Chapter 399

Thaddeus didn’t delve deep into this, his mind was preoccupied with her smoke allergy, he was both guilty and upset.

“I’ll call Gordon to deliver. Or maybe he can cook it himself. His culinary skills may not match Mr. Jason’s, but it’s decent enough.”

Thaddeus noticed Evadne was barefoot, her pale and tender feet exposed without shoes. With a frown, he easily lifted her by her slim waist.

“What are you doing?” Evadne grabbed onto his broad shoulders in panic.

“How can you be so careless? The tiles are cold, you shouldn’t be barefoot.”

Thaddeus gently sat Evadne on the table, knelt before her, and warmed her feet in his hands.

So warm, all the warmth she knew well.

Evadne closed her eyes in comfort, not daring to be too obvious.

“Alva once told me that a woman’s feet are important. You mustn’t catch a chill, or it will bring illness in later years.”

Thaddeus looked at her with a mix of concern and reproach. “Don’t do this again.”

“But I was in a hurry!” Evadne felt chastised and retorted.

Thaddeus raised an eyebrow, a teasing smile on his lips. “In a hurry? Afraid I’ll run off?”

Evadne’s cheeks reddened, her toes curling in his palm.

“You were unconscious. How could I leave you behind? I won’t go.”

How could he bear to leave?

He wanted to stay by her side every night, to reside in her heart.

Thaddeus gently caressed her slim legs, slowly stood up, held her waist, and kissed her forehead.

But that could never satisfy him. When it came to her, he was never satiated.

The temperature of Evadne’s skin was rising, her cheeks flushed with bashfulness.

Despite everything they had done, she was still shy when he approached her..

Just as Thaddeus‘ lips were about to touch her soft skin, the doorbell rang.

He didn’t want to answer it, yet it kept ringing!

Buzzkill!

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Embarrassed, Evadne pushed Thaddeus away. “What’s going on? Who could be ringing the doorbell? Only my brothers know this place, and they all have the passcode.”

“It’s Gordon.”

Thaddeus was getting a headache recalling his clueless secretary. “I told him to come here if there’s news.”

“What news?”

“News about Elspeth and the murderer.”

Evadne’s eyes brightened, she couldn’t wait to jump off the table.

The next second, she was in the air, lifted by Thaddeus!

“You haven’t put on your shoes. It’s best not to touch the ground with your feet.”

shocked by his strength. Only Emeric used to carry her like this when she was little, but she

Hormones were flying.

Evadne’s protests in the background, Thaddeus opened

‘Mr. Thaddeus?”

holding Evadne like a child, both looking disheveled as if

my God.

his mind racing, his face turning red, and his

this dream couple had finally reconciled? Could he

was so embarrassed she didn’t know

may I let him in?”

no choice but to

can I come

voice

Evadne were taken aback, seeing Jareth had

was grinning, his eyes squinted, his smile wicked and irritating!

“Congratulations.”

on what?” Thaddeus glared at

stand outside.” Jareth said, giving

Evadne was speechless.

what you need to say, or

do have something! I wouldn’t come otherwise, can the lovebirds let me in?” Jareth

Thaddeus said, “Come in.”

said, “We are

her, Jareth brazenly

personally helped her put

put some distance between them, but her actions made

Thaddeus sat next to Evadne, so close she could hardly breathe. As he

played with her hair

not the passionate woman

was when Evadne found out that Thaddeus had sent Gordon to

Jareth had followed because there was important news, they were all

Ward?” Thaddeus asked with a

Ward. That would be like walking into a

cahoots.”

thirsty, he took a gulp of water before continuing, “I found out she went to Elmsworth Bank to see the bank

to transfer a large amount of wealth?” Evadne asked, quick to catch

up, “Mrs. Abernathy,

satisfied

blushed, her annoyance clear, but her curiosity

that she had a secret account in the Bank of Country R. I don’t know how much money is

A whopping 20 million!”

did save up for her funeral.” Jareth

escape fund Ward demanded from her.” Thaddeus

casually pull out such a large sum

in the Abernathy Group, and her annual dividends have added up to more than 20 million by now. So it’s not surprising

his gaze on her, “Elspeth has a lot of money, but every penny is under Frederic’s control. Her account with the Abernathy Group is completely transparent. In a way, this is also Frederic’s way of controlling her. So the money in the Bank of Country Rmust be her secret funds, of which Frederic is unaware. And the origin of this money is dubious. I’ve long suspected that Elspeth has been using Glynnis‘ Moonlit Treasures to bribe and launder money. But no matter how hard they try, it would be hard to make 20 million just from Moonlit

if you had evidence?” Evadne twisted her waist to face him, her eyebrows gathered

eyes softened, his fingers released her hair, and his palm gently

gentle that Evadne didn’t

made the two ‘third wheels‘, Jareth and Gordon,

to completely take down Elspeth and Glynnis. Secondly, Frederic would defend them at all costs. If I acted rashly, it would indirectly harm the Abernathy Group, leading to unpredictable

slowly, understanding his

one son. In the eyes of outsiders, Thad was the illegitimate child who had claimed his

as well.

how hard it was for him to become the president of the Abernathy Group, and she also knew about his precarious situation all these

Abernathy Group, he would be at the mercy of others. For his

my mother’s death. So I chose not to expose this matter. Evadne, you must think I’m a coward, useless, right? Indeed.

Jareth and

able to recover somewhat, so there was no time to fill them in on

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