Chapter 383

Cassius and Jason sauntered out, leaving behind a trail of whispers that the CEO of the K Group had dropped by the Abernathy group out of blue, which spread through the skyscraper like wildfire.

Jareth, supporting visibly weakened Thaddeus, returned to the office; Gordon followed them because of concern.

His arm was dislocated, the pain so intense it had soaked his clothes in sweat, yet he remained silent.

Jareth had noticed something was amiss, leading to the discovery of Gordon’s injury. Their staff members took Gordon to the hospital for treatment regardless of the latter’s resisting.

“That Cassius, always so polite and refined, who knew he could be such a boor.” Jareth signed, unable to find the words to describe the shock.

It was terrifying.

“It was all for his sister. I can understand that,” Thaddeus said weakly, slumped on the couch, his neck thrown back in exhaustion.

If someone else had wronged Evadne, Thaddeus feared he would have reacted even more violently than Cassius.

Recalling Cassius‘ words before he left, Thaddeus felt his breath hitch, as if his blood had frozen in his veins.

“Fair enough. I guess if it were Marilla, I don’t think I could have stayed calm either.”

Jareth’s gaze fixed on the knife wound on Thaddeus‘ neck. It wasn’t deep, but enough to stain his crisp white shirt collar a jarring red, “You should get that checked out at the hospital.”

“It’s nothing,” Thaddeus gasped.

“Why did Cassius suddenly turn on you?” Jareth asked, worry clouding his features.

“He found out that Evadne and I’ve been intimate.”

“So it seems that in Cassius‘ eyes, Evadne isn’t just his sister anymore, she’s his daughter. He’s playing the overprotective brother, huh? You’re lucky he didn’t come in guns blazing,” Jareth joked, trying to lighten the mood.

“Anyway, it’s my fault. After the divorce, I shouldn’t have touched her.”

Thaddeus choked with frustration, running his hands through his hair, “But Jareth, I couldn’t control myself, my thoughts, my body That night, she was so close, the temptation was too much. All I could think about was possessing her. I wanted her.”

Possessing her, penetrating her, making her his.

Remembering Marilla’s words, Jareth felt a pang of sympathy for Evadne, “Thad, to be honest, I don’t blame Cassius for wanting to kill you. What you did to Evadne was monstrous.”

“What are you talking about?” Thaddeus asked, his eyes wide with confusion.

“Two years ago, you claimed Evadne as your woman, but you have no memory of it. Aren’t you a beast or what?”

“Jareth.”

snapped open, his hand shaking as he

been suspicious of Evadne’s words that day, but he couldn’t accept the truth. It was too

saw everything that happened that

sighed in resignation as he relayed Marilla’s

mind was buzzing. The shock was so intense

They had been intimate.

Evadne

was so silly! Why was she so silly?

reliable witness. If you don’t believe anyone else, you should believe her. And honestly, I’m amazed that you have

know,

too much. I kept having these dreams about being in bed with Evadne. I thought they were just dreams. I never thought that we had actually

divorce Evadne, because she didn’t have a place in your heart. Isn’t that right? Thaddeus,

heart. He felt as if he had been slapped

his mind filled with images of

he took her virginity two years

did she love him back then, to endure

He deserved to die.

should have cut

love. You were being manipulated by Acacia, who used your childhood debt to control you, which is

his head; he felt a mix of anger, frustration, and sympathy for his best friend, “I came over today just to tell you this. I

destined to be star–crossed lovers. Forcing yourselves to be together would only bring more pain. Plus, Evadne values her family greatly. With Cassius‘ stance, he won’t accept you; the Ashbourne family won’t accept you. Even if

were too many obstacles standing between

forgive Thaddeus. It felt like he was torturing

“Jareth.”

too much. He was still young, but his face held a world of pain,

had found out about Evadne’s car accident and was worried sick. He

went to the Abernathy group today to stir up trouble with Thaddeus. It was a big scene, word got around, and some of the Abernathy group’s staff members got hurt,” Harvey enthusiastically reported to

narrowed slightly, “Oh? What

But President Ashbourne is known for being overprotective of his sister, so it’s obvious that he

Avery’s eyes darkened.

something to do

happened that caused the usually calm and composed Cassius to lose his cool

this

set up

kid,

Thaddeus, “Thaddeus is just a pawn that Frederic uses to make himself look good. If Thaddeus could come back

flashed with an unreadable emotion at these

moment of silence, he asked, “Did you find out anything about that man who

sorry, Mr. Chambers,

couldn’t?” Avery raised an

“But that man’s information was like

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