The Hughes and Miller families could have allowed Luke to return to his family after donating Steven‘s
organs to Gwen. As Luke‘s friend, Joshua knew that apart from being a skilled fighter, Luke was also a
smart man that could easily pick up running a business. Even if the Miller and Hughes families did not
want to choose this option, they could have helped Luke find alternative solutions to cure Gwen so that
they would not need to sacrifice Steven at all!
However, they chose not to.
They had planned to take Luke‘s life and render him a container for Steven‘s mind since the start.
This was why they had sent Kate to Merchant City to keep an eye on Luke. This was why Kate‘s
feelings toward Luke had always appeared fleeting and ambiguous.
Sometimes, she would appear to be head over heels for Luke, but other times, Joshua could not help
thinking that she was cold and indifferent toward him.
This was because Kate had never loved Luke at all; the only thing she loved about him was his face.
The face that was identical to Steven‘s.
At the thought of this, Joshua narrowed his eyes and turned to stare at Mr. Miller. “What if I want to turn
Steven back into Luke?”
Mr. Miller lowered his head.
“That‘s not possible, Mr. Lynch. I know you miss your friend and long for him to return, but…”
He sighed. “There‘s no way we can do that, just as there‘s no way to retrieve something that has been
washed away by the ocean.
“We’ve already replaced everything that belonged to Luke with Steven‘s, and it‘s as though his entire
brain has become Steven‘s brain, now.
“Even if we removed all of Steven‘s memories and cognition from his mind, it‘ll only render him an
empty husk of a human being, but never become Luke again.” With that, Mr. Miller lifted his head to
glance sheepishly at Joshua.
“Besides the fact that his body is still very much alive, everything about Luke is already dead now.
“Luke had planned to donate his heart to Gwen so she can live, and we’ve done the same, just with
Steven‘s heart instead.
“Since we‘ve fulfilled Luke‘s dying wish, you should all treat this as though Luke has truly died instead
of trying to trouble us even further, isn‘t it?”
Joshua‘s expression turned dark upon hearing this. He stomped over to Mr. Miller and lifted him by his
collar. “Since you‘re capable of replacing Luke‘s mind with Steven‘s thoughts, you‘ll surely be able to do
the opposite.
“I‘m going to give you two weeks‘ time, and by the end of two weeks, I want to see Luke return. If you
fail…”
He narrowed his eyes.
“I‘ll make it my mission to bankrupt both the Hughes and Miller families. Not only that, but I will expose
all your wrongdoings and sue you in court.
“I want everyone to find out what a horrible crime you‘ve committed!”
With that, he let go of Mr. Miller, wiped the blood on his white shirt, and stormed toward the door.
However, the moment he reached the entrance, the door creaked open from outside.
Kate strode into the house, clinging onto Steven with one hand while holding some shopping bags in
the other.
Both of them froze in shock when they came face–to–face with Joshua. Kate furrowed her brow as a
bad feeling sunk into her heart.
“What‘re you doing here, Joshua? “
“What do you think?” Joshua glanced first at Steven, then at Kate.
“I have to admit that I underestimated you, Ms. Miller.”
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