Laura’s face broke out into a triumphant grin at Luna’s question. “Are you scared, Luna? It’s true; you’re
not obliged to prove anything to me. What difference does it make, anyway? Whether you prove it or not,
you’re still a useless bimbo who relies on men to live her life.
“The only thing that makes you better than me is your pretty face.”
With that, she yawned and lifted her head to glance at Joshua.”Even though today will be my last day of
work, I still have to go upstairs to check on June.”
She remembered, despite everything, that she came as a doctor first.
As soon as she finished her sentence, she turned and went up the stairs.
However, after taking just a few steps, Laura paused and added, “I thought you’d at least have some
guts to stop me and prove me wrong, Luna, but I guess I overestimated you.”
Then, she continued up the stairs.
Luna remained motionless and curled her lips into a smirk as she watched Laura leave. “Your reverse
psychology doesn’t work on me.”
She crossed her arms in front of her chest and said, “If my guesses are correct, you must have a
recording device in your pocket right now, don’t you, Dr. Suess?”
Laura froze in her steps upon hearing this.
She furrowed her brows but did not reply.
Joshua chuckled and pinched Luna’s nose playfully. “It seems you’ve gotten smart.”
Laura had been complimenting and praising herself since the start, claiming that no one had shown any
interest in her despite her success.
On the one hand, she kept trying to provoke Luna into accepting her challenge, while she sculpted
herself into the image of a woman born with nothing who, by sheer effort and hard work, managed to
change her fate.
If Luna really took the bait and accepted Laura’s challenge, she would have gone home and edited the
recording before sending it out to all the major media outlets in the city.
If that happened, Luna would become the talk of the town, and everyone in Merchant City would be
poised on watching her, waiting for her to mess up.
Laura, should that whole fiasco have gone down, would become a strong, determined character who
was willing to put in the hard work and stand up against power in the public’s eye.
This was what her true intentions were.
Laura could not fight the intimidated feeling she had when Joshua and Luna exposed her true intentions.
Her body trembled slightly, but she did not say anything and instead disappeared up the stairs.
When Laura’s figure finally disappeared from view, Luna turned to glance at Joshua. “Was I very stupid
in the past?” Joshua smiled in amusement. “At least you weren’t as calm and level – headed as you are
now when faced with traps like this.”
Luna pursed her lips and was about to say something in reply when Joshua’s phone rang.
It was the same unnamed number as before.
Joshua excused himself apologetically and left the room.
Standing in the living room, Luna could clearly see the smile on Joshua’s face as he took the call.
She furrowed her brows slightly.
If she remembered correctly, Joshua had looked just as delighted as he was when he took the first call.
Not only that, but the person on the other end of the line was a woman.
–
Even after scouring through her memories of all of Joshua’s female friends, Luna still could not figure out
who the person on the phone was.
Could it be that…
Luna shook her head, trying to chase the unrealistic thought out of her mind.
It could not be. After having gone through so much, she knew that Joshua could not possibly be cheating
on her.
If he were that unfaithful, he would not have followed her all the way to Merchant City a year ago to win
her back.
Besides…
Just a few minutes ago, he had put his arm around her and allowed her to declare her ownership in front
of Laura.
How could he possibly be seeing another woman behind her back? Nonetheless…
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