Ch. 2581..2590

Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 2581 by desirenovel

The pure white top and the mint green skirt only enhanced Yannie‘s beauty. She looked like a little fairy that had walked out of a forest. Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Thomas has seen all sorts of beautiful women, but at this moment, he was completely dazzled by Yannie‘s beauty

He was silent for a while before looking away, gently clearing his throat. “I don‘t know who Riley‘s biological mother is, but from today onward, you‘re her mother.”

From the moment he told Wendy that Yannie‘s child was his, he had already planned to have Yannie be Riley‘s mother.

Despite not visiting Riley for the past month, he knew that Yannie had often gone to visit her, so he placed a camera on Yannie, wanting to see his daughter through Yannie.

That way, he could see Yannie through the camera and not catch Joshua‘s attention.

However, he never expected that Yannie would adore Riley the way she did, and her love for the infant was palpable.

Since he could not find Riley‘s mother, he would get Yannie to become Riley‘s mother instead, seeing how much love she had for the baby.

Moreover, he seemed to have fallen for her a little. The three of them together would be a nice family.

However, the moment Thomas finished his sentence, Yannie furrowed his brow. “I do quite like Riley, but I‘m not her biological mother. Also, I‘m not related to Riley in any way. Riley is now Joshua‘s and Luna‘s adopted daughter, and you have no right to make me Riley‘s mother.”

Thomas laughed at Yannie‘s words. He turned and walked out of the bedroom. “What if I said that I‘m Riley‘s biological father?”

It felt like she had been struck by lightning upon hearing this, so much so that she was stunned. “What...did you say?” she stammered.

“Haven‘t you heard?” Thomas stopped in his tracks. His voice was calm. “Do you remember you helping Joshua collect my hair and nail clippings? He took it to do a DNA test between Riley and me. If you don‘t believe me, you can go and ask Joshua.”

Yannie felt as if someone had IDu}%$c{hed a huge blow on her heart. She bit her lip and clenched her fists tightly.

Joshua was not wrong after all. Thomas did have an illegitimate child, and that child was Riley!

She closed her eyes.

If she remembered correctly, Riley and her deceased child were born around the same timeline, and they were both three–month–old babies. Thus... Yannie sniffled. Her heart hurt so much as if a knife had been stabbed into her. Thus, more than a year ago, around the time when she slept with Thomas, he had also slept with another woman. That meant that they both conceived around the same timeline and gave birth close to each other‘s dates.

Yannie was feeling so miserable as if a huge boulder was pressing on her heart. She sniffled. “Thomas...h–how many women have you been with?”

Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 2582 by desirenovel

Thomas paused for a while. After a while, he raised his eyebrow and looked at Yannie. “What? Are you trying to investigate me? Have you fallen for me?”

Then, he changed into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms at his chest and leaning against the door. He looked at Yannie fixedly with his deep gaze and smiled. “If you promise right now that you‘d be Riley‘s mother, I can tell you how many women I have been with.”

No one knew that during that one fateful night abroad, it was Thomas‘ first time, too–not just for the woman.

Of course, he would not tell Yannie this before she agreed to become Riley‘s mother. After all, he felt that if Yannie would not want to be his other half, telling her this would only give her more leverage on him in the future.

However, Yannie construed his words differently.

She bit her lip and, staring at the smiling Thomas, finally calmed down a little. Was he trying to use a question, such as the number of women he has been with, as a bargaining chip with her?

She was only asking because she heard him say that Riley was his daughter. She never thought that he would say such things.

Yannie took a deep breath. She turned around and walked past him, wanting to leave the bedroom. “If you don‘t want to tell me, forget about it. I‘m not that interested, anyway.” Then, she left.

Thomas quickly grabbed her arm before she could walk past him. His brow furrowed as he was a little displeased by her attitude. “Why are you asking me this then if you‘re not interested?” “I was just asking.” Yannie shrugged him off.

She wanted to continue to head out when Thomas‘ voice rang out once more, “Aren‘t you going to follow me to the hospital to see Riley?”

Yannie stopped in her tracks. “I‘ll go see her myself.”

