His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 457

The three others stood agape.

“Thaddeus, it’s been twenty years, where could you get the evidence?!” Evadne seized the man’s hand.

Thaddeus interlaced his fingers with hers, his voice hoarse and deep, “Remember when I told you I went to track down that maid who used to work for my mom?”

The woman nodded obediently.

“People often have a premonition when disaster looms. Before Elspeth met her end; the maid seemed to sense danger. Gordon sent someone caught her in time, and then, well, I had to resort to certain measures.”

Thaddeus took a deep breath and continued, “In a state of sheer panic, to save her son, she revealed some truths, things not even mentioned in that recording, the real truth.”

He was innately good–hearted. If it hadn’t been a dire necessity, why would he use a kid’s life as a leverage to coerce, to threaten, to become a merciless fiend?

Evadne believed that even if the maid had remained obstinate, Thaddeus would not have harmed her son. He couldn’t do it. If he had, how would he be any different from Avery?

“My mom was killed by Elspeth. It was Elspeth who poisoned her with her own hands,” Thaddeus’s eyes were rimmed with red, struggling to contain the surging waves of hatred, making his hand, held tightly by Evadne, as cold as a block of ice.

“Poisoned with her own hands?!” Arnold and Aaron were so shocked their faces stiffened.

Gordon swayed as if he had been struck by a heavy blow! Evadne’s throat tightened, the air seemed thin, and her chest felt crushed by a massive stone.

Anyone else would have gone mad, but because Thaddeus had not, the calmer he remained, the more her heart ached.

“Mr. Abernathy, what in the world happened then?” Aaron pressed urgently.

“The maid confessed that she had indeed followed Elspeth’s orders to switch out my mom’s depression medication, but she replaced it with harmless vitamins that wouldn’t be fatal. However, during that time, maybe Elspeth sensed my mom and Frederic’s relationship thawing. Afraid of complications, she switched the harmless pills with a poison. Taken in small doses daily, it would accumulate and cause a heart attack, sudden death,” Thad’s broad shoulders trembled as he uttered each word, each syllable laced with ice and bone–deep hatred.

Tears welled up in Evadne’s eyes, her soft hand gently stroking his back.

“How did the maid know all these details?” Arnold, the prosecutor, eager for information, questioned.

“She saw it.”

she realized Elspeth would sneak back in to switch the pills again after she had done

heart failure, the maid handling her medication would

mind raced with cold logic, “By then it wouldn’t matter what the maid said because she was in charge of the medication; she made the

down that dark path.” Thaddeus paused, his handsome face growing paler, “But on the day of the incident, there was an unexpected turn. My mom, who had been walking in the garden, realized she

she caught Elspeth in the act

hiding just outside the room, eavesdropped. She was so tense during that time, on edge, and couldn’t sleep

She can catch up on all that lost sleep behind

between my mom and Elspeth. She mentioned that ever since my mom joined the Abernathy

then?” Evadne watched

the

with each breath.

the haunting image of his mother plunging to her death. For the first time, he realized the sound of a body hitting the ground from a height was so muffled, so heavy. He could

of that glance would burden him for life, nearly crushing him

she could, wishing their hearts and pulses could intertwine. He hadn’t shed

lost my mind to it;

it’s because you’re by my side, Evadne. You don’t know how much you

moment, Arnold and Aaron saw the truth. Cassius

calmed down, Aaron furrowed his brow and asked, “The maid heard the argument die down in the room just about the same time you heard Elspeth

she found out that her medication had been tampered with Elspeth. Those don’t seem like the actions of

chimed in with his own analysis, “While we lack concrete evidence, the truth might just be as we suspect. It’s highly likely that she was

bumping into her. At that moment, Elspeth threatened the maid to keep silent, giving her a hefty sum of hush money so she’d never have to serve the Abernathy family again. The maid said it wasn’t about the money; she was more afraid of Elspeth’s

a key witness; you must protect her at all costs,” Aaron

we need to pin down Elspeth’s drug charges, keep her detained and not let her out. Then,

that Evadne understood why Thaddeus didn’t arrest Elspeth on charges like incitement to murder. Because he only

mentioned physical evidence?” Evadne asked, her eyes

deepened, his hand snaking around her waist, leaning in close as his lips grazed

the Velvet Haven was a

to the blood–curdling screams within, which were enough to make Harvey physically ill,

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something else, not even batting an eyelid. The only other woman I’ve seen with

I resemble Evadne; am I not even allowed my own

anything offensive, did I?” Before Harvey’s

his face, neck, and elegant throat stained crimson. He breathed heavily, blood mingling with sweat down his chiseled face, his eyes fierce and