Chapter 973 - 508: Just Treat It as Sacrificing Myself for You (Part 2)

In a flash, Joshua Hughes’s eyes suddenly rose, as sharp as a drawn blade.

"There is one person, you go dig her out." The voice was as cold as if it came from the furthest frozen land, stimulating every pore on a person’s body to nervously close up.

How could he forget such a person? The resentful gaze she had when she left was as creepy and terrifying as a vengeful ghost, but at that time he wasn’t afraid at all, never had been. However, now he had a weakness — Avery Jane, who he wanted to protect in his heart. He couldn’t let go of anything that might harm her.

"Women are truly frightening," Julian Carter said faintly, suddenly recalling Eliza Bell, charming like a little fox spirit, squinting and smiling as she asked him to keep her company for a night. It was unbelievable — was she so foolishly desperate for a man?

"Speed it up, I want to finish everything and then take her abroad." Joshua Hughes looked out the window. Another day had passed; Avery Jane just sat by the window all day, watching the light change from morning to night. When it got dark, she obediently bathed, ate dinner, and drank a glass of milk before crawling under the covers to watch TV.

She was as calm as if nothing had happened. But only he knew that this was the prelude to a storm. He hoped to end this struggle as soon as possible and take her far away from everyone and everything here, escaping this dreadful disaster. He hoped he could avoid it...

"It’s already moving fast, you know, dissolving a conglomerate like this isn’t done overnight." Julian Carter shrugged. His words made it seem easy, like a major surgery requiring the entire body to be redone, but you can’t expect it to be completed in just thirty minutes.

:"Find a way to acquire that eight percent." Joshua Hughes raised his eyes to look at Julian Carter. If he could swallow that eight percent now, he would have absolute confidence.

:"If that eight percent is in that woman’s hands, then I’d accept it — consider it as laying down my life for you all these years. But it’s not even in her hands, nor does she know whose it is. She’s just the guardian of the shares, performing a kind of ritual." Julian Carter said with a headache. Eliza Bell wasn’t a normal woman. To make such a demand of a man she met for the first time was outrageously wanton, no matter how pretty, it put him off.

:"She likes collecting, I can let her pick anything from my collections, any item, pass that on to her for me." There was a determination in Joshua Hughes’s eyes, his regal demeanor undeniable.

"You’re joking, right? Anything, she knows what’s good. Even if she doesn’t, any one of your things is invaluable." Julian Carter was dumbfounded. Those items were of astronomical value, some beyond calculable worth.

The Hughes Family’s collection was already famous worldwide. If that little fox Eliza Bell was allowed to choose, she’d likely pick the most valuable one — that little fox had quite the discerning eye.

"Pass my message, let her choose freely." Joshua Hughes’s expression showed no sign of joking; he was very serious.

"Perhaps what happened back then isn’t how you imagined it." Julian Carter looked into Joshua Hughes’s deep eyes, which hid too many secrets. Perhaps what he knew wasn’t the whole truth.

:"No, it happened just like that. It’s just that my grandfather feared revealing the scandal, destroying both the Hughes Clan and me, so he kept it quiet. But later, he died in grief. The will clearly stated that the shares were given to Luis Hughes, not Conny Hughes. Conny didn’t even have the qualification to be a guardian. Externally, it’s always claimed that the thirty percent stake belongs to that father and son, but it never did." Joshua Hughes coldly revealed a hidden truth.

Big corporations fear scandals the most, so back then, grandfather covered it up like that. Although I was still young, watching my grandfather secretly shed tears and never allowing Conny Hughes to return to the company again, I came to know some things. Conny Hughes drugged and killed his father, and grandfather knew it but was helpless to say anything.

Until grandfather passed away, the day I took over Hughes Clan, the lawyer called the three of us together to announce the will, confirming my suspicions. All this time, I haven’t acted directly — just preparing slowly for it all, just to destroy everything Conny Hughes cares about, without killing him. I have ten thousand ways to make him live a life more painful than death...

Julian Carter always felt cold; the man sitting not far away was like a giant ice block. From his eyes to his aura, he had become powerful and icy, making people retreat and not daring to oppose him.

It’s not an easy battle to fight, considering the influence of Luis Hughes and his son doesn’t compare to Joshua Hughes. But over the years, they’ve formed quite a union of allies. Truly engaging in a tough fight would require considerable effort and strategy.