All this while, she would visit Riley in the hospital when she had free time. She liked Riley a lot, even if she was unsure what her feelings were toward Riley.

Her child had died three months ago, and Riley was coincidentally three months old. She often had the illusion that Riley was her child.

However, up until that day, she finally realized that her feelings toward Riley were just because Riley was one of Thomas‘ children.

Perhaps she felt that sense of fondness because Riley Grl$“f}g her dead child had the same father.

“I‘ll advise you to come with me to visit Riley. I‘ll bring reporters along. The news of you and me visiting Riley will be on the front–page news.” Yannie furrowed her brow upon hearing what Thomas said. “Are you nuts?”

When Thomas told Wendy that he had a child, was that not just to deal with her alone? At that moment, if he were to visit Riley and bring reporters along, was he trying to tell his fans that he actually had a child?

For a celebrity like Thomas, announcing that he has a child would cost him almost half of his fans. His career would be affected, too.

Yannie thought that Thomas must have gone mad to make such a decision.

Looking at how serious she looked, Thomas could not help but massage his glabella. “I blame myself for not telling you. Just now, when Wendy was right in front of us, she had been live streaming the entire thing, whatever we said and done previously, including...”

Thomas measured up Yannie‘s slender figure. “Including you in your underwear. It was live streamed on the internet.” His words felt like a bomb was detonated, and Yannie was completely dumbfounded.

Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 2583 by desirenovel

Yannie felt her head buzzing as she stared at Thomas. How could that have happened? How was that possible? She bit her lip and picked her phone up like a lunatic.

Sure enough, although the live stream had ended, the screenshots and comments about the live stream were all over the place. The trending topics on social media were about her, Thomas, and Wendy.

Everything she was seeing and reading felt like lightning that struck her, so much so that she was petrified.

She thought that Wendy was only trying to set her up, defaming her for seducing Thomas, which was why she was not that intimidated or scared for her life. She thought that as long as she went along with Thomas‘ act, she would be able to expose Wendy for her setup.

However, when she read the discussion on the internet about them, Yannie even wanted to die.

“Now‘s not the time to be sad.”

Seeing through her, Thomas smiled calmly and walked over to her. He reached his arm out and hugged her shoulders.

“Previously in the live stream, I‘ve stated that Riley is our daughter, so now that everything has been announced to the public, you should come with me to the hospital to visit Riley so that the reporters can take some pictures. This is the only proper way to do it.” Yannie bit her lip upon hearing what Thomas said. She clenched her fists tightly.

She hesitated upon hearing this.

Alas, she had to play along, seeing as Thomas did say those things to help her in the live stream a moment ago.

She also suddenly understood why Thomas wanted her to wear the clothes he had prepared for Riley‘s mother and why he wanted her to become Riley‘s mother.

It seemed that he had his own considerations too.

At that thought, Yannie‘s resentment instantly lowered. After a moment, she took a deep breath, walked over to Thomas, and hugged his arm. “Let‘s go. “I have to address something, though; I hope that we don‘t put on this act for too long.”

Thomas smiled at her. “No problem.”

Thus, they headed downstairs together.

Hugo, who saw them coming down linking arms, could not help but sigh. “Would‘ve been better if you two did that from the start. I was so nervous about the live stream just now!”

Then, he turned to look at Thomas. “Wendy had exposed Ay}$,c}b invaded your privacy. Are you not going to settle the score with her?”

Thomas smiled. “Someone else is on that for me.”

A black Kayenne slowly came to a halt in front of the police station in Merchant City. The driver opened the door and respectfully bowed. “Ms. Fann, please get out of the car.” Wendy was still delighted that she was served by Joshua‘s men. She just did not expect to be dropped off at the police station instead. Alarm bells went off in her head. “Isn‘t Joshua inviting me to his house to have a look?” “He changed his mind.” The driver smiled. “He said that you‘ve invaded other people‘s privacy and even openly exposed it on the internet. Did you think that you weren‘t breaking the law?”

Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 2584 by desirenovel

Thomas and Yannie arrived at the hospital, surrounded by the cameras of the reporters.

