Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 2554

"Yes," answered Jim before Joshua could reply.

He furrowed his brow and looked at Luna before averting his gaze to look at Bonnie.

"When we received your calls, Joshua had already guessed that you two were here for this matter."

Jim shifted into a more comfortable position on the couch as he calmly glanced at Joshua.

"There is nothing to hide. Just tell them. Gwen...needs to know the truth, too."

Joshua, however, shook his head and looked at Luna solemnly. "It should be between you and Bonnie only. You should still hide it from Gwen."

Joshua sighed and rubbed the middle of his eyebrows, which were throbbing. He said, "Before Luke died, he said that we can't let Gwen know about this, no matter what. He didn't want Gwen to live the rest of her life with guilt, missing him. He gave his life so that she could forget him and live a good life, not to reminisce about him for the rest of her life."

Then, he reached out and pulled Luna into his arms. He said in a low voice, "So, no matter what, don't tell Gwen.

"Luna, you and Bonnie, as Gwen's closest friends, need to do the same thing as before, keeping this from Gwen. Tell Gwen that Luke is a jerk and get her to leave Merchant City."

Joshua's tone was rather low and hoarse, something which was quite usual. "This is Luke's dying wish. Can you both do it?" Luna bit her lip. Hearing Joshua's words, she could feel the grief coming from him.

It felt like something was lodged in her throat. She wanted to say something but found herself unable to.

She looked at Joshua in silence.

She could not tell Gwen.

She could not let Gwen know of Luke’s sacrifice.

She had to continue calling Luke a jerk and persuade Gwen to not wait for him, to ask her to leave.

This was what she had been doing before finding out the truth. At this moment, however, she found herself struggling to do the same.