Will You Marry Me My Ex-Wife

“Took her life…?“

Theo’s anger dissipated the moment he heard Joshua’s words. He no longer felt like arguing with

Joshua.

He turned around and grabbed Luna’s arms. “Luna, why did you… Why did you attempt to end

yourself? Was it because of what my parents said last night? Was it something else…? What’s wrong?“

Theo shook Luna so harshly that she grew light- headed. Then, after a moment, she furrowed her

brows feebly. “I’m fine. I’m just…“

“Theo! “ a shrill voice abruptly interrupted Luna. She frowned and glanced in the direction where the

voice had come from.

A black BMW was parked by the side of the road. Celeste and Nathan frantically got out of the car and

sprinted in their direction.

“Theo, as soon as we discovered you were gone, we knew you had snuck out to find that b*tch! “

Celeste grabbed Theo’s arm and pulled him to her side. “ What did you promise me last night? You

promised me you wouldn’t get in touch with that b*tch ever again! Why did you come here to find her?“

Nathan shot Luna a stern look. “Ms. Luna, I thought that after what happened last night, you’d be

dignified enough to stay away from Theo. Seems like I thought of you too highly. “ He condescendingly

added, “I do have to admit that it’s not entirely your fault, however. How could a promiscuous gold—

digger like you resist the temptation? Although we’re not as rich as Mr. Lynch, it’s still more than

enough to keep you satisfied.“

“Dad! “ Theo frowned and flung his mother’s hand away. He sidled in front of Luna, blocking her from

the rest. “How could you say something like this? Didn’t I explain everything to you last night? Luna

isn’t that kind of person at all! How dare you even insult her like this?“

Celeste’s blood boiled as soon as she heard Theo defending Luna.

Theo was her only son, so it was natural that she wanted nothing but the best for him. Yesterday, when

she saw the news, she even researched Luna to understand better what kind of person she was.

Initially, she was very pleased with this future daughter-in-law, but everything had changed.

Beautiful women were never faithful!

Celeste recalled her conversation with Alice last night and grew even more outraged.

This woman was so shameful that she even dared to seduce her best friend’s husband. This was

unacceptable!

Celeste stomped toward Luna with an air of fury. “ You b*tch! Would it kill you not to seduce other men

like this?“

With that, she raised her palm in the air and swung it towards Luna’s face—

A slender, bony hand caught Celeste’s wrist in mid-air.

“Mrs. Allen.” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk. “ How dare you even assault my employee right in front

of my office building? Don’t you think that’s very disrespectful toward me?”

Celeste’s eyes widened in shock. She never expected that Joshua would stick up for Luna like that.

He had been the first to accuse Luna of not being good enough for Theo last night. Moreover, he was

also the one who exposed Luna’s promiscuity! Why was he…

“Mrs. Allen.” Joshua flung her hand away and stepped in front of Luna, guarding her behind his lean

body. “This is the entrance of Lynch Group Tower, not someplace where you can cause a scene

whenever you like.”

Celeste’s face turned white, then scarlet.

Theo frowned, lunged forward, and immediately grabbed Celeste. “Mom, what are you doing?” “Mr.

Lynch.”

Nathan frowned. “Since Luna is your employee, shouldn’t you reprimand her for being promiscuous

and having a complicated personal life?“

Joshua chuckled. “It’s not like she’s my wife, so why should I care about all this?“

Everybody froze as soon as they heard that, even Luna. Her expression darkened. It turned out…

Joshua still thought she was promiscuous and impure.

The reason he had defended her in front of the Allens was not that he trusted her, but because—

He did not care about her at all.

Luna gripped the hem of her shirt tightly.

She had always known that Joshua did not care about her. Even if he did, it was just temporary

because he wanted to have fun with her.

However, Luna still could not help but feel a twinge of pain in her heart when she heard what Joshua

had said. She felt as though someone had pricked her with a needle, and her heart oozed blood.

Meanwhile, Nathan was so shocked by this sudden turn of events that he did not know what to say.

