Her || Complete ✔️

chapter 22

After minutes in each other's arms, her father finally broke the hug and cupped Luna's face. "I probably have a lot of explaining" he mentioned, earning a chuckle and a nod from Luna. Her father laughed a little before standing up. "Come on, let's go to the kitchen and talk," her father said as he reached out his hand to Luna to help her stand up. Luna grabbed his hand and stood up to follow him in the kitchen. She then sat down on one of the stools and watched her father get a drink from the fridge. "Ask away" her father instructed. Luna has a lot of questions, so it took her a while to pick what to ask first. After a few seconds, she finally decided. "Is Mary my stepmother?" she asked. "yes. Your real mother died right after you were born. And when you were only 5 months old, I met Mary. She was applying in being my personal assistant back then, and as days went by, we both fell in love, at least that's what I thought. But as you heard from earlier, she just wanted me because of my money and my name" her father explained as he poured some apple juice into two glasses, offering Luna one, which she accepted and took a sip before asking another question. "why didn't you tell me this when I was little? I would've understood" Luna asked, eager to hear his answer. Her father sat next to her and faced her before speaking. "I was afraid. She might hurt you even more, and she might bankrupt me and take down the business, then make me and you leave this house, and that will lead me into taking care of you without money in my pockets" he explained. "and she shouldn't know about this. Most of the agents in the company look up to her very much because of what "business" she's doing. If she finds out about us talking and you forgiving me, she might tell her agents to take both of us down" he added. "dad, I can handle them you know" Luna defended. "no. don't make any move. It's a very dangerous risk. I wanted you to run the business, so, if you do something now, we might lose it and she'll take over it" her father explained, now looking in a different direction as he sips from his glass. Luna can see the fear in his eyes, the fear of losing. She wanted to tell him more about who she is now, what potential she has now, how much power he has now, but she chose not to. She doesn't want to freak him out, and she's assuming he'll keep denying her. so, she just nodded and took a sip from her cup before asking a different question. "why is she so mad at your brother? Who's your brother anyway?" she asked. "Ace, Ace Washington. He changed his last name when he got married and decided not to change back to our last name even after his wife left him. Mary's mad at him for being successful. And wanted us to be more successful than him, well, she wants to be more successful than him. Ace runs this business where his agents "takes care" of the people who do other people wrong, may it be a bully or an actual gang, and this made him the most known, the most successful, and the richest company that has that objective in this city. Mary planned to build this group of people to terminate him and his agents. She keeps adding people in this group and they train almost every day because she knows how powerful Ace's agents are" her father explained, leaving Luna dumbfounded. "wait, what?! Your father is Ace's brother?!" both Adrien and Kelly yelled through her earpiece. Luna was just staring at her father when he snapped his fingers in front of her face. "are you okay?" he asked once Luna came back to her senses. "yeah. I'm just a bit sleepy. Sorry" she responded. Her father nodded and picked up his cup with Luna's. "go to bed. I'll be taking you to the office tomorrow while Mary will be on a two-day business trip and she'll be leaving after breakfast tomorrow" her father instructed and mentioned as he stood up. Luna just nodded, still staring into nothingness. After putting the two glasses in the sink, John walked towards Luna and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. "goodnight sweetie. Don't think about this too much" he said before walking away and going to his room. After a few seconds, Luna snapped back into reality and stood up. woah, what the fuck, she thought before walking back into her room.

"Luna. Explain. Now" Kelly demanded in a stern voice. "I still need processing Kelly, even I was caught off guard. But I can't speak of this, for now, most of all, I can't mention this to Mary. We're going to stick with my original plan" Luna explained. "Ace, you're the one who needs explaining" Luna added, knowing that Ace is listening. "I know. But in all honesty, I think it's better if you have your father explain it to you" Ace said. "wait, I want to know now!" Kelly exclaimed. "why does it seem like you're more affected than Lu?" Adrien mentioned. Kelly was silent for a moment before letting out a small and nervous laugh. "Sorry Lu" she apologized. "it's alright. I'm going to sleep. This is too much for one night" Luna responded. Everyone said their goodnights and stayed quiet for Luna to sleep.