Chapter 341

The screen didn’t display a name, but,a string of digits.

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Thaddeus had always had two numbers, one personal and one for business. She remembered them both.

He usually only used his personal phone to call her privately, this time was an oddity.

A knot formed in Evadne’s stomach as she picked up, slowly pressing the phone to her ear, but she didn’t speak.

“Evadne!” Thaddeus‘ voice was hoarse, almost unrecognizable.

Evadne bit her scarlet lip, her eyelashes fluttering slightly.

“Evadne, please believe me. I’ve been framed!”

Thaddeus knew how difficult it was for Evadne to even pick up his call, so he cut to the chase, “This is a trap, a complex one. Edith alone couldn’t have set it up. There’s someone else behind her! And the bait they used wasn’t Edith. It was you!”

“In half an hour.”

Evadne, her eyes shadowed with sorrow, spoke slowly, “Let’s meet at the playground in the park near the K Orld Hotel.”

If she hadn’t received a call from Cassius earlier, Thaddeus wouldn’t have had a chance to speak with her.

Now, she wanted to hear what explanation Thaddeus had for her.

“Mr. Chambers, Ms. Evadne just left the hospital by herself.”

Harvey rushed back to report to Avery, “She was in the restroom for a while. When she left, she looked angrier and paler!”

Avery leaned against the headboard, a smirk playing on his lips.

He thought, “Let her be angry, the angrier, the better. Only intense pain can be effective, just like a bone–scraping treatment, to completely eradicate Thaddeus from her heart!”

“Send someone to follow Ms. Evadne now, and get a car ready for me. I’ll follow her shortly.”

Harvey wanted to dissuade him, but knowing it would be futile, he simply agreed, “I’ll get the car ready, and a new suit for you!“.

“No need for the suit, a patient should look like a patient.”

Avery moved slightly and broke out in a sweat from the pain, his jawline stiffening.

Harvey watched, feeling helpless.

He felt that Avery was truly invested in dealing with Evadne, completely immersed.

But he didn’t understand how such a shrewd person like Avery could be so devastated over love, he was always so competitive, never allowing himself to be at a disadvantage.

But only Avery knew what he was planning.

In love, sometimes having the upper hand wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Sometimes, showing weakness and retreating could bring about surprising results.

Especially since Evadne was such a dominant woman, she had suffered enough under Thaddeus, and he certainly wouldn’t let her suffer anymore. He would give her the pride and dignity she deserved.

At that moment, the phone under his pillow vibrated.

Harvey quickly picked it up and handed it to Avery, “Mr. Chambers, it’s Ms. Elsie

Avery’s eyes darkened as he picked up the phone, “Hello.”

“Mr. Chambers, how’s my business going?”

Elsie’s voice, cheerful yet seductive, rang out, “I sent those pictures to Thaddeus, and he fell for it immediately. He rushed to the hotel, eager to jump into the trap. What a so–called young talent, business genius, all dumb in front of women. Such filthy man is not worthy to be your opponent.”

“Did you send those pictures through text?” Avery asked leisurely.

“Yes.”

that makes

“You’ve done a big favor for me tonight.

you everything and do anything for

you, and deposit some money into your account. Enough for you to go

are

track because of Ms. Evadne. To avoid unnecessary trouble, you should lay low for a while.

“But!”

His voice

“Yes, Mr. Chambers.”

at the

sharply that night, and it was snowing heavily, so

alone on a bench, staring at the desolate snowy night, thinking back on the past three years when she would come here whenever she had time to watch couples feeding each other ice cream, or young families playing with their kids, warm

all

ever have

hand in hand in the park, exchanging loving glances,

chest, her breath coming out in white puffs, her eyes moist and glittering with the

cream truck drove past her, and she flagged it down,

a set of hurried footstep’s came rushing through the

“Evadne.”

tightened around the ice cream, her

face and ears red from the cold, but his eyes

scene she had imagined countless times was happening

sit here. It’s too

as he reached out to her without

Smack!

demeanor colder than the surrounding snow. “If you have something

smear my reputation, to drive a wedge between us!”

bitterly. “Do you think there’s still

stabbing pain

did, considering how we’re divorced and can’t stand the

how you really feel?” Thaddeus’s throat felt as if it had been skewered, his mouth filled with the taste of

even if it was a setup, the fact remains that you met Edith at that hotel. Seems like the Fairhaven family’s young lady holds quite some

Edith! I was there

forward, his eyes raw and red, his breath trembling as it brushed against Evadne’s rosy nose. He tried to

“Don’t touch me!”

porcupine, her body bristling with spikes. In her

telling the

fearing her disdain. He was on the verge of losing his mind. “I tried to call you tonight many times, but you never answered! I thought something dangerous happened to you. I’ve been

paused. He had called many times? When? Was he lying?

received anonymous pictures of you being held by a stranger, the two of you going into a hotel! I was worried about you. That’s why

make them believable, if I’d known you were going to spout such nonsense. I wouldn’t have bothered

“I have proof!”

out

pounded faster, her

hoping, giving him a

photo I received. Look, isn’t

gaze fixed on the

that had been sent

shocked gaze nearly piercing the screen, but he couldn’t find

It was gone!

it be

it sent chills down Thaddeus’s spine. “Thaddeus, if you haven’t thought of a good excuse, there’s no need to rush to see me. I didn’t want to see you before,

Thaddeus felt as if he had

“Evadne, don’t go,

Evadne.”

stop her, but another voice called

see Avery standing a few steps away, dressed in a hospital gown and draped in a cashmere coat. His face was paler

did you get

I wasn’t stalking you, I just wanted to protect you.” Avery took a weak breath, his tone full of worry. “How could I let a girl like you go out alone

the cold, his piercing gaze seemed to want to tear Avery

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