His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 450

On the other side of the racetrack, in the rest lounge No. 2.

The horse racing event had just concluded when Elspeth, barely containing her excitement, rushed to meet Victor.

“Victor. Victor. I’m here!”

Sometimes, Elspeth felt that ever since she met Victor, not only had she undergone a personal renaissance, but she also became more daring and fearless.

For over two decades, she had feigned the part of the dutiful wife within the Abernathy family, concealing her true self while tirelessly pandering to Frederic, living a life so exhaustingly pretentious.

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Day in and day out, placating a man whose very presence she had grown to loathe to her core, she had had enough.

Victor’s arrival was like a torrential downpour on parched soil, an intoxicating deluge that soaked her to the bone, from which she could not, and would not extract herself.

With a heart pounding with anticipation, and hands trembling with need, Elspeth knocked on the door of the rest lounge. But when no one answered, her impatience got the better of her. She pushed the door open and swiftly locked it behind her. To her surprise, the room was empty.

“How can this be? Where is he?”

Puzzled, her gaze landed on a lone table where a syringe lay. She knew all too well what it was – her lifeline, her elixir!

Breathless with delight, she rushed to grab it, but her phone rang at that precise moment. It was as if Victor had eyes on her, the timing of his call couldn’t have been more exact.

“Victor! Where are you?!” Elspeth’s voice was laden with a desperate hunger.

“Mrs. Abernathy, the track is crowded and eyes are everywhere. If we were caught together, I fear even a silver–tongued devil couldn’t talk his way out.” Victor’s voice carried both care and consideration, “I can handle the gossip, but to see your reputation tarnished would be a sorrow too great.”

Tears of emotion welled in her eyes, “Victor! You are the only one who truly cares for me. I have only you!”

“I know you’ve been without your medicine, struggling through these days. So, I’ve left it as a gift for you. I hope it brings you some comfort.”

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After a brief exchange of tender words, they ended the call. Elspeth couldn’t wait any longer. She uncapped the needle, her bloodshot eyes wide with craving, and injected every last drop of the substance into her veins.

“Ah.”

a mess of tears and snot – a grotesque, twisted sight. In that moment, she was no aristocratic lady of

made her way to the mirror to compose herself. Indeed, with the drug coursing through her, she looked radiant, her skin seemingly more refined. However, something felt off

the door sent a jolt through Elspeth, her hand clutched to her chest as she

act.

Abernathy, are you in there?”

made her heart race! She was grateful that Victor had the

such a scandal?

took a deep breath

“What is it?”

here? Mr. Abernathy has been looking everywhere for you,” Dennis spoke, but his eyes wandered suspiciously into the room. “I needed rest, found a spot. What are you looking at? Do you suspect I’m hiding someone?” Elspeth crossed her arms defensively, leaning against the door with a mocking sneer, “You have such a filthy mind, suspecting everyone. Go on

misunderstand. I meant no

immediately. Everyone was there but you, and Mr. Abernathy fears the gossip of other families. If you

was a sea of undercurrents and whispers

pale as death. From her earliest memories, Duke had always been at her grandfather’s side, involved in countless shady dealings, always emerging

were equally stunned, minds

Barry’s large frame stumbled, and

from an orphanage and groomed with great care. Officially an assistant,

“Mr. Barry, Ah!”

in his waist sent him tumbling to the ground,

narrowing. She hadn’t expected Gordon, usually the silent, unassuming figure behind Thaddeus, to exhibit

gently encircled her waist, and he asked softly, “Did it scare you?”

not the one getting kicked, Evadne snorted in disdain, though the warmth around her waist sent tingles through her body. “Usually, I’m the one on the edge, and

with satisfaction, “This time, he is the one who couldn’t contain his fury. All for his Mrs. Abernathy.”

man’s magnetic voice sent a warm breath tingling her ear, tempting her to shyly lower her gaze. It

fierce kick to Duke’s ribs, his eyes blazing with fury, “You filthy mongrel! How dare you lay a hand on Mrs. Abernathy?! Are

dare a mere secretary raise his hand against a member

standing menacingly behind Barry, their eyes locked on Gordon. Some seemed eager to jump in, just waiting for their boss’s command to take Gordon

swept his gaze across the Fairhaven Group, his eyes filled with a chilling wrath. He stood like a King with the

around them.

and tears welled up in his eyes as he looked up at his boss, his fierce demeanor crumbling

put him up to this? Now any low creature can step on the Fairhaven family’s head?!” Barry’s thick white brows furrowed in anger, “And what do you

of the Abernathy Group give you the right to do whatever you please? Careful, words can bring disaster. I might just sue you for slander!” Gary

held Marilla close, caressing her rounded shoulder and protecting his delicate

of lawlessness? That was just absurd!

investigated properly before making such accusations?” Elspeth, led back by Dennis, dove headfirst into criticizing Thaddeus, the villainous edge in her voice as smooth as silk, “The Abernathy family and Fairhaven family are old allies; you and Jareth are like brothers. How can you harbor such suspicions? It’s damaging to the harmony between

justice, not blind loyalty. If necessary, I’d