Joshua turned around and glanced at Nathan and Celeste. “If I remember correctly, you two have

decided not to take Luna in as your future daughter-in-law, right?“

Celeste snorted in indignation. “Of course. We won’t allow our son to marry a s1*t like her! “

“Well, since you’ve already changed your mind about the engagement, then what are you doing here?“

Joshua shot them a stern look. “Since she’s not going to be marrying your son anymore, why do you

care about her personal life? What does any of this have to do with you?“

Celeste furrowed her brows. “She seduced my son! If it weren’t for her, Theo wouldn’t have come here

so early in the morning! “

“The stitches on Luna’s shoulder burst last night, and she was in so much pain that she passed out.

She spent the entire night in the hospital, and I was with her. She never contacted Theo ever since they

parted ways last night, so how can you say she seduced him?“

With that, Joshua glanced at Theo impassively. “Did Luna ask you to come here?“

Theo paused for a moment, stunned, then finally realized what Joshua was trying to do. He

immediately shook his head. “No, no! Luna didn’t contact me at all. I came here all by myself to look for

her…“

As soon as he said this, Joshua smirked. “Did you hear that, Mr. and Mrs. Allen? What you have to do

right now is keep an eye on your son instead of causing a scene at my building entrance.“

He then turned around and glanced at Luna. “You should go in first.“

Luna pursed her lips, lifted her head to gaze at Theo, then finally turned around and entered the

building.

“You…“ Celeste was seething with rage when she saw Luna disappear into Lynch Group Tower.

However, she did not want to offend Joshua further, so she had no choice but to swallow her rage and

keep quiet.

“Lucas.“ As soon as Luna entered the building, Joshua gave a stretch and ordered, “Get Zach and Yuri

to guard the front doors and tighten up security all around the building. Don’t let any troublemakers into

Lynch Group Tower.“

“Yes, Sir! “

The color drained from Celeste’s face as soon as she heard that. Nathan, too, was so angry that he

balled up his fists.

“Joshua Lynch! “ He snarled through gritted teeth and glared at Joshua’s retreating figure. “How dare

you treat us like this? Did you forget that you were supposed to collaborate with us? We’re the only

people who can supply you with the precious ores you want! Aren’t you afraid that we’d forfeit the

contract and refuse to do business with you anymore?“

Joshua could not help but smirk when he heard what Nathan had said. He turned around to look at

him. “I t seems as though you’re unaware that we’re buying these gemstones from you upon Luna’s

request, Mr. Allen.

“According to Lynch Group’s senior executives, we can always change the materials used for this

project to diamonds. However, Luna was the one who insisted on using your gemstones. She thinks

they’ll be more suitable for her designs. If you want to forfeit our contract, I can convince Luna to

change her mind and use diamonds for her products instead, but…“

Joshua stared at Nathan with a steely look. “Are you sure you want to do that, Mr. Allen? I ‘m afraid you

don’t want to find out the consequences of offending Lynch Group and any of its employees. “

Nathan’s face turned pale, then blushed scarlet. He clenched his fists and stared at Joshua. “Mr. Lynch,

I don’t think the two of us should break our contract over a woman.“

“Look who’s talking,“ snapped Joshua. “It’s you who caused a scene in front of my office building so

early in the morning, yet you had the audacity to say this?“

Nathan was so affronted by this that he could not answer.

Shooting them a final smirk, Joshua turned around and strode into Lynch Group Tower.

Nathan and Celeste were rooted where they stood, and their faces contorted in rage. They were furious

at the way they were treated. However, they did not dare to offend such a big corporation as Lynch

Group, so they had no choice but to relent.

”Dad, Mom! ” Theo shot his parents a somewhat helpless glance. ”I already told you that Luna isn’t the

kind of person you think she is, but you didn’t listen to me at all, and now you even followed me here!

See what happened? Are you happy now that Joshua Lynch has humiliated you in public like this?”

”Shut up! ” Nathan was still irate from his encounter with Joshua and immediately vented his anger

toward Theo. ”You can have any woman in the world, yet you chose that b*tch Luna and even

announced your relationship on television ! If our relatives find out about her, you’ll embarrass both of

us! Let’s go home, right now! ”

With that, he grabbed Theo by his collar and dragged him into the car.

