His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 940

"No! That's not it!"

Panic-stricken, Harvey grabbed her frail shoulders. "Ellie, I love you! It's precisely because I love you so deeply... that I can't bear to touch you! Nobody understands better than I do what you've been through to get here! So, I won't force you into anything sexual. My reasons for marrying you... they're more about wanting to protect you!"

Ellie was taken aback, her gaze piercing into him as if she was seeing this man for the first time. She knew that if Harvey hadn't pleaded with Avery to take her as his wife, she might have ended up in an unmarked grave somewhere long ago. There was gratitude, indeed. But that bit of gratitude couldn't wash away the years of his unforgivable sins. Nor could it bring back Tom, a vibrant and kind soul, who bled out in front of her.

"Since coming to Helgen, I've been feeling uneasy, not a single night has passed where I've slept soundly." Ellie gently rested her head on Harvey's shoulder. "Stay with me tonight... would you?"

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In the dimness of the night, they shared a bed but remained untouched, like two devout believers. Perhaps it was the exhaustion from a night spent in endless turmoil, but Harvey fell into a deep sleep the moment his head touched the pillow. Ellie suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze dark and unlit, fixated on the man before her. Holding her breath, trembling, she slowly unbuttoned Harvey's shirt. Clutching the cross tightly, firmly in her palm, her eyes red as if bleeding.

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of a tropical monsoon climate. If it hadn't been for the brutal storms and the vilest aspects of humanity he'd witnessed here, beneath this natural façade and the law of

drizzle. Avery walked alone to the Rose Sanatorium to visit his mother, umbrella in hand. In Helgen, his investments were widespread, any venture he financed bore

you feeling

her, gently holding his mother's frail hand. It

me?" Avery patiently reminded her

Evadne? Why hasn't she visited us in so long? Don't you two fight!

won't just be my friend soon." Avery adjusted the blanket over

eyes sparkled with faux happiness, so genuine it almost fooled himself, "She agreed to

going to be my daughter-in-law?!" Tears of joy welled in Mrs. Chambers's eyes. "That's wonderful... just wonderful! I have a pair of jade bracelets in my box, your father gave them to me on our wedding day. I've never worn them. Go give them to Evadne. Look at me, a future mother-in-law with nothing

yourself." Avery choked up, a deep resolve in his dark eyes,

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