His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 1086

The instant their eyes met, a tremor ran through Evadne's chest, her thoughts unraveling into a hopeless tangle, like a ball of yarn carelessly shredded by a kitten.

How long had he been waiting here?

All night?

She couldn't look away from those beautiful, bloodshot eyes. Her nose stung, and her heart skipped wildly in her chest.

But then, the memory crashed back—yesterday at the orphanage, Thaddeus standing beneath the tree with Alexia, protectively shielding another woman in his arms, the intimacy unmistakable.

Evadne's slender frame shook. She tore her gaze from his face, eyes brimming with bitterness, her throat tightening with each shallow breath.

She had survived storms most people couldn't imagine. As a doctor with Doctors Without Borders, she'd endured hardship and danger, gone hungry and cold, sometimes not bathing for weeks on end. Even then, she hadn't felt-

Just as she reached to close the door, Thaddeus surged up from the steps, crossing the distance in a heartbeat. His broad hand caught the edge of the door, only narrowly missing his fingers.

lashes trembling, but she

down, his chest rising and falling, breath warm against the tip of her

waiting for

waiting for me, Mr. Thaddeus? I already had my assistant tell you—I'm not going

pale as paper, voice trembling. “Please leave. I'm exhausted. I just want to go to

up so

features, his voice low and rough. “I remember—you've never been one to sleep in. You always had so much energy. Up with the dawn, out rowing, or at

made of endless energy. I can be

lifted in a half-hearted shrug, a ghost of a smile flickering across her colorless lips. “There was a time when I slept late. Not that it matters now Who cares about little things like that? It's all in

their days

voice was husky, heavy with something she couldn't quite

of your business. From now on, nothing about me has anything to do

all too well that

couldn't resist a woman's vulnerability. But the scene she'd witnessed yesterday had wounded her too deeply She had no strength left to face him. She shoved bardhat the door. "Since you already have someone new, Mr. Thaddeus, please stop interfering in my life. Go. I

strength was implacable. No matter how much