True Love Waits novel Chapter 877

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, Uncle Carlos."

Carlos poured a glass of wine and handed it to him. "Hello, Joshua," he said, betraying no hint of emotion.

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

Carlos sat down on the leather couch. "Have a seat," he said to Joshua.

"Thank you, Uncle 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. "You need to marry Evelyn."

After a short pause, Joshua refused, "I'm sorry, Uncle Carlos. I can't—"

"Or tomorrow," Carlos interrupted. "Tomorrow everyone will know you were the one who chased Evelyn and went back to her apartment with her."

"Does Evelyn even know about this?" Joshua asked anxiously.

"She doesn't need to know. You just need to tell me yes or no."

"I'm sorry, Uncle Carlos. There's no way," he apologized.

He promised Sheffield he would break up with Evelyn. If he got engaged to her, Sheffield would kill him.

Surprisingly, Carlos wasn't upset. Instead, he asked, "Is it because you like Terilynn?"

He didn't expect that Carlos would know anything about that. Was it that obvious? So he decided honesty was the best policy. "Sorry, Uncle Carlos. I meant to talk to you about this later, but I guess there's no time like the present. Yeah, I like Terilynn. Evelyn and I aren't good together. We were looking for a reason to break up."

Carlos stared into his glass, swirled the wine around the goblet instead of taking a sip. "Get engaged to Evelyn, and then I'll give you the green light to woo Terilynn." He would take care of these two brats one by one!

Joshua was taken aback. 'Get with Terilynn after getting engaged to Evelyn? That's nuts!' "Uncle Carlos, all you're doing is hurting Evelyn."

"Don't worry about it. So tell me—yes or no." Carlos thought Evelyn might get hurt now, but if he didn't do something, Sheffield would hurt her even more later on.

Not knowing what was on Carlos' mind, Joshua changed the subject. "I guess you know about Evelyn and Sheffield. I don't know why you're so dead set against them as a couple. Sheffield might not look like much to you, but to me he's a pretty amazing dude! More importantly, Evelyn likes him. He loves her, too."

As time wore on, he was smart enough to see that Carlos didn't approve of Sheffield.

Carlos cast a cold glance at Joshua, and the young man trembled. "What do you know, anyway?" Carlos barked.

Joshua was confused. 'Does he know something I don't?'

"He doesn't deserve Evelyn, so I won't allow it! And if you don't agree to get engaged to her, I'll find someone else. If I do, you'll never see Terrilyn again."