Chapter 1091 - 564: Bringing Ruin Upon Oneself, Blame No One Else

"Boss, your former, former, former girlfriend is here looking for you. Will you see her or not?" The continuous days of overtime had made Julian Carter’s temper turn a bit irritable. There were just too many tricky issues, each harder to deal with than the last. Damn it, it was as if he was cursed; there clearly were shortcuts, but they couldn’t take them, all to preserve the dreadful pride of the boss.

"What’s wrong? Is your brain not functioning well, and now even your tongue isn’t working? Julian, since when did you have a stuttering problem?" Joshua Hughes sat at the desk, focusing on the documents, not even raising his head as he spoke coldly.

"To be accurate, she has quite a deep connection with you, boss. You should not be unfamiliar with Miss Evelyn Yates, should you?" Julian Carter’s voice almost came out through his nose.

The man seated at the desk kept his head down still, his slender fingers lightly tapping the tabletop, lost in thought...

Having followed him for so many years, Julian understood this gesture and turned to leave.

It was the first time Evelyn Yates had come here. The time she spent with Joshua Hughes was neither long nor short, but she had never truly integrated into his life, not even a little. How sad.

Behind this door was the man she loved most, but throughout her life, she could never again be entangled with him. Now, she could only pray that he would spare Luis Hughes, at least allow her to maintain her current respectable life.

She pushed open the door, and a wave of extremely cold air rushed at her, causing her to shiver. His office always had the air conditioning turned up very high. Evelyn understood that it was not only the air that was cold, but also the aura emitted from that man.

She hadn’t seen Joshua Hughes for a long time, perhaps only in dreams. He was as charming as ever, his sharply defined features overly handsome. When she entered, he lazily lifted his eyelids, and she could already sense the sharp light bursting from his eyes.

This man seemed the most dangerous when appearing lazy and harmless, like a lion dozing in the shade. As soon as prey appeared, he could swiftly pounce and capture, tear, and chew without a moment’s hesitation...

"Joshua, I..." Evelyn Yates bit her lip and mustered the courage to approach his desk.

"Call me Mr. Hughes." Joshua Hughes looked at the woman standing before him, speaking coldly. Hearing his name spoken from her mouth made him uncomfortable, even a little nauseous. He never wanted any other woman to call him by that name; he only wanted it spoken by Avery Jane. But she was quite stubborn, stubbornly calling him by his full name.

"I’m here to ask you, could you, for the sake of the past, let Luis go by returning his rightful shares to him?" Evelyn Yates hardened her heart and spoke out. She did not want Joshua Hughes to look down on her, but she truly had no other option now. She could not imagine what it would be like if she had nothing. If she truly had nothing, not even a chance to ever see Joshua again, she would disappear from high society, unable to attend any banquets or soirées, unable to meet him in lavish dresses at any prestigious event.

"The past’s ties? They are your ties, not mine." His words spilled from his thin lips like shards of ice, and his gaze was colder than his words.

She always knew Joshua’s heartlessness, but she had to experience it repeatedly to feel the pain. He said those ties were hers, not his. He merely regarded her as a tool, perhaps not even that, tossing her to Luis when he no longer wanted her. He hated Luis so much he wanted to give him all the undesirable things, so it was conceivable what standing she held in his heart, to be so contemptuously trampled underfoot.

"Save your tears; I’ve told you, shedding tears in front of me is worthless. I will not pity you, nor will my heart ache." The cold words echoed once again. His voice was as pleasant and magnetic as ever, yet so hurtful.

The same tears from Avery Jane were as precious as diamonds when she shed them, but this woman only made him feel unbearably irritable. Joshua Hughes frowned, looking at the documents on his desk, "Go back and tell Luis that since he has the guts to sue me, he must have the guts to face the consequences."

Luis Hughes couldn’t stand this kind of delay anymore. Joshua Hughes knew very clearly that this lawsuit would consume Luis’s already scant patience, and what little disposable cash he had left in his pocket. His constitution was long softened by the indulgent world, and he lacked the strong will to endure it further; for Luis to let Evelyn Yates seek him out meant he had reached the end of the road.

:"Joshua...... Mr. Hughes, he just wants to reclaim what’s rightfully his....... " Evelyn’s eyes were wet with tears; this man’s heart was too cold and hard, she didn’t know what it was made of: "He’s your brother....."