Celeste sighed when she saw the way her husband and son were behaving. She took out her phone

and typed a message to Alice.

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(Ms. Lync, we’re at the front door of Lynch Group Tower right now. I was about to slap Luna on your

behalf, but Mr. Lynch stopped me. I believe what you said about Luna seducing Mr. Lynch now, but…

He’s forbidden us to enter Lynch Group Tower now, and he threatened to forfeit our contract. We can’t

do anything about Luna. What do you think we should do next?)

Blue Bay Villa.

Alice stared at Celeste’s message and gritted her teeth in anger.

She narrowed her eyes and gripped her phone tightly.

Last night, she had called Joshua to ask where he was. He had lied to her, saying that he worked

overnight at the office when, in reality, he had spent the entire night in the hospital with Luna!

He was even willing to forfeit his contract with the Allens just for her!

Even though the Allens were not a big company, they were one of the few corporations who possessed

the rights to mine this particular ore that Lynch Group needed. Therefore, many companies clamored to

do business with them. Lynch Group had to fight tooth and nail just to get this opportunity to work with

them.

Alice could not believe that Joshua was willing to lose the Allens’ business just for Luna!

She let out an exhale and typed a reply to Celeste, her hands shaking, (What a surprise.]

(Please don’t be disappointed, Mrs. Allen. It’s not your fault. Luna’s just too good at manipulating

people. Don’t worry, though. Just focus on consoling Theo for now, and make sure he doesn’t keep in

touch with Luna anymore.]

At this point, Celeste was on her way back to her hotel. She glanced at Theo, whose hands were held

down by his father. (Mrs. Lynch, why do you think… Luna likes Theo?]

(Probably because of his wealth. She’s such a beautiful woman, so of course she’d seduce men with

money and power. It can’t possibly be love, can it?]

Celeste frowned and stared at Alice’s reply thoughtfully.

The candidates that Lucas had recruited for the position of Luna’s assistant were all very outstanding.

As soon as she arrived at her floor, she immediately interviewed all of them herself and finally settled

on three candidates that she felt had the most solid foundation.

Two of them were men, and one was a girl. Together with Arianna, they would be a perfect quadruple.

Luna spent the whole day showing them the ropes, describing their job scopes, as well as explaining

the company’s confidentiality policies to them.

When it was time to get off work, one of the male assistants named Samson Matthews glanced at Luna

with a smile. “Today is our first day of work. Aren’t you going to treat us to dinner, Director Luna? It’d be

a good idea for us to get to know each other since we’re going to be working very closely in the future.“

Luna nodded in good spirits. “Sure.“

Since Neil and Nellie had left for summer camp, she did not have much to do after work. It would

indeed be a good idea to have dinner with her new assistants to lighten her mood.

“Director Luna, “ Arianna piped in, glancing at Luna’s shoulder worriedly. “Your injury… Are you sure it’ll

be okay?“

Luna smiled. “Don’t worry. It’s just dinner. It’s not like I’ll be drawing anyway.“

The five of them left the building, got into Samson’s car, and headed toward a nearby restaurant.

They had a simple meal together, but it was not long until the new assistants clamored around Luna

and insisted that she had a drink.

Luna used her wound as an excuse to reject their offer. Then, she pretended that she needed to use

the bathroom and quickly fled the scene for some fresh air.

Luna was washing her face at a sink in the restaurant’s bathroom when she heard a woman’s voice

from outside the bathroom. It grew louder and louder and was accompanied by the clicking of high

heels. It seemed to be heading toward the bathroom.

“I thought that I’d end up with an outstanding designer as my daughter-in-law, but I was wrong! I never

knew she was such a promiscuous woman! I guess it’s true that beautiful women aren’t ever good.

Theo is too nalve! “

Luna frowned. She recognized this voice… It belonged to Theo’s mother, Celeste.

Luna felt her head start to throb. She never expected that her and Theo’s frantic announcement in front

of the hotel entrance would end up causing so much trouble.

However, since she and Theo had just announced their relationship only a day ago, Luna felt it was too

soon to break up with him. On the other hand, if she continued to date him…it would cause even more

trouble.

Luna sighed as she recalled what had happened this morning at the entrance of Lynch Group Tower.

