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.”

eyes widened, shocked by his strength. Only Emeric used to carry her like

Hormones were flying.

in the

‘Mr. Thaddeus?”

to see Thaddeus holding Evadne like a child, both looking disheveled as if they had

my God.

racing, his face

it be, this dream couple had finally reconciled? Could he finally rest

put me down!” Evadné was so embarrassed she didn’t know where to put her facé, she grumbled

in?” Thaddeus looked at her, gently

choice but

come

voice lazily

taken aback, seeing Jareth had appeared behind

was grinning, his eyes squinted,

“Congratulations.”

on what?” Thaddeus glared

to stand outside.” Jareth said, giving Evadne a meaningful

Evadne was speechless.

say what you need to say,

can the lovebirds let me in?”

Thaddeus said, “Come in.”

“We are not lovebirds!”

her, Jareth

down and personally helped her

quickly put some distance between them, but her actions

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

chuckle, he played with her hair when she wasn’t

not the passionate woman from

when Evadne found out that Thaddeus had sent

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

meet with Ward?” Thaddeus

dare meet Ward. That would be like walking into a trap,

cahoots.”

“I found out she

amount of wealth?” Evadne asked, quick to catch

thumbs up, “Mrs. Abernathy, you are so

satisfied

but her curiosity

don’t

A whopping 20 million!”

sure did save up for her funeral.” Jareth raised his

escape fund Ward demanded

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

added up to more than 20 million by now. So it’s not surprising that

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 dubious. I’ve long suspected that Elspeth has been using Glynnis‘ Moonlit Treasures to bribe and launder money. But no matter how hard they try, it would be hard

didn’t you expose them if you had evidence?” Evadne twisted her waist to face

eyes softened, his fingers released her

gesture was so gentle that

‘third wheels‘, Jareth and Gordon,

Treasures wouldn’t be enough to completely take down Elspeth and Glynnis. Secondly, Frederic would defend them

slowly, understanding his predicament at the

In the eyes of outsiders, Thad was the illegitimate child

as well.

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

lost his power in the Abernathy Group, he would be at the mercy of others. For his mother’s sake, he had to

my mother’s death. So I chose not to expose this matter. Evadne, you must think I’m a

this, Jareth and Gordon

met Thaddeus. Thanks to Evadne’s comforting presence, Thaddeus was able to

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