chapter 353

With about eighty percent of his strength. Thaddeus slapped her.

He knew the power of his hands, forged in the military, wielding weapons with lethal force. If he had used full strength, Elspeth would not only be searching the floor for her teeth, but likely knocked out cold.

He didn’t want to give her the excuse to leave. There was still a score to settle between Evadne and her!

Everyone was in shock, witnessing Thaddeus strike Elspeth, yet no one dared intervene.

In this house, even Mr. Frederic couldn’t control Thaddeus, so who could?

“Ah!” Glynnis screamed, covering her mouth, her body trembling in fear, legs shaking violently.

Seeing her mother get hit, she didn’t even have the courage to step forward and stop it.

The folks of the Fairhaven family were also flabbergasted.

Even though Elspeth had crossed lines with her words, she was after all Frederic’s wife, Thaddeus‘ stepmother, and technically an elder. Thaddeus dared to slap her in the face in front of everyone?

Such audacity! This wasn’t just a slap on Elspeth’s face, but also a slap on his own father’s face!

Only Jareth was looking at Thaddeus with fervent admiration. He took a deep breath, a slow smile forming on his lips, as a wave of deep emotion stirred within him.

He knew Thaddeus had been holding back for a long time. As his only close friend, no one understood better than him how Thaddeus had endured all these years in this house.

“Frederic, my ears. I can’t hear anything!”

Elspeth, covering her ears and crying hysterically. threw herself at Frederic, clinging to him desperately. Blood was trickling down her lips, her meticulously styled hair was a mess, and her makeup was ruined by her tears. Her dignified image as a lady was completely shattered. “I’m deaf. Your son has made me deaf! Are you just going to let him do this? How could he dare to strike an elder?”

Evadne clearly saw blood seeping from between Elspeth’s fingers. She looked at Thaddeus, whose face was as hard as iron.

As expected, Elspeth’s eardrum must have been ruptured.

Damn, that felt good!

Frederic looked down at Elspeth, his gaze complex.

There was still a faint ache in his heart, but he knew clearly that the pain wasn’t for Elspeth, but for a woman he had buried deep in his heart long ago.

“Thaddeus, what has gotten into you? How could you strike an elder?” He had to step in.

Thaddeus curled his lips in a chilling smile, “Elder? Which tree does she fall from to be my elder? In the entire Abernathy family, my grandfather is my elder, you are my elder, and Alva is my elder. She does not have a place among those I respect.”

“Mr. Thaddeus.” Alva, being referred to, showed a grateful smile.

of liver, a surge of anger

suggesting that, in this house, even Alva, an

outrageous!

and your long service to my father. Elder? Hah, you wish!” Thaddeus‘ cold laughter was spine–chilling, but his eyes

a fight was about to break out. They couldn’t leave

miss

mother is my bottom line. Whoever crosses it should not blame me for not showing respect. I can even take their

his words punctuated

say it

was also his bottom

bottom

of heartache, frustration, anger, and loss. He forcibly averted his gaze from Evadne, refusing to look at

Evadne sneaked a glance at him at that

coldly, she felt her heart

into her throat, making it hard for her

anymore, her once

Thaddeus found out that it was her who had worsened his mother’s depression years ago?

of the maids, whom Cynthia trusted, to replace her depression

by depression, but it also

months of her life in such unbearable

could never

revealed would

and watch me get beaten? I

being tough didn’t work, she had

he had always been a sucker

a deep breath, his grip on Elspeth’s arm a bit stiff. “Go

“No.” Thaddeus interjected coldly.

what are you trying to

eyes intimidating. “It’s just a slap. It won’t kill her. But the grudge between Elspeth and

heart tightened, and she

I had nothing to do with Myra’s situation. I don’t even know the culprit! Evadne is just defaming

advice and visit a doctor, just to make sure you aren’t showing any early signs of dementia.” Evadne sneered, her cold gaze fixed on Elspeth whose face had

gritted her teeth,

“This Ashbourne girl has a sharp tongue, doesn’t

a temper

especially when her family background suits her temperament. She’s a pretty one too, it’s a shame she’s already been married once. Otherwise, she would make a

Fairhaven’s expression turned

a beat, “Grandpa! What are you saying? Evadne, a woman discarded by Thad, is not

A woman as accomplished as Ms. Evadne would still be desirable even if she were to

must admit, the moment I laid eyes on Ms. Evadne, I was

clenched her teeth in

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