Then, she slipped into one of the bathroom cubicles and sat down on the toilet bowl.

Luna heard Celeste enter the bathroom and walk toward the sinks, talking on her phone

simultaneously.

“If it weren’t for Mrs. Lynch, I wouldn’t have known how shameless this woman was! Not only did she

seduce Mr. Lynch, but Mr. Lynch’s assistant and Lynch Group’s bodyguards as well! Yes, that’s right.

The two burly guards who stopped us from entering the building this morning were also her targets!

Even though she’s beautiful…she’s truly repulsive!

She’s even dirtier and more disgusting than a toilet! “

Luna remained seated in the bathroom cubicle. As soon as she heard Celeste’s rants, Luna’s brows

furrowed.

Despite the way Celeste had insulted her last night and this morning, Luna did not take any of her

insults to heart, mostly because she respected Theo’s mother.

However, the more she allowed Celeste to walk all over her, the more outrageous she got.

Luna could not believe Celeste was spreading rumors about her sleeping with Zach and Yuri!

Hearing that Celeste seemed to be on the phone with a certain ‘Mrs. Lynch’, Luna guessed that this

was probably all Alice’s doing.

“How can I let such a promiscuous woman marry our beloved Theo?“ Celeste’s voice rang out from

outside the cubicle door. “I’m planning to take Theo for a full-body checkup tomorrow. I ‘m worried he

might have contracted some diseases from her…“

Before she could finish, however, she heard the cubicle door behind her slam open.

Celeste frowned and turned around, still holding her phone to her ear.

Luna strode out of the cubicle nonchalantly, dressed head -to -toe in white, and Celeste froze, realizing

that Luna had overheard her entire conversation.

Luna walked toward her, gaze never wavering from Celeste, as she gracefully took out a recording

device from her pocket and pressed the record button.

”Please go on, Mrs. Allen.” Luna leaned against the sink and pointed the recording device toward

Celeste. ”Continue.”

Celeste’s hand that held her phone stiffened. She narrowed her eyes. ”Everything I said is true.”

”We’ll find out if it’s true or not in court.” Luna smirked and added, ”If you know it’s true, why aren’t you

continuing?”

”You want to sue me? ” Celeste hung up the phone and glared at Luna. ”Aren’t you afraid that the

public will find out how dirty and promiscuous you are? ”

”How dirty and promiscuous I am?” she sneered. ” Where’s your proof, Mrs. Allen? Are you spreading

rumors behind my back based only on what you heard? If I hadn’t known you were Theo’s mother , I

would’ve thought you were some crazy old hag!

”I’m really curious as to how a witch like you managed to raise Theo into such a fine young man. Did he

spend most of his childhood away from you? How fortunate if that’s the case.”

Even though Luna did not use a single curse word, Celeste was still outraged by what she said. Her

chest heaved as she tried to catch her breath, and she glared at Luna crossly. ”You have no right to

insult me like that ! You’re so desperate that you’re even willing to sleep with a bodyguard ! How dare

you talk to me like that?”

Luna chuckled. ”Where’s your proof, Mrs. Allen? You’re just making empty accusations without any

evidence…like a crazy old hag! Am I wrong?“

Celeste’s expression darkened. She tucked her phone away and lunged in Luna’s direction, raising her

hand in the air. “I wanted to slap you this morning! If it weren’t for Mr. Lynch, I would’ve gotten my way!

“

Just as Celeste drew her hand back, Luna immediately grabbed onto her wrist.

Celeste tried furiously to bring her hand down toward Luna’s face, but try as she might, she could not

overpower Luna at all.

“Do you truly think you cou1d’ve gotten your way this morning if it weren’t for Joshua, Mrs. Allen?“ Luna

smirked and flung Celeste’s hand away.

Celeste lost her balance and crashed against the edge of the sink. Her arm bumped against the faucet,

causing water to gush out and splatter onto her face. Her makeup immediately started to run.

She looked absolutely flustered. “Mrs. Allen.“ Luna let out an exhale and pressed the off switch on her

recording device. “I ‘ve recorded our entire conversation just now.“

“Since you’re Theo’s mother, I won’t expose the recording out of respect. However, if I ever catch you

baselessly spreading fake rumors behind my back one more time, not only will I sue you for

defamation, but I’ll publish this recording and expose your true colors for the world to see.

