Ch. 3011..3020

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3011 -'No problem!" Before Gwen finished talking, Kurt intercepted, "You're the love of Luke. Even if he's not around anymore, I will do everything you ask."

Most importantly, Luke was still with them.

Gwen was actually expecting that it was going to take some time to convince Kurt to help her. She was stunned when Kurt agree so easily.

After a while, she took a deep breath and nodded. "If you're willing to help, then let's get started. You and Stefan..."

She continued after a pause, "Stefan is from another city. He doesn't know Sea City as much as you do. Please take care of him. There are a lot of things about the gang that he doesn't know. I hope you can help him out too."

Kurt smiled, "Not a problem."

As a matter of fact, Stefan actually knew more about the gang and the members than him. Stefan may be the one helping him out instead.

Gwen felt better knowing Kurt would look after Stefan. She took a deep breath. "I will make sure you are well rewarded after the mission is accomplished."

Even though her family was less powerful than they used to be, novelxo some of their business was still doing quite well. At least, they could guarantee Kurt would not be bullied when he returned to work as a food delivery man.

"I didn't expect that when I agree to help you." Kurt smiled and looked in the direction where Stefan left. "But, Miss Larson, do you think you can consider giving Stefan a chance? I think he likes you."

Gwen blushed when she heard that. She looked to the side and said, "Don't try to be a cupid.”

What was going on lately? Why were Luna and Kurt trying so hard to convince her to give Stefan a chance?

Gwen understood that Luna was hoping she could find her happiness and forgot about Luke. However, she did not understand why Kurt did it.

Kurt used to be Luke's best buddy. How could he try to match her with another man he just knew when it was not even a year since Luke passed away?

Kurt smiled seeing it. God knew how much he wish he could tell Gwen the truth. However, he was afraid Luke would get angry and kill him. He knew very well how good Luke is at fighting.

The prop master Joshua sent arrived shortly after Kurt promised Gwen to return to the gang with Stefan.

After the prop master measured Stefan's face meticulously, he custom- made a metal mask suitable for Stefan as quickly as he could.

The mask was made out of some kind of meta. It had an intricate embossed pattern on it and the length of the mask did not hide Stefan's sexy lower jaw.

There was still a slight gap where people could see the burn on his face.

Gwen admitted that her heart skipped a beat when she saw Stefan walking out of the room in that mask. Just like how Luna said she would.

However, she did not think that was love. It was purely an admiration for the things she like.

'How is it?" Stefan felt insecure having Gwen staring at him. He was afraid Gwen could recognize him from his lower jaw. Thus, he asked carefully, "Is it very ugly?" "It's not ugly." Gwen curled up her lips. "I believed you were a handsome guy in the past."

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3012-"I never think...’ Stefan curled up his lips into a smile. "I never think I was a handsome guy in the past until I met a girl. She told me I was the most handsome man she saw. Then I believed her."

While he was talking, he looked at Gwen. "And I remembered what she told me for many many years."

Gwen was shocked for a while and it was followed by a smile. "Did you end up being together with the girl?"

Stefan curled his lips. "When she said that, I was still living poorly. She was from a rich family and I was not worthy to be together with her. Besides, she was in love with someone else. But...’

He looked at Gwen seriously, "But both of us were together for a short period. That was the happiest moment of my life."

He was referring to the time he first met Gwen and the time he and Gwen were together.

However, Gwen did not remember seeing Luke before and she also did not remember she used to say he was very good-looking.

Without pondering too much, she asked, "Are you saying you two broke up?"

’Yes."

"Why?"

After a slight pause, Stefan said, "I don't feel like saying it now. Maybe I'll tell you after we knew each other more."

At that moment, Gwen realized she was stepping over the boundary by asking that question. After all, they were not close enough with each other to share their past and their feelings.

She quickly apologized and went to get the information to pass on to Stefan. "This is the information that I have gathered about Luke's gang and the gang members. You can take a look so you know more for now. When you and Kurt join the gang, Kurt will help you to get to know them more."

