. The most important thing was to study the ingredients of the medicine from Malcolm and determine if it was related to the Miller family's medical organizations. On the other hand, he would pretend to be troubled and affected by the news and investigate the relationship between that person and this matter. However, Luna did not know about Joshua's plan.

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All Luna knew was that Yannie must have paid a bigprice to persuade Thomas in revoking the news and discussion online.

If Joshua continued with his plan to stir up the internet and let the rumor brew, it would tarnish Yannie's reputation.In addition, Yannie would think Thomas was the one behind it and thought her sacrifice was useless. She would be hurt! "In that case, tell Yannie that I'm the one behind it." Joshua shifted into a more comfortable position and added, as though able to read Luna's mind. "I believe she'll understand it." Luna sighed. "I don't think telling Yannie that will solve the problem. She tried her best to prove you're innocent, but you continue to make it worse online. What do you think she'll feel?" Regardless of what it was, Luna did not think it was appropriate. However, Joshua disagreed with her. "I know you're worried about Yannie, Luna, but..." He looked up and gazed at Luna with his deep, dark eyes. "This is the best thing to do for the moment. Don't you get it? The person who's hiding in the dark lets Malcolm harm Bonnie, then gave the information to Thomas so Thomas would leak the video. "This individual wants to cause trouble for us, and no matter what kind of trouble it is, all that matters is that we're scrambling under the heat. If I did what you said, and that is to retract all of the discussion on the internet and clear the rumors about me and Yannie... Don't you think the person will look for another way to trouble us again? It was Bonnie then, and me now. What if the person targets our children, your parents, and our relatives and friends? What if the person targets Gwen?", Luna broke into cold sweats immediately. She never thought that deeply into it. Heck, she only thought of sparing Yannie from disappointment. It was rare that she adored a girl so much that she could not bear to see the girl get hurt. Yannie had experienced more than enough. However... When faced with Joshua's questions, she realized she was too naive, that she had been thinking solely about Yannie. It never crossed her mind that the person would target other people around her. Her three children, Riley, DavhA (}K Gwen... Her heart started to hurt when she thought of Gwen's illness. She looked at Joshua with a serious look.. As usual, Joshua was a thoughtful thinker, so forbearant and arrogant. He would rather be harassed online, misunderstood, and even hire people to insult him than have the bad people target the people around him. Joshua was still Joshua, and he never changed. "They might have to move forward with Gwen's surgery." Joshua closed his eyes and sighed. "I need to go to talk to Luke tonight. We can't drag it anymore." Luna nodded and said, "Alright, then. Ask Luke to prepare everything." 1 Joshua smiled bitterly and nodded. Luna had no idea whatsoever. The preparation Luke meant was...actually counting down the days before he died.

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Back in Luke's house, Luke and Kate were discussing Luke's impending surgery. "I still think it's best to move thesurgery forward." Kate looked at Luke's face helplessly and reluctantly added, "Luke, you saw it yourself how Gwen's body deteriorated a lot because of Bonnie.

Now, she's still in the dark about Joshua and that woman. Once she finds out, she'll bedevastated because she and Luna are best friends, and that'll worsen her condition. "Moreover, you've been hiding her condition from her, and not only does she not understand what's been happening all this while, but she's not in, and won't be able to, control her emotions." Kate looked up with eyes glossed with tears. "I can't bear to see you leave, and I don't want to see you leave so soon, but..." She dabbed away her tears. "I hope the best for Gwen, too. You've worked so hard and are willing to sacrifice everything just so she can live. I'm afraid all of these will cause her body to deteriorate even more. What if... What if her condition worsens to the extent that even the new organ can't save her? By then, it may be too late..." Looking at how sad Kate was, Luke felt his heart slightly aching. He sighed and patted Kate's shoulder. "I know you're worried. So am I." It was the last step in treating Gwen's illness, and he could not have anything else worsen things for her. Thus, the most important thing was to move forward with the surgery. He looked at Kate. "Where are the surgical specialists now?" Kate sniffed and looked at him. "They'll arrive at the airport at 10 p.m." "Alright." Luke inhaled deeply. 'Til make the arrangements and have them prepare everything. Tomorrow... "We'll do the surgery tomorrow morning." Kate was startled by what Luke said. She knew Luke loved Gwen dearly, but she did not know that it was to the extent that he cared about nothing else but Gwen, including his life and his brothers-in-arms. After the short period of spacing out, she sighed and looked at Luke deeply." Alright. I'll go to the airport now to fetch the specialists.": After that, she smiled bitterly EeUd_+{M looked at Luke. "Can I get a hug?" This goodbye felt permanent. Luke was startled by Kate's request. In fact, he had never been so close with other women other than Gwen. He was an orphan, after all, and he did not have a mother. Truth be told, he hesitated from hugging Kate, but as he gazed at the teary-eyed Kate before him, he sighed and walked over, giving her a hug. "Thank you, and thank you also for the support from your family." Without the Miller family, there would be no surgery for him and Gwen, and he would never be able to save Gwen. Luke's body heat and unique scent enveloped Kate's senses at that moment, leaving her dazed. After a while, she smiled bitterly. "Gwen is lucky to have met you." Perhaps, she would never meet anyone this kind to her in this lifetime. She wiped away her tears and turned around to leave, leaving Luke standing on his own. Seconds later, his phone rang. It was a phone call from Joshua. "Are you ready to move the plan ahead?" asked Joshua from the other end of the phone. "Yes," Luke answered.

