Chapter 438

Evelyn Knight kept her eyes sharp, staring up at Joshua Everett. She couldn't help but think — was he seriously pretending to be the good guy now just because he couldn’t stand watching her get fooled by Julian Everett? That’d be rich. She was pretty sure her forehead didn’t have “gullible idiot” written across it. Joshua spoke calmly, like it was a business deal. “You know I got dragged into the mess because of the Moore Corporation. Julian’s been blocking me from getting to the bottom of it. So yeah, telling you this isn’t totally selfless. But I also don’t want you getting played.” He made his selfish motives sound almost noble. If Evelyn didn’t already know what kind of person he was, she really might’ve bought it. She raised an eyebrow and looked back at him, her voice a bit frosty. “I started looking into Vanessa Moore myself. I’ll get to the bottom of this. And Joshua, for your own sake, I really hope you’re not feeding me lies. Otherwise…” She trailed off, but the warning in he