Chapter 458

Avery’s spirit, weary and dejected, perked up at the words, “I’m all ears.”

“Check your phone, there’s a surprise waiting for you.”

He quickly glanced at the screen and indeed, there was a new email notification.

Elsie watched the man’s rigid back with unwavering attention, her curiosity about the person on the other end of the line – who could make the proud and untamed Avery turn pale – only grew.

Avery’s lips tightened as he opened the email, revealing a hospital’s diagnostic report. His brows furrowed as he skimmed through the document. Suddenly, his pupils contracted with shock that clenched his heart tight, almost causing the phone to slip from his grasp.

“What’s wrong? Got scared?” The man on the phone teased.

“Is this for real? No, it can’t be.”

Avery’s eyes repeatedly scanned the diagnosis, his body trembling uncontrollably as if drained of all blood, his mind plunging into an icy abyss, “Evadne, how could she possibly have been pregnant with Thaddeus’s kid? How could they have ever had a kid together?!”

“What’s the big deal if she was pregnant? Does that mean you don’t love her anymore?”

The man scoffed, his tone cold and dismissive, “You should count your blessings that the kid was stillborn. You won’t have to play step–dad to Thaddeus’s kid. That’s a tough role to fill, you know.”

Avery was deeply hurt, his eyes bloodshot with suppressed tears, unable to extricate himself from the pain.

“They had a kid together, a fact Thaddeus is still unaware of. Ms. Ashbourne never told him.”

The man continued to laugh, “Not just Thaddeus, even Chairman Ashbourne and Evadne’s brothers – who dote on her – know nothing of it. Imagine if the men of the Ashbourne family found out that Ms. Ashbourne had miscarried Thaddeus’s kid and lost her chance to be a mom. Do you think they would still support a reunion between Ms. Ashbourne and Thaddeus? Not a chance.” Avery clenched his phone, his anguish spreading through every limb, his complexion pallid as if on the brink of death.

He was right. The greatest pain in Evadne’s life was the loss of her kid. And this pain was the perfect weapon to permanently sever Evadne from Thaddeus!

Anything to keep them apart, he would stop at nothing!

Evadne, I will be forever in your debt,” Avery’s eyes flickered with a ruthless gleam. “You’ve managed the Helgen businesses well over the years, which has been a great help to me. This is just a small favor; don’t mention it.” The man replied casually, and then reminded, “Oh, and you mustn’t spread this news yourself –

already chosen the perfect

suitable than her.” A

the Abernathy Group’s PR department working overtime to control the narrative and delete the

to spread and fester in the

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is meant

[I want in!]

[Count me in!]

quite the thrill, PM me for

what’s the fuss about an old hag pleasuring herself? Y’all got some weird

for the Abernathy Group was the loss of

at the event had spread

caused the Fairhaven Group’s stock

the tycoon and might be able to demand an explanation from the Fairhaven Group,

the disaster, but his brash behavior at the races had also become the talk of the town. People humored him

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the Fairhaven Group became an outcast, besieged by

slapped the bed in anger, his already pale face turning red with fury, “Good for nothing, the lot of you! Incapable of resolving the Fairhaven Group’s troubles and just hovering around me, an old man halfway to the grave – what good does that do?! If we don’t survive

huge piece

just one promising son. Does God have no mercy, taking my son away from me! Look at the state of the Fairhaven family now. If only

of her

as he braced himself and said, “Dad, don’t get too worked up. I’m working

the incident, have you sorted

been punched in the gut, his pride wounded. To be chastised by his own father in front of the family, at his age, was a humiliation he had

handled by Jareth, and let him deal with the mess

promoted Jareth to the role of a high commissioner. Even if temporary, Jareth nearly had the highest authority second only

now, and maybe it was only a matter of time to take over the entire empire. Gary was a mix of shock and resentment, his wrinkled face

just because of a scandal at a horse race, his authority was undermined? The hard work he had

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