Even the air seemed to freeze when Luna's blade sank into Jacqueline's abdomen.Just a few moments ago, everyone in the hall was stunned by the video shown on screen of Anne's death, but everyone's attention was gripped by the fact that Luna had stabbed another woman right in front of them!Even Jacqueline was stunned by this. She widened her eyes in horror, staring at Luna.How could this be? How did Luna dare to hurt her in front of everyone?She slowly lowered her head.The blade was entrenched deep in her abdomen, and bright red blood was seeping along the edge of the dagger, finally dripping onto the ground and staining the white floors a jarring shade of scarlet.The shock dissipated from her eyes as she stared at the blood. Then, finally, Jacqueline lifted her head to stare at Luna, a triumphant sneer on her face."Luna," she muttered, trying to stifle the excruciating pain as she sneered at the woman before her. "You're dead." The reason she had gone to such great leng
Joshua was stunned by what Luna said.After a while, he reached out his hand to hold Luna's hand tightly. "I know you're having a bad moment now, and I also understand how important Anne is to you, but think about just how many people are watching now, Luna. You can't…""Take my life, then! At least that way I can be with Anne!" Luna exclaimed.She looked up. Her eyes were filled with anger and guilt.That look of hers ached Joshua's heart. He could tell Luna was serious about what she said. It was not something she blurted out because of impulsiveness.He paused for a while. Just when he successfully gathered his words to console her, Jacqueline laughed. "Luna, I thought you were going to take revenge for your friend by killing me?"Do it!" Jacqueline pressured Luna.Blood stained Jacqueline's white wedding gown red color, but the smile on her face was even more arrogant and sinister than before. "What's wrong? You don't dare to do it, don't you? Backing out like a coward? So t
Joshua's words shook Luna to the core. She dazedly looked at the man in front of her. "I…should help Anne take care of Sammie?""Yes!" Joshua grasped her chin and wound his free arm around her slim waist. He solemnly said, "If you think you owe Anne, and if you believe you were the reason why Anne is dead, make it up to her. Since you're the reason Sammie won't have a mother in her life anymore, take up the responsibility to be her mother! Look after Sammie so she'll be able to grow up happily."Would you be daring enough to seek forgiveness from Anne when you meet her in the afterlife? Are you sure you don't want to do anything to atone for your sin before you meet her?"A glimmer of hope slowly returned to Luna's lost eyes. She bit her lip as she could not help her tears from spilling. "You're right…"She was the reason Anne was dead. She was the reason Sammie had to grow up without her mother.She needed to help Anne to give Sammie a complete life. This was not the time for her
The loud slam caught the guests by surprise as they looked over at the door.There stood a group of armed policemen. Some of them rushed to the stage. "Ms. Grace, you're under arrest for kidnapping and suspected murder. We're taking you in according to the law."Jacqueline had expected the police to arrive. She silently extended her hands out as told.Click! The police secured the woman in the wedding gown with cold handcuffs."Sir." Jacqueline looked at her injury after she was cuffed. "Please take me to the hospital."The police looked over and noticed she was bleeding. The lead, a policewoman, frowned. "How did that happen?""Ms. Luna here stabbed me," Jacqueline curled her lips and sneered. "She tried to kill me. Are you going to do anything about that?"The female police frowned as she looked at Luna, "You did this?"She recognized Luna. When Anne was kidnapped, she tapped and listened to the conversation between Vanessa and Willow. She was in the loop about Anne's death a
The news of Luna, Joshua Lynch's wife, attempting murder at a wedding spread like wildfire through the entire Banyan City.Everyone was on the edge of their seats, waiting to see just how Joshua, the most powerful man in Banyan City, would help his wife get out of this pinch."I saw the news, Daddy."Joshua received a call from Nigel not long after he returned to the villa that night. Although he was only seven, Nigel was very mature for his age and calmly explained to his father, "I saw everything about Mommy's outburst on the internet, but just to save you the trouble, I lied to Neil and Nellie about this, and I configured the internet here at Grandpa, Grandma's, and Uncle Jim's place so that none of them would be able to receive the news from Banyan City. Don't worry, I've got it under control."Joshua's heart sank when he heard this. He leaned against the wall and let out a sigh. "Like father, like son."It was unbelievable how detail-oriented Nigel was at such a young age."
The next morning, Joshua was just about to take a quick nap on the sofa after working the entire night when his phone rang.It was Jude.Joshua picked up, rubbing his eyebrows in exhaustion. "What's wrong?""Joshua!" Jude exclaimed from the other end of the line. "Where were you last night?"Joshua furrowed his eyebrows and glanced at the empty living room. "At home, of course."Before this, he and Luna had stayed in a rental unit that John helped them book so that their return to Banyan City would remain a secret, but considering that everyone in Banyan City knew that they returned and even witnessed Luna attempting murder, Joshua decided not to continue staying at the rental unit anymore and instead returned home to Blue Bay Villa.Since Blue Bay Villa had been abandoned for quite some time, he dismissed most of the servants working there, with only a couple remaining to keep the villa clean and tidy.It was five in the morning, and the cleaners had yet to arrive, so Joshua wa
"Yes, it's me."It was none other than John, who disappeared the day before with Anne's body and their daughter, Sammie. At this moment, he was standing at Joshua's door with an umbrella in the pouring rain, his eyes bloodshot. "I was the one who killed Jacqueline."John wanted to exact revenge against Jacqueline ever since finding out about Anne's death, but he never once dreamed that Luna, the person whom he blamed for Anne's death, would risk everything, including her status and future, to murder Jacqueline in front of so many people…It should have been him, and only him.Therefore, after seeing the news last night, John decided not to hide any longer and instead went to the hospital to kill Jacqueline once and for all. If it were not for the fact that Willow was already arrested, he would have killed her, too.Joshua sighed as he stared at John's sunken face. "I knew it was you."There were no records of John or Sammie leaving the city, so this meant that they had been in hi
"Okay," replied Joshua after a moment of silence."You shouldn't stay here long. The police will be on me since Jacqueline is dead. They'll be here anytime soon looking for me," he said.He gave John a name card. "This is a name card of a logistic company's owner. He owes me big time. Take this name card to him, and he'll know you're my friend. I'll keep my promise and never ask the owner your whereabouts with Sammie, ever."John paused and nodded while he tightened his fist with the name card in his palm. "Goodbye.""Take care," bade Joshua.John turned around and used the black baseball cap to hide his face while walking away with the umbrella. Just as he got to the street, a police car drove by.It was a dim morning, and it was raining to boot. The police were busy tracking where Joshua had been last night, so none of them noticed the man with the umbrella leaving.The moment John passed by the police car, he smiled ambiguously and contacted the owner of the logistics company