Ch. 2881..2890
Chapter 2881
Steven’s parents had terrible looks on their faces after listening to what Steven said.
On the other hand, Steven slowly felt there was hope when he saw his parent’s pale faces. He thought his parent might change their thoughts and their indifference was unnecessary after what he said.
However, what happened next was unexpected.
“That bitch bewitched you!” Mrs. Hughes approached Steven angrily and grabbed his arm. She sounded very angry. “It’s not just Gwen that bitch. And Denise too! Those two women had bewitched you. It’s this how you talk to me and your father? We are just doing all of these because of you. If it weren’t for you, do you think we don’t want to be good people that everyone praised? And you’re saying this sort of thing to us? Steven Hughes, are you human?”
Mrs. Hughes treated Steven like he was still a kid by pulling his ear, “Stop embarrassing me! Go home with me now!”
After that, Steven realized many people were starting to gather around them. He smiled bitterly. His parent’s image had crumpled in his heart at this moment. He knew very well his mother was angry and anxious not because of what he said or did. It was because there were many people watching them and she felt embarrassed.
His parent kept on insisting they were doing all of those things for him. Resolved to commit all sorts of bad things just because of him… Just like now. All they cared about was their own reputations and images.
He took a deep breath and struggled away from his mother. Then he looked at her with cold eyes, “Mdm. Zikri, this is the first time I’m calling you this way and Mr. Hughes.”
He looked so serious in his eyes and his voice. It scared and freaked his mother.
She furrowed her brows vehemently, “Steven, what are you talking about?”
How could her son be calling her and his father in this manner?
“I’m senously telling you my decision now.” Steven took a deep breath and said seriously, “From now on, I’m the same as Luke I’m an orphan. You shouldn’t just abandon Luke in the first place. You should abandon both of us together Then I won’t have to suffer all of these ever in my life. Maybe I can even enjoy the care and love from my brother and sister-in-law.”
He took a step back and bowed respectfully at his parent. “Thank you for raising me all these years. But..”
He curled up his lips into a smile, “I can’t bear it. From now on, I don’t have parents and you two don’t have a son anymore I choose to cut ties away from the Hughes family. Maybe I will still be called Steven Hughes But i never admit that you two are my parents anymore”
Since you guys only care about yourself, never once think about what i think or treat Denise as your own daughter in fact, you guys are better off without kids.
After that, he just turned around and left
Mrs Hughes freaked out She was not afraid of Steven cutting ties with her No matter how Steven would always be her son. As long as she or his father pretended to be sick, Steven would still be worned about them Eventually, he would return to them
She was more concerned there were so many people watching while Steven said those things. It was like slapping them on the face indirectly
She frowned and signaled her husband.
Mr. Hughes dashed up and grabbed Steven’s arm. “Steven, don’t be childish!”
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“I’m not being childish!” Steven furrowed his brow and threw away his father’s hand. “I have my own life. Mr. Hughes, keep your hand away from me!”
He turned around and left.
Mr. Hughes looked at Steven walking away. He frowned and looked at his wife.
Mrs. Hughes squinted his eyes while her eyes wavered in coldness. “Ignore him! Let’s go back!”
After saying that, she raised her hand to grab her husband’s hand. They walked away from those bystanders and left. The crowd finally dispersed after the Hughes couple left.
When Luna and Joshua arrived there, they did not see Steven, Gwen, or the Hughes couple. Luna frowned and took out her telephone and called Gwen. At that time, Sean called her.
Lucas and the others had just rescued Luke from Hughes’ residence and were on their way to the hotel.
“Luna,” When the phone was connected, Sean asked nervously, “Did you find Denise? How is she doing? Is she hurt?”
“When I was at the Hughes’ residence, I wanted to go rescue her together with Lucas. But Lucas told me she’s not there anymore. Steven’s parents had brought her somewhere else. Where is she now?”
Luna bit her lip and did not know what to say when she heard Sean’s caring voice. After a while, she took a deep breath and said, “Go wait in the hotel first. We are…still looking for her.”
