“It’s me. Evadne, it’s me,” Thaddeus’s mind buzzed, his voice hoarse as if filled with gravel. He clung to Evadne’s trembling form as if she would disintegrate into ashes if he loosened his grip for a mere second, his heart breaking, “Evadne, tell me where it hurts? Tell me, please!”

“Wind!”

Once her thoughts cleared, Evadne immediately thought of the poor creature, struggling to break free from the man’s embrace, scrambling towards Wind, who lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

“Evadne! Come back!”

Thaddeus’s voice was a desperate cry, his chest tightening as he followed her.

The medics, Cassius, and Mr. Dylan had all arrived, but none could stop Evadne, whose eyes were red with determination.

Below, the crowd was stunned to see Thaddeus, normally so composed, rush onto the track and hold Evadne who was in a state of panic, “Good heavens, is that skittish man really the Mr. Abernathy I know? This is unbelievable!”

“I never thought I’d see the day Thaddeus would look so distraught. It seems Evadne is the only one who could knock him off his pedestal.”

“Ahh! I’m dying of envy! I wish Mr. Abernathy would hold me tight like that!”

“But seriously, if Thaddeus loves Evadne so much, why did they divorce in the first place?!”

“Yikes! Could it have been that Acacia and Elspeth conspired against Thaddeus, leading Evadne to misunderstand and that’s why they split? Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared, are they getting back together?!”

The murmurs were like a boiling pot, but what they saw was clear. Thaddeus’s love for Evadne was deep, like the thawing waters of spring, flowing unreservedly to his one true love.

“Hey, you did this, didn’t you?” Glynnis whispered cynically to Edith.

Edith’s eyes were bloodshot as she glared at Evadne, who was being tenderly cared for by Thaddeus, her voice seething with venom, “What nonsense are you spouting?! It’s her own bad luck that got her in this mess. What’s it got to do with me?!”

“Do you think your little scheme may backfire?”

Glynnis couldn’t help but snicker, “Not only is Evadne intact, but now everyone has witnessed Thaddeus’s irreplaceable affection for her. Thanks to your ‘matchmaking,‘ they might be even more inseparable now.”

“You shut up!”

Edith’s gaze was icy as she glared at Glynnis, her cheeks flushed with fury, her resentment dripping, “If you mock me again, I’ll make sure you fall harder than Evadne! Don’t test me! We Fairhavens stop at nothing!”

Glynnis clenched her teeth in a standoff, yet her heart quivering with fear.

After all, her standing at home had greatly diminished, unloved and neglected. But Edith was different; she was Barry’s precious granddaughter. Provoking her could be a costly mistake.

“Evadne! Stop it. Let’s go to the hospital!”

Cassius’s voice was cracking with urgency, and he and Thaddeus, two grown men, seemed powerless against her will.

“I’m a surgeon myself! I know my own body better than any of you laymen!”

Evadne ignored her pain, kneeling beside Wind, who was struggling to breathe, tears streaming down her face as she tenderly touched his weakening body.

“Wind, why did you push yourself like this?! I told you to stop; why didn’t you listen?!”

Thaddeus stood stiffly beside her, watching as she fretted over her horse, his own heart aching in empathy. She was kind to the marrow, and he was deeply in love with her pure, clear soul.

swiftly and began a thorough

had been sliced with a long, narrow cut at

of the leg, and in the rush to start the race, neither Evadne nor the horse

!

it was clear – this was sabotage!

recovery. But after a few thousand meters of a frantic gallop, the wound had severely worsened, the pus mixing with the dark

worse.

Evadne’s voice was choked with tears.

was close to tears, shocked and fearful, “Wind was fine when I checked before the race. How did it come to

we’ve never had any incidents in over a decade.” Concerned, Cassius’s voice became steady once more, uttering in a deep voice, “But sometimes

breath, her

slipped into the stables and cut Wind’s

said he was doing it for her, she might not have

affirming that they both saw all

made with precision – any shallower and it wouldn’t have been this severe, but any deeper and I would

etched with worry and vexation. “Whoever played dirty had two motives – One, to harm Evadne, which means we’d start looking among those with a grudge against

small of Evadne’s back, his gaze darkening with a

Those with a score to settle with Evadne and those itching för

reckless individuals stirring trouble. But with the incident so sudden, we must focus on

perspiring face towards him, her eyes shining with admiration for the man before her. But she wouldn’t tell him that;

Are you alright?!”

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that moment, Avery arrived in haste, trailed by Harvey and several top–tier medics from Elmsworth

comfortable and have

faintly, “And, I need a brace

Thaddeus replied, his voice husky, a

thin air. The snub was more unbearable to Avery than a knife to the

throat!

“Evadne. Evadne!”

called out, Evadne never

doesn’t want to see

Evadne needs has always been Thaddeus.

needs no one else.”

felt drained, as if all blood had been siphoned from him. He closed his eyes, reopened them, and they were bloodshot with

the deserted

in front of her man, revealing bruises in a rainbow

chill of the air conditioning or the heat of her anger,

breath, his usually unshakeable composure shattered by the sight of her injuries. His hands

a lot

the brace around her waist, and wound the bandages around her with his lips

the pain,

longer restrain himself and

Evadne frowned in

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