Chapter 1092 - 565: Struggle of Trapped Beasts

Evelyn Yates’s eyes were wide open, so wide that it seemed as if her entire eye had protruded beyond its socket, looking terrifyingly bizarre.

With a sudden release, Evelyn Yates collapsed to the ground, gasping for fresh air; just moments ago, she had almost tasted the scent of death, so close. Her mind was now blank, all along she harbored a silent hope deep within, fantasizing before knocking on the door that Joshua would consider their past friendship and spare her and Luis, but she was truly mistaken. Joshua said that was merely her sentiment. He indeed was heartless, or maybe he had some, but it was all given to that woman.

"Don’t get close to her, do you understand? The fish dies, the net breaks? I guarantee you’ll die, but the net won’t break at all..." The invisible net Joshua wove around Avery Jane was solid, layered and layered, encasing her completely, without a day for the net to break.

"I can give you those shares, but you have to wait until the Hughes Family’s child turns eighteen, during his coming-of-age ceremony, I’ll return them to him, but not now." A glint flashed in Joshua’s eyes, no one knew what he was thinking. If he didn’t want to give the shares, no one could force him, yet he was still willing to give them.

Eighteen years later, will her child be grown? How will she live through these eighteen years? After eighteen years, she’d already be a forty-year-old woman; Evelyn Yates thought despairingly, slumping against the sofa like a ragged doll, her gaze hollow. Giving it in eighteen years is the same amount as giving it now, yet it’s a completely different concept, entirely different.

"Live well, live till eighteen years later, and you’ll have endless wealth..." Coldly watching the woman leaning against the sofa, he smiled with such cruelty. This money should have gone to the Hughes descendants, but Luis didn’t deserve it. He just wanted them to look at this money as if enduring eighteen years in a frying pan, like a starving person seeing a grand feast in front of them, yet no matter how they reach, it’s always just out of grasp, never can they eat it.

"During these eighteen years, you can slowly sell things, like cars, houses, jewelry, clothes; enduring eighteen years isn’t difficult." The final sentence coldly shattered every one of Evelyn Yates’s fantasies.

The phone on the table rang, Joshua picked it up, and the icy coldness in his eyes immediately subsided, becoming soft. His voice gentle as spring water rippling: "Avery, did you wake up?"

All unpleasant emotions would always vanish after seeing her call; she was the ray of sunlight he had never expected, illuminating his dark world so casually, his lips couldn’t help but slightly curve into a charming, attractive smile.

Joshua’s mind could conjure up a beautiful and touching scene, a small and lovely girl lying in the floral sheets, holding the phone, rolling around, her long black hair spread messily...

"Didn’t you say you’d call me when you woke up?" Her voice was light and sweet, tinged with lazy drowsiness, gently tugging at his heart.

"Wash up and wait for me downstairs, I’ll come pick you up soon to take you out for brunch, okay?" Joshua signed off on the last two documents with his pen, then closed the folder and spoke tenderly into the phone. He had finished all the paperwork early in the morning; he had social engagements tonight, only lunchtime to meet and dine with her. At this time lunch was too early, the brunch at the hotel was perfect for this time, with all sorts of sweet treats she liked, she would surely enjoy it.

"Brunch? Alright, take your time, drive slowly, okay?" Avery Jane got up from the bed, looked out the window, today’s weather was very nice, should indeed be a beautiful day.

Her little concern and reminders could make warmth flow through his heart. He liked the way they interacted like this, just like ordinary lovers.

Evelyn Yates listened to him speak softly and kindly over the phone to the woman, knowing without guessing it was Avery Jane. He called her Avery so intimately, making her ears ache, his smiling lips were so dazzlingly painful.