Chapter 37 If I Hadn't Escaped, You Wouldn't Have Had the Chance to Mention the Child Today
Mia felt like all the blood in her body was freezing, but she still didn't want to admit it, didn't want to bow down to Ava.
Until Joshua's dark eyes impatiently swept over her, that cold look made Mia tremble from the bottom of her heart. Joshua was truly angry now.
Mia bit her lower lip hard and said pitifully, "Joshua, I didn't mean to..."
Joshua said nothing.
Mia's legs trembled with fear, putting on a weak expression, hoping this cold-hearted Joshua would take pity on her.
But he didn't.
The aura around Joshua was truly like that of a demon.
Mia bit her lip hard. Even though she was extremely unwilling, she had no other choice.
"Dr. Davis, I'm... I'm sorry. I was just anxious for a moment... I didn't mean it."
"Okay."
Ava's gaze was cold. She glanced at Mia casually and said coldly, "I don't accept it."
"You!" Mia bit her lip hard.
Ava brushed off Joshua's support and took a step back, her delicate face calm. "Thank you, Mr. Thomas, but it's not necessary."
Joshua showing up here was nothing more than to pick up Mia after work. There was no need for him to make his sweetheart sad for her sake.
"What do you mean?" Why was Ava becoming more distant and guarded toward him day by day?
This feeling made Joshua very uncomfortable.
"There's no need for Mr. Thomas to make your lover sad for my sake."
"..."
Ava nodded slightly, turned around indifferently and left. Gilbert's expression was calm as he walked to Ava's side and left with her.
His finger bones cracked.
Joshua's tall figure stood there, his handsome face covered with frost, his eyes coldly watching those two figures, one tall and one short.
Annoying.
Really annoying.
He even heard Ava thanking Gilbert in a soft, gentle voice.
That tone was completely different from how she spoke to him. When she talked to him, it was like facing a mortal enemy, but with other men, she smiled and spoke softly.
Suddenly, Joshua felt a sharp pain in his heart. At this moment, he realized that the Ava who used to always greet him with a smile might never come back.
This was unacceptable to Joshua. He didn't know why he just couldn't stand seeing Ava with other men.
Annoying!
So annoying!
"Mr. Thomas..." Samuel's eyes flickered. As the cold wind swept past, the person in front of him had somehow already strode forward with burning anger, catching up to Ava who had walked away, and grabbed her hand.
"Ava, I have something to say to you. Listen to me." His tone was stiff, cold, with an irresistible dominance.
What explanations, what understanding.
What a joke. Did he need to explain to her, need to understand her?
No need!
What he had to say, Ava must listen to. This was Joshua—domineering, overbearing, arrogant, always carrying an air of supreme authority.
Joshua's sudden anger immediately left Ava at a loss. She panicked for two seconds, then immediately regained her composure.
Gilbert saw this and moved forward to stop him.
"Get lost."
Joshua's coldness was piercing.
Ava ground her back teeth. "Gilbert, this is between him and me. You don't need to get involved."
Ava didn't want Joshua's anger to affect others.
"I'm listening. Go ahead and talk." Ava met Joshua's gaze without courtesy. "What do you want to say? Are you going to force me to tell you where the children are again? Do you want to take them away?"
Besides the children, she thought there was nothing else between her and Joshua to discuss.
"I never said I would take the children away. You're the one who always thinks I will." Joshua frowned tightly, staring at Ava, his voice gloomy.
Ava looked down and laughed coldly.
"Right, you never said it, but you did it." She raised her eyes, her cool gaze clashing with Joshua's without courtesy. "Wasn't it you who forced me at the airport to tell you where the children were? Wasn't it you who locked me up? Wasn't it you who said you'd starve me if I didn't tell you where the children were?" Ava's voice became more intense toward the end.
Ava's whole body was trembling. She bit her teeth and nodded.
"Yes, Joshua, you never said you'd take the children away, but you did it. Everything you did terrified me. Now even in my dreams, you're taking them away from me."
"Joshua, do I owe you something? Falling in love with you back then was my biggest mistake!"
As Ava spoke, her fragile body trembled.
Joshua's heart was stabbed hard, and a flash of intense pain crossed his sharp eyes.
Ava turned around, raised her head, looked at the ceiling, and wiped away the falling tears with her hand. But her choked voice still betrayed her, revealing the vulnerability behind her stubborn strength.
She was a woman too.
She so wanted to have a husband who loved her, a happy family. The children so wanted to have a father who loved them. Whenever Finn and Cleo mentioned their dad, but then stopped talking about it, afraid of making her sad, Ava's heart ached sourly.
So all of this was caused by him. For his great love, he forced her to divorce, forced her to abort, forced her to flee the country with no choice.
So what right did the person who caused all this have to talk to her about the children?
After a long pause.
Ava's cold voice continued, "Joshua, if I were you, I would never mention the children because of what I did five years ago. If I hadn't escaped back then, you wouldn't even have the chance to mention the children today."
If I hadn't escaped back then, you wouldn't even have the chance to mention the children today.
Ava's cold voice echoed in his ears.
A flash of pain and helplessness crossed Joshua's deep eyes.
He couldn't refute what she said.
But things were different now. He didn't want children back then because they had agreed on it before marriage.
Now that the children were born, he had responsibilities to fulfill.
To her, to the children.
The car drove away in front of him, leaving behind a trail of unpleasant exhaust.
In the huge parking lot, the cold wind blew dust around. Joshua's tall, lonely figure somehow carried a sense of desolation.