His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 592

In a moment, Jareth felt as if he had been shot through the heart, a sharp pain that made his tall frame shudder.

“In the Abernathy family, Marilla had no sense of self and lived a joyless existence. Now, she’s the woman you keep by your side, living life to your plans, to your tastes, too compliant for her own good. That’s not necessarily a good thing.”

Thaddeus sipped his whiskey, eyes downcast, “You two should take a break, cool off for a few days. It’s also a chance to think about where this relationship is headed and how to proceed.”

“Thaddeus. Are you even listening to yourself?”

Jareth’s palms slammed down on the table, making the liquid in the decanter ripple. His eyes were more bloodshot than the red wine within, “When you were chasing Evadne, at your lowest and most helpless, I never let you give up! And now, you won’t even help me find a way out. You’re actually suggesting I throw in the towel? After all this time, in your eyes and your wife’s, I’m just some irresponsible jerk who leaves chaos in his wake! You never really wanted Marilla and me to work out. From the start, you never truly intended to let her be with me! All my friendship with you was for nothing!”

Thaddeus’s brow furrowed deeply, “Jareth, you’re being too one–sided.”

“If it were Evadne, and I asked you to leave her, to step back, to give up on her. Thaddeus, could you do it? Answer me, could you?”

Jareth’s bitter laugh was filled with pain, “You couldn’t, could you? Without Evadne, you’d rather be dead, right? Well, guess what, I feel the same about Marilla. What’s the point of living without her? When you talk about reconsidering this relationship, about taking Marilla away, you might as well be killing me. It’s not just murder. It’s scattering my ashes to the wind!”

“Evadne, and Marilla are different. How much can Marilla take? Even the slightest shock, and her world might crumble!”

Thaddeus’s gaze was dark and troubled, his concern like that of a father vetting his daughter’s suitor, “What the average person can endure, she cannot. If you love her, you need courage, resolve, and patience far beyond the ordinary. But today, your actions show a clear lack of patience, or you wouldn’t be handling things with such force!”

Jareth felt as though a bucket of cold water had been dumped over him.

He knew he was in the wrong, and he couldn’t blame anyone else.

In the midst of this tense moment, a crisp voice rang out, “What in the world are you yelling about at this hour?”

Both Jareth and Thaddeus looked up to see Evadne, hand on hip, standing at the entrance to the living room, her gaze sharp.

“Marilla’s awake, though a bit weak.”

With a complex look on her face, Evadne glanced at Jareth’s bitter expression, “Go check on her.”

Jareth rushed upstairs, grateful for the reprieve.

Evadne approached Thaddeus, her frown betraying her weariness as she sighed softly.

Seeing her fatigued, Thaddeus, filled with tenderness, reached out to hold her delicate hand, pulling her between his legs and wrapping his arms naturally around her waist.

He looked up at her, his eyes full of deep affection as he massaged her lower back, “You must be exhausted. I’ll go with you to rest. Don’t worry about Marilla. I’ll watch over her.”

was light as

than a word,

to kiss her softly on the lips, his voice gentle, “If you don’t want to go back to the room,

muscles are all tense, not comfortable

comfortably nestled against his chest,

to let Marilla and Jareth be alone right now, after their fight?” Thaddeus asked

still loves him, I know it. And after this, Jareth must realize his mistake. Let him go in

stroking the strands of hair by her cheek, “Yeah,

this month. He’ll officially appoint his grandson as the CEO of Fairhaven Group and bring him onto the board of directors. Then, he

flickered, but he remained

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look happy. Don’t you approve of

Marilla, so I wanted to intimidate him a bit. They’re in love.

that I disapprove, I just feel helpless as Jareth’s best friend. I can’t do much to aid his marriage.”

and the fact that Jareth defended me last time,

will cause trouble for your good friend’s marriage?” Evadne’s bright

think; it’s a

chuckled mirthlessly, “I have no

brain, and I still think we need to seal the deal on those

concern for Marilla’s future, pondered even deeper, “You know as well as I do that Frederic is hardly going to agree to this marriage. At that party at William and his son’s, in front of all those Elmsworth bigwigs, Jareth made a fool out of Frederic. If he agrees to give his daughter to Jareth after that, he’ll feel like the laughingstock of the whole Elmsworth. With the Fairhaven family seeming to have him under their thumb, and with Frederic always prizing his

Grandpa’s fond of Jareth, treats him almost like his own

found Marilla weakly leaning against the headboard, her doe–like eyes dull and

him, nearly drowning him, making even breathing difficult.

of soup, trying to coax the mistress to take a sip, but no matter how

“Marilla.”

call of Jareth, Marilla, as if triggered, immediately shut her eyes tight and clutched her

had struck his heaving chest, tears of regret and

what he had done!

more patient, if he had

take

from behind, crying out with a sobbing

not a stranger, it’s Jareth,” Lily hurriedly comforted.

“Please, don’t go.”

with you,” Lily said, casting a look at Jareth, whose face was ashen with distress.

knee in front of Marilla. As he reached out to hold her hand, she flinched away.