Stefan nodded and accepted the information. He then glanced over them.

Gwen had handwritten all of the information down. Her writings were very pretty. There was a lot of information and it must have taken her a lot of effort to write them down.

Stefan raised his brow, "Were you busy writing these down for the past few nights?"

Gwen smiled embarrassingly, "Yes, but not every night."

She took a deep breath and looked at the time. "It's getting late. We should rest early. You and Kurt are going to the gang tomorrow."

"Okay," Stefan responded and entered his room together with the information Gwen wrote. "I will store them in a safe place."

The next morning. Kurt and Stefan left the place before Gwen woke up.

When Gwen was awake, she saw the breakfast on the table and a note written by Stefan. He reminded her to take her meal on time every day.

Gwen felt warm looking at the breakfast and the nicely written note. The corner of her mouth raised uncontrollably.

Just then, she heard a car stopping by in front. It was followed by the sound of the car door opening and shutting.

It alerted Gwen. She quickly packed up the breakfast and hid inside the room underneath the staircase where Kurt stayed.

The moment she closed the door, she heard the front door opening.

It was followed by two voices.

"Why do I have a feeling that someone was living in here?"

' Didn't you say no one is going to be here?"

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3013-Gwen was shocked and her body turned stiff when she heard the two voices.

Although she could not recognize the voice of the female, she could never forget the male's voice! It was none other than Ben Zeller!

Her ex-husband! The one who deserted her and told everyone that she was dirty because she was harassed by someone else.

Ben was the other person who had the key to this place other than Gwen. Gwen's father, Andy, bought this place for them as their wedding present when they got married.

Since it was far from the city, they had never stayed here before.

After the divorce, this mansion automatically belonged to Gwen.

She never thought one day Ben would come back here after they were divorced for two years.

And he brought a woman with him!

“I'm sure no one was staying here before..." Ben's voice sounded. Later Gwen could hear him shouting, "Is anyone here? Is anyone living here? Come out! I saw you!"

After shouting for three or four minutes, no one answered Ben other than the echo of his own voice.

' Maybe the homeless sneaked in by smashing the window."

"How do you know it's a homeless person? What if it's the owner?"

"The owner is never coming back here," Ben snorted, "This belongs to my ex -wife. She’s being pursued by every gang member of the Sea City's gang now. It's a big question if she could survive their chase so no. She won't come back here!"

After that, he frowned and had his hands reach out to hug the sexy woman in front of him. "Screw it. Let's do what we come here to do!"

The woman pushed Ben away from her seducingly, "No... It's clear that someone is living here. What if the person returns?"

"What are you afraid of?" Ben snorted, "Even if someone comes back here, he's not the owner. He has no right to kick us out! Besides..."

He pulled the woman back to him and kissed her cheek. "Isn't it more exciting if someone is watching us? At least, I used to own half of this place. I'm not even afraid if Gwen comes back. Let alone some homeless man who sneaked in here to take shelter..."

Shortly, both of them took off their clothes in the living room.

Gwen leaned on the door to listen. She squinted her eyes. If she did not hear it for herself, she never imagined Ben would have the audacity to do this with another woman when she was unable to come back to Sea City.

"Where's your girlfriend? Why are you free to be with me today?" The woman asked when they were in the midst of enjoying the fun.

"Don't remind me of her! What a way to ruin my mood!" Ben snorted and continued to kiss the woman.

Gwen raised her brow while continuing to hide in the room underneath the staircase.

She was amazed that even when Ben is with a new girlfriend, he still could not resist cheating on her. Some people never changed.

If this happened in the past, Gwen could walk out and embarrassed them. However, she was in a difficult situation now... All she could do was endured it.

Finally, Ben and the woman were done after ten minutes.

Ben put his pants on and frowned, "Soon, this place is going to be mine."

"Why? Isn't this place your ex-wife's?"

"She's being wanted now. Tyson had kidnapped and locked up her father for many days. After Tyson killed her father, I'm going to pull some strings to make this place mine!"

Gwen was startled when she heard that.

