Luna did not think much about what the nanny said.
She gazed at the adorable infant sleeping soundly with her eyes shut, and a smile appeared on her face. "They do look similar, but..." She curled up her lips and looked at the nanny. "Shelly is the daughter of a relative from my brother's side of the family."
Previously, Bonnie had tested Shelly's DNA when she brought Harvey to do the paternity test. Shelly's parents were related to Jim, but Luna did not know who they were. Since Shelly was related to Jim, that meant Shelly was somehow related to her or Joshua, hence it was normal for Shelly to look like Nellie.
Maybe that was why Shelly also looked similar to Joshua. Perhaps Shelly was related to Joshua, too.
The nanny was slightly disappointed with Luna's answer. She sighed and started to collect the toys on the floor. "I've been hearing Nigel, Neil, and Nellie mention that not only do you and Mr. Lynch need to take care of Ms. Shelly, but you also need to take care of the little girl, Riley, who isn't related to either of you," said the nanny. "Also, you had to search for your baby who got swapped.”
After that, she subconsciously looked at the baby, who was sleeping soundly on the bed. "Just by thinking about it makes me think you and Mr. Lynch are very tired. There are already five children in the house to take care of, and you still need to search for the lost one. If . and only if
Shelly is your baby after all, how good won't it be?"
Luna and Joshua would not be so tormented if that was the case. Moreover, Shelly would not have to feel self-abased because she was not Luna and Joshua's biological daughter.
Luna felt warmth spreading across her chest just hearing the nanny's words. Her lips curled into a smile as she took a good look at Shelly, and then the nanny. "I know you mean well, but there aren't that many coincidences in this world."
If Shelly was hers and Joshua's daughter, why would Jim, who had yet to lose his memories yet at that point, tell Bonnie that this baby girl was his >d#>WMT< another woman's child? Why did not Jim tell Luna and Joshua that the baby they had been searching for was with Bonnie all this time?
Jim knew how devastated Joshua and Luna were when they thought their daughter was dead. As Luna's biological brother and Joshua's cousin, there was no reason for Jim to have done this.
Although Luna did not like the current Jim who had lost his memory, she trusted and liked the old Jim with all her heart. She did not believe Jim would purposely do something that could separate her and Joshua away from their daughter.
'He never will!'
Hence, when Luna knew that this baby was related to Jim, she suspected Shelly to be a daughter of Jim's distant relatives or one of the Lynch family's distant relatives. She would never think that Shelly was hers and Joshua's daughter.
With those thoughts in her mind, she sighed and looked at the nanny who was focused on picking up the toys. "I'm fine to discuss this topic with you, but don't mention it to Joshua or the kids. Do you understand?"
The nanny was stunned and nodded when she understood Luna's intention. "Yes. I'll keep my thoughts to myself from now on, Ma'am."
Luna felt sorry to have scared the nanny unintentionally. After all, the nanny knew the pain she and Joshua were in, and that was why she made such an assumption and spoke out her thoughts.
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