His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 450

On the other side of the racetrack, in the rest lounge No. 2.

The horse racing event had just concluded when Elspeth, barely containing her excitement, rushed to meet Victor.

“Victor. Victor. I’m here!”

Sometimes, Elspeth felt that ever since she met Victor, not only had she undergone a personal renaissance, but she also became more daring and fearless.

For over two decades, she had feigned the part of the dutiful wife within the Abernathy family, concealing her true self while tirelessly pandering to Frederic, living a life so exhaustingly pretentious.

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Day in and day out, placating a man whose very presence she had grown to loathe to her core, she had had enough.

Victor’s arrival was like a torrential downpour on parched soil, an intoxicating deluge that soaked her to the bone, from which she could not, and would not extract herself.

With a heart pounding with anticipation, and hands trembling with need, Elspeth knocked on the door of the rest lounge. But when no one answered, her impatience got the better of her. She pushed the door open and swiftly locked it behind her. To her surprise, the room was empty.

“How can this be? Where is he?”

Puzzled, her gaze landed on a lone table where a syringe lay. She knew all too well what it was – her lifeline, her elixir!

Breathless with delight, she rushed to grab it, but her phone rang at that precise moment. It was as if Victor had eyes on her, the timing of his call couldn’t have been more exact.

“Victor! Where are you?!” Elspeth’s voice was laden with a desperate hunger.

“Mrs. Abernathy, the track is crowded and eyes are everywhere. If we were caught together, I fear even a silver–tongued devil couldn’t talk his way out.” Victor’s voice carried both care and consideration, “I can handle the gossip, but to see your reputation tarnished would be a sorrow too great.”

Tears of emotion welled in her eyes, “Victor! You are the only one who truly cares for me. I have only you!”

“I know you’ve been without your medicine, struggling through these days. So, I’ve left it as a gift for you. I hope it brings you some comfort.”

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After a brief exchange of tender words, they ended the call. Elspeth couldn’t wait any longer. She uncapped the needle, her bloodshot eyes wide with craving, and injected every last drop of the substance into her veins.

“Ah.”

mess of tears and snot – a grotesque, twisted sight. In that moment, she was no aristocratic lady of wealth, but a slave to

compose herself. Indeed, with the drug coursing through her, she

the door sent a jolt through Elspeth, her hand clutched to her

act.

are you in there?”

her heart race! She was grateful that Victor had the foresight not to meet her; otherwise, how

a

took a deep breath and with

“What is it?”

looking at? Do you suspect I’m hiding someone?” Elspeth crossed her arms defensively, leaning against the door with a mocking sneer, “You have such a filthy mind, suspecting everyone. Go on then, sniff around with your hound’s nose, look around with your hound’s eyes! If you don’t

you misunderstand. I meant

presence immediately. Everyone was there but you, and Mr. Abernathy fears the gossip of other families. If you

undercurrents

always been at her grandfather’s side, involved in countless shady dealings, always emerging unscathed. How had Thaddeus caught

other Fairhavens were equally stunned, minds reeling.

it be you?!” Barry’s large frame stumbled, and Gary rushed

an orphanage and groomed with great care. Officially an assistant, but

“Mr. Barry, Ah!”

finish, a sharp pain in his waist sent

Gordon, usually the silent, unassuming figure behind Thaddeus, to exhibit

and he asked softly, “Did it

in disdain, though the warmth around her waist sent tingles through her body. “Usually, I’m the one on the edge, and Gordon does his best to

one who couldn’t contain

lashes fluttered slightly as the man’s magnetic voice sent a warm breath tingling her ear, tempting her to shyly lower her gaze. It was as if an electric current was traveling down her

he delivered another fierce kick to Duke’s ribs, his eyes blazing with fury,

mere secretary raise his hand against a member of the Fairhaven family?!” Gary roared, his features twisted in rage.

standing menacingly behind Barry, their eyes locked on Gordon. Some seemed eager to jump in, just waiting for

with a chilling

fell around

had shown no fear, suddenly turned red with excitement. His lips quivered, and tears welled up in his

in full view of everyone, your man has beaten a member of the Fairhaven family to this state. Who put him up to this? Now any low creature can step on the Fairhaven family’s head?!” Barry’s thick white brows furrowed in anger, “And what do you mean by saying that one of ours harmed Ms. Ashbourne

Abernathy, does being the CEO of the Abernathy Group give you the right to do whatever you please? Careful, words can bring disaster. I might just sue you for slander!” Gary pointed directly at Thaddeus’s

rounded shoulder and protecting his delicate wife,

Fairhaven Group were accusing others of lawlessness? That was just absurd!

edge in her voice as smooth as silk, “The Abernathy family and Fairhaven family are old allies;