Luna furrowed her brows in surprise.
"Those people...kidnapped Sean and Kate while they were under your watch?"
Luke's expression darkened upon hearing this.
He shifted into a comfortable position in his chair, placed his arm elegantly on the back of the chair,
then shot Luna a cold glance.
"Why are you so shocked?"
He glanced at the glass window, which offered a full view of Kate in the next room, being examined by
the doctors, and said calmly, "I've already told Jim and Joshua about Kate's true identity, so surely you
must know, too?"
Luna paused for a moment, then nodded.She had indeed heard Joshua and the rest mention Kate's
background before.
Kate had hailed from a rich and noble family from Europa, and even though she had left her home
country, her family had secretly been keeping tabs on her.
If they found out that she had gone missing or had been kidnapped, they would fly to Merchant City
and would not cease to turn the entire place upside down in search of her.
This was why Jim and Joshua had been so anxious about finding her after Luke revealed her true
identity to them.
"Since you know her identity, you should know that I'd never let my guard down when it comes to
protecting her."
A year ago, Luke had been forced to buy illegal firearms from Kate's family to win his territorial fight
against the gangsters of Merchant City.
Because of this, he owed them a favor and was forced to take Kate in when she needed his help.
Despite her small stature, she was a woman with strong opinions.
Initially, Luke thought she had come to Merchant City out of curiosity and would return home after a
while, but to his surprise, she had chosen to remain by his side even a year later.
In two more months, she would have been with him for a full year, and he had planned to send her
home to Europa then.
Clearly, the universe had other ideas.
"Your men had been protecting Kate and Sean all this while?"
Jim narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.He was staring at Luke, but his gaze seemed to penetrate
past Luke was lost to a different place.
"Whoever did this must've been someone powerful to be able to kidnap them from right under your
nose."
Then, he turned to glance at Joshua.
"Do you know who this person is?"
Joshua narrowed his eyes and fell silent for a long time before finally meeting Jim's gaze.
"I know who it is, but I don't plan on telling either of you for the time being."
Jim narrowed his eyes in displeasure.
Luke's expression darkened, and with this, the entire room seemed to turn a few degrees colder.
Jim wanted to seek revenge for his brother's kidnapping, whereas Luke wanted to regain his dignity.
Joshua knew this, and he could not help smiling when he glanced at them.
"I know what you two want, but..."
He sighed, lowered his head, and fiddled with the lighter in his hand.
"I have my plans to deal with this person."
Then, he glanced at Jim and Luke out of the corner of his eye and added, "If the two of you were to get
involved, it might alert him to my intentions."
Jim was silent for a long time, then finally lifted his head to smile at Joshua.
"Alright, but you have to promise me that you'd let me know after you're done with him.
I'm going to beat the shit out of whoever this person is."
"Me too."
Luke glanced impassively at Joshua, then stood up.
"Since you want to take care of him first, I won't interfere, but if this person offends me once more, or
worse, shows up at my face…”
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