His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 1046

The white rose trembled in Chasel's hand, its silky petals spotted with beads of bright red blood.

"We should break up."

Just five words. Chasel's voice was so soft, almost empty, but it shattered Cassius's ironclad heart, reducing it to ruins, too painful to look at.

"Chasel... I won't let you leave me!"

Cassius's entire body was shaking. In his dark, stormy eyes, a wild, desperate fury burned like never before. "I know exactly who I love! You were never anyone's replacement. Never!

Chasel... don't go. Please. I won't let you leave me!"

He was panicking now.

He begged, he pleaded, he threatened, desperate to hold on.

He would do anything—anything but lose the person he loved most.

He'd barely managed to hold himself together the first time.

But this... this was driving him mad, tearing him apart.

Cassius's breath came rough and ragged, obsession clouding his bloodshot eyes. He reached out, arms wide, trying to pull Chasel—already broken—into his embrace.

forward, and a sharp, searing pain shot through

"Don't touch me!"

the thorny stem slashed

his eyes had closed just in time. If they hadn't, the thorns could have

stared in shock at the bloody scratch running through Cassius's left eyebrow. His own pain faded, replaced by a surge of panic. His hands trembled; instinctively, he wanted to reach out, to care for

to stop, swallowing the urge, his voice coming

need to

care. A drop of blood ran down his pale

promise me...

this point, I just...

myself to stay, every single day by your side, I'd feel

not pure anymore. And that's all I ever wanted—just

breaking. "You and him... you were the perfect couple. I just borrowed some of that light, that's all, and got to love you for

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that's enough for me.

the time Evadne and Jason arrived,

always so composed-was still on his knees, his back hunched, casting a long, desolate

dropped. She instinctively

it was like staring at the ruins of a house after a hurricane—broken,

the hell happened between the boss and Dr. Bright?!" Jason had asked her

never lost his grip. Jason had never