Chapter 488

Still waiting?! The news struck Cassius like a thunderbolt!

Last night, the rain had poured down until the small hours before taking a reluctant pause, only to start anew come morning. The forecast ominously predicted a hurricane by nightfall.

Thaddeus, standing out there without a bite to eat or a drop to drink – did he have a death wish?!

“Thaddeus’s been outside the whole time? Even last night? What do you mean?!”

Evadne’s eyes were wide as saucers, her hands gripping Arnold’s shoulders, shaking him with a desperation, “Spill it! What the heck is going on?! Y’all saw Thaddeus, didn’t you? And you kept me out of the loop?!”

“Stop shaking me, Evadne! I’m gonna hurl!” Arnold’s head was spinning, his vision blurring.

“Evadne! Cut it out!”

Cassius intervened, prying her hands away and pulling her into an embrace, “Whatever Thaddeus wants to do, it’s his call. If he wants to stand out there, let him be. He can’t stand there forever. He’s gotta leave sometime.”

His words cut deep with a dual meaning.

“Even if he turns to stone standing out there, it’s his own darn fault!”

Arnold, thinking of the hardships Evadne had endured, couldn’t suppress his anger, “Sis, he’s just playing martyr, thinking he can charm his way back into our good graces! No chance! Even if lightning strikes him into a charred flower, I won’t forgive him!”

“This is between him and me! What’s it got to do with you?!”

Evadne’s eyes reddened with fury as she struggled to break free from her brother’s hold, “Did you see him yesterday? Did Emeric see him too? Did you all gang up on him?!”

“Sis, just calm down,” Cassius held her tighter, patting her trembling back.

“Evadne, what are you saying? We are bullying him? We were standing up for you, venting your anger!”

“I don’t need it!”

Evadne’s eyes brimmed with angry tears, her breath uneven with rage, “Why are you meddling? Is this for my sake? You’re just pressing down on Thaddeus to ease your own guilt!”

Those words struck Cassius and Arnold like a stab in the heart. Seizing the moment when Cassius was distracted, Évadne broke free and dashed toward the gates of Silverlake Harbor.

Casting aside her pesky sandals, Evadne ran barefoot down the ornate, endless corridor.

She hadn’t yet seen the man she loved, but her heart had already burst through her fevered chest, fleeing the gilded cage of the mansion without looking back.

Suddenly, Evadne skidded to a halt.

in his solitary might. Even

to see him?”

you dare stop me,” Evadne panted, her

his head, “You’ve been a fool for three years. Isn’t that enough? Stop the foolishness; he’s not worth

not worth it, then who

protect me! Last year, I was trapped on Misty Mountain during a landslide, and then on HelgenStar Island, he drew enemy fire to give Cassius a chance, and took

I understand.” Bennett closed his eyes, taking a

say that?!” Evadne was frantic, her

to make it up to you. And all the blood and tears you’ve shed for him over these three years, in my eyes, you’ve

to your words, are those

heart clenched in pain, her eyes bloodshot, “The child we lost was an accident! I didn’t even know I was pregnant, how could he have known? The miscarriage was my choice to keep secret; it had nothing to do with him! How many times do I

remained

better than Thaddeus, and what he offered, they can give

have one scoop from the sea than all the rivers in the world! Bennett, I’m

her teeth, ready to force her way past. But her slender arms and legs were

glint in his eye, Bennett didn’t budge an inch, simply stretching out an arm to block her path, then swiftly scooping her up by her waist with an unyielding grip and pulling her into

next moment, Evadne felt the world spin as her feet left the ground and she was hoisted onto Bennett’s shoulder with effortless ease, his back standing upright, his firm arm wrapped around her thighs. She pounded on

“Evadne, behave.”

gentle, “I’m doing this

her temples throbbing with a sour ache, and her stomach churning in revolt. Her head spun with

am I?”

21

She looked around and found herself in an opulently lavish presidential suite

“Oh no, Elvis!”

to find her black dress, pristine and undisturbed.

like a still frame from a movie, was fixed on that

the spaci

quickened, her hand clutching her fluttering heart, her mind a tangled mess. And the spacious room was

kind of man are you?”

in her thoughts, there was a knock at the

smile, holding out a box of medicine, “Miss, good morning. A gentleman asked

gripping it

pills twice a day, and don’t

bellboy bowed

in place, repeating his words, a lump forming in her throat and her eyes welling up with tears. When was the last time

a flower, living in the shadow of Avery, surrounded by wealth and designer dresses. But those dresses were

ever take her seriously, did they? But she had no way back, no choice

a deep breath, wiping away the hint of a tear from the corner of her eye. Just as she was about to close the door, a hand grabbed the edge fiercely, and a

heart clenched in fear, hiding the medicine

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