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Luke nodded. “Kate is on her way to the airport to pick up the surgical specialist team now. It‘s going to happen tomorrow morning.” For a brief moment, silence hung on both ends of the call until Joshua sighed.” Let‘s meet and have a drink.”

“No.” Luke smiled. “The surgery is tomorrow. It‘s not good to have high alcohol content in my blood.”

Joshua sighed helplessly. “You can drink water, you know.”

“I don‘t have the time. I need to prepare for the aftermath,” declined Luke indifferently. “Joshua, I‘m happy to have made friends with you...but we‘re both men, and there‘s no need for remorse or sadness about one‘s departure. Let‘s not meet. When...”

He paused. “When the surgery is finished tomorrow, you and Jim can send me away one last time.

“I‘ve had a bad life. I wasn‘t born into a good family, had one too many bad experiences, and was never blessed with a proper status or job. There‘s not a lot I can give Gwen, so hopefully, she won‘t meet me again in the next life.” He took a deep breath and muttered solemnly, “I hope that you and Luna will be able to take care of her for me. Heck, it‘ll be better if...you can find a good man to take care of her. I trust whomever you‘ll choose.”

Joshua grasped his phone tightly and sighed while listening to Luke‘s forlorn words. He knew Luke had always been very stubborn and persistent. Since it had reached this stage, no words would alter his decision, so Joshua kept his silence and nodded. “This is goodbye then, brother.”

“Come on. You said it like I‘m entering the operation theater now.” Luke smiled faintly. “It‘s not too late to tell me this when I‘m lying in the mortuary tomorrow.

After that, he sighed. “Joshua, let‘s be friends again in the next life. Goodbye.”

With that, Luke hung up.

He then turned to see one of his men crying profusely, his tears wetting his face entirely.

“Pass the message. I‘ll be bringing several brothers to Sea City to settle the gang‘s issue at 12 tonight. Let them get ready. We‘ll leave tonight.”

The myrmidon feebly nodded FeXh]){M stammered, “Sir...”

“Save your tears for the future.” He looked to the far side as he narrowed his eves. “Don‘t tell Gwen the news yet when her surgery is done; I fear that she may just be devastated. Tell her only when the doctor says she‘s stable. Tell her I fought with the people in Sea City until my last breath, and they failed to resuscitate me. Can you remember this?“.

The man wiped his tears and nodded. “I understand...” Luke shut his eyes and stayed silent for a long time. Finally, he curled up his lips into a smile. “Send me to the hospital. I want...to accompany her for the final hour.”

At the airport

Kate had just gotten out of her car when a black Kayenne stopped in front of her, stopping her in her path. The window was rolled down, revealing Jim inside the car.

“Ms. Miller, are you free? Let‘s talk.”

Kate‘s eyebrows furrowed at this and she turned away, wanting to walk past his car. “I have something to do. I don‘t have the time to talk to you.”

Jim raised an eyebrow. “If you don‘t want me locking up your team of specialists, you better make some time for me.”

