When Joshua mentioned Adrian, Luna could not help and sigh. She wanted to say something and in the end, she did not say it.
She approached Joshua and held his hand, "You're different from him."
"Yes, I'm different." Joshua smiled bitterly. "Steven lives a happier life than me. At least…"
He looked to the far side while looking helpless and sad, "At least Steven's parent still thinks of him no matter how badly they treated the outsider. Yes, they are selfish. Using Steven as an excuse to do all bad things. At least they are really good to him. But my father…"
Adrian had never liked Joshua. He was the one who make his mother suffer. Yet, he kept blaming Rianna's death on Joshua. He told everyone the reason he hated Joshua was that Rianna died when delivering Joshua to this world.
Joshua squinted his eyes. It was about time for him to settle with Adrian.
"Joshua." Luna looked at the sorrow in Joshua's eyes. Her heart was in pain. She sighed and grabbed his hand tightly and pressed her head on his chest. "Even though you never received any love from your father, you have me and three kids. We will always love you."
Those words managed to chase away the coldness in Joshua's eyes. He was slightly stunned as he look at the woman in his arms. He smiled brightly. "Not three. Four kids."
He used his hand to hold Luna's face. "I told you. We will find our kid. I'm not bluffing. When we return to Merchant City, I'll bring you to see our youngest daughter."
Luna nodded. Despite knowing the slim chance of seeing her daughter again, she was willing to believe Joshua's words. She believed him unconditionally. Especially when she knew Joshua was a man or his word.
The couple cuddled for a while. After that, Joshua took a deep breath and brought Luna together with him to look for Steven.
They searched high and low all over Saigen City. Albeit, they failed to find Steven. It was only midnight when Thomas managed to discover Steven on one of the flights leaving the city.
To be more exact, he discovered Luke's traces instead.
The immigration record showed that Luke left the city on a plane around four in the afternoon to another small town at the other end of the earth.
Gwen stayed silent when she saw Luke's name on the record. After a while, she cocked up her head and curled her lips into a smile. "It's good too. If we can't find Steven, that means his parent can't find him too."
His parent would never think Steven would use Luke's identity to leave Saigen City. Thus, they would think Steven was still in the city and continue searching for him.
This could probably be the last thing Luke did in order to protect his brother.
However…
Gwen looked up into the dark sky. There was no chance of her seeing him in the future anymore. Either Luke or Steven would never ever exist in her life anymore.
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