Joshua came out of the hotel, got into his car, and drove around the outskirts of Sea City in frustration.
After circling a few times, he finally stopped next to the beach and got out of the car.
The sea breeze blew against his face and somehow made him a little more balanced.
It was already nighttime, so there were not many people around. Joshua caught sight of a food truck a
short distance away, along with two or three customers gathered around it, drinking and having their
meal.
Although the customers seemed to be having a great time, the beach was so quiet apart from them that
even the food truck owner started to doze off.
Joshua could see the silhouette of a slim woman in the distance, her long hair billowing about her in the
sea breeze. She seemed to be talking on the phone.
Joshua thought this woman looked familiar. She reminded him a lot of Luna Gibson.
When he first met Luna Gibson, she, too, liked to talk on the phone with him at night. She would always
layer a jacket over her dress and let her hair down, then call him as she stood on the beach, enjoying the
cool breeze.
Joshua remembered that one time, Luna Gibson had called him right on this beach, thinking that he was
still in Sea City. At that time, she was as talkative as
ever, and he only gave her a few mumbles and short sentences in reply.
However, she did not know that Joshua had already arrived in Sea City and was, at that moment,
standing right behind her.
After that, seeing that he did not talk much, Luna Gibson had hung up the phone somewhat dejectedly,
only to turn around and realize that Joshua was right behind her.
Luna Gibson had smiled as soon as she saw him, dimples revealed, and ran into his arms, demanding to
know when he arrived and what he was doing, sneaking up on her like that.
Joshua still recalled everything about that day as if it were yesterday.
The moon shone bright that night, and the coastline seemed to have blurred with the night sky. The
moon cast its rays over Luna Gibson, giving her a faint, luminescent glow. That scene was so beautiful
that Joshua would remember it for years to come, but He closed his eyes and recalled what had
happened with Alice.
She was the same woman, with the same face and voice, but everything was somehow different.
The person he hated most in this world was Hailey Walter, yet somehow, Luna Gibson, the woman he
loved, had become as vengeful and bitter as her.
Just as he was lamenting this, the woman who had been talking on the phone in front of him hung up
and turned around.
It was Luna.
They gazed at each other, their faces etched with shock.
Luna was on the phone with Theo, telling him her good news, and even told him her idea of escaping
with the children…
When did Joshua arrive?
Although they were a distance away, Luna wondered if he had overheard her conversation.
Luna immediately backed away from him, confusion and fear swirling in her mind. Then, finally, she
asked with a pale face, “Mr… Mr. Lynch, when did you arrive?“
She did not dare to call Theo in the hotel for fear of being overheard, so she hailed a taxi and came to
the beach instead.
This particular beach was not a tourist attraction, so naturally, there were not many people around, even
less so at night.
Therefore, Luna had thought this was a safe place to tell Theo about her plan.
However… She had bumped into the one person she dreaded meeting the most.
“I just arrived.“ Joshua shifted his gaze from her to the food truck nearby. The people who had been
drinking had already left, and the food truck owner was glancing at his watch as if thinking of packing up
for the day.
“Hello, ” Joshua began as he made his way over to the food truck. “Do you have tacos?”
The food truck owner froze for a moment, then lifted his head to smile at Joshua. “Yes, of course! “
“I’ll have two, please, ” said Joshua. Then, he turned around to glance at Luna. “I’m guessing you haven’t
had dinner yet. Come on. It’s my treat.”
Luna shot him a somewhat puzzled glance.
“What’s wrong?” Joshua sat down on a chair in front of the truck. “You can’t even have tacos anymore,
just because you’re pregnant?”
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