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Clang—!
Joshua kicked the knife a few meters away from Fiona.
Fiona suddenly felt that something was wrong as soon as she heard the sound of the knife landing on the ground.
She immediately lifted her head from the contract and met Joshua’s frosty gaze.
A split second later, Joshua locked Fiona’s wrists behind her and pressed her down against the ground.
Nigel and carefully untied the ropes holding him, lifting him from the rock once she finished.
Because the ropes were barely holding him up, Nigel summoned all his strength to keep his balance, so as soon as
he was rescued, Nigel collapsed in Luna’s arms limply. He heaved a deep sigh of relief and said, “Thank you,
Mommy.“
Nigel did not have any strength to walk. Knowing this, Luna pulled him closer in her arms and said in a choked
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Mommy can carry you…“
Just a short distance away, Joshua had pinned Fiona against the ground.
“Joshua Lynch! “ Fiona screamed, staring at the half- signed contract on the ground. Then, she yelled with
every ounce of strength she had left, “You lied to me! You’re a liar! “
Joshua’s intention for drawing up this contract was never to protect her nor bring her home with him. He just
wanted to trick her into letting her guard down and gain control of her while she was preoccupied with signing the
contract!
How crooked!
“Takes one to know one,“ Joshua replied, letting out a chuckle. “Have you never lied to me before, Ms. Blake?“
She had lied about her terminal disease, convincing him she only had less than a year to live.
Joshua had believed all of her lies because he thought that a woman who was willing to donate her bone marrow to
his son would never lie about dying. Alas, he was terribly mistaken!
Fiona’s entire body stiffened when she heard this. She bit down on her lip but did not reply.
Luna, still holding onto Nigel, turned to glance at both of them.
Joshua furrowed his brows. “I can take care of her. Get Nigel down this mountain first; I’ll catch up with you in a
while.“
Luna glanced at Joshua’s pale face and asked, “Are you sure?“
Joshua nodded in reply.
The truth was, Joshua was utterly worn out by the whole situation at that point.
He went to the mental asylum with Luna this morning, then headed to the hospital to get a proper diagnosis for
Fiona’s illness, and finally headed to the scene of Dr. Robert’s accident. He had spent the entire day running from
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Later, as soon as he found out that Fiona had left for Yellowstone Village, he and his men came immediately. He
even carried Luna across a flooded village and climbed a steep mountain with Luna on his back.
To go on like this for over ten hours without even stopping to replenish his energy had taken a tremendous physical
toll on him. Not even a superhero could survive such intense physical exertion.
However, Joshua knew very well that if Luna and Nigel did not leave now, and if he lost control of Fiona…
Luna alone —along with an exhausted child —would have no fighting chance against Fiona.
At the thought of this, Joshua immediately perked up and stared at Luna. “Get Nigel off this mountain right now, and
send Lucas and the rest up here.“
Luna paused for a moment, then nodded.
However, after taking only a few steps, a crack of lightning flashed through the sky, catching Luna by surprise and
tripping her. Together, she and Nigel tumbled straight into a giant puddle.
“Luna! “
After a few moments with no sign of either of them getting up, Joshua started to panic and cried out, ” Are you
okay?”
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