Chapter 1044 - 540: We’re Already Over, Don’t Keep Doing This

Thick eyelashes drooped, a handsome face pale, thin lips tightly pressed together. Before his eyes, a petite, soft, and elegant hand reached out, beautiful and graceful like an orchid...

:"My name is Avery Jane, nice to meet you..." Her voice carried sweetness and naivety, yet held the most deadly tension, passing through his eardrums into his brain, resonating like fireworks exploding in his mind. He almost couldn’t believe what he heard was true, but she had indeed spoken, saying nice to meet you, please take care. She said her name was Avery Jane. That feeling of blood rushing through his chest, that sensation where even his hands had nowhere to rest.

There are some past memories that she couldn’t cross over no matter what. But she was willing to get to know this man again as if it were the first meeting, as if they were just acquainted. She didn’t know exactly what was different about him that made him willing to sacrifice even his life for her, so she was willing to try for him once, also for herself.

The soft hand was a bit cool, held gently by the warm big hand, his voice low and hoarse with his unique magnetism: "My name is Joshua Hughes, very pleased to meet you..."

Is this a kind of anniversary? Celebrating their new birth. Her extended hand, her spoken words all indicated that she was willing to give him a chance to start over, willing to get to know him again, willing to forget the past and give him a chance, the mixed feelings in his heart were almost enough to make his eyes wet, he held back tightly. He couldn’t shed tears in front of a girl he just met, it would be too embarrassing...

:"You should rest now, I’ll go first..." Avery Jane lowered her head, trying to withdraw her small hand from his big one but was held tightly.

:"I’m not that delicate, this little injury is no big deal." He said lightly in a hoarse voice, "This is not going to end so easily, there will be a more intense counterattack from him. Please stay by my side until he’s dealt with, alright?" He knew Big Head George wouldn’t let his son’s three fingers be cut off in vain, but he didn’t expect the counterattack would be so swift, nor did he expect it would happen right at the hotel entrance.

:"I have to go back to the hotel; my sister is still waiting for me there." She wouldn’t let Eliza Bell go see, she told her if she went, she feared she’d be distracted. She had already prepared herself, knowing that there might be danger, so if there was any danger, let it come towards her alone. Never did she expect Joshua Hughes to appear there, perhaps he had been there long ago, just like when she had that King of Hearts card in her hand, a strange feeling passed through her heart, the arrival of a king, was he there too?

:"I’ve arranged enough manpower; you don’t need to worry about her safety." Joshua Hughes finally let go of her hand, realizing that holding a girl’s hand for too long during their first handshake would indeed be seen as improper. He was willing to do everything for her, ensuring she had no worries at all.

:"No, I still want to go back, I’m tired and need to rest. Mr. Hughes, you should rest well too." Avery Jane shook her head, she was messy and uncomfortable. If she wanted to start over, then it should be a clean slate. She didn’t want to deliberately create opportunities for them to get close. If they met, she wouldn’t resist as she did before. She wanted to truly understand this man, to truly know him.

She actually called him Mr. Hughes? Did he misunderstand something? Was her forgiveness just because he saved her, not necessarily giving him a chance to accept him again? His thin lips slightly pressed, the excitement and joy that surged in his chest just now felt like wine in a crystal glass that spilled on the ground, not a drop left...

His sharp, imposing face formed a pale smile: "Perhaps I’ve been self-righteous all this time..." He abruptly stood up and opened the door, instructing someone to send her back.

:"Have a good rest, I’ll go now..." He seemed very unhappy, but why was he unhappy? Just now, he was still in high spirits. Avery Jane looked at Joshua Hughes, her eyebrows furrowed tightly, without a trace of relaxation.

Downstairs there were several police cars, a bodyguard’s car in the middle, surrounded by police front and back, forming an impenetrable protection. He should be able to sleep peacefully, right? But lying on the hospital bed, with eyes closed, sleep wouldn’t come at all. Without her, he no longer knew how to sleep peacefully...

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Julian Carter escorted Avery Jane into the hotel elevator, looking at her coldly, his eyebrows tightly furrowed: "Miss Jane, I really can’t see what’s different about you, except you’re a bit prettier. But is that enough for him to disregard his life for you?" His words carried an obvious displeasure, spoken slowly yet coldly to the extreme.

"I know there might be things that the boss did to wrong you, and even as compensation, it should be enough, right? Women, even if melodramatic, should have a limit, shouldn’t they?" Thinking about Joshua Hughes covered in blood just now made him very annoyed, as that was his idol and life goal, but now lowering himself to such a pitiful state for a woman truly made him angry.

Avery Jane’s body lightly trembled, and a tense atmosphere settled...

The hotel door opened, and a person rushed out from inside, like a little lunatic, hugging Avery Jane tightly: "Sister, what’s wrong with you? What’s happened to you? When you didn’t come back, I wanted to go out and see you, but suddenly so many people came outside, they didn’t let me go out..." Eliza Bell was worried to the point of madness. Hearing the knock on the door, she peeked through the crack to see it was Avery Jane, opened the door, and tightly hugged her, only to notice a cold person standing behind her.

Julian Carter’s poker face stood behind Avery Jane as if paralyzed, his face stern and forbidding.