His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 627

Evadne listened, her eyes brimming with tears, as Suri recounted the tale with a heavy heart.

Battered and barely clinging to life.

What kind of harrowing ordeal must her mother have endured to have nearly perished so far from home?

Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s trembling hand tighter, his voice laced with confusion. “Mrs. Ashbourne has been all alone in this foreign land for so many years, raising children for Mr. Emeric. Didn’t she ever reach out to her family, or visit her homeland even once?”

Suri shook her head, her gaze lowered. “Never. Not once. Emeric even went so far as to change her citizenship, gave her a new identity, so she could cut ties with her past completely.”

The more they heard, the deeper their bewilderment grew.

What could have happened to make Mrs. Ashbourne abandon her old life so completely?

With each word, Evadne’s curiosity about her mother’s past intensified.

e years, you

“Evadne, that’s all I know. And over father has reminded us, more than once, not to tell you anything about your mother.”

Suri’s eyes pleaded as she took Evadne’s hand. “I don’t know why, but you must trust your father. He truly loves you and your mother. Everything he does, he does for you without a second thought. So please, let’s pretend this conversation never happened. Don’t ask your father about it, okay?”

Evadne’s heart swelled with a deep, unspoken love for her mother. But she didn’t want to make Suri uncomfortable, so she could only nod through her tears.

After a recent ordeal, Emeric’s health, which had just started to improve, was once again on shaky ground.

Chasel arrived just in time to perform a thorough check-up and administer the necessary medication, stabilizing Emeric’s condition.

Back in his office, Chasel slumped into his chair, utterly spent, as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders. As the lead physician, the pressure was immense.

After all, this was the father of the man he adored!

This was his first impression in front of his future father-in-law, and the pressure was crushing. Who could understand?

With these thoughts weighing on him, Chasel sprawled across his desk, his lips puckering in frustration.

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Chapter 627

Emeric’s life had hung in the balance, and Chasel had fought tooth and nail to bring him back from the brink of death. Three sleep-deprived nights of standing until his legs. cramped up, both hungry and exhausted. And there was Cassius, doting on his father but scarcely offering Chasel a word of comfort.

Once a charmer, renowned for his conquests, now Chasel had taken a tumble for Cassius, tasting the bitterness of unrequited affection for the first time.

“Cassius. I despise you!” Chasel fumed, nearly shattering the glass atop his desk with a slap, his eyes shimmering with resentment. “This is the last time. I swear it’s the last time I help you! Next time, even if you beg, I won’t.”

Knock, knock, knock-

The sound of knocking interrupted his brooding.

tissue, blew his nose, and walked to the

him. A gentle smile on his lips, his obsidian eyes glittered with a starry sheen.

“Chasel.”

beat, his fingers tightening around the

in his

you told me once that you avoid carbs, but when you’re really stressed and worn out, you treat yourself to fried chicken. So here it is. I wasn’t

the thought, and despite

sitting down with a cold expression, resisting the urge

my utmost to save anyone, not just Mr. Emeric. President Ashbourne, you don’t need to be so formal.”

upset?” Cassius asked

Chasel fluttered his lashes.

why the tears?”

glanced inadvertently at the mirror

–

lip, his eyes red-rimmed, his nose tinged pink – the very picture

of fried chicken

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care, providing forks and napkins

for all the trouble these past few days,” Cassius said, his

clenched, and he looked up into

sitting down beside him. “But you know, with the whole family here and my father ill, as the eldest son, I have to take care of him, comfort the family, and find time to steady the ship at the company. Chasel, it’s not easy

he took a big bite of

It’s so weird.”

eat. “You need to eat more; you’ve lost weight.”

next time, remember to bring ketchup. My favorite’s always plain chicken dipped in ketchup.”

lips. “Oh,

it,” Cassius nodded

“So, what do

lifted his lashes, a charming vortex forming in his

was a wise-cracker, and pestering him further would only yield answers he didn’t want to hear. So, in a fit of pique, he

ferocious bite.

mean it this time.’

owes you one, the wh Ashbourne family is in your debt.”

chicken, are you?” Chasel said with feigned annoyance, although he

not. Name your price, anything you

speaking than Chasel seized his jaw, pressing

weariness of the past days evaporated in an instant, with Chasel’s

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resentment, clearly not willing to let

half-closed and misty, he let the little fox wreak havoc

round of teasing, chasing, and entangling.

know exactly what I want, with just one kiss,” Chasel said with a red-cheeked grin, breath heavy, as he wrapped his arms around Cassius’

from the kiss, and slowly clenched his hand resting on

his mouth, a mischievous and

on his lips.

“Nope.”