Tyson, Luke's subordinate.

Was he the one who kidnapped her father?

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3014-"Tsk. This place doesn't belong to you after everything you told me," the woman snorted to put on her clothes.

In the meantime, her eyes wandered around to check out the place. She said with a disdainful tone, "Hey, did you say the owner is not coming back, right?"

Ben nodded, "Yes. She's never going to come back if she wants to live. And Tyson kidnapped her father."

The woman raised her brow when she looked at Ben, "When is Tyson going to kill him?"

"How would I know?" Ben shrugged his shoulder and looked at the woman with a raised brow. "Why did you want to know?"

"Because…" The woman curled her lips and got close to Ben's ear to whisper something.

Ben chuckled, "Gosh, I'm impressed with that idea! It's not entirely impossible."

He kissed the woman after saying that. "Why don't I break up with my girlfriend and you can become my girlfriend?"

The woman gave him a look and ran into his arms while giggling. "Are you breaking up with her because of this place and the Larson's money or because of me?"

"Can't I have all of it?" Ben laughed out loud.

Both of them cuddled with each other for a long time before they finally decided to leave.

Gwen continued to hide in the room until she finally heard the car leaving. She took a deep breath and left the room.

Although she did not know what the woman whispered to Ben, she was sure it was nothing good.

Maybe it was a plan to kill her father by using Tyson…

Gwen exhaled deeply and closed her eyes.

At this point, she finally knew the person who kidnapped her father but there was nothing she could do for him.

Ben was right.

If she wanted to live to see another day, she had to pretend she was never back in Sea City and pretend she was not in this place.

Otherwise…

It did not matter if she lost her life when Tyson captured her. Her father would be in a difficult and dangerous situation once she was dead.

She had never once repay back her father for her upbringing. Yet, she was the reason why Tyson kidnapped him and had him in this dangerous situation… One that could take away his life.

She failed at being a good daughter.

Thinking of those, she sighed heavily.

The only thing she could do now was stayed at home and wait for Kurt and Stefan to bring more information back to her.

It was evening. Gwen had cook dinner and waited for Kurt and Stefan to return. She thought they would be back around six or seven o'clock like they promised.

However, she continued waiting until ten o'clock at night.

When the clock rang at ten o'clock, Gwen was already sleeping at the dinner table.

Kurt and Stefan returned home to a table full of food and saw Gwen sleeping at the dinner table.

"I feel sorry for her," Kurt said with sorrow as he looked at Gwen. Comment by Ying Ying Jong: Hi. I changed the content here. In the raw, Kurt would call Gwen his sis-in-law in the dialogue. Since it was not a habit for the westerner I change a little. Can you check if the flow of the story is alright?

According to the raw, Stefan is going to be surprised to hear Kurt calling Gwen his sis-in-law and question Kurt why the sudden change of heart. And Kurt will reply by saying, he finally realized Gwen is worthy to be with Luke/Stefan and he accepted her.

Stefan raised his brow. "Why do you feel that?"

In the past, no matter how close Luke and Gwen were, Kurt had never sympathized with or accepted Gwen because he thought Gwen had divorced once and was harassed by someone.

It shocked Stefan to hear Kurt say that.

Kurt smiled, "Because I finally understood how tough her life is."

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3015-This was the first time Stefan heard his friend giving Gwen a positive comment and finally accepting her. His lips curled into a smile as he said, ’ You're going to discover more good things about her soon enough and realize she's a wonderful woman."

After that, he walked toward Gwen.

Gwen was sound asleep at the dining table when she heard two voices conversing with one another. She looked up with a frown and said, 'Stefan, Kurt, you guys are back."

"Yes. Don't mind us," said Stefan softly as he walked over. He then reached his hand out to carry Gwen.

There was a voice in Gwen's head warning her to keep her distance from Stefan.

Nevertheless...

Stefan reminded her of Luke a lot, and his gentle tone sounded just like how Luke would talk to her.

Finally, she was so exhausted that she just let Stefan continue to carry her while she dozed off in his arms.

