That’s right.
Stella Lockwood and her father had relied on each other since she was young, and their bond was incredibly deep.
Later, Flynn Lynch became her brother.
In the seven years they spent together day and night, they formed an irreplaceable connection.
When she was very little, Stella Lockwood had said to Flynn Lynch, “Lynch, you saved my life.
From now on, I’m yours, but you have to be mine too…
Let’s never be apart, ever.”
Flynn Lynch nodded.
“Okay.
We’ll never be apart.”
The neighbors used to tease her, “Stella, you like Lynn so much, don’t you?
And your brother Lynn is so handsome.
You should just marry him when you grow up.
That way you can be with your brother Lynn forever…”
At the time, she didn’t understand what it meant to get married, but she loved being with her brother Lynn.
So, goaded on by the neighbors, she went to ask Flynn Lynch, “Lynch, can you be a live-in son-in-law?
That way, we can stay with Dad forever.”
Flynn Lynch didn’t even blink.
“Okay, I’ll be a live-in son-in-law.
I’ll stay with you and Dad forever.”
She was overjoyed and ran around announcing, “Dad, you have a live-in son-in-law!
You have a live-in son-in-law…!”
Her father chased after her, trying to cover her trouble-making little mouth.
He shot her a look and said, “Have you no shame?
You’re only eight and you’re already trying to find a live-in son-in-law.
Stop talking nonsense, the neighbors will laugh at you…”
But she just giggled, wriggled free from her father’s grasp, and clung to her brother.
She didn’t think there was anything to be ashamed of.
All that mattered was that she wanted to be with her brother Lynn.
As for her brother Lynn, he was cold and indifferent to everyone else.
He reserved all his gentleness for Stella Lockwood.
Only when he was with her would he smile, and he spoiled her rotten.
To put it this way, whether at school or in the back alleys, if anyone dared to so much as touch Stella Lockwood, Flynn Lynch would beat them bloody.
She remembered one time in the third grade when a boy sitting behind her kept pulling her hair.
Stella Lockwood was furious.
When Flynn Lynch found out, he not only beat the boy up but also shaved his head bald.
The incident caused a huge uproar and taught everyone at school one thing: little Stella had a brother, Flynn Lynch, who was maniacally protective of her.
This guy felt no shame in bullying those weaker than him; as long as someone dared to mess with his “little wifey” of a sister, he was capable of doing the absolute worst.
The main point was, he only doted on Stella.
Toward his other two sisters—Skylar Lockwood and Serena Lockwood—he was lukewarm at best.
The two of them, however, held him in high esteem, if only because when it came to his studies, Flynn Lynch was like an Immortal come down to earth.
Even though he had been a street urchin for many years, when he returned to school, it took him less than two years to catch up on everything he’d missed.
He became a star pupil, specially mentored by the city’s top elementary and junior high schools.
It was no exaggeration to call him a genius.
But no matter how exceptional or popular he later became, he remained indifferent to the world’s praise.
He only cared about what his father and Stella thought of him…
In Stella Lockwood’s eyes, Flynn Lynch’s arrival hadn’t just meant being spoiled rotten.
The reason she became a child star was also because a film company had taken an interest in Flynn Lynch and wanted to sign him as an actor.
Yes, her brother Flynn Lynch had been an actor.
She thought it looked like a lot of fun, and she insisted on tagging along, wanting to act too.
Without a second thought, he went to the director and recommended her.
Just like that, she became a child star.
When she was nine and her brother was sixteen, he landed his first big break playing the teenage version of the male lead in a hit TV series.
She played the childhood version of the female lead in the same show.
They shared a fantastic scene, and she became a child star overnight.
By the time she was twelve and her brother was nineteen, he had already played popular supporting roles in two hit idol dramas and was on track to become a male lead.
She rode his coattails to fame, and everywhere they went, he held her in the palm of his hand.
Life was getting better and better, but it was then that her father and brother died tragically.
She was utterly devastated, never able to escape the shadow of their deaths.
And the reason she was so madly infatuated with Don Joyce was because he looked so much like Flynn Lynch—not a perfect resemblance, to be sure, but when he smiled, there was a good fifty- or sixty-percent likeness.
It was this likeness that had her completely spellbound.