Initially, Luna thought she had misheard it, but the knocking persisted.
She tilted her head to listen carefully, then realized that this was not a coincidence, that she had not
misheard at all!
The knocking came from underneath the floorboards beneath the sofa!
Luna lifted her head and met Joshua’s puzzled gaze. Clearly, he had heard the sound, too.
The two of them exchanged glances, then quickly jumped into action and pushed the sofa away. Once
they got the sofa out of the way, they discovered a hidden door leading toward the basement!
The knocking was coming from the basement!
Joshua immediately picked the lock and pulled the door open. He took a step into the basement, then
turned around and opened his arms wide. “Come on,“ he said to Luna.
Luna was so intrigued that she did not even have time to mull over anything. Instead, she leaped without
a second thought, landing squarely in Joshua’s arms.
In this cramped space, the two of them got lost in the sound of each other’s breathing and heartbeats.
Luna could feel her face grow hot, and she blushed a deep shade of scarlet.
‘What is wrong with me?’ she scolded herself. ‘ You’ve already had three kids with this man! Why are you
still blushing like a high schooler every time you get in close proximity with him?’
However, at this moment, they could not ponder over minor details like this any longer. Instead, they
followed the knocking sound and entered the basement, using their phones as a light source.
Finally, at the far end of the basement, they discovered Granny Lynch, Nellie, and a few of the
bodyguards and servants that Joshua had sent to the countryside with them, all tied up and restrained
with ropes.
Nellie had instructed them to bang rocks against the basement floor, creating the knocking that led Luna
and Joshua here.
All of them were tied up and gagged, so they could not make a single sound and had no choice but to
resort to measures like this.
Nellie was so relieved at the sight of Joshua and Luna that droplets of tears fell out of the corners of her
eyes. She continued to struggle against her bonds, crying at the same time.
Luna could not help but feel devastated at this sight. She quickly rushed over, pulled Nellie into her arms,
and removed the gag from Nellie’s mouth. “Are you okay?“
“I ‘m fine! “ Nellie, finally able to speak and breathe comfortably, immediately let out an exhale. Then, she
cried, her forehead beaded with sweat, “ Mommy, please go save Nigel, quick! Fiona has taken him to
the top of the mountain! “ Luna felt a chill go down her spine.
As soon as she entered the room, she had already noticed that Nigel was missing. Only Nellie and
Granny Lynch were here.
She had wanted to ask Nellie if Nigel had sneaked out to get help since he was the calmest and most
level- headed among the three children.
However, it turned out that Nigel had been taken away by Fiona.
Luna bit down on her lip and tried to suppress the worry in her heart. “Nigel…“
“Fiona brought some burly men over and claimed that she wanted to kill us, especially Nigel. Nigel tried
to buy us some time by offering to go with her alone so that she wouldn’t bother us. Initially, Fiona didn’t
want to, but Nigel managed to convince her, so she tied us all up and locked us here in the basement
and left with Nigel! “
With that, Nellie grabbed onto Luna’s hand and lifted her head to glance at Joshua. “Daddy, I’ve never
asked for much from you, but please, save Nigel! I ‘m begging you! Please don’t let Nigel get hurt
because of your precious Ms. Blake any longer. I’m begging you! “
As soon as she said this, Nellie almost got down onto her knees.
Joshua was so shocked by this that he took a step back, then lunged forward and pulled Nellie into his
arms with a pained expression. “Do you really think Daddy is such a bad person? Nigel’s my son, too. I’ll
never leave him! ”
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