When Stefan placed her on her bed, she could not help but wrap her hands around Stefan's neck to call out Luke's name gently, "Luke..."

Stefan's arms trembled when he heard that.

After a while, he replied softly, "I'm here. What's wrong?"

"Did everything go well today?" Gwen's hands clung to his neck as she mumbled, "Did anyone cause trouble for you and Kurt?"

Stefan smiled. "No."

He then carefully placed her on the bed and tucked her in.

Silly girl. She called him Luke but asked about Stefan's day. He knew her so well that he knew she often mixed things up when she was half asleep. If not, he was going to question himself if Gwen had found out that he was Luke all along.

He stood at the door and observed her to make sure she was sound asleep. After a heavy sigh, he left the bedroom and went downstairs.

When he went back to the dining table, Kurt had heated up the dinner Gwen cooked forthem.

Kurt saw him and quickly asked him to go over. "Wow, 'sister-in-law' is good at cooking."

Stefan curled his lip in a smile and accepted the cutlery Kurt passed to him. "I'm glad that you're willing to accept her and call her that, but keep that between us. Don't call her that when she's around. I don't want her to find out who I am."

This stunned Kurt. Quickly, he nodded. "Don't worry. You can rest assured I won't reveal your true identity."

Only then, Stefan curled his lips into a smile and sat on a chair. Basically, we can confirm Tyson had captured Andy."

Kurt nodded. "Yes. That's the worst case."

Tyson was one of the gang members who hated Gwen the most and was against Luke's leadership in the old days. During the time when Luke was the gang leader, he tried to overthrow Luke so he could replace Luke. His incapabilities were the only ones that stopped his plan from succeeding.

With Luke having passed away, nothing stopped him from being the gang leader. Hence, it was the worst case for Andy in this situation.

"We need to hustle." Stefan narrowed his eyes. "What's the status of the investigation? Have you gotten the result of who's helping Tyson?"

Kurt paused and quickly looked for his phone to analyze the report with Luke.

The discussion lasted until two in the morning before they could finalize a detailed plan to ensure they could save Andy. It was only then Stefan was willing to go rest.

"Boss."

After Stefan stood up, Kurt looked at his body with a frown. "You said you're sharing this body with your brother...but how come I never see him? Is he ever going to show himself?

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3016-Stefan was stunned when he heard this. He turned his stiff body to face Kurt and said, "When did we meet again?"

Kurt frowned while thinking. "Three days ago."

He continued, "Boss, does your brother really exist with you in that body? Why hasn't he shown up before?"

At first, it worried him vehemently when Stefan told him that he and his brother coexisted in the same body. He was worried that the person he called Boss was Stefan's brother instead of Stefan. He was worried that Stefan's weak brother had no power to protect himself if he appeared all of a sudden when they were fighting.

However, his worry was for nothing. Stefan's brother never appeared.

Or was Stefan's brother just his imagination?

'Three days..." Stefan frowned vehemently.

All in all, Steven had not made his appearance for four days.

In the past, they took turns to be in control of the body easily. Whenever Steven was in trouble, Luke would appear and Steven would appear when Luke fell asleep.

Yet, no matter when Luke fell asleep, he was still the one in control of the body after he woke up instead of Steven.

He sighed deeply. ’ Maybe he doesn't want to face the world anymore."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Kurt said, "If he's not going to appear anymore, doesn't that mean you can reveal your true identity to Gwen? You two can get back together and live happily ever after guilt-free!"

After hearing that, Stefan's face looked terrible. That could be exactly what Steven had in his mind and why he had not appeared.

Nevertheless...

It was not Luke's wish to see Steven disappear. Since Luke was once dead before, he was not terrified to face death again. To him, he believed Steven needed this body to continue to live in this world more than him.

He sighed. "I guess I need to go to the hospital tomorrow."

No matter what, he was not going to let Steven disappear.

He knew Steven wanted him to get back with Gwen, but he knew his romance with Gwen would not be affected whether he was alive or dead. Thus, he did not care at all.

