Billionaire And His Son Betrayed Me: Brothers Back Me Up novel Chapter 157

Chapter 157

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Xylia squinted at Joshua, as if something had just occurred to her. “It suddenly occurred to me at that designer exchange competition in Jupiton, you didn’t tamper with the ranking I received, did you?”

Joshua frowned at her and said, “Do you think I am such a person who cannot distinguish between public and private matters?”

It was not to that extent.

Xylia dispelled her doubts.

What he said meant that she truly earned the 300 thousand reward through her own ability at that time.

She felt happy again. T’m going back to tell Josie. After I have arranged the studio matters, I will begin the

surgery.

Joshua gazed at her with indulgent affection. “Do you need me to take you back?”

Xylia shook her head. “If you’re busy, go ahead with your business. I’ll take an Uber.”

Joshua was momentarily stunned, not knowing how she knew he was busy.

Xylia noticed his confusion and explained, “Normally, you don’t ask if I need a ride–you just push me into the car. The fact that you’re asking now means something’s up.

The smile at the corner of Joshua’s lips grew wider.

After Xylia finished placing an Uber order, the two stood side by side at the roadside in silence, yet there was not the slightest sense of awkwardness.

The weather was cool and overcast. Wind, carrying warm air, swept by and lifted the mist–like hem of Xylia’s skirt.

She pressed her lips together. Only when the Uber was about to arrive did she turn to look at Joshua. “Joshua, thank you.”

Joshua was dumbfounded by her sudden expression of gratitude.

He gave a slight smile and, referring again to his earlier joke, said, “I will remember every ‘thank you‘ you say. One day, you will return all the favors.”

As he spoke, he leaned in toward Xylia and said, “It would be best if you married me.”

Xylia’s face flushed slightly. This time, she did not avoid him.

“Joshua.” Her voice conveyed a measure of seriousness.

The gaze directed at Joshua became noticeably more serious.

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Joshua couldn’t help but feel nervous and on edge.

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He blinked his eyes and stood obediently, listening to her. “You are three years younger than I am. You are not that old. When it comes to matters of emotion, I hope you will consider carefully.

“Indeed, I did save you once when we were abroad. If you feel grateful to me for that, then with all the times you have helped me recently, any debt of gratitude has long since been repaid.

“Affection is not an emotional obligation. Please think it over carefully again: do you truly love me, or is what you feel merely sympathy distorted by a sense of indebtedness?”

After hearing what Xylia said, Joshua’s brows furrowed slightly. “Are you doubting me?”

Xylia said seriously. “I am not doubting you; rather. I hope you can gain a clear understanding of yourself. I need time to find the courage to enter a new relationship, and I do not wish to hold you back.”

Joshua’s expression grew increasingly grim.

Xylia’s smile remained unchanged. “Joshua, I promise you that once you have made up your mind, no matter what your answer is, I will give it serious consideration.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the Uber had already arrived in front of her.

Xylia got into the car.

Joshua remained standing, watching as the rear of the car carrying Xylia gradually disappeared along the road.

After a long while, he finally laughed out loud.

He had deliberated for nearly a decade and long ago reached the utmost clarity in his considerations.

The person who truly needed to consider it was Xylia.

Those who had been deeply hurt by marriage, even if they accepted kindness from the opposite sex, would still put up layers of armor to protect themselves.

“What a coward.” With that thought, Joshua smiled helplessly, turned around, and returned to his car.

The car departed in the opposite direction.

A few seconds later, a light, pitter–patter rain began to fall from the sky.

Muffled thunder expanded from the horizon toward the center. After the deafening sound, lightning streaked across the sky.

It was a night of torrential rain.

At midnight, lightning flashed, brilliantly illuminating the warehouse on the outskirts of the city.

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Joshua was standing at the warehouse entrance in a black trench coat, facing outside and looking at the bodyguard holding an umbrella. “Are they here?”

The bodyguard without an umbrella huddled under the umbrella held by his colleague, while the people he was restraining were left exposed to the pouring rain, already soaked like a drowned rat.

Joshua turned around and entered the warehouse, then sat down on a soft chair.

The bodyguards threw the individuals to the ground and lifted them up by pulling their hair.

All the exposed heads were exclusively foreign faces.

Some had blue eyes and blond hair, while others had green eyes and black hair. All of them were muscular and physically robust.

At this moment, all of them were tied up and trampled to the ground, their bodies soaked, faces bruised and swollen, with fresh blood streaming down their faces and bodies, looking utterly miserable.

“Tell me, who’s the person behind the scenes?” Joshua’s languid voice descended from above, its low timbre inexplicably tinged with a chilling undertone.

However, the ones lying on the ground remains unafraid.

They kept their mouths tightly closed and did not speak.

Joshua raised an eyebrow. “Not talking? Then I’ll send you to the underground detention center in the west.

There was no legal constraint there, and life received no legal protection.

For those who went there, whether they lived or died, no one knew; and whether they became human or animals, no one could say for sure.

The foreigners lying face down on the ground, whose faces were already pale, turned even paler after hearing Joshua’s worde

One of them raised his head and looked toward Joshua.

Joshua lowered his gaze, casting a cold, sideways glance at him.

Yet the man suddenly smiled. Anger surged within his blue eyes.

“We will not betray our leader!” As he spoke, his lips moved hesitantly.

Joshua’s eyes widened. He hurriedly said, “Stop them!”

The bodyguards had already responded swiftly to intervene.

However, these foreigners all crushed the poison concealed in their teeth and died almost instantly.

A mad gleam flashed in Joshua’s eyes.

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He realized that these people were professional assassins, just like that group of people he met abroad back

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