"Why? Not liking what I said?" teased Thomas, squinting at the irked Luna as she tried to defend Joshua. "So you know it's the time to defend your husband now?"
Luna's eyebrows knitted tightly together. Was it wrong for her to defend her spouse when Thomas bluntly said Joshua did not deserve to have family, all while she was standing nearby? "What's wrong with me defending him when you spoke so poorly of him?"
She narrowed her eyes as she shot Thomas a glare. "Thomas, I knew you had ulterior motives for getting close to me and Joshua. I don't care what that's about, but neither I nor Joshua knew you before we met you. Joshua had told you just minutes ago that he only found out that you're his cousin last night.
"We only met each other yesterday. Neither of us did anything that harmed you or caused you trouble. You don't have to be so hostile with us."
Thomas sneered at this. He crossed his legs elegantly while he leaned into the couch. His eyes were focused on Luna as if he had heard the funniest joke in this world. "I thought I hid it so well. So, even you can tell that I have bad intentions toward you both?"
He even looked at Luna with a regretful expression. "Too bad. I used to be the best actor. How did my acting skills turn sloppy? " While his words seemed to be self-deprecating, he was, in fact, mocking Luna.
What he meant was that Luna, an utter fool, could not tell his hostility toward her and Joshua.
Luna bit her lip and balled her fists tightly.
If Joshua did not say Thomas was his cousin and related to him...she would have ordered the servants to throw Thomas out of the house already!
She did not care if she was threatened to sign the contract. She did not care if she had to work together with Thomas. Was she not allowed to fight back when Thomas came to her house early in the morning and disgusted both her and Joshua?
Ever since he was a baby, Granny Lynch was the only one who raised him,
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