Chapter 1289

The words “I can’t reachyan” made the atmosphere at the hospital turn even colder.

Evan was unreachable.

What did that mean?

There was a good chance Michael’s men had already found him.

Ever since Yara learned that Michael’s people were looking for Evan, she had been checking in with him almost every half hour.

Either by calling or texting.

But just now…

No matter how many times she called or messaged, Evan hadn’t responded.

For him to suddenly become unreachable at a time like this made it impossible not to fear the worst.

Yara panicked.

She was sobbing so hard over the phone that she could barely catch her breath.

“He’s the only brother I have left. I’ve already lost everything. The Wright family has lost everything.”

“Why won’t you just leave us alone? We’ll leave Eirden. We will!”

Yara was practically hysterical.

Aaron’s temples throbbed as he listened.

“I’m handling it.”

“Please. Please, please…”

She kept begging him.

All this time, no matter what Aaron had done to her, Yara had never bowed her head to him.

But now, for Evan, the only family she had left, she was begging.

And for the first time, Yara truly understood what it meant to be powerless against someone far stronger

than she was.

She had called Stella.

She had texted her too.

But Stella hadn’t answered a single call or replied to a single message.

Yara had been left with no other choice.

All she could do was keep lowering herself before Aaron and begging him for help.

Stella was too cruel.

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Far too cruel.

Yara had pleaded with her desperately in those messages, yet Stella hadn’t replied with a single word.

After everything Stella and Evan had once shared, she really wasn’t willing to spare a thought for the past

anymore.

She truly had no heart.

Not even a little.

The thought made Yara’s chest ache.

“I’m hanging up,” Aaron said.

“If Evan dies, I’ll die too.”

Aaron went still.

His grip on the phone tightened uncontrollably.

Death.

That word had always meant very little to him.

How many people had died by his hand over the years?

His hands were already soaked in blood.

Life and death had never been anything worth dwelling on.

But hearing Yara say the word *die* made something in his chest jolt.

“Calm down first, okay?”

“I’m really scared. I…”

For the first time, Yara completely crumbled in front of him.

Before this, no matter how Aaron treated her, even when she knew she couldn’t fight him, she had always resisted like a cornered little animal.

But now, all that defiance was gone.

People really couldn’t afford to have weaknesses.

And Evan was hers.

She was terrified something had happened to him.

Aaron soothed her for a few more moments before finally ending the call.

Then he looked at David again, his lips pressed into a tight line.

“Uncle David.”

The words came out through clenched teeth.

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Even before coming here, Aaron had already decided that he had to see Stella tonight.

But after Yara’s call, he understood just how serious the situation had become.

Once Michael made a move, there was almost never any room left to turn things around.

And this was Eirden.

Evan had nowhere to run.

Michael’s people were always fast and precise.

So if Yara could no longer reach Evan now, it wasn’t hard to imagine how bad things might already be.

David remained unmoved.

“You should go back, Mr. Hogarth.”

Aaron’s eyes turned colder.

“Evan is already in Father’s hands, isn’t he?”

“I’m sorry.”

David gave him nothing.

He genuinely didn’t know what had happened yet.

But even if he did, he still wouldn’t tell Aaron.

Everyone who worked for Michael knew one thing.

Leaking information was a serious offense.