His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

chapter 355

Mrs. Fairhaven choked abruptly, her heart pounding erratically in her chest.

Evadne snorted, “You can’t even outtalk Elspeth, and yet you dare to challenge me?”

“Evadne!” Edith protested, clutching Barry as if her life depended on him. “How dare you disrespect my mother like that? She’s your elder!”

Thaddeus‘ eyes hardened at the sound of Edith’s voice, his disdain for her evident.

“Just because she’s older doesn’t mean she’s an elder,” Evadne shot back, her cold gaze causing Edith to shrink back in fear.

Edith trembled, her lips quivering as she decided it would be best not to retort, for fear of invoking Evadne’s wrath.

Mrs. Fairhaven knew that Barry wouldn’t cause a scene over something so trivial, but she couldn’t help but express her dissatisfaction to Jareth through her gaze, urging him to step in.

Jareth coughed awkwardly, and began to speak. “Evadne, I…”

Evadne’s icy gaze landed on him, causing Jareth to stutter and quickly change his statement. “I’ll drive you home. It’s late, and it’s not safe.”

“No need. I have my car.”

With that, Evadne left the mansion, the clicking of her high–heels echoing as she walked away.

Jareth scratched his head awkwardly, much to the annoyance of Barry, who grumbled about how his grandson was so submissive before the Ashbourne family’s girl. “Let’s go.” Jareth announced, and the Fairhaven family followed suit.

“Oh, my head. I feel so dizzy,” Elspeth moaned, leaning onto Frederic as if she were boneless.

“Always playing the victim or the damsel,” Alva muttered, rolling her eyes at Elspeth. “With your acting skills, I’m surprised Myra kept you under her thumb for so long.” Elspeth heard every word and was fuming, smoke practically escaping from her ears.

Frederic, his face pale, whispered to Alva, “Help her to her room.”

care of Mr. Thaddeus‘

and

a mix of anger and

doing here?” Jareth approached him, clapping him on the shoulder. “Evadne’s leaving, and it’s not every day you get to see her. Go explain the situation between you

and he felt as if his feet

was still seething. She had always been protected by her husband

daughter, “We won’t let this

“Jareth controls everything, and he’s so close

Thaddeus, then he can’t be with that Abernathy girl. Your

protects Marilla like

her by his side 24/7. There will

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relief, as if she had escaped a poisonous environment. But as she drove

and poise.

up, his deep–set eyes lit up. He separated himself from the car, waving eagerly at her like a bashful

screeched to a halt in

here?” Evadne asked, stepping out of her car, eyes

you,” Avery replied, a soft look in his eyes, like the

for me? For what?”

headed to the Abernathy’s,” he explained. “I didn’t mean anything by it, just didn’t want you to be alone,

being silly. I couldn’t even get inside. But seeing

a mix of emotions. She had always been an independent soul, preferring her own company over others. The thought of someone silently tracking her movements made her

a den of lions. I lived here for three years, after all. I can come and go

Avery as he

face filled with melancholy. He was so still, so white, that he seemed to

Evadne began, only to be cut off as she was abruptly

Avery’s chest, feeling his ragged breath on her skin. His