Luna could not believe her ears. She froze for a moment, then pried Gwen out of her embrace to stare
at her earnestly. “GO home? Where?” “Sea City.” Gwen gave her a wry smile and said, “I want to return
to Merchant City to retrieve Luke‘s ashes…then go home to Sea City together. My father is still waiting
for us back home.”
She curled her lips into a soft smile and added, “I‘ve been thinking the whole day, and I‘ve come to the
conclusion that no matter where I am, I‘ll still be missing Luke, so it doesn‘t matter where I go with you.
“Therefore, I decided, we might as well return to the place where everything began.”
Gwen‘s gaze faltered as she stared at Luna, as though her gaze had penetrated right through the room
to somewhere far, far away. “The house that Luke bought for us is still in Sea City, and it‘s the place
where we shared most of our memories.”
She smiled at Luna. “I‘ve realized that what‘s missing in my life is not the time or freedom to do what I
want, but the freedom to do all this with Luke.
“Even though he‘s no longer here, I still have his heart with me, and it would be as though he‘s right
here by my side. Therefore, I want to return to the place we call home and spend the rest of our days
together in peace.“.
Luna opened her mouth in preparation to say something, but no words seemed to come out. Finally,
she sighed and gently wrapped her arms around Gwen once more. “If that‘s really what you want…I‘ll
ask Lucas to help book the flight tickets right now.
“I‘ll return to Merchant City with you, and we‘ll bring Luke‘s ashes back to Sea City together. Is that
alright?”
Gwen nodded. She and Luna had been friends for so long that she was certain Luna would support her
decision.
However, the kinder Luna was toward her, the more guilt–ridden she felt. She had caused Luna enough
trouble. If she had realized this truth sooner, she would not have wasted so much of Luna and Joshua‘s
time.
Luna and Joshua had their responsibilities to deal with, but because of her, they were forced to put
their work aside and take up responsibility for her… At the thought of this, Gwen pulled Luna close to
her and murmured, “I want to thank you and Joshua for all your help, and also…” She closed her eyes
and let out a sigh. “I‘m sorry I caused you so much trouble.”
Luna‘s chest tightened upon hearing this. She bit her lip and shot Gwen an accusatory look” What‘re
you saying all this for? I thought we were best friends!” Gwen chuckled at this, and after exchanging
some conversation, she finally returned to her room.
Standing outside Gwen‘s door, Luna heaved a sigh of relief when she finally heard Gwen fall into a
deep slumber. Then, she returned to her room, closed the door, and dialed Joshua‘s number.
Due to what happened the night before, Luna no longer dared to leave Gwen alone in the room after
falling asleep, so the only thing she could do was call Joshua instead. “Gwen wants to go home.” Luna
relayed everything Gwen had told her to Joshua. Joshua paused for a moment before finally saying
with a hint of helplessness, “And you agreed to that?” “Yes.” Luna sniffed. “You saw just how much she
loves and is unwilling to forget Luke, so much so that she was willing to go to great lengths to retrieve a
pendant Luke gave her…”
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