Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy

Joshua shifted his gaze to Luna. “The one you should apologize to is her.“

The butler paused, then approached Luna hesitantly.

“Ms. Luna, I— “

“I don’t want your apology. “ Luna raised her head proudly as her cold eyes swept across the butler’s old and wizened face. “You dare say the rumors you spread about me, the way you discredited me, insulted me, all of these were done out of your own volition?“

“Of course.“ The butler raised his eyes and looked at Luna. “Besides me and my daughter, could there be anyone else?“

Luna barked out a cold laugh and did not bother to answer his question nor accept his apology. She raised her eyes and looked at Joshua, who stood in the distance with his arm around Alice. “If Mr. Lynch has decided to let it go, then there’s no point in me pursuing this matter any further.

“I’m not feeling very well, though. Forget I ever attended this banquet.“

With that, she ignored the reactions of the crowd behind her as she lifted her skirt and left the hall.

the victim, and the final winner after the rumors had been cleared, but she somehow felt like a clown.

Alice and how he

keenly watched as she strode out and her tempo increasing

clear marble floor, producing clear clicks as

her retreating form. A tinge of pain seemingly sliced

“Joshua.“

while later, the farce ended and the crowd dispersed. Alice carefully

lip carefully, her eyes timid and innocent. “Thank you for helping me just now. I know you said that to comfort me. I

caressed the face he had

so many years, just because of a woman I’ve known for

his hands on her shoulders gently, looking at her. Even though his actions were cold and distant, his gaze was

and don’t cause such troubles again. If you do it

won’t protect you