Luna knew Granny Lynch was lying to herself.
”Mr. Lynch never defied you, you say? Many years ago, you wanted him to marry Hailey Walter , yet he
ended up marrying Luna Gibson instead. After she died, you wanted him to retake Hailey as a second
wife, but he got engaged with Aura Gibson. You gave him and Aura your blessing, but in the end, they
broke up.” Luna stared at Granny Lynch impassively. ”Mr. Lynch has been defying you all his life. Since
when did he listen to you?”
Luna thought her statement would shut Granny Lynch up and that she could finally get back at Granny
Lynch for ruining her sketch. To her surprise, however, Granny Lynch chuckled.
”None of the stuff you said was true. In fact, it wasn’t me who wanted Joshua to marry Hailey Walter at
all—it was his father’s wish. I’m afraid you have no idea how much Joshua respects me.” Granny Lynch
continued smugly, ”Many years ago, when he was married to Luna Gibson, I told him that I wanted great-
grandchildren, but Luna didn’t want any.
Joshua told me himself that he’d do as I wished.
”Luna Gibson couldn’t get pregnant no matter how many times she tried, so I forced her to try traditional
remedies some witch doctors prescribed. The witch doctors cast spells on her and even made her eat
dirt and ashes as part of the treatment. Luna Gibson thought all of this happened behind Joshua’s back
when in reality, Joshua knew and even permitted me to do so.”
Granny Lynch sighed. ”I never expected the remedies to work, but it turned out they did; Luna Gibson
managed to get pregnant in the end. No, wait. I shouldn’t call her by that name anymore.
She’s Alice now. I like this name. She doesn’t have to share a name with a b*tch like you anymore.”
Luna’s heart grew colder at Granny Lynch’s words. She stared at Granny Lynch blankly, her chest rising
and falling as she struggled to catch her breath.
All the bad memories locked away in Luna’s mind began to resurface. She remembered Granny Lynch
berating her and all the torturous regimens she had to endure. She could still recall the feeling of
swallowing dirt and ashes as though it had happened yesterday.
At that time, the dirt and ashes she had to consume a s part of the traditional remedy damaged the inner
lining of her stomach. Luna had spent countless nights tossing and turning, unable to sleep due to the
pain. She was even afraid of telling all this to Joshua, lest he becomes upset, and sneaked out on her
own to buy medicine for the pain. She never dared to complain about any of this to anyone.
Luna never thought that her traumatic experience would one day become some form of bragging right for
Granny Lynch, that she would use that as a token of showing off how submissive her grandson was.
Luna felt as though a knife was stabbed into her heart, and it bled profusely. She took a step back away
from Granny Lynch, her face pale. Her back collided against the door abruptly, and she felt a twinge of
pain shoot down her body.
“Granny, “ Joshua interjected with a frown. “That’s all in the past now. Please don’t bring it up.“
Everything that Granny Lynch had mentioned, Joshua only found out after it was too late. Luna had
never told any of this to him, and at that time, Granny Lynch had simply brushed everything off. She did
not tell him that Luna had been forced to eat dirt and ashes.
Joshua only discovered the truth after Luna left. As soon as he found out, he immediately stormed over
to Lynch Mansion to confront Granny, but it was too late.
When Luna died, Joshua spent a whole night sitting i n front of her grave in hopes to gain her
forgiveness. He was ashamed that he had not fulfilled his responsibility of protecting and looking out for
her.
Every time Joshua thought of this, guilt and shame clouded his heart. He had promised to be a good
husband to Luna, but he failed. To Joshua, this incident was a scar that would never fade. He never
thought that Granny Lynch would bring this up so many years later!
“Granny,“ Theo immediately piped in as he sensed the atmosphere growing awkward. He let out a
chuckle and said, “You mentioned that you want Luna to pay Joshua back for the compensation, right?“
“Right! “ Granny Lynch scoffed. “If she can pay ten million dollars upfront, I’ll consider letting her stay a t
Lynch Group.“ Granny Lynch was adamant that
Luna could not afford to pay ten million dollars, much less upfront.
Theo chuckled again and took out a check from his pocket. ”Would this suffice?”
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