He trusted Gwen felt the same way, too.

Kurt frowned. "Boss, isn’t this better? Are you sure you want to go find your brother?"

"Yes." Stefan nodded. "This isn't your concern. Go rest. We need to put up an act when we meet Tyson tomorrow."

Kurt knew there was nothing he could say to change Stefan's mind. After a sigh, he went back to his room.

That night, Gwen had a dream where she saw the man she missed dearly.

After walking through the fog, she blurted, "Luke, is that you? Or you are Steven?"

"Gwen." The man looked at her with a sweet smile. "I'm Steven."

Gwen was stunned. She went over and sat in front of him. "How are you doing? I asked Sean about you, but he said he has no idea where you are..." "I’d decided to leave this world." Steven smiled gently at Gwen. "I want to see you and Luke get back together.

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3017 -Gwen was shocked after hearing that. Her eyes widened while she tried to grab Steven. "What are you saying? We don't want you to do that!"

Steven avoided her, however. "Why?"

He turned and went to sit at the edge of the roof. He then said, "You two are so deeply in love with each other, and you two should be together."

They were both on the rooftop of a skyscraper. Behind him was a sky full of stars.

His smile looked so pure and sweet. "I regret that I never had the chance to talk to Luke in person when I was alive.

"After I took over his body, I thought he'd hate me. I thought he wished he could resurrect from death and spent the rest of his life together with you... but he surprised me. Even though we never met before, he tried to be a good brother to me and tried hard so I could continue to live.

"As a matter of fact, that was all that mattered."

He looked at Gwen. His mind was at peace. "I should've died a long time ago after the accident. My parents and the Miller family refused to accept the fact, so they kept me alive by making me fall into a deep sleep. I was alive, but it was meaningless. How was that different from being dead?

"Perhaps that was the best decision they could make at the time. Without their persistence, either you or Luke has to die. They were able to keep my body long enough to donate my heart to you and let you and Luke stay alive. For that, I'm very happy and content."

Gwen wept sorrowfully when she heard that. She bit her lip and shook her head vehemently. "Steven, listen to me.

"Luke has no desire to live anymore. He wants to disappear, and he wants you to live. You don't have to care about me. I'm fine! Without Luke, I can continue with my days. I can pretend that he's always with me. It's alright!

"Luke hopes that you can live and experience this world. In the past, you were restricted by your family, so now, you should have the freedom to live however you want..."

’How could I live as I please when I know how heartbroken you are?" Steven curled his lip and looked at Gwen. "To be honest, I think there are many similarities between me and Luke. For example, he likes you...and I think I've fallen in love with you too."

He chuckled. "I know I can have you and live the life I dream of if I pretend to be Luke, but I don't want to lie to you, and I don't want to see you live miserably. So..."

As he spread his arms wide, he continued, "I choose death and give up the chance to live."

With a smile, he leaned back to the edge of the rooftop and fell into the darkness.

’Steven-!"

At that moment, Gwen woke up from the dream and sat upright. It took her a while to calm down to realize it was a dream. Sweat was all over her forehead.

"What's wrong?!" The door was kicked open as Stefan rushed in with the mask on his face. "Did you have a nightmare?

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3018-tefan rushed into the room as Gwen was shaken after the dream.

At first, she was stunned to see him, but her tears came pouring down in just a few seconds.

"It's alright." Stefan was shocked to see her tears, but he quickly went forward to her and embraced her in his arms tightly. "It's just a dream. It's fine now."

Gwen felt safe being in his arms, and the warm hug somehow brought comfort to her. She bit her lip and rested in his arms as tears trailed down her face.

"Stefan...l had a terrible dream." Her hands gripped Stefan's top tightly as she talked, "It was so scary. I'm afraid the dream is going to come true. I'm scared to lose Steven..."

Stefan had his hand ready to pat Gwen's back to soothe her emotion. When he heard her talking, he froze.

He furrowed his brow and looked at Gwen. "Who did you say you're afraid to lose?"