They came out of the lift to see Luna, standing by the doors of the ICU ward, as well as Gwen, who was in a wheelchair, beside her.

Luna had no plans to visit Riley on that day. A month ago or so, when Riley was admitted to the hospital, Luna visited Riley once every three days under the advice of the doctor.

That day was only the second day from the last time Luna visited Riley. She initially did not want to come over, but after Gwen saw Thomas‘ and Yannie‘s live stream and heard that Riley was their child, Gwen insisted on going to see Riley.

Gwen was not in the best of health just yet, still hurt because of Luke not long ago, so Luna could only give in and took her to see Riley.

They never thought that they would run into Thomas and Yannie just as they were about to leave...as well as a group of reporters.

“Luna.” Yannie‘s eyes twinkled with mirth upon seeing Luna. “You‘re here to see Riley too!”

Luna paused for a while. She furrowed her brow in displeasure at the reporters behind Thomas and Yannie. “Why are you taking so many people here to see Riley?”

From the moment Thomas mentioned Riley in the live stream, Luna had already guessed that he would come visit Riley to put on an act. However, she did not expect that he would be so eager to do so. She also did not expect that he would take the reporters to the ICU.

Riley had always been in the ICU, not only because of her condition but more so because the ward was quieter.

The doctor had said that Riley needed a quiet and stable environment. Thus, after careful consideration, Luna and Joshua did not move Riley to a normal ward. They were afraid that she could not get used to the environment.

However, at that moment, Thomas–Riley‘s father–brought in a crowd!

It was then that Yannie realized that there were indeed too many people following after them.

From the moment they left the house, Yannie had complained to Thomas that there were too many people following them. Thomas, however, consoled her, saying that compared to the people who watched the live stream, the number of reporters was already considered few.

Upon hearing Thomas mentioning the live stream, Yannie felt a sick feeling in her stomach once more. After all, she was filmed the entire time without her knowledge.

Although she heard from Thomas that Wendy had been arrested, when she thought back to how she was only clad in lingerie, exposing her stretch marks to everyone in the live stream, she wanted to dig a hole to hide. This was also why she trusted Thomas who said that the more reporters there, the merrier. She felt that only by getting everyone to believe that she had given birth to a child for Thomas could she compensate for the awkwardness At|)&d{c helplessness she felt. However, at that moment, Luna‘s words made Yannie question the issue of the number of people there once more.

She bit her lip and muttered under her breath to Thomas, “Should we...get some of the reporters to leave? Riley is still in the ICU, you know? It‘s not good to have too many people here.”

“Why not?” Thomas sneered and looked at Luna. “Is Riley‘s condition that serious? Why does Riley‘s case file say that her condition is already much better and that she can be transferred to a normal ward, but someone doesn‘t want to transfer her out?”

At the mention of that, Thomas was angry.

Riley‘s condition was clearly much better for the past month, but Joshua and Luna did not allow her to be transferred to a normal ward. To Thomas, this all seemed too deliberate.

Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 2585 by desirenovel

Joshua knew that Riley was Thomas‘ daughter. He knew that it would not be easy for a person like Thomas to enter the ICU, yet he refused to transfer Riley to a normal ward.

Since they were always afraid of him coming to visit Riley, he decided to bring a group of people along One was to let everyone know that Riley was his and Yannie‘s child, to put pressure on Joshua so that Joshua and Luna would quickly return Riley to them.

Secondly, it was to tell Joshua that he had seen through their dirty tricks,

However, Thomas‘ words convinced Luna even more that Thomas was not a competent father to Riley.

She narrowed her eyes. “I was the one who didn‘t allow the transfer. A child‘s body is still unstable. Even if she has gotten better in a short while, if her sickness relapses in the general ward, she‘ll have to be sent to the ICU again, so I decided to not let her go through the torture.

Luna sneered. “Do you think it‘s inappropriate, Mr. Howard?”

“It‘s a pity,” Luna said while crossing her arms around her chest. “Riley is still under our care right now. Although you‘re Riley‘s father, you‘ve only visited her once in the past month. I don‘t think you have the power to decide on her behalf.”

