Chapter 225

Guests were pouring into another hall preparing for the upcoming auction.

Evadne slipped away from the media, seeking refuge in the corridor

“Miss Evadne Jason rushed to her side, his face etched with worry. Are you alright?”

Just a few persistent journalists. What’s the worst they could do? Cause a little ripple?”

Evadne’s eyes were calm, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. “You shouldn’t be here with me. You should be in the hall managing the event

“But I’m worried about you”

Jason’s voice was almost hoarse with anxiety. “Those journalists were clearly prepared. They were sent by someone to deliberately make things difficult for you! They keep bringing up our past mistakes, just to embarrass you!”

“This is normal, isn’t it? When you organize a charity event, do you expect the journalists to only sing your praises?”

Evadne crossed her arms, her expression indifferent. Besides, they’re not wrong. There were indeed oversights in my management, giving some flamboyantly dressed peacocks the chanceto peck at me I can’t blame anyone else for that.”

Flamboyantly dressed peacocks.

A mental image of Elspeth and her daughter appeared in Jason’s mind

“But, there’s one thing you said that I don’t agree with Those journalists were indeed sent by someone, but not to destroy me, but to aid me

Evadne leaned against the wall, her fingertips tracing her arm Let Glynnis have her moment of triumph. I’m an expert at letting my opponents believe they have the world at the fingertips, only to make them fall from that great height and crash and burn. It’s entertaining

Watching Evadne’s increasingly dark look in her eyes, Jason couldn’t help but shiver. She was indeed as ruthless as President Ashbourne. This rose, as beautiful as it was, came with thorns and poison.

The event required Jason’s attention as the managing secretary, so he hurried back to the hall

Evadne had been working tirelessly all day, having only a simple breakfast and skipping lunch and dinner. She hadn’t even had a sip of water

She collapsed onto the couch, famished and weak, kicking off her high heels to reveal her bare feet

Curled up pathetically, she was so hungry that her stomach was cramping

Tm so hungry”

Evadne murmured weakly, her eyes slowly closing

Suddenly, she faintly smelled the rich aroma of chocolate, which seemed to be invading her nostrils.

She thought she was hallucinating from hunger, her nose twitching like a cute puppy following the scent

going to sniff it?

pleasant voice rang out, but it

skipped a beat, and she opened

looking into Thaddeus’s

denying the lethal ature of those stunning eyes, no matter the time or

looking at Thaddeus who was kniecing front of her with a chocolate cupcake in

her

of marriage, Thaddeus had never

wronged, and humiliated was always her, Evadne Her thoughts

her lack of response, his brows furrowed slightly. “Aren’t you hungry? Why

Im not eating”

throat was choked with inexplicable emotions, feeling sad and wronged

told me your stomach has always been sensitive.

I’m not eating!”

swift motion, Evadne, tears brimming in her eyes, hit the cupcake out of Thaddeus’s

Evadnell

cupcake landed far away smashed to pieces

at her, a surge of disappointment flooding him, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured

was smashed, but also his heart

wrong with you?

feeling hungry. She was filled with a chaotic mix of emotions and resentment hate you, and I hate it even

are you talking about? Thaddeus frowned, finding

saying stay away from me. I don’t need your kindness, not even a little bit

up despite the pain in her stomach. Is it because Acacia left you, and now you don’t know where to direct your affection? I’m not a trash can, and I dont want your secondhand affections if you want to

clenched his fists, his eyes turning red with humiliation

cupcake to fill her stomach. How could she demonize him like this, and why did she have

relentless?

put on her high heels and walked away,

picked up the smashed cupcake, watching her heartless departure, and

the bright

was a deep and painful shadow

with post-traumatic stress disorder.

pain in his heart, crushing the cupcake in his

a relationship

he had ruined

In the hall

time before the auction Astwo big names in the fashion and entertainment industries, tris

ladies, while Glynnis and Edith were each plotting

take a photo with Ada and then accept another round of media interviews. After all, she was the one who had secured the collaboration,

thinking it might boost her fashion street creds and pave her way

expect you to wear the necklace to this event, you

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