Chapter 308

“Joshua!” Everly Bell had been all aloof and unconcerned until the second Joshua Bennett showed up. Like flipping a switch, her eyes suddenly focused, sharp and bright. But the moment she heard Joshua speak up for Victoria Ellis, her whole brain froze for a second. Wait—what? Joshua was defending her? Was this woman the one he’d been searching for all along? Everly started sizing up Victoria seriously now. Head to toe, she studied her carefully. She’d heard Lydia Bond talk about Victoria plenty of times—how she was some kind of master flirt who made men lose their minds. Everly didn’t take it seriously back then—just thought Lydia was throwing a fit because she couldn’t compete. But now? Now she wasn’t so sure. If even Joshua was standing up for Victoria, then this girl clearly wasn’t someone to take lightly. Everly knew Joshua had come to Abyndale looking for someone, but she didn’t know it was his sister he was after. Seeing Joshua speak for Victoria like that, the dots immediately c