At that moment, the atmosphere in the corridor instantly turned cold as their conversation took a turn for the worse.

The reporters behind them might look calm, but they were secretly delighted.

Every reporter was secretly recording and taking pictures of the scene in front of them.

It was the standoff between Luna and Thomas! What a sight!

One was the wife of Lynch Group‘s president, and the other was a famous celebrity of Merchant City.

Their arguments were enough to be on the front page news for at least a week!

“Don‘t get too excited now.”

Gwen, who was in the wheelchair, calmly looked at the reporters behind them. “I know that all of you are happy that you‘ve found something juicy to report, but heed my advice: there are things that you can and can‘t report. “For example, if you report the argument between Mr. Howard El{)(b/b Luna, ruining his reputation, you‘ll have to deal with a lawsuit from his publicity team. “If you ruin Luna‘s reputation, well, have a guess... Do you think that Lynch Group and Larson Group will let you off the hook?”

Gwen‘s words instantly silenced the reporters. Seeing the strange expressions on their faces, Gwen smiled. “Everyone, I‘ll arrange for some fruits and snacks downstairs for you. Later, I‘ll also give you photos that you can report of Mr. Howard and Ms. Flores visiting their children. As for the others, don‘t butt in.”

Gwen was essentially giving the reporters a way to back down. The reporters looked at each other, turned around, and left. Yannie sighed in relief as the reporters took their leave. She looked at Gwen, who was in the wheelchair, gratefully. “Thank you, Ms. Larson.” If it were her, she would not be able to come up with such things to make the reporters go away. “You don‘t have to thank me.” Gwen smiled and looked at Thomas. “You seemed to have a misunderstanding of Luna and Joshua, no?”

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Thomas sneered upon hearing Gwen’s words. “There was never any misunderstanding between me and them.” After all of what Joshua and Luna did to Riley, what misunderstanding could there be? In the first place, Joshua and Luna lost their baby, so they deliberately took the newborn baby from the hospital and pretended that she was theirs. The newborn baby was Riley! Thomas would not have hated them so badly had they taken care of Riley and treated her as their own, but what happened? They failed to protect Riley. Malcolm had to take Riley from them, and Riley was nearly dead because of Quentin!

Quentin was captured in the end, and Riley was once more back with Joshua and Luna. However, they did not feel the bond with Riley when they reunited with her.

They continuously searched for their biological baby and neglected to accompany and take care of Riley. If it were not for them, Riley would not have ended in such a pitiful, sickly state!

Joshua and Luna were to blame for all the misfortune Riley had suffered, and that meant Thomas did not misunderstand them. He just knew them too well!

Amid Thomas’ train of thoughts, his mother’s recording voice rang in his ear. She said he should never ever be in contact with the Lynch family, especially Joshua. After all, Joshua’s father, Adrian Lynch was a good-for-nothing person. Adrian was the one who caused his aunt’s death, and Joshua shared the same dirty blood as Adrian.

He sneered and raised his head to look at Gwen. “I know you just underwent a massive surgery not long ago while having lost your lover, Luke. I know how frail you are, physically and mentally, so I don’t want to quarrel with you right now. At the same time…”

He squinted. “I hope you don’t get in the way of whatever is happening between me, Luna, and Joshua. The hatred between us isn’t so easily solved with just a word or two from you.”

After that, he looked at Luna sharply. “What? You think you could bring along your friend since you and Joshua are running out of options to keep Riley? I didn’t think you’d be that cold -blooded Dwl.+a{a ruthless like Joshua was in the past.

“You know, Yannie kept telling me how nice you were when I spent time with her lately, and I nearly thought twice about you. But…”

A cold smile appeared on his face. “I never thought you’d bring your friend to stop me and create trouble when you know I’m bringing Yannie over to meet with Riley. Do you think I don’t dare to do anything to your friend? Don’t forget that Luke is dead. Your friend doesn’t have anyone to back her up anymore!”

Luna’s heart trembled. Her face turned pale while she subconsciously looked at Gwen, who was sitting in the wheelchair.