"Steven. He's very important to me." Gwen did not know Stefan's real identity, so she thought he did not know Steven and Luke.

Tears continued to fall, and she wiped them away before she continued, ’ He's very important to me. I don't want anything to happen to him, and I don't want him to leave."

The dream flashed across her mind, and it was so adamant that she wept and gripped Stefan's top tightly.

"I had a dream. He told me he wanted to see me and his brother get back together, so he chose to leave. But I don't want that, and I know that's not what Luke wants!

"He should have the chance to live and enjoy this world and his life. I can't ... I can't allow him to sacrifice himself because of me and Luke. I don't want him to disappear. I don't want..."

Her tears fell onto Stefan's top and soaked through, reaching his shoulder.

Stefan hugged her quivering body. His mouth opened, but no words came out.

After a while, he smiled bitterly. "Perhaps you dreamt of him because you've been thinking about him lately. Have you been thinking of him?"

Gwen paused and shook her head. It had been a long time since Steven or Luke came into her mind. The last time she thought about Steven was when she arrived in Sea City. She called Sean up to ask about Denise's situation.

"Then why would you dream of him?" Stefan's lips curved slightly, and his eyes looked sorrowful. "Is Steven very important to you?"

Gwen nodded. "Yes."

Steven was very important to Luke, and therefore, Steven was important to her too.

"Okay." Stefan chuckled and rubbed Gwen's head. "After we rescue your father, Kurt and I will help you to go find Steven back, alright?"

After a slight pause, Gwen said, "There's no need for that. I... I don't need to meet him."

She only wanted to know if Steven was living well.

"Just give it some time." Stefan took a deep breath and let go of Gwen. "It's late now. Kurt and I need to go work."

Immediately after that, he stood up and walked toward the door.

"Wait!" Gwen quickly got down off the bed when she saw Steven was leaving. "You haven't told me if you found any useful information when you were in the gang yesterday. And my father...

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3019-"The man who kidnapped your father is Tyson," Stefan interrupted Gwen before she could even finish. "Kurt and I have decided on a plan. We'll intercept him this afternoon, and after gaining his trust, we’ll be able to find out where he's keeping your father hostage."

As he said this, he lifted his head to stare intently at Gwen. "Don't worry. With me around, your father will be fine. I'll do everything in my power to fulfill your wish, even if it means helping you protect the people you love..."

Stefan paused for a moment, then added, 'Your wish is my command."

With that, he turned to leave.

"Thank you." Gwen bit her lip as she stared at his retreating figure. "After we settle all this, I will hand over all the money under my name as a reward for all that you've done. I...I don't know what else I can offer you besides this."

A bitter smile crept onto Stefan's face when he heard this. He turned to meet her gaze and replied, "There's no need forthat. Kurt and I didn't decide to help you just to get some reward. What matters the most to US is seeing you happy."

With that, he turned and strode away.

Gwen bit her lip as she stared at his retreating figure, and a sinking feeling appeared in her heart. A split second later, she closed her eyes, took out her phone, and sent Luna a text message to tell her everything.

[Are you falling for this man?] At this moment, Luna was cradling Shelly in her arms, trying to put her to sleep, while watching over Nellie at the same time.

[How can you fall for him when you don't even know what he looks like? Why don't you find a chance to remove his mask and see for yourself what he looks like before deciding to entrust your heart to him?] This was the only way Luna could think of to help Gwen and Luke reunite.

The truth was, she could not help feeling exasperated every time she thought of this.

Just a couple of days ago, after a series of cajoling and pleading, she finally convinced Joshua to tell her the truth-that Stefan Joneson was in fact, Luke Jones in disguise.

However, since Joshua had not told Gwen of Stefan's true identity in the first place and instead chose to lie to her about Stefan being a bodyguard who had suffered disfigurement in an accident...this unfortunately led to Gwen and Luke's delayed reunion.

If Joshua told her the truth earlier, Gwen would not be in so much anguish, and Luna would not need to find a way to persuade Gwen into removing Stefan's mask and revealing his identity.

