His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 492

Jareth felt every hair on his body stand or end as he saw Evadne’s brother, Elvis, stride into the room with the casual swagger of a rockstar.

People called Jareth the “Grim Reaper,” but in the presence of Elvis, Jareth might as well have been Casper the Friendly Ghost. And since Elvis was Evadne’s brother, well, Jareth wouldn’t dare lift a finger against him.

“Mr. Fairhaven, I’m so sorry.” Lily panted, her gaze filled with regret as she looked at Jareth.

Jareth swallowed hard, his voice rising urgently, “Don’t be foolish! The mighty Elvis doesn’t stoop to brawling with women. That’s just bad form!”

“So what, I’m supposed to stand here and let she beat the daylights out of me?”

Elvis yawned with the indifference of someone who had seen it all, “Do I look like a masochist to you?”

His words left Jareth without a comeback.

He knew Lily too well; fierce and loyal, with eyes only for her master. Anyone who dared cross her boss would face her wrath, no holds barred.

“But you’re right, I don’t hit women.”

With a devil–may–care shrug, Elvis released his grip and raised an eyebrow suggestively, “Lucky for you, dollface, you’re a woman. Otherwise, I would’ve snapped those kitty claws of yours already.”

“Jerk!”

Lily was fiercely proud and couldn’t tolerate such humiliation. She clenched her fists, ready to go another round, but Jareth’s stern voice halted her.

“Lily! Stand down! He’s Ms. Ashbourne’s brother!”

Lily froze, her eyes wide with realization.

Her brother?

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The man before her wild and untamed like a lone wolf was Evadne’s brother, the scion of the Ashbourne family?

Elvis playfully stuck out his tongue at the stunned Lily before turning a cool, hard gaze on Jareth.

“Evadne and Thaddeus, they’re with you, aren’t they?“.

Inside the room, there was a tender atmosphere.

Evadne noticed a bruise on Thaddeus’s face, a mix of shock, anger, and concern flitting across her features as she cradled his face, “Who did this? Tell me!”

“I fell on the way here,” Thaddeus offered a weak, wry smile, caressing her hands gently.

“Bull! You fell face–first? Are you that clumsy?”

Evadne’s cheeks flushed with anger, “When you visited the other day, did Emeric and my brothers rough you up?”

Thaddeus hastened to assure her, “No, really, it wasn’t that.”

“It was them! It had to be! You were in the peace corps, for crying out loud, you can handle yourself. Even Elvis could only hold his own against you! Who else could’ve done this to you unless you stood there and took it?”

Tears swirled in Evadne’s eyes as she hesitated to touch the bruise, not wanting to cause more pain, “Even if you have a beef, there’s no excuse for hitting the face! What’s wrong with them?”

Thaddeus’s eyes were soft with affection, already over the incident.

Yet seeing his girl in such distress, he was a maelstrom of happiness, sadness, and regret. His eyes reddened as he tightly grasped her hand, unwilling to let go.

as important as having

emotion, Thaddeus nearly choked on

streaming down her face, Evadne threw herself into his arms,

urgent knocks disrupted

Evadne! Open up!”

puzzled glances, “Is

her waist as

eyes red–rimmed and cheeks smeared with frosting, “Thaddeus! Evadne! Trouble! Someone’s after Evadne!” “Trouble?” The couple

fean figure materialized behind Marilla, his

“Evadne.”

“Elvis!”

crying out, “Thaddeus! Close

usually calm and collected, was momentarily flustered at the sight of

to action, beads of sweat on her forehead as she scrambled to help close the

no matter how fast she was, she wasn’t faster than Elvis, whose strong hand forcefully stopped the door

as terrified and resistant as if seeing a ghost, Elvis sighed deeply, a wry smile on his face. “Evadne, don’t hide from me. I

trembled, and Evadne stared in disbelief,

keep you

much yet couldn’t find peace together, his heart heavy, “I came to

struck straight to Evadne’s heart!

moved, his lips pressed

family, there would be someone willing to stand by him, someone

“Elvis!”

her hair, “You silly girl. Jumping from a five–story building to get away. If you had hurt yourself, how could

widened in

fine, aren’t I? It was just five floors.” Evadne sniffled, unabashedly wiping

too well. Who could ever stop you from doing what you set your mind to? Forget about five

affection

melt had always been, and would only ever

we please stop the nonsense

a bright shade of red from

rushed in, anxiety creasing his

things were relatively calm, he took a deep breath

this gentleman?” Marilla lifted her innocent face, filled with guilt. “I thought he

is not a bad guy.”

devil himself! Even the bad

calming Evadne down, Elvis coolly raised his eyelids and

Ashbourne, thank you for giving me a chance,” Thaddeus rasped,

everything went dark before

twitched violently, and he threw a punch straight

“Thad!”

to intervene, but it was

remained unfazed, ready to

stopped, letting out a cold laugh. “Don’t flatter yourself too much. I’m just making sure my sister isn’t heartbroken over you. Did you really think your dirty tricks would fly with

deserve the worst, but still, thank you for not taking Evadne away. Even if it’s just for a

paused, slowly withdrawing

to Thaddeus’s side,

voice softening as he didn’t want to play the villain in his sister’s eyes. “Evadne,

Elvis brought was a monumental

as well, but he didn’t want Marilla tangled up in this mess, so he sent her back to her room with

held Evadne close on the sofa, listening intently as Elvis recounted his encounter and

to seduce him, but ended up being outwitted by him–all was laid bare.

didn’t tell them-

had given him a sudden electrifying kiss,