Gwen…did not know Luke had passed away!

They had been keeping that a secret all this time and tried several methods to stop Gwen from thinking about anything related to Luke.

They did not think Gwen would find out about it from Thomas now.

In spite of that, Luna did not notice one thing… Gwen’s expression did not change at all when she heard Thomas mentioning Luke’s passing,

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Gwen’s eyebrows furrowed as she stared at Thomas, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind Thomas’ words.

“You’re wrong. We’re here because of the live broadcast between you and Yannie, but…” She curled up her lips. “Luna’s here not because she wants to stop you and Yannie from taking Riley away. She’s here because I want to visit Riley.”

Her crystal clear eyes looked deeply into the man in front of her and said plainly, “I was too bored alone in the hospital, so I thought of visiting this baby of yours and Yannie’s.”

She then took a good look at Yannie and Thomas. “By the way, Riley does resemble both of you very much.”

Yannie was slightly uncomfortable with that comment. She tried to contain herself, but she sheepishly blurted, “Ms. Gwen, Mr. Thomas had stated Riley is our child because he wanted to silence the people. I did have a baby, but… Anyway, Riley is Mr. Thomas’ baby, not mine.”

Luna and Gwen exchanged looks. ‘How could that be? Yannie did have a baby with Thomas, didn’t she? The hospital Yannie gave birth to is exactly the same hospital where Hunter took the baby from. Is Riley…not Yannie’s baby?’ Luna thought. Luna pursed her lips and wanted to tell the truth, but Gwen piped in, saying, “Is that so?” Gwen sighed sadly. “That’s too bad. I thought Riley was your baby. I mean, faith did bring you and Riley together.”

Then, she looked to the back and winked at Luna. “Since both of you want to visit Riley, we’ll be taking our leave now.”

Luna did not know what Gwen was trying to do, so she nodded.

Then, she pushed Gwen’s wheelchair and passed Thomas and Yannie to leave the place. As she did, however, she thought of something and looked back at Thomas. “I think I still need to explain why we didn’t transfer Riley to the normal ward.

“The doctor did tell us Riley is suitable to transfer to the normal ward and leave the ICU, but we gave it a thought and decided it was best not to. Riley will need to transfer back to ICU if she falls sick again, and there are too many people walking in Bj{.(f{d out of regular wards.

“It’s not as safe as the ICU, too, so with all things considered, we decided to keep her here, not because we want to stop you from visiting her. On the contrary…” Luna paused. “I’ve been requesting the hospital staff to be on the lookout if there’s any stranger who comes to visit Riley over the past month. Before today, I didn’t know Riley was your child. I’ve been hoping for Riley’s parents to come to look for her all the while, but you never came.”

After that, Luna pushed Gwen and left. Thomas remained standing as he narrowed his eyes fiercely. Yannie, who was beside him, bit her lip.

After a moment of silence, she found her courage and raised her head to look at Thomas. “You …never came to visit Riley before? Not even once?”

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Thomas furrowed his brow upon hearing Yannie’s question. For a moment, he fell silent, but it was not long until he raised his head and looked at Yannie’s face. “Yes, I didn’t come to visit Riley this past month. But —” “But you used Riley when you needed her to help dissolve our rumors!” Yannie interrupted Thomas coldly, her anguish evident on her face. “Thomas Howard, I never knew you’d be this kind of person. I thought you just dislike me and are terrible to me. Who knew you could be so heartless with your daughter, too!” She walked past Thomas and strode toward Riley’s ward, leaving Thomas rooted on the spot as he watched Yannie walk away. He furrowed his brow vehemently. ‘Can this woman wait for my explanation? But…’ His lips curled into a smile when he saw how anxious Yannie was when she walked to Riley’s ward. Since way back, he knew Yannie was fond of Riley and often came to visit the infant, Every time Yannie came to visit, he would place a hidden camera on Yannie before she went to the hospital and used this method to look at Riley. Yannie did not know all of that, however, and that was why she thought Thomas did not care about Riley

Riley was his only daughter. There was no reason for him to not care about Riley.

