Luna's eyebrows furrowed.
"Do you know them?" Anne, following Luna's gaze, also caught sight of the couple walking through the doors. However, she could not see the woman's face from where she was sitting and could only make out who the man was.
She raised her brow at this. "Hey, isn't that James Shore?"
Luna froze and turned to glance at Anne. "Do you know him?"
"I do." Anne pursed her lips. "He's the leader of one of the local gangs here in Banyan City, who've only gained power over the last two years. He even once went to John's company to threaten the employees there. If John hadn't called the cops on him, I'm sure he would've harmed the employees."
Luna was stunned by this. "What happened then? Didn't he try to take revenge after John called the cops?"
Usually, people like them would seek revenge on the person who ratted them out to the police after being released.
"He didn't have a chance." Anne pursed her lips. "After getting released, he perhaps intended to seek revenge on us, but before he could do so, someone got to him first and punished him by breaking one of his legs. During his recovery, his gang lost power to another gang in Banyan City and he lost his position. Not only that, but after that incident, he didn't dare to stir up any more trouble and resorted to being a debt collector for a loan shark company."
As soon as she finished her sentence, Anne immediately caught sight of the woman who sat next to James. Her eyes widened in shock. "That woman… Why does she look identical to that Fiona girl who died?"
Anne had been by Luna's side when Fiona tried to break Luna and Joshua apart, and thus, she remembered every last detail, down to Fiona's face.
She never thought that someday, a woman who looked so much like Fiona would suddenly appear in Banyan City so many years after her death!
"I'm curious too." Luna curled her lips into a smile. All of a sudden, the waiter arrived with their drinks, and she placed Anne's drink in front of her while proceeding to take a sip of her own. "Hey, since you're in Banyan City, didn't you hear about my father-in-law's engagement?"
Anne rolled her eyes as she took a sip from her drink too. "Of course I've heard about it. I even know that the bride-to-be is a woman who's much younger than him."
Luna pursed her lips in Jacqueline's direction. "Well, that's her."
Anne almost spat out her drink. "Her? She's the young, pretty woman getting married to your wretched father-in-law?"
"Yes, that's right." Luna nodded and put down her cup. "That's why I can't help feeling that something is wrong. She and Fiona both come from the same city, and look almost identical to each other. Besides, she doesn't seem like a naive woman who'd be easily swayed by Adrian's sweet nothings like how Celia was, yet she still chose to marry someone who's more than twenty years her senior. I can't help feeling things aren't that simple."
Anne's hand, which was holding her coffee cup, stiffened at this. "So does this mean…
"Do you think that she's possibly related to Fiona and has come to Banyan City to marry Adrian so that she can avenge Fiona's death?"
She furrowed her brow at this. "Well, why would she do this for Fiona? How are they related to each other? Are they sisters? If not, why would she marry an asshole like Adrian just to avenge Fiona's death? This is a lifetime commitment we're talking about!"
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