Initially, Luna thought she had misheard it, but the knocking persisted.

She tilted her head to listen carefully, then realized that this was not a coincidence, that she had not misheard at all!

The knocking came from underneath the floorboards beneath the sofa!

Luna lifted her head and met Joshua’s puzzled gaze. Clearly, he had heard the sound, too.

The two of them exchanged glances, then quickly jumped into action and pushed the sofa away. Once they got the sofa out of the way, they discovered a hidden door leading toward the basement!

The knocking was coming from the basement!

Joshua immediately picked the lock and pulled the door open. He took a step into the basement, then turned around and opened his arms wide. “Come on,“ he said to Luna.

Luna was so intrigued that she did not even have time to mull over anything. Instead, she leaped without a second thought, landing squarely in Joshua’s arms.

cramped space, the two of them got lost in the sound of

and she blushed a deep shade

she scolded herself. ‘ You’ve already had three kids with this man! Why are you

ponder over minor details like this any longer. Instead, they followed the knocking sound and entered the basement, using their phones as a

discovered Granny Lynch, Nellie, and a few of the bodyguards and servants that Joshua had sent to the countryside with them, all tied up and restrained

rocks against the basement floor, creating the knocking that

of them were tied up and gagged, so they could not make a single sound and

of tears fell out of the corners of

not help but feel devastated at this sight. She quickly rushed over, pulled Nellie into her arms, and removed the

‘m fine! “ Nellie, finally able to speak and breathe comfortably, immediately let out an exhale. Then, she cried, her forehead beaded with sweat, “ Mommy, please go save Nigel, quick! Fiona has taken him to the top of the mountain! “ Luna felt a chill go

she had already noticed that Nigel was missing.

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