His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 1028

Their eyes met-Evadne's were rimmed red, her hazel gaze filling with tears, equal parts heartbreak and hope.

Thaddeus had come out to see her. Did this mean he knew she'd been watching over him all along?

Maybe, deep down, he still cared. Maybe she still meant something special to him.

Evadne's lips parted, soft and trembling. Her nose was pink from crying, and she lay there on the floor, looking up at him with a voice so small and wounded it made her sound almost childlike.

"Thaddeus... Thaddeus..."

He stared down at her, his blue eyes dark and unreadable. For a long moment, he said nothing. Then his gravelly voice broke the silence.

"Why are you still here?"

A fat tear slipped down Evadne's cheek, fragile as glass.

She wanted to speak, but all that came out was a broken sob.

Thaddeus frowned, eyeing her tear-streaked face with growing impatience.

keep talking. You

I'm sorry..." she hiccuped, apologizing through her

to be so proud, so

she was careful—so careful it was

"Forget it," he muttered.

couldn't get up. Letting her lie there on the cold

kind he used to be, how hopelessly devoted he'd once been to

bent down and scooped her up,

remembering the wound in his left shoulder, barely healed. He shouldn't be lifting

the pain that flared down his arm. Carrying her into the hospital room, he added, "You might want to stay there, but I need to sleep. I've never met a woman who's as loud as you are

always been blunt, never sugarcoating a

more brutally

first gotten married,

left her fuming more often than not. She'd

same Ilana Waverley

around his neck, her big hazel eyes soft

sounds like you've watched a

snapped, not meeting her gaze. "But I'd bet none of