“I want everyone to find out what a horrible person Theo’s mother and Mrs. Allen of Allen Group is.“

With that, Luna turned around and walked out of the bathroom.

Celeste glowered at her with hatred seething in her eyes.

She was the mother of a world-famous artist and the Allen Group’s CEO’s wife. How could she let

anyone treat her like that?

How could she let a b*tch like Luna threaten her? Celeste bit her lip and recalled what Alice had said to

her earlier.

“This woman hurt herself with a cutting knife. It was just a small injury, but she kept pretending and

coerced my husband into thinking it was a big deal. My husband values her as an employee very

much, so he took her to the hospital multiple times and even spent the entire night by her bedside…

Little did we know, this was just another one of her manipulation tactics…“

Celeste narrowed her eyes and fixated her gaze on Luna’s right shoulder.

Although Luna wore a jacket, Celeste could still make out a bulge on her right shoulder that looked

suspiciously like a thick layer of bandage.

She narrowed her eyes and lunged towards the hallway and in Luna’s direction—

“Hey lady, what are you doing?“ Before Celeste could grab onto Luna’s shoulder, however, someone’s

hand reached out and stopped her.

The hand belonged to Samson, one of the new assistants that Luna had hired this day.

He sneered and flung Celeste away. “Director Luna’s shoulder is injured. You better not touch her.

Otherwise, Lynch Group will make you pay for it. “

Luna did not even realize what Celeste attempted until Samson stopped her. She turned around and

smirked at Celeste. “Mrs. Allen, was I being too kind to you?“

Celeste glared at Luna, then at the man standing before her, who did not look a day over 18. She

sneered and remarked, “I didn’t know Luna even targeted teenagers.“

With that, she turned around and walked away.

Luna frowned, watching Celeste’s retreating figure. Then, after a moment, she turned around and

glanced at Samson. “What are you doing here?“

“Director Luna, you disappeared from our booth for such a long time that we got worried, so Irene and I

decided to check on you.“

Luna paused, then realized that there was another person standing behind Samson. It was another one

of the assistants that she had hired—a girl named Irene Cook.

Samson was a tall boy, so he towered over Irene and blocked her from Luna’s view. Plus, she had not

spoken a word since Luna came out of the bathroom, so naturally, Luna did not even notice her there.

Hearing her name, Irene, with her phone at hand, greeted Luna timidly, “Hi, Director Luna…“

“Hello.“ Luna sighed, turned around, and walked back toward their booth. “Come on, let’s go back

now.“

“Okay,“ Samson chirruped in reply, then glanced at Irene and whispered in a low voice, “No matter

what you heard, don’t leak it out to the public, do you understand?“

Irene nodded meekly and followed him.

Meanwhile, Lynch Group’s company group chat was bubbling with messages.

(Is that true? Did Director Luna really sleep with the bodyguards?]

(She even slept with President Lynch’s assistant, Lucas?]

(I thought the rumors about her and President Lynch were fake! ]

(@newbie Irene, are you sure all of this is true?]

Irene held onto her phone tightly and typed a response, (It’s all true. Director Luna’s boyfriend’s

mother said it herself. I even have a recording and photos.)

When Luna returned to the booth, Arianna and another of Luna’s male assistants, Zayne Campbell,

were staring at their phones somewhat excitedly.

As soon as he saw Luna entering, Zayne immediately tucked his phone away and regained his

composure. Meanwhile, Arianna stared at Luna as if she wanted t o say something but ultimately

decided against it.

Luna was still thinking about what had happened with Celeste moments ago, so she did not notice her

assistants’ strange behavior. She entered the booth and sat down in her seat.

All of a sudden, she received a text message from Shannon.

(One of the three assistants you hired today has been spreading rumors about you.]

Luna frowned at the text, but just as she was about to ask Shannon more, she received another

message from her. It was a forwarded conversation from a different group chat.

Luna gripped her phone tightly and read all of the messages. It made her so exasperated that she

suddenly felt like laughing.

