Luna and Joshua waited outside the operation room for 10 hours.
During this time, Jim arrived and, after asking about Riley's condition, sat with Luna for a while to keep
her company.
However, he did not stay too long, seeing that Bonnie only had limited time left in this world, and he
had to cherish every last second he had with her.
After 10 hours, the doctors emerged from the operation room, their faces etched with joy.
The chief surgeon clasped Joshua's hands in excitement and declared, "Congratulations, Mr.Lynch!
The surgery was a success! Riley is a lucky, lucky child, and her condition has been stabilized!
"With great care, she'll be able to recover well and will grow up a happy, healthy child!"
Luna, who was about to doze off from exhaustion, immediately leaped upon hearing this good
news.She sprinted forward and grabbed hold of the doctor's arms.
"Can you tell me how we're supposed to care for her? I'm willing to do anything! I have experience
caring for three children, so I'm sure I can handle it!"
The doctor smiled when he saw Luna's delight.
"Come into my office later, and I'll explain everything."
Then, he turned to glance at the operation room, where Riley was being wheeled out, an oxygen mask
attached to her little face.
Because she had just come out of surgery, Luna did not dare to go near her at all and instead could
only watch from a distance.
As Riley was being wheeled into the ICU, Luna could see her glancing in her direction with wide, doe-
like eyes as though she was thanking her.
Luna bit her lip and held Joshua's hand for comfort.
"I...Can I adopt Riley?"
Even though Riley was not their biological daughter, and their daughter was nowhere to be found, she
wanted to take this poor child, who had been manipulated and used by Malcolm and Heather, in and
raise her as her own.
Joshua furrowed his brows upon hearing this.
He stared at Luna's beautiful face and said, "If you want to adopt Riley...how about our daughter? Are
we still going to search for her?"
Luna stiffened when she heard this.
A split second later, she lifted her head to shoot Joshua a displeased look.
"What do you think? Of course we have to; she's our daughter! We brought her into this world, we've
already failed as parents by not being able to protect and keep her by our side.What right do we have
to call ourselves her parents if we don't even try to find her?"
Joshua could not help curling his lips into a smile upon hearing this.
He reached out to pull Luna into his arms and said, "You're right, but Lulu..."
His grip tightened around her as he continued, "We already have Nellie, and if we adopt Riley and
eventually find our lost daughter, we'll have three daughters in this household, but only two sons.Isn't
that a little unfair?"
Alarm bells sounded in Luna's head.She immediately shrunk backward in alarm and turned to stare at
Joshua warily.
"What...What are you trying to say?"
"What I'm trying to say is that good things come in pairs, and to have two sons but three daughters
makes me feel like something is missing."
As he said this, he gently placed a hand on Luna's abdomen and stroked it through the thin fabric of
her shirt.
"Don't you agree?"
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