Malcolm widened his eyes in shock upon hearing this.
His entire body froze as though he had been struck by lightning as he stared at Luna dazedly. For a split second, he stopped struggling against Sean's grip.
A few moments later, Malcolm furrowed his brows and finally found his voice. "I didn't! Luna, I never intended to take you and Joshua's daughter away at all! It was all Heather...
"Heather and Hunter had planned this on their own, and I... I only found out about this after that...”
Luna could not help curling her lips into a sneer as she stared at Malcolm's pale face." Malcolm, you keep accusing me of being ungrateful and cruel, but what are you doing now?
"Even until this point, you're still lying to m y face!"
Luna’s expression darkened as she continued, "Do you still think I'm as naive a s I used to think and will still believe every word that comes out of your mouth?”
She narrowed her eyes and snapped through gritted teeth, "You claim that Heather and Hunter had planned this on their own, but how would they even have been able to cooperate if it weren’t for your help?
"Do you think I don't know how close they are in real life?
"Hunter stays at home all the time and only listens to your orders, so much so that even sometimes when you and Granny Quinn have a conflict of opinions, he'll give up trying to please Granny Quinn and choose you instead. After being in Merchant City for so long, I've seen this happen so many times that it's burned into my memory now.
"Now, you're telling me that Hunter had coordinated this plan with Heather behind your back. Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Even though Luna did not raise her voice, every single one of her words still felt like a hammer landing on Malcolm's heart.
He bit his lip and stared at her blankly. " You..."
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