Luna raised her head to look at the four people before her. They were engaged in a conversation

about their previous work and education experiences.

Luna let out an exhale and tried to suppress her emotions. Then, she proceeded to join in their

conversation as if nothing was wrong.

Suddenly, Irene mentioned that she wanted to grow closer to the rest of the employees at Lynch Group

and suggested the rest join the company’s group chat. When Luna heard this, she smirked and turned

around to glance at Samson. “Do you agree with her?“

Samson felt a little puzzled as to why Luna asked him that, though he nonetheless replied with a frown,

“Yes, and no. I’m an introvert, so I don’t really enjoy socializing with people. No matter where I go, I

never join any company group chats.“

Luna curled her lips into a smirk and glanced at Arianna and Zayne. “What about you two?“

Arianna realized what Luna was getting at, so she stammered, “I… I only join group chats like this if

someone invites me.“

Zayne furrowed his brows and answered impassively, “I like to join, but I don’t talk much.

I’m mostly just there to get to know the employees.“

“It looks like the three of you are entirely different from Irene. “ Luna crossed her arms in front of her

chest and tossed her phone onto the table. “Irene, please hand out all of the recordings and photos you

have.“

The entire room fell silent.

Zayne’s expression darkened, and he glanced at Irene but dared not speak.

Meanwhile, Arianna poured Luna a glass of water and set it down in front of her.

Samson frowned, picked up the phone Luna had tossed onto the table, and looked through its

contents.

The color drained from Irene’s face. She tried to pretend as if she did not understand what happened.

“Director Luna, what are you talking about? I don’t understand— “

“Director Luna found out about everything! Stop pretending! “ Samson put down the phone and glared

at Irene. “Didn’t I tell you not to leak anything out to the public? Why didn’t you listen?

Don’t you remember what Director Luna said to that crazy hag? She’s going to sue her for defamation!

“Do you somehow think you’re more important than Director Luna’s boyfriend’s mother? She’s

refraining from suing her out of respect! What makes you think she won’t sue you?“

Irene’s face was as pale as marble. She immediately kneeled on the floor with a thud and started

pleading, “Director Luna, I… I was just trying to get closer to the rest of the employees… They were

gossiping about you in the group chat, so I wanted to.

She crawled over to Luna and grabbed hold of one of her pant legs. “I didn’t mean to…“

Luna frowned and flung her hand away coldly. She curled her lips into a sneer and was about to say

something when her phone rang. Samson glanced at the screen and immediately handed her phone

over. “It’s President Lynch.“ Luna could feel a headache starting to form

Luna guessed that somehow, the rumors had made their way to Joshua. Otherwise, he would not be

calling her at this hour for no reason.

She let out a sigh, picked up the phone, and strode out of the room. “Hello?“

“From tomorrow onward, Zach and Yuri won’t be working at Lynch Group Tower anymore, “ said

Joshua coldly.

Luna sucked in a deep breath. “Why?“

Neil had summoned Zach and Yuri over when Aura had tried to kill Nellie at the amusement park. If it

were not for them, Neil would never have managed to open the door to the control room and stopped

her and Nellie from falling out of the Ferris Wheel.

To a certain extent, Zach and Yuri had saved their lives.

These two brothers had come all the way to the city from their rural village just to seek a job. They did

not desire much and were already content with working at Lynch Group Tower as security guards.

Was Joshua going to fire them over some false rumors that a newbie spread?

“No reason, “ Joshua answered curtly. “There are a lot of rumors about you circling around the

company now, and I’ll try to find out who’s behind all this.

However, you’ve already delayed the project for too many days. You have to make progress tomorrow

because there are still some other preparations I have to do afterward. As for the rest, I’ll take care of it

for you.“

Luna bit down on her lip. “Take care of it for me? How are you going to do that? Are you going to fire

everyone who was supposedly involved with me, according to the rumors? If that’s the case, then

shouldn’t you fire yourself first? You’re the original star of the show! “

Joshua could not help but snicker when he heard that. “Do you think the reason Zach and Yuri aren’t

coming in to work anymore is because of you?“

“What else would it be?“ Luna sighed and continued, “Joshua, the rumors involving me, Zach, and Yuri

have been circling in the company group chat for only less than an hour, but you’ve already decided to

fire the two of them. Do you somehow think that minor employees like them don’t have any dignity and

therefore don’t have any right to explain themselves?