After his last visit, he was scared his rash action would alert the enemy, that Joshua would discover it and mistreat Riley. If it was not for that reason, he would have visited regularly.

He sighed and started to catch up with Yannie. Both of them changed into sanitary safety suits and entered the ward, one after the other. Yannie was still mad at Thomas and was reluctant to let Thomas visit Riley. Then again, she knew she had no right to do so.

As Riley’s birth father, not even Luna and Joshua could stop Thomas from visiting Riley. What right did she have?

Yannie’s anger mounted when she thought of that. She did not understand why Thomas never once came to visit Riley after so long if Luna and Joshua never stopped him.

With that, she entered the ward with rage churned inside of her.

In the ward, the little girl, lying on her bed, smiled as she saw the two adults beside her. Her clear, crystal eyes twinkled with mirth as though she knew Thomas Ak{$!b}b Yannie were her parents.

Yannie’s heart melted when she saw the smile on Riley’s face. She stretched her hand out to play with Riley. “She got chubbier than the last time I was here.”

That sentence was purely something Yannie felt when she saw Riley. To her surprise, Thomas chimed in, saying, “Yes, she looks chubbier now. I saw her medical report, and it looks like she’s recovering steadily. Maybe she can be discharged soon.” He looked the same when he said those, and he even made an ugly face to play with Riley. Yannie was shocked to hear that as she looked at Thomas incredulously. “How did you… know?

Why did Thomas know Riley was chubbier than before? He had not visited Riley ever before, had he?

Thomas sighed as if he read Yannie’s mind. He extended his hand and grabbed the necklace on Yannie’s neck, much to her shock. “What are you doing?”

Luna was the one who gave her the necklace.

When she resigned from Luna’s jewelry design company, Luna was reluctant to see her go. As such, Luna gave Yannie a necklace she had made herself as a gift. She even told Yannie that she was free to return to work in the company if she was unhappy working at other places.

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This was why Yannie treasured the necklace tremendously.

There’s something in here.” Thomas took out a pinhole camera from the inside of the necklace without any trouble. “It’s a customized high-definition camera.

“Every time you enter Riley’s ward, the camera will capture everything you see with high definition quality. It’s connected to the Wi-Fi in this room too, and with my phone linked to this camera, I can see everything that you see.”

He took out his phone and opened an application. True enough the screen showed the exact scene that the camera was pointing at.

Yannie was shocked as she widened her eyes. “This…”

“It’s true I never came to visit Riley, but every time you came, I’d know. With your help, I saw Riley, too,” explained Thomas.

Yannie bit her lip upon hearing this, and her eyebrows pressed together. “So it’s not that you didn’t visit Riley, but you’ve…been seeing her with my help.” She did not understand. “Why? You could’ve come to visit in person.”

In addition, he mentioned he had been monitoring Riley’s condition. Yannie did not even know Riley had been doing quite well these past few days, but he knew it very well.

“I’ll tell you later after we leave the hospital,” said Thomas. He smiled and looked back at Riley, who was on the bed. “Hey, Riley, did you miss me?”

Riley looked at him with her clear, pure eyes. She made grabby hands in his direction as though telling Thomas she missed him.

Thomas was amused with Riley’s action, unable to refrain himself from pinching her cheek repeatedly.

For some reason, he truly thought Yannie and Riley shared some similarities, like how bouncy their cheeks were when he pinched them. Because of that, Thomas could not help but pinch Yannie’s cheek twice when they were in the car leaving the hospital.

Exceptionally, Yannie did not resist it this time. She furrowed her brow and looked at Thomas. “Can you tell me now why you have to be so secretive with visiting Riley and scared that Joshua would out about it?”

Thomas narrowed his eyes Ell’$d{g looked to the front. His voice sounded indifferent. “I have to start with my mother and Joshua’s mother… My mother and Joshua’s mother are twin sisters.”

Yannie nodded, having known this. Joshua said it before, too. However, Yannie did not understand why Thomas treated Joshua like his enemy when they were cousins.