Luna did not dare to say much as she was afraid Sean might sense there was something wrong. As she quickly hung up the phone, she received a call from Gwen.
“Luna,” Gwen panicked. “Denise and I are now in the hospital. Steven came and left after he settled Denise’s medical bill. He doesn’t look so good. I wanted to go chase after him but the doctor is still saving Denise. I can’t leave. Can you and Joshua…help? You can either come to take my place or go look for Steve. I’m worried about him.”
Luna furrowed her brows. “Don’t panic. We’ll be there right away!”
She hung up the call and looked at Joshua. After that, she repeated what Gwen said and also told him that Sean called him just now.
Joshua frowned.
After a while, he took out his phone and called Lucas. “Don’t bring Sean to the hotel. Bring him to the hospital. Once you are there, let Gwen go find Steven.”
He hung up the phone and looked at Luna. “Do you want to go to the hospital or go look for Steven with Us?
Luna stayed silent for a while. “I’ll go look for Steven with you guys.”
Although Denise was in danger, she could not help with anything since she was not a doctor. Currently, Sean was the most important person to Denise. It was enough to have Sean over there guarding and waiting for Denise
However, Steven was different…..
Luna frowned, “Do you think anything will happen to Steven?”
“It’s hard to say ” Joshua frowned and searched for a video from his phone. After that, he passed his phone to Luna. It was showing the video when Steven was cutting off ties with his parent
“Someone just posted this online. Maybe Steven is…”
Joshua went silent. After a while, he said, “Maybe he is really disappointed with his parent. Like how I’m disappointed with my father.”
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When Joshua mentioned Adrian, Luna could not help and sigh. She wanted to say something and in the end, she did not say it.
She approached Joshua and held his hand, “You’re different from him.”
“Yes, I’m different.” Joshua smiled bitterly. “Steven lives a happier life than me. At least…”
He looked to the far side while looking helpless and sad, “At least Steven’s parent still thinks of him no matter how badly they treated the outsider. Yes, they are selfish. Using Steven as an excuse to do all bad things. At least they are really good to him. But my father…”
Adrian had never liked Joshua. He was the one who make his mother suffer. Yet, he kept blaming Rianna’s death on Joshua. He told everyone the reason he hated Joshua was that Rianna died when delivering Joshua to this world.
Joshua squinted his eyes. It was about time for him to settle with Adrian.
“Joshua.” Luna looked at the sorrow in Joshua’s eyes. Her heart was in pain. She sighed and grabbed his hand tightly and pressed her head on his chest. “Even though you never received any love from your father, you have me and three kids. We will always love you.”
Those words managed to chase away the coldness in Joshua’s eyes. He was slightly stunned as he look. at the woman in his arms. He smiled brightly. “Not three. Four kids.”
He used his hand to hold Luna’s face. “I told you. We will find our kid. I’m not bluffing. When we return to Merchant City, I’ll bring you to see our youngest daughter.”
Luna nodded. Despite knowing the slim chance of seeing her daughter again, she was willing to believe Joshua’s words. She believed him unconditionally. Especially when she knew Joshua was a man or his word.
The couple cuddled for a while. After that, Joshua took a deep breath and brought Luna together with him.
to look for Steven.
They searched high and low all over Saigen City. Albeit, they failed to find Steven. It was only midnight. when Thomas managed to discover Steven on one of the flights leaving the city.
To be more exact, he discovered Luke’s traces instead.
The immigration record showed that Luke left the city on a plane around four in the afternoon to another
small town at the other end of the earth.
Gwen stayed silent when she saw Luke’s name on the record. After a while, she cocked up her head and curled her lips into a smile. “It’s good too. If we can’t find Steven, that means his parent can’t find him too.
His parent would never think Steven would use Luke’s identity to leave Saigen City. Thus, they would think Steven was still in the city and continue searching for him.
This could probably be the last thing Luke did in order to protect his brother.