“You’ve already said it yourself that these are rumors, so how could you— “

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Zach and Yuri, after all?“

“What do you think?“ Luna gripped her phone tightly.

She could not believe Joshua had asked her this; the question made her feel ashamed. However,

because of Zach and Yuri’s integrity, she had no choice but to answer.

Joshua was a cruel, heartless man. Luna was afraid that if she did not answer, he would truly think…

Joshua was not hesitant to fight with a distinguished family such as the Allens. There was no telling

what he would do to Zach and Yuri.

Luna sighed and bit down on her lip. “Mr. Lynch, when and where do you think I could’ve had relations

with either Zach or Yuri, or both of them?”

Joshua fell silent when he heard Luna’s question.

After a long while, he chuckled and said, “I don’t think you’re that desperate.“

Luna snorted in indignation. “Well, since you don’t believe that I ‘m having sexual relations with Zach

and Yuri, why did you fire them?“

“You think I fired them?“ Joshua lowered his head to glance at the time. “We can still make it if we leave

now. Why don’t I bring you along to find them?“

Luna frowned. “Why do we need to find them?“

“You’ll know soon enough.“ Joshua did not feel like explaining things to her over the phone. “Where are

you? Lucas and I will come to pick you up.“

Luna paused for a moment, then finally gave him the address of the restaurant she was at.

She hung up the phone, let out a sigh, then returned to the booth.

The atmosphere in the room was pin-drop silent. Samson sat on the chair, staring at the rest of them

sternly.

Irene sat in a corner, so nervous that she did not dare speak, while Arianna and Zayne kept mum.

When Luna entered the room, Samson immediately stood up and handed a phone to Luna. “This is

Irene’s phone. There’s a recording and some photos she took just now. I went with her to look for you,

but I didn’t even realize how she managed to take these without me noticing it.”

Luna furrowed her brows and took the phone from him. He was right; there were a few photos of her

and Celeste that were clearly taken from a discreet angle, as well as a recording of them fighting.

Luna played the audio for a while, then finally deleted everything. She walked over to Irene and handed

the phone back to her. ”I understand that you’re desperate to fit in with the rest of the employees, but

you shouldn’t have done this by

gossiping and spreading rumors about your superior.

”Please remove yourself from the group chats because, from today onward, you’re no longer one of

Lynch Group’s employees.”

With that, Luna turned around and left the room.

”Serves you right! ” Samson rolled his eyes at Irene, then grabbed his jacket and chased after Luna.

Since Luna had left and Irene had been fired, Arianna and Zayne exchanged glances and decided

there was no point staying anymore. They picked up their jackets and exited the room as well.

Arianna could not help frowning and giving Irene a slight kick in her shin when she brushed past her. ”

Director Luna is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met! It serves you right to be fired! ”

As soon as everyone had left , Irene slumped against the chair in resignation, gripping her phone tightly

in her hand.

All of a sudden, her phone lit up with a new friend request.

It was from someone named Alice.

Irene was not in a good mood due to her sudden termination, so she immediately declined the friend

request. However, to her surprise, her screen lit up again with another friend request from the same

person, along with a message that read, (Hello, I’m enemies with Luna. I want to buy something from

you. If you’re willing to sell it to me, I ‘ll pay a very generous price for it.]

Blue Bay Villa.

Alice leaned against the sofa and ate fruits while watching television. She was clutching her phone in

her hand and messaging someone named Irene.

She was in the midst of negotiating the price for the recording and photos when she heard someone

open the upstairs study door. Then, footsteps were heard a s Joshua walked down the stairs.

Alice frowned and leaped up from the sofa. “Joshua, It’s late now. Where are you going? Working late

tonight?“

Joshua furrowed his brows slightly. “Yes. I still have some stuff I need to take care of, and I might be

home late. You don’t have to wait for me.“

With that, he turned around and strode out of the house.

Alice watched his retreating figure and gnashed her teeth in anger.

