Chapter 1985

Could it be that this woman with whom Jim had borne a child did not exist?

Could she and Joshua be Shelly’s real parents instead?

The more Luna thought about this, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, there would be no way of
explaining why Shelly resembled Joshua so much.

“Luna?” Joshua’s low voice quickly pulled Luna back to reality.

She lifted her head in confusion. “Yes?”

As soon as she did this, she suddenly realized that the three children and Theo had already finished their
meal and were seated on the sofa, chattering about the news on TV.

The only two people left in the dining room were Joshua and her.

Joshua shot her a somewhat helpless look, then placed some more food on her plate.” Something on
your mind?”

Luna paused for a moment, shook her head, then nodded.

She had no intention of revealing what she was thinking about to Joshua yet.

She was worried that after voicing her doubts to Joshua, he would approach the child and catch a
glimpse of her more often.

Luna feared this would displease Bonnie.

Joshua furrowed his brows when he noticed how absent-minded Luna seemed. Even though he did not
know what she was thinking about, he could still tell that she did not intend to share it with him.



If that was the case, he did not want to push her further.

He curled his lips into a smile and stood up. “I’m going upstairs to take care of Shelly so that Bonnie can
come down to spend some time with you. How does that sound?”

He thought that some alone time with her best friend was probably what Luna needed.

However, to his surprise, Luna immediately rejected his offer. “No!”

As soon as she finished her sentence, Luna suddenly realized that she had behaved too outwardly and
that Joshua would misunderstand her.

She let out a slight cough and said in a low voice, “What I meant was that…I don’t think you’d know how
to care for such a young baby.

“You should let June and Theo do it.”

June knew how to take care of Shelly, whereas Theo was an adult, so they seemed like the appropriate
candidates to look after Shelly.

Joshua could not help furrowing his brows when he heard this.

It seemed that whatever Luna had been thinking about had something to do with Shelly. Nonetheless, he
did not expose her lies at all.

He got up, went to find Theo and June, and told them this.

The two of them promptly agreed and disappeared up the stairs.

Soon, Bonnie came downstairs, and Joshua quickly found an excuse to leave the room with Nigel,
claiming that he wanted to do some studying about new hacking technology with Nigel.



Initially, he had wanted Harvey to come with them, but as soon as Harvey heard this, he lost interest and
decided that he would rather stay in the living room, watching crime documentaries.

Bonnie sat next to Luna and asked, “Is something wrong?”

Luna hesitated for a moment. If she denied this, Bonnie would grow suspicious of her.

Therefore, she let out a sigh and lifted her head to glance at Bonnie. “I feel sad for you.

“Even though Harvey and Shelly managed to escape this time, Jim and Charlotte will surely find them…”

As soon as she finished her sentence, there came the sound of brakes screeching from outside.

Sean quickly stormed into the room and declared, “That man from this morning is here again.


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