Joshua Hughes lifted his gaze, his profound eyes carrying a sharp light that swept over Evelyn’s face as if he was hearing the most ridiculous joke in the world: "Isn’t it too late to talk about familial bonds now? Avery Jane used to be your family too, but you tried more than once to harm her, to take her life? Evelyn Yates, your heart is more ruthless than mine; I merely stripped Luis of everything, but you then tried to kill Avery Jane, didn’t you?" Joshua’s words were like a basin of ice water poured over her head, making her cold from head to foot, her face pale and lifeless.

:"Mr. Hughes, please return our money to us; you’re already very wealthy now and don’t need the little money Luis has. Besides, you also owe the Yates Family; your eyes were a gift from my brother. Even if I ask for this favor back, you should return it to me." Evelyn was pushed against a dead end; today she had to get a satisfactory result. She could no longer have Joshua Hughes, but she still wanted to own a semblance of a decent life.

:"Who gave you such audacity, hmm? If Wenyard Cooper knew how you treated Avery Jane, would he be willing for me to repay the Yates Family this favor?" Joshua looked at her, his tone filled with hostility. This woman still dared to bring up the matter of the eyes. Those eyes had always been a pain deep inside him; he didn’t know what Avery Jane would think if she found out the eyes came from Wenyard Cooper. He had no confidence in it, nor dared to use this matter to provoke her, especially when their relationship had only recently eased, and she finally was willing to give him this chance.

:"If you can’t agree, I’ll go talk to Avery Jane. If she asks you, you’ll agree, won’t you?" Evelyn dared not look at Joshua Hughes; his expression was too terrifying. She used all her courage just to speak the words, yet immediately regretted it after saying them.

The air wasn’t just cold; it contained violent, raging anger, pressing forward and making one feel on the brink of suffocation, unable to catch a breath......

:"Do you think you have the chance to get close to her?" Joshua had a cruel smile on his lips, like a demon; how could he possibly give these people the chance to get near Avery Jane.

:"Even if I don’t speak, someone eventually will. You can’t keep her protected in a vacuum forever." Evelyn’s voice trembled, negotiating with the most powerful and violent man or, essentially, threatening him was foolish, yet she had done it. If she didn’t, they wouldn’t even have the slightest chance of turning the situation around.

"You really have a death wish......" Before Evelyn could react, Joshua was already standing in front of her, his tall, strong body, familiar and alluring scent; Evelyn’s tears fell even harder. This was once her man, but now she could only degrade herself to beg him without dignity, even having to hide her crazy love in her heart, just hoping to exchange for a secure life for the rest of her days.

He was so close, Evelyn greedily took in his scent, that cold, pure, powerful masculine aura, a scent that was absent from Luis Hughes.

:"Joshua, for the sake of how much I loved you, loved you for so long......." crying in agony, uncontrollably tightly embracing Joshua’s strong body. She was like this; she wanted to hold him, wanted to hide in his arms, wanted to receive his gentle caress, wanted it almost to the point of madness, dreaming of it day and night. His broad chest with a powerful heartbeat, made her obsessed, wanting more.

Joshua looked at this woman with disgust; the pungent perfume scent on her body, the greed emanating from her soul was repulsive. He harshly pulled her hand away, pushing her onto the sofa, watching her sobbing. Coldly and mercilessly he spoke: "Your love is vulgar and cheap; do not have any thoughts of trying to approach Avery. If she learns even a bit about this, I swear, I’ll make your life a hundred times harder than it is now, so much so that even begging for food, no one would dare to give you a bite. Understand?"

His eyes carried disdain and contempt, causing one to feel chilled: "I don’t care; I will seek her out. At worst, we’ll go down together. If I can’t have a good life, she shouldn’t expect to live comfortably....." screaming madly, as if wanting to vent out the accumulated dissatisfaction, jealousy, anger.......

She really was reckless.

The large hand tightly gripped her throat, the deep eyes filled with cruelty, coldly watching the woman’s face gradually turn red, coughing violently. With more force, slowly even the coughs grew weak, a "gurgling" sound emerged from her throat. Such a sound in medicine is known as the death rattle; it’s emitted by a dying person due to extreme lack of oxygen.

In just ten more seconds, she would inevitably suffocate to death....