However…
Gwen looked up into the dark sky. There was no chance of her seeing him in the future anymore. Either Luke or Steven would never ever exist in her life anymore.
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The second day Steven left Saigen City, Joshua and Thomas acted on behalf of Gwen to provide the court with evidence of how the Hughes family and the Miller family cheated and lied to Luke. Incidentally, they also provided the court with all the information Sean found in the information room in Hughes’s residence.
A week later. After much debating, the court finally had a result. The Hughes family and the Miller family had acted against the will of the other party and illegal appropriation of another person’s organ. Therefore, the court found them guilty of the charges and sentenced the chief of both families to ten years of prison.
In addition, after all the sinful crimes the Hughes couple committed, the court sentenced the couple to an additional twenty years of prison each.
On the day of the result, Steven did not appear. Denise was still unconscious in the hospital. The only two people who attended were Sean and Gwen.
Gwen shivered excitingly when she heard the sentence. On the other hand, Sean silently held Gwen’s arm and let her rest on his shoulder. “Gwen, it’s alright to cry.”
She bit her lip and finally turned around to lean on Sean’s shoulder. Her tears started to roll down her eyes. She had waited for this day for far too long.
After knowing the bad guys were behind the bar, she could finally put the weight off her mind. Ever since Luke passed away, she had been trying hard to suppress her emotion. She was afraid Luna, Joshua, and the others would be worried about her if she cry too much or afraid that her health would be affected by being too upset. Especially when Luke had used his life in exchange for her healthy heart.
Now…she could finally release her emotion without worried.
‘Luke, I did it. I have sought revenge for you. The truth about your death is finally justified,’ she thought.
She was clear about one thing. Although Luke’s personality was locked up in Steven’s body, with his personality… He would seal himself and never appear if Steven never tried to harm himself. In another word, he was really dead.
Gwen’s thoughts changed after the short meeting. She was now relieved. She would continue to live her life and forget about pursuing Sean in the after-life but she would never fall in love with another person anymore.
“You win, Gwen.” When Mr. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes passed by Gwen and Sean in cuffed, Mrs. Hughes squinted her eyes and looked at Gwen coldly. “But you did not win everything. Steven is missing. If we can’t find him, then it’s impossible for you to find him too. You went through all the trouble to put us behind the bars. But you also lose Luke. Neither of us wins.”
Gwen laughed at what Mrs. Hughes said, “Oh really?”
She lifted her head from Sean’s arms. She said while looking at Mrs. Hughes with her fierce eyes, “I don’t think that I lost. The only people who can’t find Steven are you two. If I want to find him, I can find him anytime I want. But…”
She curled up her lips and smiled, “I will never go find him. He should have his own life away from Saigen City and us. It’s a good thing for him. That’s why I will never deliberately go find him. I’m not the old me. I don’t need Steven to become Luke and I never expect Luke to come back to me anymore.”
“Life is short. Although Luke has passed away, the memories he gave me are enough to sustain my remaining years. There’s nothing that I regret. But…”
She raised her brows and looked at Mr. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes. “I don’t have Luke but I have the wonderful memories Luke and Steven gave me. I will always be happy when I thought of them in the future. What about you? Will you two remember you had a twin when you are in jail for the rest of life? What will you feel when you think of them?”
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Mrs. Hughes‘ face turned pale at what Gwen said. She widened her eyes and glared at Gwen, “It’s none of your business how we end up in the future. We will be out sooner than you think. I will never forgive you!”
Gwen laughed, “Sure. I will be waiting for you.”
She looked at the time and said, “Twenty years later, I will be waiting for you here. I hope you will perform well in prison and do not let them extend the sentence. Goodbye.”
She pulled Sean and wanted to leave. Nonetheless, Sean frowned and let go of her hand. “Gwen, there’s something I want to talk to them about.”
Gwen frowned and looked at Sean. “I’ll wait for
Sean nodded.
you outside?”
