Chapter 988

"I just... want to go home..."

Evadne's eyes brimmed with tears, her grip crumpling his shirt as she sobbed

uncontrollably, her distress pulling at heartstrings, "I miss my dad, my brothers, I miss... Thaddeus...

Please... let me go home... okay? Please..."

He listened in silence, his stride firm and unwavering, offering no words.

"Give Evadne back to me!"

Avery, disregarding any semblance of composure, charged forward, his eyes bloodshot as he blocked Hans's path.

"You're not married to Ms. Evadne yet. Technically, she's not yours."

Hans's gaze was unmoved, eyeing Avery's pallid face with a slight, mocking curl of his lips, "Besides, even if I were to hand her over, could you really catch her?"

Avery's frail body shuddered, his trembling hand retracting.

Despite being utterly exhausted and shell-shocked, Evadne's mind was startlingly clear.

Hans's words hinted at something more.

that Avery was already on his last legs, a candle burnt

breeze grew fiercer, its

Evadne close

was only when her cries ceased

is

to

flee, tonight's sea would have been your grave," Hans's eyes darkened

a mix of fear

phone or computer, she was oblivious to the weather forecast,

was no storm? Would you let me go?" she asked him, her

me tell

her

before her was Hubery. Or perhaps, in

way, she had come to see

even

lost his memory, the core of his soul,

prevent you from being

as deep as the ocean, "That was,

even if tonight was calm, you'd still stop

response was

felt her heart plummet, a

by Sir. Now that he's of no use, all of it will be taken back," Hans said matter-of-factly, "Sir never engages in a losing

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