Joshua sighed and looked at the woman being buried in his arms. He wanted to raise his hand and pat
her back comfortingly. However, he raised his hand and it stopped in mid-air. He could not find a way to
bring his hand down.
In the end, Joshua could only sigh, “Alice, I have protected you for far too long. I really hope there is no
next time.“
“There won’t be.“
Alice buried herself in Joshua’s arms. In a place where he could not see her face, she narrowed her eyes
fiercely.
The only reason she agreed to sign the divorce papers was just to pacify Joshua for the time being.
In a few days, when this matter had died down, she had to find a chance to secretly get the divorce
paper back!
Worse comes to worst, she would burn the place where Joshua kept the divorce paper down!
By then, if the divorce paper went missing, Joshua would not be able to divorce her too.
Theo and the mysterious person agreed to meet at the Bamboo Palace at 8 p.m.
At 7:30 p.m., Luna and Theo were already there. Both of them had different views of Luna’s new design,
so on the way there, they kept debating on this.
In the private box of the restaurant, they were still debating about it. They lost track of time.
At 8 p.m., the door of the private box was opened.
When Jude appeared by the entrance, Luna and Theo were still in a heated discussion.
Theo sighed helplessly, “Then you should rather just add a skull. It would make it seem more dispirited.“
Luna pursed her lips. “You don’t understand. You can’t just simply use the skull element. At least, to me.
The skull element represents evil and coldness. Also, something that still exists but should have long
died.“
Theo rolled his eyes. He wanted to say something else when he raised his head and noticed a man by
the entrance.
He immediately stood up. “A—Are you… the mysterious man that helped me previously?“
Jude paused a little. He smiled. “That’s me.“ Luna also subconsciously lifted her head.
When her eyes fell on Jude, she furrowed her brows and paused a little.
She has seen this man before. He was Joshua’s best friend, Jude Smith.
Back then, she used to hear other people say that the distribution of powers in Banyan City could be
divided into two.
One half belonged to Joshua, the other half belonged to Jude.
Still, Jude and Joshua were good friends who knew each other when they were still students.
Looking at Jude, Luna furrowed her brows. “You were the one… that helped Theo previously?“
Jude nodded. “Of course.“
Then, he entered the room and sat down opposite Theo and Luna.
“If it was not me, then who? Joshua?“ Luna’s eyes slightly darkened a little.
Before Jude arrived, she truly thought that Joshua was the one that helped Theo.
Luna lifted her head and looked at Jude. “Mr. Smith, why did you help Theo?“
According to what Theo said…
He could quickly locate Mr. Walter’s men in Banyan City and found out where Mr. Walter was hiding was
all thanks to Jude.
Even, Jude was the one who helped get Old Mr.Gordon to come to check up on Irene’s leg.
The man was powerful and influential, but Luna could not think of a reason for Jude to help Theo or her.
“I’m not helping Theo.“
Jude smiled. “I just want Joshua to owe me one.“ Then, Jude picked up the teacup and gently took a sip.
“One of Joshua’s work plans for the second half of the year is to develop a Lynch Group jewelry branch.
“You, Ms. Luna, is his only trump card in the jewelry industry. If I helped you, even if I didn’t bring it up,
Joshua would understand that he owes me a huge one.”
Then, Jude raised his eyebrows. “Are you satisfied with this answer, Ms. Luna?”
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