The entire room grew silent as Joshua's words hung i n the air.
After a long pause, Nathan smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Lynch? We're going to become work partners soon. Plus, your wife is close friends with Luna. Isn't this marriage meant to be? Why are you-"
"Because," responded Joshua as he pointed his bony finger at Luna, "she’s not a good match."
The atmosphere in the booth grew so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
The color drained from Luna's face, but Theo's expression did not look good either.
Nathan and Celeste looked at one another, bewildered.
"Joshua." Alice frowned and sat down next to Joshua. Then, she lowered her voice and said, "Luna finally managed to find a boyfriend, and both Theo and his parents seem to be very happy with her... Why are you saying things like this? Do you know what’ll happen if you break up a marriage?"
Although Alice had lowered her voice and appeared to be whispering in Joshua’s ear, everyone heard her.
At first glance, there did not seem to be anything wrong with what Alice said. However, upon further
scrutiny, she implied that there was something wrong with Luna’s character, which led to her having a hard time finding a boyfriend.
Celeste furrowed her brows at Alice’s words. She lifted her head to glance at Luna, then at Alice. Meanwhile, Nathan's expression darkened. "Mr. Lynch, you claim that Luna isn’t a good match. Can you elaborate?’’
"There's no reason!" Theo immediately stood up and interjected, "Luna works for Lynch Group. Mr. Lynch was just worried that if Luna and I got married, she wouldn’t want to work for him anymore, and he'd lose a valued employee."
With that, he opened the jewelry box spitefully, displaying the exquisite, priceless diamond ring within.
Luna immediately recognized the ring. This was the first ring she had made with her bare hands while she was abroad. At that time, she had sold this ring for an exorbitant price to pay Malcolm back for all the help h e had provided her. Therefore, to Luna, this ring held a lot of sentimental value.
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