His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

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.

away stood Bennett, his gaze sharp as a hawk’s, an immovable iceberg in his solitary might. Even alone, his presence seemed to

you’re going to see

don’t you dare stop me,” Evadne panted, her delicate cheeks glistening with

brow furrowed slightly, and he shook his head, “You’ve been a fool for three years. Isn’t that

worth it, then

side by side; he risked his life to 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 a bullet for me! Bennett, tell me if he’s not worth it, then who is?!”

idolized that guy since he saved you at eleven. You see him through rose–colored glasses; you’ve got this, unyielding attachment that blinds you to anyone else. I understand.” Bennett closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before looking at her with a steely resolve, “But back then,

say that?!” Evadne was

years, in my eyes, you’ve paid back any debt long ago. There’s

Listen to your words, are

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 have to say

remained cold and

men out there better than Thaddeus, and what he

sea than all the rivers in the world! Bennett, I’m warning you, don’t block me; don’t make

lioness, bared her teeth, ready to force her way past. But her slender arms

steely glint in his eye, Bennett didn’t budge an inch, simply stretching out an arm to block her path, then swiftly scooping her

and she was hoisted onto Bennett’s shoulder with effortless ease, his back standing upright, his firm arm wrapped around her

“Evadne, behave.”

moved swiftly, his voice low and gentle, “I’m doing this for

She groggily emerged from the cocoon of her duvet, her temples throbbing with a sour ache, and her stomach churning in revolt. Her head

am I?”

21

She looked around and found herself in an opulently lavish presidential suite that bore the unmistakable

“Oh no, Elvis!”

trembled as she flung back the covers, only to find her black dress, pristine and undisturbed. It seemed that the man hadn’t touched her.

before, like a still frame from a movie, was fixed on that passionate, irresistible kiss.

the spaci

tangled mess. And the spacious room was now devoid of that

kind of man are you?”

there was a knock

way to the entrance. A bellboy stood there with a smile, holding out a box of medicine, “Miss, good morning. A gentleman asked me to deliver these to you, and he left

medicine, gripping it tightly,

day, and don’t skip meals.”

bellboy

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

in the shadow of Avery, surrounded by wealth and designer dresses. But those dresses were just for

truly care for her, ever take her seriously, did they? But she had no way back, no

about to close the

heart clenched in fear, hiding the medicine behind her back.