Chapter 972

"Evadne, you and Thad, you're not even legally married."

Evadne's pupils contracted sharply, her breath hitched.

"He hasn't proposed, no wedding bells have rung. Not three years ago, not now. Not even a decent diamond ring to speak of. And yet, he dares to call himself your husband? Laughable."

Avery tenderly took her soft hand, gently kissing the back of it before slipping a shimmering pear-shaped pink diamond ring onto her finger.

Evadne wanted nothing more than to fling it into the ocean's depths.

But she was paralyzed, allowing Avery to manipulate her as he pleased.

to take a step forward or back. A man so feeble and cowardly truly

his chest, his eyes burning with an almost hysterical fervor, "What he can't give you, I will. We can have a romantic beach wedding right here on Rose Island, with the local wildlife

word, "With you, none of this means anything! Avery, no matter how

even more ghostly, adding an

composure, his long, pale fingers reaching for her neck as he leaned in, aiming for the lips

she?" Evadne, desperate to avoid his kiss, blurted

heart clenched,

noticed the turmoil behind his glasses, the grief and pain, and pressed

away," Avery's

"When?!" Evadne's head buzzed.

Rose Island, she left us," Avery's palms turned cold, perhaps out of guilt, as he dared

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