After Gwen left the court, Sean took a deep breath. He looked at Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Hughes coldly, ” Denise is still unconscious. Since Denise committed suicide by jumping off the building, the judge did not include Denise’s matter in the sentence today.”
Mrs. Hughes felt pleased. “So what? Do you want to take revenge for her? Too bad, there’s no more
chance.”
She looked at Sean’s face, “Kid, you’re not bad looking. Handsome, young, and smart. You can find a better and cleaner woman than Denise. You just know her for a short while. And she’s half dead now. You two did not even obtain the marriage certificate. You can totally desert her and start a new life of your own. Why should you look for our trouble because of that dirty and half–dead woman?”
Sean squinted his eyes fiercely at what she said. He looked at the middle–aged woman in front of him. He smiled, “Mrs. Hughes. I actually have another identity. The future leader of Luke’s gang.”
He curled up his lip and smiled evilly, “You should know that it is an easy job for us to enter the prison if we are in the underground world for a long time.”
Mrs. Hughes looked at Sean in shock. She staggered a step back unconsciously. Her eyes looked scared,” What… what do you mean?”
“I’m saying…” Sean smiled, “Joshua and Gwen are good citizens. They prefer a more gentle approach. But I’m not the same. I will use my own method to avenge Luke and Denise. I can promise you this. You two will never have a good life in prison during these twenty years.”
After that, he just took off.
Mrs. Hughes‘ legs became wobbly as he looked at Sean leaving. He bit his lip and kneeled down with his cuffed hand and legs. “Mr. Wheeler, it was all her fault. I was just following her orders. I never did anything bad to Luke and Denise. Even when she was trying to hurt Denise, I stopped her. If it weren’t for me, Denise’s current situation could be even worse! Could you…”
He lowered his head and spoke in a low voice, “Could you please let me go because I truly care for Denise?”
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Sean frowned when he heard the lowly and weak voice from behind. He stopped and looked back. Mr. Hughes was kneeling on the ground with his cuffed hand and legs. The two police beside him tried hard to pull him up.
Sean could not help and sneer as he saw it. “How funny. I can’t believe Luke and Steven actually have you this useless and indecisive man as their biological father.”
Although Sean did not know Steven well enough, he could tell Steven was a good guy from how he treated Denise and Gwen. At least he did not harbor his parent and knew that his parent made many mistakes when he was the beneficiary in the entire incident. It was really quite something.
Mr. Hughes’ body became stiff. He lowered his head and asked timidly, “Can you…think about my two
sons and…”
“I will ask the gang member to ‘look after’ you because of your two sons.” He purposely emphasized ‘look
after’ when he said that.
Mr. Hughes’ body trembled.
“Stop kneeling. I won’t be soft on you.” After that, he turned around and strode outside. “I might think otherwise of you if you accept your sentence and go to jail. But look at you now. You are not really worth being their father!”
Mr. Hughes closed his eyes after looking at Sean leaving. He knew what await him was a long, miserable, and torturing prison life.
After Sean left the court, he called Joshua. Joshua played a great deal in settling this case so smoothly. He knew Joshua must have already known the result when it was announced. However, he needed to call his cousin personally to express his gratitude.
“I know.” Joshua still sounded remote and cold as usual. “Luna and I are already at the airport. We’re flying back to Banyan City half an hour later. If you’re done here, could you please bring Gwen back to Merchant City? After Luna and I settle our thing in Merchant City, we’ll go meet you in Merchant City.”
Sean grasped his phone and frowned. “You’re in such a hurry to leave.”
He knew Joshua was a busy man. However, was he really that busy that he needed to leave immediately and leave Gwen here?
“Yes. There’s something urgent.” Joshua looked at the wedding invasion card from Adrian. He sneered, ” I’ll leave Gwen to you.”
“Don’t worry.” Sean did not ask further when he sensed Joshua was not in a good mood. “Even if you did not ask, I will take good care of her because of Luke. And…”
He paused and remained silent for a while. “Although you are not in the mood to hear this, I’ll still like to inform you.”