At the thought of this, Luna could not help cursing Joshua and his 'great idea'.

He did this to protect Gwen from the pain of having to decide between Luke and Steven, but the truth was, if Luke really wanted to protect her, he would not have chosen to return to Gwen's side in this manner.

After all, Gwen would eventually find out the truth, and what was to say she would not be even more upset after discovering this?

Had either of them attempted to think of this from Gwen's point of view?

At the thought of this, Luna sighed and tried to convince Gwen again. [ Listen to me. You have to find a chance to take off his mask. If he turns out to be your type, you can feel free to listen to your heart and go after him, but if not, you can stay away from him!]

Gwen did not know whether to laugh at this or not. A split second later, she sighed and replied, [Luna, I...I think I might have developed feelings for him, but it's strange; I cant help feeling that he reminds me a lot of Luke.]

Pursuing my ex-wife is not easy chapter 3020 -Luna was absolutely overjoyed to hear this.

This was perfect! Gwen was supposed to be reminded of Luke because he was Luke!

With that, Luna quickly followed up with a voice message," Gwen, since you're already feeling this way, why don't you try and unveil his mask and see what he truly looks like? I'll tell you this; you should be more courageous, and who knows if you might be pleasantly surprised by him?"

Gwen was even more amused by this. How could she possibly be even more surprised? The only way that could happen was if Stefan turned out to be Luke in disguise.

Besides...

Stefan admitted that he chose to conceal his face because of his disfigurement, and this was why she was reluctant to reveal his face. She was secretly worried that every ounce of her developing feelings toward him would dissipate after seeing his crude, grotesque face.

She did not want to lose him as a friend.

No. She could not let that happen; she still needed Stefan and Kurt's help to save her father.

At the thought of this, Gwen paused and replied, [Okay. I'll try to find a chance, but not so soon.]

She knew that if she turned Luna down, Luna would not rest until she changed her mind.

For some reason, she could not help feeling that Luna had changed ever since she got out of prison.

[Well, if you like taking off other people's masks so much, why don't you get one for Joshua so you can do it yourself?]

Luna pursed her lips when she saw this. [That sounds like a great idea. Perfect timing, too—I'm not in the mood to see his face these next few days.]

[What happened?]

Luna stared at Gwen's reply as she cradled Shelly in her arms, wanting nothing more than to tell her everything, but after some consideration, she decided against it.

Since she held Shelly in her arms, she could not explain any further to Gwen even if she wanted. Besides, Nellie was in the same room, and she did not want to reveal her conflict with Joshua to her daughter.

Seeing that Luna did not reply, Gwen furrowed her brow in concern and dialed Luna's number.

The blaring ringtone woke little Shelly from her slumber, and she burst into tears.

With a sigh, Luna reached out to grab her phone, but before she could do so, Nellie's chubby little arms extended toward her.

Nellie had put down her little crayons and stood in front of Luna with her arms outstretched. "I'll help you take care of Shelly, Mommy." She grinned. "You and Aunt Gwen should

catch up."

Luna paused. "There's no need forthat, Nellie."

"It's okay." Nellie's eyes were little crescent moons as she beamed at her mother. "I can ask Nigel and Neil to help me if anything happens, so don't worry. You and Aunt Gwen should take your time."

Nellie could tell from Luna's hesitation that something unpleasant had happened between her and Joshua, and she was itching to talk about it to Gwen. Therefore, she decided to step in and help take Shelly off her hands.

After all, nothing mattered more than her mother.

Luna sighed at this, then handed the crying infant over to Nellie. After instructing two more nannies to help Nellie, she went out of the room to pick up Gwen's call.

"Did you and Joshua fight?" Gwen asked as soon as the call was connected.

Luna was silent for a moment, then nodded. "I guess you can put it that way."

"What happened?"

"It's a long story.” Luna closed her eyes and let out a bitter chuckle. "It's to do with Anne. I just found out this morning that...Joshua was the one who had helped John get out of Banyan City."

Gwen froze when she heard this. "Does that mean he knows where to find John and little Sammie?"