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Kate furrowed her brow when she heard what Jim said and looked at Jim coldly.” Mr. Landry, I think you know very well why the specialist team is here. Are you going to be responsible for delaying the surgery and Gwen‘s condition?” “Ten minutes won‘t affect anything,” Jim looked at his watch. “If you get in the car and talk to me, we can settle it within ten minutes. If you don‘t...” Jim curled up his lip and smiled. “If the surgery is delayed and affects Gwen‘s condition, you‘ll bear half of the blame, too.”

He then took out his phone and talked to the assistant at the airport. “Ms. Miller doesn‘t look like she‘s going to cooperate. Why don‘t you let the specialist team stay a bit longer to have some coffee? There‘s no need to rush.”

Kate‘s expression faltered instantly upon realizing how serious Jim was. If she refused to cooperate, he would make use of his promise and stop the specialist team from leaving the terminal. If this delayed the surgery tomorrow... Kate did not dare to imagine what kind of consequences there would be!

Thus, Kate took a deep breath and took a step back unconsciously while taking out her phone. She wanted to call Luke and have Luke handle this situation for her. She rather delayed the time by waiting for Luke than talking to Jim. Needless to say, she was afraid. She knew Joshua and Jim had gone to look for Malcolm, and they neither killed Malcolm nor threw him out of Merchant City after they found him. They even let Malcolm off.

That was not all. They even sent a car to send Malcolm back to Thomas‘ place. When Malcolm got out of the car, the driver even addressed Malcolm as Mr. Howard respectfully.

Kate knew all of these through her informer. In fact, she had been worried Joshua and Jim might obtain some information they were not supposed to know. She was afraid Luke would find out everything that she did. She was even more afraid Joshua and Jim would affect her plan! Thus, she no longer wanted to wait and gave the information about Joshua and Yannie‘s supposed ‘affair‘ to Thomas to create chaos, all to urge Luke to move the plan forward. Everything had gone according to plan until Jim showed up in front of her, Eerd^. {J she did not want to spend a single second with Jim. She was afraid that he would expose her true identity to Luke, and worse still, she nearly killed Bonnie

to worsen Gwen‘s condition!

She knew how much Jim loved Bonnie and feared he would kill her to exact revenge...

“There‘s no signal.” When Kate took out the phone and tried to make the call, Jim shifted into a more comfortable position as he gazed at her. “Since I dare to come to meet you at the airport, I‘ll let you have the chance to contact Luke.”

Before Jim finished his sentence, there was a message from the network operator that the call could not get through. Kate looked at Jim in fury. “Even if we‘re not on good terms right now, can‘t we do this later? I—”

“I told you, ten minutes is all it takes.” Jim‘s gaze hardened as he stared at Kate keenly.

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“Ten minutes, and I won‘t do anything to you. I‘ll settle the score with you sooner or later, Ms. Miller, but I know what takes priority. I won‘t cause you any trouble now.”

Staring at Jim‘s stern expression, Kate took a deep breath and got into the car. “Well? Start talking,” she scoffed impatiently once she sat down.

Jim could not bother to waste any time with her and threw a file her way. “Joshua and I want you to sign this.”

Kate‘s eyebrows furrowed at the file. When she opened it and read its content, she guffawed. “All for this?”

The file contained an agreement document that stated Kate Miller must guarantee the specialist team from the medical organization sent by the Miller family would treat and portray a professional attitude during Gwen’s surgery.

Not only did they want the surgery to be filmed, but they also demanded that if Kate or her specialists did anything suspicious to Gwen or even kill her...she would have to bring the specialist team to the police and confess their crimes on their own. The Miller family would have to give all of their wealth to Gwen‘s father for his future expenses.

All in all, Joshua and Jim demanded that Kate swore Gwen would not die on the operating table, placing her future, the future of the specialist team, and also the wealth from the Miller family at stake.

“What‘s your take?” Jim felt disgusted by Kate‘s laughter and eyed her coldly.” We can‘t change Luke’s decision, but we could at least ensure that his sacrifice is worth it.”

They did not trust Kate, especially when Kate had been suspicious of her attitude. What if she was jealous of Gwen since she had Luke‘s love and decided to wreck Gwen‘s surgery, leaving her to die? By then, they could not resuscitate Luke, while Gwen would be dead. Everything would be a waste of effort. “I‘ll sign this.” Kate, not hesitating, took the pen and signed her name on the agreement. “Ah, but you have to promise me that you‘ll destroy the surgery video once Gwen recovers. After all, it‘s a secret that belongs to my family‘s medical organization.”