He took a deep breath, “The doctor says the chances of Denise waking up are very slim. But I still want to marry her. She’s my first woman and I hope she is the last too. I want to bring her back to Merchant City…”
“It’s a good idea to bring her back to Merchant City.” Before Sean could finish his sentence, Luna cut him off. “With my mom and Rachel’s help, maybe she will wake up soon.”
Sean paused for a while. He smiled bitterly, “Is she…really going to wake up?”
“She will.” Luna grabbed Joshua’s hand and curled up her lips into a smile. “You need to believe there are
miracles in this world.”
As she finished saying that, an announcement was broadcasted urging them to board the plane. She quickly said a few more things with Sean and followed Joshua to board the plane.
On the plane back to Banyan City, Luna looked at the invitation in Joshua’s hand. “Why isn’t the bride, Michael’s mother, Celia?”
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“After Michael was in prison, Celie kept on complaining to Adrian that he failed to protect their son.”
Joshua turned to look at the sky outside the plane. He sneered, “Adrian felt annoyed and broke up with her. After that, Celie tried to get a share of their wealth. However, she found out Adrian had been lying to her all these years when she was at the Civil Affairs Bureau.”
Luna was startled. “Adrian has been lying to Celia all these years? About what?”
Joshua turned around and looked at Luna’s face seriously, “Their marriage certificate is fake.”
Luna widened her eyes, “The marriage certificate is fake?”
“Yes.” Joshua nodded and his voice sounded quite helpless and happy, “I really don’t want to admit that he is my father. I thought he did not love my mother. But…”
He sighed, “I just didn’t think he didn’t love Celia too after being together with her for more than twenty years. He was just pretending to like her.”
“He lied to Celia by telling her he had special service because he was the young master of the Lynch family. He could let the people from the Civil Affairs Bureau go to the house and register their marriages. Celie felt superior to have that special service so she agreed…”
Luna furrowed her brows and cut off Joshua. “So the people who helped to register their marriage were fake?”
“Yes.” Joshua took back the wedding invitation from Luna. He glanced at the groom’s name. “Adrian lied to Celie. He hired actors to be people from the Civil Affairs Bureau. The marriage certificate is fake too.” “All the time, he knows granny will never pass the family’s wealth to him and I will give him money because he is my father. Being a member of the Lynch family, the family will never desert him as long as he is alive. However, he knew neither me nor granny will give him more. The amount we give him is only sufficient to let him live. So he was afraid Celie will take away part of his wealth when she left him. That’s why he put on a show and lied to Celie for more than twenty years.”
Luna was so shocked that she did not know what to say. She always knew Adrian was a bad person… However, she thought Adrian was only ruthless to Joshua. It never occurred to her that he had this sort of bad intention toward Celie who had been beside him for more than twenty years and the mother of his son, Michael.
This man…was far more cruel and ruthless than she imagine.
She furrowed her brow as she looked at Joshua. “Celie did not fight back?”
“Of course, she did.” Joshua raised his brows, “Who else do you think I hear this from?”
Luna paused. “She looked for you?”
“Yes. Joshua closed his eyes. “Since she was not officially married to Adrian, she failed to get any money after they broke up. She went to look for Adrian but he refused to see her. He even asked his bodyguard to hit her.”
“After a few times, Celie stopped and came to me instead. Since I was not in Banyan City, she went to the company to cause trouble and looked for Jude too. I only know about these when Jude looked for me last night.”
After that, he waved the invitation card, “But I never expect to receive this after knowing what happened last night.
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Luna’s jaw dropped. A split second later, she furrowed her brows as she glanced at Joshua. “Does this mean that not long after Adrian split up with Celia, he found a new girlfriend and is now planning to get married?”
Joshua nodded. “A month, in fact.”
Adrian and Celia had broken up only a month ago.
Luna was even more astounded by this. “It took only a month for him to split up with Celia, get together with this new girl, and decide to get married?”
