Luna sighed and laid next to Gwen. She placed her head against Gwen‘s and stared at the ceiling with
her. “You…still can‘t forget Luke, huh?”
Gwen closed her eyes as tears rolled down her face. “Yes.”
She smiled bitterly with her eyes closed. “Actually, I know everything. A long while ago.” Luna‘s heart
skipped a beat when she heard that.
“W… What do you mean?”
“I know Luke is no longer with us.” Gwen curled up her lips bitterly. Her voice sounded weak and faded
as though it came from far away. “You‘ve all been lying to me in hopes to protect me from the truth. You
want me to believe Luke is still alive and that he doesn‘t want to be together with me anymore, but…”
Her voice choked. “I knew he‘s long gone for a while now. He gave me his heart and wants me to live a
happy life together with him…but he forgot how much I love him. How can I live happily without him?”
Luna was so shocked by this news that she did not know how to respond. She sat on the bed and
looked at Gwen with pity. “Gwen, when…did you find out?” “About the same time as you.” Gwen
sniffled.
All the while, she had been pretending she did not know. It was as if by doing that, Luke would still be
alive. She knew everything but pretended to know nothing and acted like she was her jovial self in front
of Luna and Bonnie that she had nearly forgotten Luke.
That was until she was in Saigen City. She realized how pitiful and sad she was. It was just impossible
to forget Luke and avoid the sadness she felt. In spite of that, she kept deluding herself that she could
pretend to live a normal happy life and not face how she truly felt.
Luna bit her lip. Her heart was in pain when she saw how sad Gwen was. She bent down and slowly
picked up Gwen‘s head and placed it on her thigh. “Gwen. I meant to hide it from you because…”
Because she did not know how deep Gwen‘s feelings were for Luke.
Gwen had, from the start, planned to leave Luke before the surgery. She thought Gwen would
eventually let it go and forgot about him. It never occurred to Luna that Gwen had known Luke was not
with them anymore and had been pretending all the while. “I‘m sorry.” After a short moment of silence,
these were the only words Luna could say.
“I don‘t blame you.” Gwen smiled bitterly and continued to gaze at the ceiling. “I thought about it too. If I
were you, maybe I‘d also hide it from you and tell you when you‘ve moved past it all. Only then, you‘ll
feel less stressed. I bet you think the same too, so I never blame you
After that, she closed her eyes and kept quiet for a long time. A while later, she opened her eyes. “But
Luna, I dreamt of Luke last night.”
At the same time, in the conference room of Hughes Group.
With an escort from the few managers of the Hughes Group, Joshua and Thomas entered the
conference room. The seat labeled with the name ‘Steven Hughes‘ was still empty
Joshua glanced at that seat remotely.
One of the managers quickly responded, “I‘m sorry, Mr. Lynch. Mr. Steven will be with us verv shortly.”
Just as he finished his sentence, someone opened the door.
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