His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 555

In fact, the troubles were far from few and far between.

Despite Ward having spilled his guts, without getting a hold of Eden, the linchpin, their plan to drag Avery through the mud was dead in the water.

After the guests had left, Alva swung by just in time to lend a hand with the kitchen and house chores, assisting Thaddeus and Evadne.

“Thaddeus, could you maybe find a moment to chat with Jareth? I mean, every time he sees Aaron, he acts like he’s caught the green–eyed monster or something.”

Evadne placed the dishes in the sink, ready to wash them, her pretty lips murmuring in dissatisfaction, “Why does he see every eligible, handsome bachelor as a threat? I have five brothers who are all single, and yet he hones in on Aaron like a homing missile. He and Marilla aren’t even hitched yet, and he’s already acting all possessive and paranoid. If they do tie the knot, Marilla’s gonna be on a very short leash, I bet. Dare to glance at another guy, and will Jareth go full–blown jailer mode? Is he gonna end up one of those husbands from hell?”

“Evadne, Jareth’s not like that. He adores Marilla. The guy’s head over heels for the first time in his life, sees her as more precious than anything. It’s natural he’s scared stiff of losing her.”

Thaddeus strode over, his large hands effortlessly scooping her aside as he rolled up his crisp white shirt sleeves and dove into dishwashing, “Let me do it. Your hands are too soft and fair to be soaking in suds all day.”

Jareth was head over heels for Marilla.

And Evadne was equally smitten with Thaddeus, so even his offhand remarks merited her careful consideration.

After mulling it over, the sensitive Evadne bit her lip and asked.softly, “What about you, Thaddeus? Is this the first time you’ve really fallen for someone?”

The moment the words left her lips, Evadne instantly regretted them.

She knew the answer, knew all too well that Thaddeus was not one to lie, preferring brutal honesty over sweet nothings.

Thaddeus paused, his emotions clogging his throat, his brow furrowed with thought.

After drying his hands, he gently grasped her rounded shoulders, his eyes meeting her tearful gaze.

“I’m sorry, Evadne.”

“It’s not me, I know.”

A surge of heart–wrenching pain flooded from her heart, spreading poisonously through her limbs, bringing tears to her eyes, yet she managed a strained smile, “I knew what you’d say, and I asked anyway. Silly me, right? Why even bother.”

Thaddeus’s heart clenched in pain, his lips pressed into a thin line as he pulled her into his embrace, holding her so tightly it was as if he wanted to fuse her into his very bones.

She cared deeply.

How could she not? He had once shredded her affections and had made her, so distinguished, fall from grace.

means to an end. Before I fell for you, I didn’t know what love was. I only knew

Evadne’s tear–stained face buried in his chest,

“She demanded it.”

there was no denying his past actions, “Back then, Acacia told me about a famous jeweler. She wanted his creations, so I had to find a way to get them. Looking back, I was just a soulless shell. I did whatever she asked, without a second thought. I know you won’t believe anything I say, and I don’t want to make excuses. Evadne, if you can’t get past this, then take all the knives in this kitchen and take your

if I get fed up with you, and

soft but petulant, Thad’s shirt soaking

not an option.”

tirelessly. Even in death,

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not even a little

lifted her gaze,

his heart shattering

the first person

tentatively probed, “You want

“Of course.”

“No.”

“Thaddeus! You jerk!”

like a torrential downpour, “How did I not see sooner what kind of man you are? An absolute scoundrel. Get out. Take nothing with you, but

I love, the one I want to marry, the one I want to protect for a lifetime. Because of that, I want to lay my heart bare for

were rescuing hostages from a terrorist group, there was this girl, dressed in a white lab coat, wearing a thick mask, who left

boiling as if even her

“And then?”

wounded and it was her desperate efforts that saved my life.” Thaddeus slumped onto the couch with a mix of guilt and resignation, a wry smile playing on his lips,

seemingly lost in the depths

what

“I was so close to checking out that I told the girl to leave me be. But she was as stubborn as you. She wrapped me up in a tarp and lugged me on her back with a

tale, a dull ache throbbed in

defiant silhouette, and it was a memory that haunted him to this day, “It broke my heart, you know. And not just that, I didn’t even know what she looked like or her name, but I still felt something for her. Evadne, I can’t lie to you. That was the first time I felt that way. Maybe it was the adrenaline, the life–or–death closeness that

his thoughts scattering. The sweet, intoxicating tangle left his mind reeling and his heart pounding, utterly lost in the moment.

breathless

“Evadne.”

you this once for the girl who saved your life. From now on, you’re only allowed to have those

on her as clear and sincere as the morning star, “More than feelings. I’d gladly walk through fire

was still racing, but she feigned composure,

stopped looking, but I don’t even know her name, her likeness, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

glistened in Evadne’s eye, but she quickly wiped it away. Whether he knew she was Paloma didn’t matter

living room, they enjoyed a bath and slipped into matching pajamas, ready to go