Clang—!
Joshua kicked the knife a few meters away from Fiona.
Fiona suddenly felt that something was wrong as soon as she heard the sound of the knife landing on
the ground. She immediately lifted her head from the contract and met Joshua’s frosty gaze.
A split second later, Joshua locked Fiona’s wrists behind her and pressed her down against the ground.
This sudden turn of events rendered Luna speechless for a moment before she finally came to and
sprinted toward the edge of the cliff. She clung onto
Nigel and carefully untied the ropes holding him, lifting him from the rock once she finished.
Because the ropes were barely holding him up, Nigel summoned all his strength to keep his balance, so
as soon as he was rescued, Nigel collapsed in Luna’s arms limply. He heaved a deep sigh of relief and
said, “Thank you, Mommy.“
Nigel did not have any strength to walk. Knowing this, Luna pulled him closer in her arms and said in a
choked voice, “It’s fine. Everything’s fine now.
Mommy can carry you…“
Just a short distance away, Joshua had pinned Fiona against the ground.
“Joshua Lynch! “ Fiona screamed, staring at the half- signed contract on the ground. Then, she yelled
with
every ounce of strength she had left, “You lied to me! You’re a liar! “
Joshua’s intention for drawing up this contract was never to protect her nor bring her home with him. He
just wanted to trick her into letting her guard down and gain control of her while she was preoccupied
with signing the contract!
How crooked!
“Takes one to know one,“ Joshua replied, letting out a chuckle. “Have you never lied to me before, Ms.
Blake?“
She had lied about her terminal disease, convincing him she only had less than a year to live.
Joshua had believed all of her lies because he thought that a woman who was willing to donate her bone
marrow to his son would never lie about dying. Alas, he was terribly mistaken!
Fiona’s entire body stiffened when she heard this. She bit down on her lip but did not reply.
Luna, still holding onto Nigel, turned to glance at both of them.
Joshua furrowed his brows. “I can take care of her. Get Nigel down this mountain first; I’ll catch up with
you in a while.“
Luna glanced at Joshua’s pale face and asked, “Are you sure?“
Joshua nodded in reply.
The truth was, Joshua was utterly worn out by the whole situation at that point.
He went to the mental asylum with Luna this morning, then headed to the hospital to get a proper
diagnosis for Fiona’s illness, and finally headed to the scene of Dr. Robert’s accident. He had spent the
entire day running from one location to another, without even a single bite of food.
Later, as soon as he found out that Fiona had left for Yellowstone Village, he and his men came
immediately. He even carried Luna across a flooded village and climbed a steep mountain with Luna on
his back.
To go on like this for over ten hours without even stopping to replenish his energy had taken a
tremendous physical toll on him. Not even a superhero could survive such intense physical exertion.
However, Joshua knew very well that if Luna and Nigel did not leave now, and if he lost control of
Fiona…
Luna alone —along with an exhausted child —would have no fighting chance against Fiona.
At the thought of this, Joshua immediately perked up and stared at Luna. “Get Nigel off this mountain
right now, and send Lucas and the rest up here.“
Luna paused for a moment, then nodded.
However, after taking only a few steps, a crack of lightning flashed through the sky, catching Luna by
surprise and tripping her. Together, she and Nigel tumbled straight into a giant puddle.
“Luna! “ After a few moments with no sign of either of them getting up, Joshua started to panic and cried
out, ” Are you okay?”
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