Sheffield a lesson. Instead, he asked Joshua out for a meal. Alone.

Needless to say, Joshua was freaked out. He called Sheffield.

"Your future father-in-law has invited me to dinner. I have a bad feeling about this."

“I have a bad feeling about that too," Sheffield replied as he continued to delete horrid comments about Evelyn online.

“What should I do?

“Beats me, dude." If only he could read Carlos' mind. Sadly, he couldn't. Few people ever knew what was on Carlos’ mind.

“Why did you have to show off your affection for Evelyn publicly? Now,

Carlos has found out. Are you happy now?" Joshua scoffed.

"But which media company was bold enough to reveal gossips about Evelyn?" Although the news had been suppressed temporarily, it had already reached the masses.

“It was Calvert," said Sheffield casually. Calvert had spent a Large sum of money bribing a media company. The legal owner of the company was someone completely irrelevant to the Sanchez family, so even if the whole thing went south, no one would suspect the Sanchez family. After the media had exposed Sheffield's relationship with Evelyn to the public, Carlos destroyed the company, but the culprit, Calvert, managed to stay out of it and remained untouched.

“That guy? Is he trying to get his revenge on you?" Joshua knew what had happened between Sheffield and Calvert.

“He has no other reason to do this," Sheffield replied.

Joshua understood.

“Well, I'm at Orchid Private Club. I gotta go. Talk to you later," he said to Sheffield.

“ALL right."

When Joshua arrived at Room 888 of the Orchid Private Club, Carlos had just opened a bottle of red wine.

Joshua's heart caught in his throat. Carlos was way too intimidating even in pleasant surroundings like this. But right now, he had to face him. He greeted Carlos respectfully, "Hello, Mr. Carlos."

Carlos poured a glass of wine and handed it to him.

"Hello, Joshua," he said, betraying no hint of emotion

“Thank you, Mr. Carlos," Joshua said as he took the glass.

Carlos sat down on the leather couch.

“Have a seat,” he said to

Joshua.

"Thank you, Mr. Carlos." His responses were measured and polite. He knew a lot was riding on this meeting. Joshua sat opposite Carlos

Carlos was never a man to beat around the bush. As soon as they sat down, he went straight to the point.