His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 494

Avery tugged at the corners of his pale lips with a grimace, “So, is that why you found a man who cares about you?”

Elsie felt his mocking laughter pierce her heart like a jagged blade.

“Elvis likes you? Cares about you? Just because he spent one night with you, just because he brought you a box of antacids, you think you’re in his heart?”

Avery released his grip from her neck, instead jabbing a finger against her forehead, “I thought, despite your lowly status, you had a bit of sense in you. But now, it seems you’re utterly worthless. To have Evadne’s face and waste it like this–it’s an insult to her beauty.”

Through her blurring vision, the man she had loved for ten years grew distant and unrecognizable.

Tears of heart–wrenching pain streamed down uncontrolled, but Avery remained indifferent to her sorrow, “Quit your delusions. The Ashbourne men–I know them better than anyone. They’re like me; their hearts belong only to Evadne, they only love Evadne. With your background, and being one of my underlings, do you really think you can catch his eye? Once he knows your true colors, death will be waiting for you.”

Avery pulled a handkerchief from his suit pocket and meticulously wiped the blood from his slender fingers, “Wake up, Elsie. You don’t stand a chance.”

“And what about you_”

With a burst of desperate courage and a smile through blood and tears, Elsie challenged him, “Do you think you are worthy of Evadne. No matter how hard you try, in Evadne’s eyes, it’s always Thaddeus and only Thaddeus.”

Avery’s face twisted as if he’d been sucker–punched, his hands clenching into fists with a terrifying crackle!

“Elsie! Just drop it, will ya? What good does it do you to go head–to–head with Mr. Chambers?”

Harvey, sweating bullets, pleaded earnestly, “Mr. Chambers! Keep your cool, man! You can’t hit her again. You might actually kill her! And what good is a dead person to you? That’s a loss, don’t you think?”

Sure enough, Avery’s sinister expression gradually softened.

Harvey, who was with him day and night, knew too well what he wanted-

Avery was the epitome of refined self–interest. He was only interested in people and things that benefited him.

As long as Elsie had value, he wouldn’t lay a finger on her yet.

At that moment, Avery’s phone rang from his pocket.

He turned away, tossing the handkerchief aside and pulling out his phone. As soon as he saw the name on the screen, his expression shifted dramatically and he answered immediately.

“Mr. Chambers, you must be feeling on top of the world lately.”

The man’s crisp, condescending voice came through, always with a sneer, “Now that all obstacles are out of the way. The entire Ashbourne family despises Thaddeus. They’re at odds with him. Your prospects with Ms. Ashbourne must be looking up, eh?”

Avery, reminded of Evadne’s scorn and Emeric’s noncommittal stance, clenched his fist in frustration, “Much obliged for your help, but the current situation’s complicated. But I swear, I won’t give up on Evadne till my dying breath.”

“Ah, you’re still not ruthless enough. Hesitation and mercy will only cause you pain while your enemies rejoice,” the man’s voice dripped with lazy amusement, “If I were you, I’d just take what I wanted by force. Even if she’s unwilling, it’s a waste to let my efforts go in vain. And if that still doesn’t work, then ruin her completely.”

need some more time. I’ve got some issues to sort out. Once that’s done, I’ll find a way to make Evadne

for now. You’ve

turned ice–cold, “Elspeth’s case is going to trial soon, and neither Frederic nor that lawyer could stop it.” “The prosecutor on Elspeth’s case is Evadne’s brother, Arnold,

Elspeth. But without hard evidence for incitement to murder, it’s tough to get a heavy sentence. However, I bet Thaddeus and Evadne won’t let her off easy. Naturally, they

Chambers? Your

love, even if it’s her visceral hate, it’s worth living for.” Avery slowly adjusted his gold–rimmed glasses, his eyes bottomless

you deal with Eden? If he falls into Evadne and Thaddeus’s hands, Mr. Chambers, your good days are

jet that will be delivered domestically next week.”

be charming, Avery’s smile was nonetheless chilling, “Then, I’ll send him and his brothers on a one–way

his sister, left early to update

Even in clean pajamas, her body and hair were filthy, which was torture for someone as fastidious

“Ugh, it reeks!”

nose at the smell of her own hair, almost gagging, “I can’t take it, it stinks!

not one

embrace, burying his nose in her soft

a shower!” Evadne squirmed in his warm chest, adorable

your body is at its weakest. Taking a shower could make

voice a soothing whisper, “If you’re feeling under the weather, I can fetch some water and sponge you

nothing like a proper

narrow waist, tilting her creamy neck back, her eyes shimmering with playful entreaty, “Let me take a bath, pretty please!

heart melt, “I can

to stand, Evadne suddenly clutched his large

doe eyes

a beat, feeling almost breathless, he asked in a

“Together.”

eyes tinted with a hint of red, Thaddeus scooped her up in a warm embrace, cradling her like a

the steamy, bubbly water, completely open and vulnerable to

dressed in a crisp white shirt and black trousers, kneeling respectfully by the tub like a devoted valet, wiping

playfully blew

laughed, his eyebrows frosted with bubbles, as

into you today?

a tantalizing torment, “Usually, you’re like a

heart clenched, a dull pain spreading to his extremities.

their entanglement day and

he felt inadequate, unworthy. Unfit for her, undeserving of her touch.

I ask you something?”

slow and restrained, “Back then, why

of every day, he’d been silently

known about the baby, if he had known they’d lost their child.

wasn’t just your fault we couldn’t protect our child. As a mother, I was responsible, too.”