Chapter 1087 - 562: Let Him Keep His Masculine Pride

The tenderness and honeyed affection in his eyes were on the verge of overflowing, his heart filled to the brim with emotion. His efforts had never been for nothing; everything he did, she could see. Time seemed to freeze at this very moment—he could only hear her clear, sweet voice, and his own heartbeat pounding like it would burst out of his chest. He was really about to go insane, all kinds of wild thoughts surging up, but all he could do was suck in a sharp breath, force those thoughts back down......

"Okay, whatever you say is fine...." Her body carried a faint fragrance, her own unique scent, mixed with a hint of rose essential oil. On a night like this it slowly diffused into the air, wrapping around him completely, as if he’d fallen and sunk into her, never wanting to come up again.....

"I’m being serious." Avery Jane’s delicate brows knit slightly, a touch of playful blame, a touch of coquettishness. He was crazy about this little mannerism of hers.....

"I know, I know. Let’s just keep dating properly, hmm?" Joshua Hughes stroked her head full of black hair, as if soothing a little cat whose fur was about to bristle.

"You can’t have people following me, and you can’t control what friends I make. You can’t keep thinking about moving me into your place........" Avery Jane toyed with the button sewn onto his suit skirt, exquisitely luxurious to the extreme. His clothes all looked the same, yet if you looked closely, they were all different. Just like the man himself—he always seemed to wear that cold expression, yet she knew that under that chilly face, all kinds of different emotions were shifting and changing.

"Any other requests? Say them all at once......?" Tonight his voice was especially low and hoarse, his gaze deep and focused as he spoke, making her not even dare to meet his eyes.

Anything she wanted, he would give her—as long as he had it, as long as he could do it. But wasn’t giving her too much freedom dangerous? She was so beautiful; giving her full rights to make friends was basically creating trouble for himself. The best thing now would be to put the title of Mrs. Hughes on her, so everyone would give up that idea. He was already thinking of holding a wedding that would shock the whole world, so that everyone would know who this beautiful woman belonged to, so that no one would dare covet her again.

"You can brag after you manage it. Do you know you’re a man with zero credit?" Avery Jane poked his hard chest with her finger. He was a man who broke the rules all the time—this kind of thing was probably already beyond him, and he still wanted her to make more demands?

"Then let’s start from zero. You can try and see whether my credit’s any good or not." The summer night was already a bit hot, but Joshua Hughes’s office was always icy cold. The temperature difference from outside to inside made it hard for Avery Jane to adjust; she let out a tiny sneeze.

Joshua Hughes took off his suit jacket and draped it over her shoulders. His clothes still carried his body heat, warm, with a faint musk that wrapped around her. That domineering aura seeped into her through every pore, threading through her little by little, not even sparing a single strand of hair. Avery Jane let out a soft sigh—some people’s dominance and possessiveness were innate, probably something even they themselves hadn’t noticed or felt. Joshua Hughes was very likely that sort of man; he never felt he was particularly domineering or authoritarian. Yet she’d gone and fallen for a man like this. Thinking of that, she smiled, a gentle curve of her lips, a touch of release in her gaze......

"What are you laughing at?" Her sudden smile was as beautiful and stirring as a spring breeze that makes thousands of pear trees blossom at once. It made his heart thump wildly.

"Not telling you." The ripple of her eyes shimmered gently like water, so tender it almost drowned him......

He laughed, the starlight in his eyes like a night sky filled with countless stars, impossible to look away from. "You’re not going to ask me to stay away from other women, or not pick up other women’s calls or something? It seems like when people are dating, girlfriends always make those kinds of demands." Joshua Hughes was in an excellent mood, joking with her.

"If you have other women, what is there left for me to talk about with you?" There was a clever light in Avery Jane’s eyes. She had said before, if it wasn’t the one and only, she wouldn’t even want ’the one who loves her most.’

What she’d always wanted was the only one.

"Avery has ruined my appetite. If it’s not a beauty like you, I really can’t bring myself to take a bite........" His low laugh rumbled up from his chest, vibrating against her eardrums. Joshua Hughes took her little hand and played with it in his large palm. Her small hand was warm and smooth like jade, the delicate, soft feel made him reluctant to let go. Just looking at that slender palm was enough to make a man almost lose control and want to bite it.