This was even faster than Sean and Denise.
However, Sean and Denise were youngsters who had never been in love before, so Luna could large understand how they felt; to find two warm hearts in the cold Saigen City would easily make anyone want to devote their lives to each other.
However, Adrian’s situation with this woman named Jacqueline Grace was entirely different; he had split. up with his girlfriend of over twenty years, Celia, and started dating Jacqueline within the same month.
On top of that, Joshua had mentioned before that Celia had continued to pester Adrian throughout this time. To be able to find a new girlfriend to whom he was planning to get married to within such a short time…was an amazing feat for Luna.
“I never thought he’d be capable of doing something like this too.” Joshua narrowed his eyes, as though. he could sense Luna’s surprise, and turned to gaze out the plane window. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have. been in such a rush to bring you back to Banyan City.”
The truth was, he had yet to settle everything in Saigen City. After all, he had just finished helping Gwen and Sean take care of the Hughes and the rest….
They had yet to find Kate, and they still had to deal with Tina.
Even though Tina had been constantly picking on Thomas and his mother, Eanne, Joshua could not deny the fact that Tina had been the mastermind behind his mother, Rianna, going blind.
If it were not for Adrian, he would have remained in Saigen City to settle these inconveniences first before returning.
He had not managed to do anything for Rianna before her passing, and now that the opportunity arose to punish the person involved in her demise, Joshua could not pass on the opportunity so easily.
However, the priority now was Adrian.
Joshua curled his lips into a sneer at the thought of the wedding.
According to Adrian’s usual habits, Joshua was not the only one he had gone to great lengths just to deliver the invite to. It was likely that Adrian had done the same for the rest of their relatives.
Therefore, most of the Lynch family would be at the wedding, and this was the perfect chance to expose what Adrian had done to Rianna in the past.
Initially, Joshua had planned on threatening Adrian with the evidence, but now that Adrian was hosting a wedding where anyone and everyone would be there, Joshua knew he could not let this opportunity slip by.
At the thought of this, Joshua turned to glance at the woman next to him. “Do you still remember our wedding?”
Luna paused and immediately recalled their wedding.
Even though she had been happy, her joy at that time was tinged with sorrow and sadness, because she knew that Joshua was not marrying her out of true love.
He had done so simply to retaliate against his arranged marriage to Hailey Walter.
Luna shrugged at this. “I don’t remember much from it.”
With that, she turned to stare at him. “What about you? Do you remember what our wedding was like?”
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Luna initially thought Joshua’s answer would be the same as hers.
After all, when they got married, it was only her pining after Joshua, and Joshua was just using her to retaliate against his family.
He did not love her at that time, so she would not be surprised if he did not remember much about their wedding.
Thus, she did not expect much from his answer at all, but to her surprise… Joshua curled his lips into a smile at this. “Of course I do. I still remember the dress you wore that day; it was a white bedazzled dress.
“At that time, Aura had not shown her true colors, and you two were still two peas in a pod. Initially, she had picked out a white satin strapless dress for you, but you thought it wasn’t glamorous enough. You even said…”
He reached out to pull her into his arms and pressed her head against his shoulder. “You said that since you’d only get married once, the dress you wore had to be gorgeous and glamorous so that you’d remember it for the rest of your life.”
With that, he gently pinched Luna’s nose teasingly. “How can you forget that when it happened not even ten years ago? I guess you were lying to me when you said you’d remember our wedding for the rest of your life, huh?”
The smile in his low, melodic voice made Luna blush. She lowered her head and bit her lip, avoiding Joshua’s gaze. “I was young and naive at that time. I didn’t mean to lie to you, it was just an offhand comment.”
Joshua pinched her nose playfully once more. “I can’t believe I still remember all your offhand comments.”
Luna pouted at this. “You didn’t love me back at that time, did you? If so, why do you even remember all
of this?”
“Since when did I say I didn’t love you back?” Joshua sighed and tightened his embrace, then said rather wistfully. “If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t have agreed to get married to you to spite my father.”
