CHAPTER 2449

Meeting Joshua's cold gaze, it was as though his deep, dark eyes were about to see through every

thought Yannie had in mind.His question was so sharp that Yannie was at a loss for words.

Yannie bit her lip and lowered her head to look at her feet, reluctant to say anything.

In truth, she was a coward, and she was afraid of Joshua's merciless gaze.

That was why she did not dare to raise her hand and make eye contact with Joshua.She was scared

that she would accidentally spill to Joshua that she had, once upon a time, carried and birthed Thomas'

baby.

The stillborn was a secret, and none but Father Samuel and the obstetrician knew about it.She did not

know if anyone else knew about the baby's existence.

Regardless, she did not want people to feel pity for her or laugh at her like she was a hot topic for their

afternoon tea session.

There was a reason that led to the way Yannie thought; she had read gossip related to Thomas before.

It was a gossip where the woman said sadly that she was pregnant with Thomas' child and even

showed proof of her pregnancy result.

However, the outcome was terrifying.

Before Thomas and his company clarified the gossip, Thomas’ fans started to ridicule the woman by

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attention.

They claimed that the woman deliberately got pregnant with Thomas’ baby and that the woman wanted

to gain fame and wealth through Thomas.

Some even said the woman was delusional and that she should be locked up in an asylum forever.

Yannie had read all of those mean comments as she held the pregnancy result tightly in one hand.

Although she was not that woman, she somehow felt those comments...were aimed at her.

In the end, the gossip was just nonsense.

The woman was not pregnant with Thomas' baby, and Thomas had never seen her before.

However, the cyberbullying comments were imprinted deeply in Yannie's heart.She swore she would

never tell anyone about her being pregnant with Thomas' baby nor delivering the baby to this world.

Even if Thomas asked, she would never fess up.

"Yannie?"

Luna furrowed her eyebrows when she saw Yannie biting her lip tightly said nothing.Thus, she looked

at Joshua with curiosity, then back at Yannie again.

"Say something."

Luna pursed her lips and walked over to grab Yannie's hands.

When she did, however, she realized that Yannie's fingernails had pierced deep into her palms, so

much so that she bled.

Luna's heart pounded vehemently when she saw the blood.

In the next second, she bit her lips and stood in between Yannie and Mrs.Flores.

Then she grabbed Yannie's hand lightly to stop her fingers from piercing into her palms.

"You don't know Thomas, right?" Luna asked.

According to Yannie's reaction, she could confirm that Joshua's assumption was correct.

Yannie knew Thomas.

However, Luna could not bear to see Yannie torture herself because the question made her nervous.

Thus, she sighed and decided to protect this young woman from Joshua and her mother.

"You don't have to be so nervous; Joshua is just curious.I believe that you only acted that way just now

not because you know Thomas, but that you wanted to protect me and my husband, didn't you?"

Luna explained on behalf of Yannie.

Yannie's heart finally felt relieved when she heard what Luna said.Then, she slowly raised her head to

look at Luna, who was smiling at her, before nodding.

"Yes, I...I just think that Ms.Luna and Mr.Lynch are good people and shouldn't be slandered."

"It's okay."

Luna sighed and turned to look at Mrs.Flores and Joshua.

"Since we've said that you'll be my assistant in Thomas' presence, we'll make it so.I'll bring you to the

studio to have a look.Is that alright with you?"

After that, Luna looked at Mrs.Flores with a smile.