Chapter 399

Thaddeus didn’t delve deep into this, his mind was preoccupied with her smoke allergy, he was both guilty and upset.

“I’ll call Gordon to deliver. Or maybe he can cook it himself. His culinary skills may not match Mr. Jason’s, but it’s decent enough.”

Thaddeus noticed Evadne was barefoot, her pale and tender feet exposed without shoes. With a frown, he easily lifted her by her slim waist.

“What are you doing?” Evadne grabbed onto his broad shoulders in panic.

“How can you be so careless? The tiles are cold, you shouldn’t be barefoot.”

Thaddeus gently sat Evadne on the table, knelt before her, and warmed her feet in his hands.

So warm, all the warmth she knew well.

Evadne closed her eyes in comfort, not daring to be too obvious.

“Alva once told me that a woman’s feet are important. You mustn’t catch a chill, or it will bring illness in later years.”

Thaddeus looked at her with a mix of concern and reproach. “Don’t do this again.”

“But I was in a hurry!” Evadne felt chastised and retorted.

Thaddeus raised an eyebrow, a teasing smile on his lips. “In a hurry? Afraid I’ll run off?”

Evadne’s cheeks reddened, her toes curling in his palm.

“You were unconscious. How could I leave you behind? I won’t go.”

How could he bear to leave?

He wanted to stay by her side every night, to reside in her heart.

Thaddeus gently caressed her slim legs, slowly stood up, held her waist, and kissed her forehead.

But that could never satisfy him. When it came to her, he was never satiated.

The temperature of Evadne’s skin was rising, her cheeks flushed with bashfulness.

Despite everything they had done, she was still shy when he approached her..

Just as Thaddeus‘ lips were about to touch her soft skin, the doorbell rang.

He didn’t want to answer it, yet it kept ringing!

Buzzkill!

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Embarrassed, Evadne pushed Thaddeus away. “What’s going on? Who could be ringing the doorbell? Only my brothers know this place, and they all have the passcode.”

“It’s Gordon.”

Thaddeus was getting a headache recalling his clueless secretary. “I told him to come here if there’s news.”

“What news?”

“News about Elspeth and the murderer.”

Evadne’s eyes brightened, she couldn’t wait to jump off the table.

The next second, she was in the air, lifted by Thaddeus!

“You haven’t put on your shoes. It’s best not to touch the ground with your feet.”

Only Emeric used to carry her like this when

Hormones were flying.

Evadne’s protests in the

‘Mr. Thaddeus?”

like a child, both looking disheveled as if they had

my God.

was shocked, his mind racing, his face turning red, and his jaw almost

finally reconciled?

embarrassed she didn’t know where to put her facé, she grumbled in his

I let him in?”

of Gordon, Evadne had no choice but to nod, despite the anger in

I come

familiar voice

aback, seeing

was grinning, his eyes squinted, his smile wicked

“Congratulations.”

Thaddeus

finally not having to stand outside.” Jareth said, giving Evadne

Evadne was speechless.

you

wouldn’t come otherwise, can the lovebirds let me in?” Jareth asked

Thaddeus said, “Come in.”

“We are not

Jareth

put Evadne down and personally helped her

some distance between them, but her actions made her look

living room, Thaddeus sat next to Evadne, so close she could hardly breathe. As he

help but chuckle, he played with

so petty, not the

that Thaddeus had sent Gordon to

Jareth had followed because there was important news, they were all eager to report to

with Ward?” Thaddeus asked with

attention right now, Elspeth wouldn’t dare meet Ward. That would be like walking into a trap, announcing to

cahoots.”

he took a gulp of water before continuing, “I found out she went to Elmsworth Bank to see

transfer a large amount of wealth?” Evadne

a thumbs up, “Mrs. Abernathy, you are

satisfied

but her curiosity got the best of

Bank of Country R. I don’t know how much

A whopping 20 million!”

up for her funeral.” Jareth raised his eyebrows,

escape

casually pull out such a large sum from her account at the Bank of

up to more than 20 million

penny is under Frederic’s control. Her account with the Abernathy Group is completely transparent. In a way, this is also Frederic’s way of controlling her. So the money in the Bank of Country Rmust be her secret funds, of which Frederic is unaware. And the origin of this money is

them if you had evidence?” Evadne twisted her waist to face him, her

softened, his fingers released her hair, and his palm gently covered

gentle that Evadne

wheels‘, Jareth and

would defend them at all costs. If I acted rashly, it would indirectly harm the Abernathy Group, leading to

slowly, understanding his predicament at

outsiders, Thad was the

as well.

knew how hard it was for him to become the president of the Abernathy Group, and she also knew about his precarious situation all these

at the mercy of

that Elspeth was the mastermind behind my mother’s death. So I chose not to expose this matter. Evadne, you must

Jareth and

Thanks to Evadne’s comforting presence, Thaddeus was able to recover somewhat, so there was no time to fill them in

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