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.

Her kindness was just a means to an end. Before I fell for you, I didn’t know what love

tear–stained face buried in

“She demanded it.”

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

if I get fed up with you, and I want you

but petulant, Thad’s shirt soaking

not an option.”

Even in death, I’ll refuse rebirth, just to stay by your side.

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you, not even

her gaze, eyes

hurried to dry them, his heart shattering at the sight of her

I the first person you love??” she

probed, “You

“Of course.”

“No.”

“Thaddeus! You jerk!”

pounding against his chest like a torrential downpour, “How did I not see sooner what kind of man you are? An absolute scoundrel.

voice wobble, but he stayed serious, “Evadne, you are the one 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

words measured, “Back in Zenithia, on the battlefield, when we were rescuing hostages from a terrorist group, there was

boiling as if even her dead pinkie finger quivered.

“And then?”

It was supposed to be me saving her, but I ended up critically wounded and it was her desperate efforts that saved my life.” Thaddeus slumped onto the couch with a mix

were locked onto his, her soul seemingly

then what happened?”

his voice thick with emotion, “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 rope, dragging my nearly

tale, a dull ache throbbed in

of the battlefield, the girl’s 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

his thoughts scattering. The sweet, intoxicating tangle left

parted, breathless

“Evadne.”

a finger to his lips, her eyes sparkling like jewels, “I forgive you this once for the girl who saved your life. From now on, you’re only allowed to have

the morning star,

heart was still racing, but she feigned composure, “Did you ever

likeness, and there’s nothing I can do about it.” Thaddeus confessed with a self–deprecating laugh, “I called her Paloma because

wiped it away. Whether he knew she was Paloma didn’t matter anymore.

the kitchen and living room, they enjoyed a bath and