Chapter 342

“Evadne? What’s wrong?” Avery could, tell by the look on Evadne’s face that something was off, and he asked with concern.

“I just realized, I never blocked Thaddeus on my phone. So how come he’s on my blocked list?”

As she spoke, Evadne’s piercing gaze slowly moved to Avery’s innocent face.

“Evadne.”

“Did you do this?”

Evadne asked bluntly, “Apart from you, I haven’t met anyone privately tonight. Thaddeus told me he tried calling me all night but couldn’t get through because he was on my blocked list,”

Avery’s hands clenched in his lap, and a cold glint flashed briefly behind his polished glasses.

“I’ve been thinking, and the only time I left my phone was when I went to the restroom at the restaurant we were at. So, you blocked him then, didn’t you?” Evadne squinted her eyes slightly.

“Evadne, are you accusing me?” Avery’s eyes were as innocent and clear as ever

“I’m not accusing you. I’m stating facts.”

It seemed he wasn’t going to get any sympathy.

A massive feeling of loss descended on Avery, making it hard for him to breathe, “Evadne, I admit, I shouldn’t have touched your phone. But I didn’t want Thaddeus to ruin our date, and you have no idea how much I’ve looked forward to today. I was selfish, and no matter how try to explain it, it’s my fault. I’m sorry.”

“This is the last time. It won’t happen again.”

Too many things had happened tonight, and Evadne simply didn’t have the energy to argue with him about this, “Whatever is going on between Thaddeus and me is our business. I don’t want anyone else interfering. When we divorced, I didn’t even block him then, and I don’t want to say goodbye to him now in such a petty and boring way. After all, we might still have to cooperate in business in the future. As long as he’s dead to me, that’s enough. Anything more would just prove that I haven’t let go of him.”

Avery, who was initially worried, brightened up at hearing this, “Evadne, have you really let him go?”

Evadne’s eyes had been a deep red. She slowly nodded.

“I’m so glad, Evadne.”

A wave of excitement surged through Avery, and his hands seemed to have a mind of their own, “Evadne, now that you’ve let go of Thaddeus, could you give me a chance to pursue you? I want to be the man standing by your side, to shelter you from the storm. I may not have been part of your past, but I want to be in your future.”

“Ave, I’m not in the mood for a relationship right now. I’ve told you this before.”

don’t want to get involved in

eyes were intense, and he leaned in closer to her, his breath growing warmer, “Evadne, why don’t we give it a try? Give me

for words, “Being in a relationship isn’t like online shopping. There’s no seven–day return policy, okay?” “You don’t have to do anything, just let

arm, the one not in a cast, supported him against the car window, his body looming over Evadne’s. His slightly upturned eyes were filled with affection, threatening to drown her in it, “I’ll always be there for you, and if you ever feel like I’m worth it, I’ll

me tonight. But please

a complex feeling, “I’m not someone worth risking your life for.

Cut your losses?

a hint of red appeared in the

far more damaging and humiliating than a simple “I don’t like

I don’t want you to end up like

in the end, was a

the car, it was already late into

coffee from a 24–hour supermarket across the park, and when he handed it to Thaddeus, he noticed that Thaddeus’s

up the car’s heating to the max, took off his coat to wrap around Thaddeus, who was chilled to the bone, and put the hot coffee in Thaddeus’s

nearby. We should go and get your hands checked.

his phone, his

taken aback, “Mr. Thaddeus, what did

were on my phone. No one touched it..I didn’t touch it. How were they deleted?” Thaddeus enunciated each

between his teeth.

be a virus

that advanced hackers only need to know your phone number and model to hack into your phone and delete content that isn’t stored in an encrypted inbox. So you always delete after reading, or you put important files in your encrypted inbox, you never leave

breath,

he had learned about hacking in military school. How could he

messages couldn’t be altered, but

“Go and check.”

deep as thunder, “Go check the hotel where Edith was tonight, check the surveillance footage, check that woman who looks almost exactly

same? How is that

had lost his senses. “Mrs. Abernathy is a once–in–a–lifetime beauty. Who can compare

cut the chatter.” Thaddeus remembered the face in the photo, so similar to Evadne’s, and felt a

face nearly identical to Evadne’s, he

find this woman was no longer just about uncovering

how the text message disappeared, I’ll trace

of Thaddeus’s secret late–night meeting with Edith continued to spread

situation had become too public. Despite

phone and tumbled down the stairs. Thankfully, the staircase was buffered and only a few steps

was terrified and took his mother to the

lay in bed receiving an IV drip, tightly gripping Jareth’s hand, her eyes welling up

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