“Because he’s that person’s son.” Thomas looked to the front and said coldly, “After my aunt delivered Joshua, she was announced dead. But the truth is…my aunt didn’t die because of a difficult birth. She was dead because of Adrian, Joshua’s father.”

He sighed and closed his eyes. “Luckily, on the day my aunt gave birth, my mother was worried and found someone to rescue her. Unfortunately, she was too frail then, and she didn’t last long afterward…” Yannie bit her lip. “But that has nothing to do with Joshua.” Joshua’s father was the one who did all of those, did he not? Thomas opened his eyes instantly. “And what made you say that? In the end, my aunt died because of Joshua!”

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Yannie did not understand.

According to what you said, your aunt, Joshua’s mother, was dead after she delivered Joshua, and she was taken away by your mother after that. How could her death be related to Joshua?”

Theoretically speaking, it did not make sense at all. Joshua had been in Banyan City and had never left in the past. Thomas and his family, meanwhile, resided in Saigen City at Europa. If Thomas’ mother rescued Joshua’s mother and brought her to Saigen City…then Joshua did not have the chance to see her mother. The distance between Saigen City and Banyan City was more than several thousand kilometers!

Thomas sneered when he saw the perplexed look on Yannie’s face. “Guess you’re not as stupid as I think you are.”

He sighed deeply again and told Yannie the story about Joshua’s mother.

Rianna and Eanne were twin sisters. When Rianna was 20 years old, she met Adrian, a handsome ladies’ man. In fact, he changed his name to Adrian because he was pursuing Rianna. He wanted to tell Rianna his determination to surrender himself entirely to her.

Under his fierce pursuit, Rianna fell in love with Adrian very soon and married him in spite of everything. However, after the marriage, Rianna found out Adrian pursued her not because he was in love with her.

At that time, Adrian was just a nobody in the Lynch family. Joshua’s grandfather passed away a long time ago, and Granny Lynch knew Adrian was an incapable man and unworthy of taking over Lynch Group. Thus, she never handed the authority over to Adrian.

Adrian knew he did not have the gift in him. Hence, he put all of his hopes in his future wife. Rianna was born into a famous noble family with a huge net worth and was talented in managing the business. She became his target. After Adrian and Rianna got married, Adrian kept forcing Granny Lynch to pass her authority to him. He had the authority in his hands and let Rianna work for him.

As Rianna’s sister, Eanne saw everything that was happening. She had many times talked Dp{! +b|d advised Rianna to leave Adrian, yet Rianna was stuck in the fantasy romantic world Adrian created for her. She never once listens to her family and sister’s advice.

After that, she was pregnant and could not work hard to handle Lynch Group. Granny Lynch ordered her to rest at home since her body was not doing well. Shortly, Granny Lynch gradually took back control of the business.

When Adrian knew the power and money were slipping away from him, he began to smoke and felt disgust for Rianna, stemming from the bottom of his heart. Hence, he locked up Rianna during her pregnancy and abused her. There were a few times Rianna nearly suffered a miscarriage, but she did everything she could to keep Joshua. Later, Adrian secretly transferred a huge sum of money away from Lynch Group and intended to use that money to travel around the world after Rianna died of a difficult birth. Thus, he secretly made a plan to let Rianna die after the labor. Things did not go as he planned.

After Rianna was pregnant, she continued to be hopeful with Adrian. However, in desperation, she also looked for her sister and hoped Eanne could save her if she was in trouble. Because of that, Eanne was able to rescue Rianna when she was nearly killed in the delivery room.

After that, Rianna became crazy and searched for her son every day. The doctor said she missed her son too much, which caused her sickness. She would only recover if she was to see her son Although Eanne hated the Lynch family, she was helpless with it. When Joshua was five years old, Eanne brought the demented Rianna back to Banyan City in secret. She wanted to let Rianna meet with Joshua secretly, and she did. However…

Joshua was too well-protected that he treated Rianna as a bad person. He used his phone to seek help and sent a photo of him with Rianna to Adrian, who had just returned to Banyan City after a vacation. He pleaded with his father to rescue him.