Joshua told her he was working late last night, but in reality, he spent the entire night in the hospital

with Luna!

Where was he off to this time?

Suddenly, Alice had an idea and immediately sent another message to Irene.

(You’re still with Luna, right? Help me take a picture of who she left with, and I’ll pay you extra for it.]

Half an hour later, she received a photo from Irene. It was a picture of Luna getting into a familiar black

Maserati.

Alice could make out the vague figure of a man sitting in the backseat. She stared at the photo for a

long time and gritted her teeth in anger.

Her suspicions were right!

Joshua had gone to meet up with that b*tch Luna again!

She had ‘slept ‘ with Theo just two days ago and even publicly announced they were dating just the day

before!

Why was Joshua still so fixated on this woman?

Alice’s face contorted with rage and jealousy. She had spent six years changing her appearance to

look like Luna and take over her identity, all because she wanted to gain Joshua’s love and affection.

All that, and he was still obsessed with that b*tch!

The more Alice thought of it, the more furious she got, so she picked up her phone and called the

Walters’ butler.

“Richard, help me kill Luna! I want her dead! “

Richard chuckled from the other end of the line. “Ms. Walter, what’s wrong? Why are you so angry?

Even if you kill Luna now, Joshua won’t return to your side anyway.“

Alice rolled her eyes. “What should I do, then?“

“Do you remember the time when you asked me to kidnap Theo? I sent some people over to Luna’s

place at Swan Lake Residences.“

Alice furrowed her brows upon hearing this. “Why?“

“Well, I took some stuff from her place…“ Richard sighed. “Some of my men were targeted by Joshua’s

best friend, Jude. He sent some people to keep an eye on my men. I specially ordered them to kidnap

Theo and take some things from Luna’s house.“

Alice still did not understand what Richard was trying to tell her. “What are you trying to say?“

“Ms. Hailey, please don’t be angry. You’re no longer Hailey Walter anymore —you’re now Alice Gibson.

Since Hailey Walter no longer exists, this means anyone can assume her identity, even Luna.

“Think about this. If Joshua finds out that the woman he has been obsessed with is also the same

person he has hated with all his guts… Do you think he’ll still love her? If he doesn’t love her anymore,

he’ll return to your side, sooner or later! “

Alice’s face lit up at his words. Richard was right!

If she killed Luna, it would not change the fact that Joshua was still in love with her. Therefore…she

would let Luna become the person he hated the most!

Alice looked forward to how all this would turn out. She could not wait to see Joshua’s reaction when

he discovered that Luna was actually Hailey Walter.

10 p.m.

The black Maserati stopped at the front yard of a low-cost house located on the outskirts of Banyan

City. The gate was closed, but Luna could hear noises coming from inside the house. There seemed to

be a lot of commotion going on inside.

She got out of the car after Joshua and frowned, gazing at the yard before her. “This is…“

“This is where Zach and Yuri live.“ Joshua glanced at her, then pushed open the wrought-iron gates.

There was a van parked in the driveway, and a few people were moving some luggage into the van.

Yuri immediately caught sight of Joshua and Luna and greeted them enthusiastically, “Ms. Luna, it’s so

late now. Are you here to see us off?“

Luna furrowed her brows. “See you off?“

“Yes.“ Yuri glanced at her with a puzzled expression. “We’re getting on a plane in two hours and flying

off to the summer camp abroad. We’re going to be Ms. Nellie and Mr. Neil’s bodyguards! “

Luna’s entire body stiffened. She turned around stiffly to glance at Joshua. “You… When you said that

Zach and Yuri won’t be working at Lynch Group anymore…this was what you meant?“

Joshua snickered. “What else did you think? Did you think I was sending them abroad because of the

rumors I’d heard?“

Luna bit down on her lip and did not know what to answer.

“By the way, Ms. Luna.“ Yuri scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and said, “Do you remember

that girl, Bonnie Lane, who was sent into a mental asylum? You asked me if I heard any news about

her brother. He’s here right now. Do you want to meet him?“

With that, he lifted his head to stare at a man dressed in a black shirt and had on a hat. ”Come here,

Jason! ”