Chapter 9


    “She hit her.”


    Aura pouted slightly and continued, “The moment she entered the room, she used Nellie of


    offending me before she pped her. I couldn’t stop her in time.”


    She even faked a distressed expression as she knelt and reached out to touch Nellie’s face. “It must’ve


    hurt so much, huh?”


    Nellie red at her, eyes full of hostility, as she pped her hand away and wriggled out of Joshua’s


    Luna straightened her back, though the pain from the kick still lingered. “I’m fine.”


    Aura poured all her strength into the kick, and Luna still carried an old wound from the ident six


    years ago. The kick almost rendered her unable to stand.


    Nellie knew this all too well. She tugged at Luna’s finger anxiously and settled her down on a corner of


    the sofa. “Does it hurt?”


    The little girl’s concerned voice and attitude made Joshua raise his brow slightly.


    “Aura, you said she hit Nellie?”


    Aura’s hands curled fists beside her.


    She did not expect the little brat would be so nice to a mere servant.


    “I find it strange, too. Why is Nellie so nice to her even though she hit her?” Aura pursed her lips.


    “Maybe Nellie thinks that as long as she’s nice to the maid and doesn’t expose her for hitting her, she


    can then me me and make you mad at me.”


    With that, she forced a few drops of tears out of the corners of her eyes. “Anyway, the three of us were


    the only ones present. The servant won’t admit it, and Nellie won’t admit it, too. No matter how hard I


    try, no one will believe me.”


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    The woman’s words made Nellie widen her eyes in shock.


    “You did hit me!”


    Nellie had enjoyed a good life overseas, well-protected by her family, and this was the first time


    meeting an adult who was such a good liar!


    “Whatever you say, I’m not going to argue with a little girl.”


    Luna squinted her eyes as she red at Aura; that woman was calmer than she expected.


    It was apparent that Aura was the one who hit Nellie, yet she acted like the forgiving victim, turning


    truth into fiction!


    “Nellie, I’m sorry,” Aura sniffed, sounding so sad and pitiful. “I didn’t hit you, but since you want me to


    bow to you, I will.”


    Nellie’s big, dewy eyes widened in shock. “But you did hit me!”


    “Let’s do this.”


    Aura raised her hand and pped herself lightly. “Since you said I hit you, I’ll hit myself, too. Let’s call it


    even.”


    With that, she wiped at her tears. “Nellie, let’s just put things to rest here, alright? Don’t make it hard for


    your dad because of a small matter like this.”


    Nellie’s whole body trembled in anger!


    How could this woman act like this?!


    She was the one who hit and her cheeks still ached, but this woman made it seem like she was acting


    out!


    The little girl bit her lips as she pouted prettily. Eventually, she could no longer hold it in as tears


    streamed down her eyes. “You’re the bad guy! You’re clearly the bad guy! You were the one who hit


    me, and you tried to shift the me to Auntie! You’re the worst!”


    Nellie’s body trembled, wrecked by her sobs.


    After all, she was just a six-year-old child, thus she was nothingpared to the devious Aura.


    Lips formed into a thin line, Luna reached out and pulled Nellie into a hug andforted her softly.


    “Ms. Gibson, you said I hit Ms. Nellie?”


    Aura turned her face to the side. “I said this issue ends here. I already apologized, and I won’t


    The woman hugging Nellie lifted her lips up in a slight smile. “But what if I insist?”


    Joshua sat on the sofa as he studied Luna’s face coldly.


    She smiled and let go of Nellie before she revealed a recorder pen from her pocket.


    In an instant, Aura’s face turned pale as a ghost.


    A sh of terror passed through her eyes. Instinctively, she rushed forward, wanting to grab for the pen.


    Luna calmly avoided her as her fingers held the recorder pen, calmly switching off the recording and


    winding it back to the part when she just entered the house.


    “I hit her.”


    “Want to take revenge for this little brat?”


    “I can’t hit her just because she’s young?”


    “The little brat deserved it for running around calling random men as her father.”


    Her cold, arrogant voice drifted out from the recorder pen clearly.


    Aura stood there and looked as if a paint palette had been poured over her head, turning white at one


    moment, then ck in another, green an instant, and red the next.


    After the recording was yed, Luna calmly put the recorder back in her pocket. “Ms. Gibson, we have


    both witness and physical evidence, yet you still insist that I hit Ms. Nellie?”


    With that, she lowered her head and examined the palm print on Nellie’s face, and her heart ached


    uncontrobly.


    She bit her lip. “This p was very strong, and the outline of the palm can be clearly seen.


    “Ms. Gibson, shall wepare our palms with the p print on Ms. Nellie’s face?”


    Aura was rendered speechless.


    She bit her lip and turned her head in panic. “Joshua, I…”


    Behind her, the tall and stern man remained seated gracefully on the sofa, but the air that emanated


    from his body turned colder and heavier, like an iceberg that remained unmoving for thousands of


    years ready to break apart, swallowing humans in an avnche in an instant.


    “Mr. Lynch, you should be clear now who hit Nellie.” Luna sucked in a deep breath and stood up,


    pulling the teary-faced Nellie into a hug. “Since I’m not responsible, I’ll bring Ms. Nellie upstairs and


    apply some ointment on her wound.”


    With that, she hugged Nellie in her arms and walked upstairs.


    Joshua narrowed his dark gaze and looked at the woman’s back.


    “Joshua…” Aura gritted her teeth. “Actually, I…”


    “Nellie is my daughter.” His low voice was cold and distant. “I don’t know how she spent thest six


    years, but I’ll try my best to give her a better life.”


    His bottomless eyes nced at Aura’s face that was red and swollen from Luna’s fists. “Since the


    servant has paid you back for hitting Nellie, I won’t do anything to you.”


    Overjoyed, Aura hurriedly leaned forward. Before she could speak, she heard his cold voice again:


    “But in the future, you don’t have toe to Blue Bay Vi again.”


    The woman’s heart plummeted to the bottom of her chest, and she bit her lip silently. “But Joshua, I’m


    still your fiancée in the eyes of the public regardless, and if you ask me not toe here again…”


    “You know it’s just for show.”


    The man stood up as he turned his tall figure back on her. “I agreed to act with you as a fake engaged


    couple because of Luna. Now, you hurt our child.


    “I think if she knows what happened today, she won’t allow you to meet Nellie again.”


    Afterward, the man raised his leg upstairs indifferently. “Send her off!”


    “Ms. Gibson, please.”


    Aura bit her lip. She stared viciously in the direction of Luna and Nellie’s retreating back.