Chapter 336

Byron’s face quickly turned from rosy, to a sickly green upon hearing the words.

The crowd was left in shock.

Mr. Avery was quite bold and provocative with his words.

Guests began to chatter among themselves.

“Seems like there’s some bad blood between the two Chambers brothers.”

“Bad blood? More like a full–blown feud!”

“Did Mr. Avery just claim that the horse was his? Did Byron just make use of his younger brother’s property without giving a heads up?”

“That’s not quite right, is it?”

The murmurs reached Byron’s ears and he clenched his teeth, barely holding his anger in check. “Avery, it’s just a horse. Was it necessary to make such a scene?” He retorted coldly,

“Absolutely.”

Avery’s chilling reply was as piercing as his sharp gaze, “If it were just a horse, I wouldn’t mind. But you’ve laid your hands on the gift meant for Miss Evadne before she even had a chance to see it. Do you find that appropriate?”

Evadne, her eyes still wide with excitement over the sight of the prized horse, was taken aback by his words.

“Byron, have you lost all sense of decency over the years?”

Avery didn’t hold back from mocking him, not caring about the fact that they were brothers, “Didn’t our father ever teach you that taking someone else’s belongings without permission is rude?”

Byron felt like he had been slapped across the face, his composure slipping away.

He could handle the slight embarrassment over the horses. But with Evadne present, the humiliation was magnified a thousand–fold, his heart pounding wildly in his chest, his blood seething with a rage that threatened to consume him.

“If the horse was meant for Miss Evadne, why was it tied up here? I assumed it belonged to the Chambers‘ stables and as a Chambers, I have every right to lead it.”

Avery adjusted his glasses, a smirk playing on his lips, “So if you’re tied up here, does that mean I can lead you away too?”

“You!”

Laughter erupted from the crowd, making Byron’s face grow even redder with anger. He took a step forward, his fists clenched. If it weren’t for his secretary holding him back, he would have lunged at Avery in a heartbeat.

“Let it go, Avery. It’s a trivial matter, there’s no need to spoil the mood over this.”

Evadne gently touched Avery’s arm, her voice soft, “We shouldn’t disrupt Byron’s gathering. Let’s go somewhere else.”

“Alright.”

away with

moment, he seemed like a knight in shining armor,

public humiliation, and even more so at seeing him taking Evadne for a moonlit

the lounge, Byron was fuming, downing a glass of

bastard. Over a mere animal, he dares to act so arrogantly!”

F

owning the horse, but from having a valid

him, “Are you saying that I gave him the opportunity

indignant on your behalf! After all, you’re the one Mr. Jeff has chosen to marry into the Ashbourne family!” The secretary stammered,

to come up with a solution!” Byron snapped, his eyes red with fury, his breathing erratic, and his

whiskey. After Byron downed it in one gulp, his breathing slowly returned to normal, and his hands

one would have guessed that the elegant and composed man they saw in public relied on strong liquor

You should return the favor. At the very least, we can’t let his date with Miss Evadne go so smoothly,” the secretary

in Byron’s eyes. After a moment of

have a plan. Get it done

out

ringing and his heart was out of

public eye for a while due to your illness, so tonight’s party is particularly significant as your first public appearance since your

the CEO, the chosen successor of Mr. Frederic. You

silent, staring blankly at his dark

in love, but don’t

sighed helplessly, “I know you’re concerned about Mrs. Abernathy, but she’s a grown woman of prestige with plenty of capable protectors. What could possibly happen to her? You didn’t use to be so irrational. As

you think it’s wrong for me to put her first?” Thaddeus asked, his brows

hard, “No. That’s

a machine, working tirelessly day and night. I had a wife, but I never really put her first. Nothing was more important to me than work. I used to think that without my position,

when I lost Evadne, I realized the truth. Without her by my side, I truly

Everything I’ve

thought, “What’s the point of being at the top? Even there, I’ve lost what

knew you couldn’t protect those around you without power. You wanted to make a name for yourself, to honor

the

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trying to win Mrs. Abernathy’s favor, neglecting

“You want to be a kept man? That’s no way

eyes, a feeling

correct. Unpleasant,

the car. We

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horse is considered the Ferrari of horses, a treasure of Whiteguard. I used to beg my dad to give me one, but he was always afraid I would get hurt and didn’t want

excitedly stroked the golden horse’s fur. The pulse under

was Thaddeus,

fingertips tingled, her cheeks

he was on top of her,

do you

“Huh?”

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