At that time, he had plenty of other ways to spite Adrian, marrying a woman against Adrian’s wishes was at the bottom of the list.
However, at that time, not even Joshua himself realized that he was in love with Luna. He thought he had agreed to her idea as a result of rash decision-making, but looking back at it all…
He had fallen for Luna the moment he laid eyes on him, but not even he himself had been aware of it.
This was why they had wasted so much precious time and even led to Aura coming in between them. At the thought of this, Joshua sighed and added, “If only I had realized my feelings toward you earlier.”
“Well, it’s not too late now either.” Luna closed her eyes as she lay against his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat and the sound of his even breathing, accompanied by the familiar scent of his body. “I thought you and I would never meet each other again. I even thought that…I’d spend the rest of my life hating your guts.”
“That’s all in the past now.” Joshua sighed and gently stroked Luna’s hair.
“Yes, you’re right.” Luna nodded. After a long time, she lifted her head to look at him. “Why are you bringing up our wedding all of a sudden?”
Joshua smiled and picked up the wedding invite. “That’s because I intend on gatecrashing a wedding with
you.”
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Luna paused and lifted her head to meet his gaze. “Are you sure about this?”
Even though Adrian’s wedding would be a perfect opportunity to expose his true colors, all of Joshua’s relatives and friends would be there. To do this would be to expose Adrian and Rianna’s drama in front of everyone who knew them.
This was no different from peeling open his bandage and showing everyone his old wound.
Was this worth it?
“I’m sure of it.” Joshua’s gaze was fixated on somewhere far, far away. “Adrian is a shameless man; if I don’t draw my line with him in front of everyone, he’ll continue to use his status as my father to take advantage of everyone else
He had seen past Adrian’s true colors after Granny Lynch’s death a year ago. After that, not only did he withdraw the assets that had been under Adrian and Michael’s names, but he even refused to give Adrian any more money apart from his basic allowance.
To his surprise, Adrian continued to trick the rest of their relatives on the basis that he was Joshua’s father. Because most of the relatives did not know of their falling out, Adrian managed to take advantage of them and deceived them.
During the past year that Joshua had been in Saigen City, Adrian managed to make a good living off his identity as Joshua’s father and did not seem at all affected by Joshua’s attempt to cut off his source of
income
Otherwise, he would not have met his current fiancee and managed to host a lavish wedding.
At the thought of this, Joshua lowered his head to glance at the wedding invite with a cold sneer
He could not believe that Adrian even had the audacity to deliver the invite right into his hands.
Perhaps, in Adrian’s opinion, father and son did not hold grudges against each other, nor did he think
Joshua would dare to cause a scene at his wedding.
Besides, he had used Joshua’s name to trick people and live like a parasite in Banyan City, so he needed Joshua’s appearance at the wedding to support his claims.
Therefore, Joshua wanted to bring Luna back to attend the wedding so that everyone would know
Adrian’s true colors.
Even though Rianna had been dead for more than 20 years, and the evidence Joshua had was concrete and sufficient, it would not be able to put Adrian in jail for the crimes he had committed. Still that did not mean there was no way around this.
During these 20 or so years, Adrian had been sheltered by the Lynch family, and even during the past year of having lost his income source, he lived a luxurious life
Therefore, Joshua wanted to make him crash and burn so that he could experience for himself just how
Rianna had felt
“Well I support your decision always,’ said Luna, her voice pulling him back to reality.
Joshua curled his lip into a smile and pulled Luna closer to him. “Okay”
Tuna, he whispered as he gently placed his chin onto her head and closed his eyes, inhaling the faint scent of her has “Thank you for being by my side
If she were not around when he found out about Adrian’s wrongdoings, he would have been drowning in sorrow and despair.
It was because of Luna and the children that he managed to pull himself out of that dark abyss. It was because of his family and the sheer responsibility he had toward them that he decided not to let Adrian’s wrongdoings bring him down.