Jim sneered, “Don‘t worry. We‘re not interested in those.” Kate smiled faintly CaTb($|N passed the signed agreement to Jim. “If you don‘t

have any more questions, I‘ll leave now.” Jim looked baffled, possibly in shock that Kate so quickly agreed to their conditions and signed the agreement.

He looked at the agreement in detail to make sure Kate did not do anything to it. Then, he could not help but look at Kate, who was sitting in the back. “I have one more question. “All the things you did was to move Luke and Gwen‘s surgery forward, wasn‘t it? I thought you liked Luke.”

How could any person have the heart to hope for their beloved to die?

Kate curled up her lips and looked at Jim remotely. “Because I have an agreement with Luke.”

She took a deep breath and looked at Jim indifferently. “I‘m sure you and Joshua had done a background check on me. Both of you should know I was betrothed when I was still in my mother‘s womb.”

Jim furrowed his eyebrows at this and nodded. A few years ago, Kate‘s fiance had an accident, rendering him in a vegetative state with only machines to keep him alive.

Kate smiled. “There‘s one thing none of you know. That‘s...”

She gazed at Jim‘s face. “Some of Luke‘s organs are compatible with Gwen, while some are compatible with my fiance.”

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Silence fell within the car. Jim‘s eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Kate from the rearview mirror, his gaze whirling with doubt. “You... You stayed for over a year with Luke because of that?” This was out of his expectation. What a coincidence this whole thing was! However, after thinking deeply about it, it made sense. More than a year ago, Luke did seek help from the Miller family because of Gwen‘s illness. He needed help from the Miller family‘s medical organization.

Before that, the Miller family and Luke had never been in contact. Luke was a gang leader of Merchant City and Sea City, and the Miller family was a large family dominating Europa. There was no benefit involved in their relationship at

all.

If Luke did not promise the Miller family something, why would the family help him? The Miller family even entrusted Kate to Luke and sent out the most powerful specialist team to do the surgery for Luke and Gwen.

This was what Joshua and Jim could not understand, but with Kate‘s confession, the dots were connected. Indeed, Luke could not give the Miller family the thing they want through wealth or power. However... Luke‘s body was his token.

Therefore, the reason why Kate had stayed with Luke was valid, as well as the reason why Kate wanted Luke and Gwen to do the surgery as soon as possible.

“What else did you think was the reason?” Kate raised her head plainly and looked at Jim‘s face from the rearview mirror. She nonchalantly added, “I stayed with him to remind him to take care of his body. My fiance can‘t possibly receive damaged organs.” She curled up her lips and sneered, “Heh. Did you think I stayed because I like him?”

Kate made herself comfortable as she leaned back on the car seat lazily. “Am I that crazy to like someone who‘s about to die?” Jim furrowed his brow. Maybe Kate would think what she said sounded very reasonable and calm, but from Jim‘s perspective, it sounded awfully sarcastic.

This woman...said she was not crazy, but all the things she did was to get close to Luke deliberately. When she said she did not like Luke, Jim did not believe it.

She probably said that because Luke was about to die. Internalizing this, Jim felt like Kate was a liar.

He did not want to say anything further, though. His purpose was to make Kate sign the agreement today. Since Kate had signed it, there was no reason for Jim to continue talking to her. Even if they were at odds, it would have to wait until Luke GcSf]+}J Gwen finished their surgery.

“Is that all?” Since Jim said nothing more, Kate raised an eyebrow and looked at him. “Can I go now?” Jim shut his eyes and ignored her.

Looking at how Jim refused to communicate with her, Kate shrugged and opened the door to get out of the car. Before she left, she could not help but look at Jim again. “I heard you and Joshua went to capture someone. Did you find out who had hurt Bonnie?”

Since Kate asked about this, Jim curled up his lips into a stern smile. “We did.”

He gazed at Kate meaningfully. “Of course, I‘ll let the person off the hook for now. We just need some more time.”

Jim‘s frigid gaze nearly made Kate‘s heart skip a beat. Although she was not close to Jim, it was the first time she saw such a terrifying look from him.

That look...seemed to be telling her if she said one more word, he would tear her into pieces.

The hatred in his eyes made Kate‘s heart lurch painfully. At that moment, she had a hunch that she was watched carefully, unable to walk away from prying eyes.