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.”

remain composed, “She said, two days before my mom’s fall, she realized Elspeth

because, if your mom had indeed died of heart failure, the maid handling her medication would have

because she was in charge of the medication; she made the switch,

his handsome face growing paler, “But on the day of the incident, there was an unexpected turn. My mom, who had

the act

was so tense during that time,

up on all that lost sleep

mom joined the Abernathy family, she seemed to lose all sense of emotion. That was the first time she ever

then?” Evadne watched him

there was sudden silence in the

each breath. His hand, drenched in sweat and clasped by Evadne, shook

of his mother plunging to her death. For the first time, he realized the sound of a body hitting the ground from a height

pain and shadow of that glance would burden him for life,

embraced him, as tightly as she could, wishing their hearts and pulses could intertwine. He hadn’t shed a tear, yet she couldn’t help but let her own

my hatred, I haven’t lost my

from her cheeks with his rough fingertips, “Most importantly, it’s because you’re by my side, Evadne. You

saw the truth. Cassius was

the couple had 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

furious when she found out that her medication had been tampered with Elspeth. Those don’t seem

we lack concrete evidence, the truth might just

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 revenge,

you must protect her at all costs,”

her detained and not let her out. Then,

charges like incitement to murder. Because he only got one shot, and it had to count. If he

mentioned physical evidence?” Evadne asked,

in close as his lips grazed her ear, “Later, behind closed doors, I’ll tell you

Haven was a scene

and Elsie stood at the basement door, listening to the blood–curdling screams within, which were enough to make Harvey physically ill, though Elsie remained as

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batting an eyelid. The only other woman I’ve seen with nerves

coldly, “It’s sad enough that I resemble Evadne; am I not

didn’t say anything offensive, did I?” Before Harvey’s voice trailed off, the basement

blood mingling with sweat down his chiseled face, his eyes fierce