Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 571: I lost her, I can’t find her...
After speaking, Benjamin Parker looked disdainfully at Adrian Davies’ cooking skills, "What kind of cooking is Dad doing? It’s basically dark cuisine, it’s poison, really."
With that, the three of them enjoyed their meal in a pleasant atmosphere.
After eating, under the supervision of her two precious ones, Melody Parker stayed home for an entire day.
Only when they made sure Melody Parker was really fine, acting like normal, did the two little ones allow her to leave the house.
This time, Melody Parker was heading out to find Serena Sterling.
Since returning to River City, Melody Parker hadn’t been able to reach Serena Sterling.
Every time she called Serena Sterling, the phone was off. Worried about her, Melody Parker decided to go over to Sterling Manor.
However, when Melody Parker arrived at Sterling Manor, she found the gate tightly shut, with no one home.
Thinking of the relationship between Serena Sterling and Malcom Moore, Melody Parker decided to check out CC Pub.
As soon as she entered the pub, Melody Parker inquired directly, "Is Young Master Morris here?"
The bartender recognized Melody Parker.
Knowing that Melody Parker and Young Master Morris were friends, the bartender didn’t withhold information and said, "Yes, our boss is drinking in one of the private rooms."
"Thank you!" Melody Parker expressed her thanks and walked towards the direction of the private rooms.
Before long, Melody Parker arrived at the door of the private room.
Melody Parker raised her hand to push the door, and upon seeing Malcom Moore inside, she was startled...
The man sitting dejectedly in the private room, drinking one glass after another, was he really the same charming and gentle Young Master Morris?
What on earth happened?
Luna’s phone is off, the Sterling family’s door is locked, and now Malcom Moore is drinking here?
Could it be...
A sudden bad premonition rose in Melody Parker’s heart.
She quickly approached Malcom Moore, snatching the glass out of his hand, her voice clear and cold as she questioned, "Malcom Moore, what’s going on? Where’s Luna? Why can’t I reach her?"
Malcom Moore looked at Melody Parker with a bitter smile, "Melody, you’re back!"
Melody Parker wore a cold expression, "Malcom Moore, I’m asking you about Luna. Why is there no one at her house? Where’s Aunt Victoria?"
"Melody..." Malcom Moore’s voice was desolate as he stared painfully at Melody Parker, "Luna... I don’t know where Luna is? Melody, I can’t find Luna, I lost her, I can’t find her anymore..."
"Luna left?" Melody Parker frowned deeply, looking at Malcom Moore, "Malcom Moore, what on earth happened between you and Luna? Why did Luna leave?"
Malcom Moore looked at Melody Parker, suddenly speaking in pain, guilt, and self-reproach: "Melody, you know what? Aunt Victoria died, because of me, Aunt Victoria was killed by Ivy Wood!"
Melody Parker was shocked.
Aunt Victoria died?
How could this happen?
Malcom Moore’s eyes were filled with painful emotion as he continued, "Luna said we haven’t known each other long, that we don’t understand each other enough, so she..."
Hearing the news of Aunt Victoria’s passing, Melody Parker felt shock, sadness, and a pang of heartache for Serena Sterling.
Back in those hopeless and downtrodden days when Melody Parker couldn’t get love from Maxwell Parker and was ganged up on by Phoebe and Ava, she felt the warmth of home at Serena Sterling’s house.
Both Serena, Uncle Sterling, and Aunt Victoria were truly kind to Melody Parker.
They treated Melody as family, genuinely, with all their heart and soul.
True feelings were always exchanged with true feelings.
So in Melody Parker’s heart, Serena Sterling was not only her best friend, but also her family, her sister, and Serena’s parents were her parents too.
Over a year ago, Uncle Sterling had a sudden accident and passed away.
Now Aunt Victoria was gone too.
If she couldn’t accept it, then what about Luna?
Tears filled Melody Parker’s ink-black eyes.
She looked at Malcom Moore, her voice icy as she questioned, "Malcom Moore, over a year ago, Uncle Sterling died saving your father, and now you’re telling me Aunt Victoria died because of you..."
In the end, Melody Parker couldn’t continue.
Because looking at Malcom Moore’s grief-stricken face, although she didn’t know exactly what happened, she thought that Malcom wouldn’t want such things to happen either, right?
Besides, more than blaming, Melody Parker wanted to figure out what Serena Sterling had gone through during her absence.
Melody Parker interrupted Malcom Moore, her voice cold as she asked, "How did Aunt Victoria suddenly die? Who on earth is this Ivy Wood? What did she do?"
Malcom Moore was filled with immense grief.
He looked at Melody Parker and slowly recounted, "Before Luna and I got engaged, my ex-girlfriend came back... My heart had long moved on from her... so I didn’t tell Luna... But Luna found out about her existence and was very concerned... Luna ran away from the engagement ceremony, Aunt Victoria had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized... That crazy Ivy Wood, she actually went insane and pretended to be a nurse..."
After speaking, Malcom Moore looked at Melody Parker, his expression filled with pain as he asked, "Melody, Luna blames me, hates me! Luna said if she could, she’d rather have never met, never fallen in love with me... She won’t let me find her, begged me to leave her alone, give her a way out... She asked me not to look for her." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
From Malcom Moore’s account, Melody Parker finally understood everything that had happened to Serena Sterling in the few months she was away from River City.
Luna’s mom was gone, Luna left heartbroken and despaired...
In relationships, everyone is selfish.
Luna couldn’t tolerate even a grain of sand in her eyes, and her concern over Malcom Moore’s first love only showed how much Luna cared for, loved Malcom Moore...
So Malcom’s silence and lack of honesty caused Luna’s distress, leading to the series of events that followed.
But neither Malcom Moore nor Luna was at fault.
The one at fault was Ivy Wood!
It was Ivy Wood’s obsession and paranoia that led to Aunt Victoria’s death.
If blame must be placed on Malcom Moore and Serena Sterling, their only fault was in their care for each other and lack of honesty.
If only one of them had been willing to speak up, or one had asked directly, the whole incident wouldn’t have led to Luna running away from the wedding; Aunt Victoria wouldn’t have been angry and hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage; Ivy Wood wouldn’t have had the chance to harm Aunt Victoria.
So Luna, in self-reproach and pain, left River City.
And Malcom Moore, equally self-reproachful and in pain, was drowning his sorrows here in alcohol...
Melody Parker looked at Malcom Moore with frustration and pity, "Malcom Moore, why don’t you go find Luna? Do you not know, Luna has never left River City before?"
