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.”

he remain composed, “She said, two days before my mom’s fall, she realized Elspeth would sneak back in to switch the

if your mom had indeed died of heart failure, the

then it wouldn’t matter what the maid said because she was in charge of the medication; she made the switch, and

so she could only continue down that dark path.” Thaddeus paused, his handsome face growing paler, “But on the day of the incident, there was an unexpected

she caught Elspeth in the act of

the room, eavesdropped. She was so tense during that time, on

on all that lost sleep behind bars!” Aaron snarled through clenched

she couldn’t see inside but heard a heated argument between my mom and Elspeth. She mentioned that ever since my mom joined the Abernathy family, she seemed

Evadne watched

silence in the

couldn’t continue, his chest heaving, his eyes bloodshot, nostrils flaring with each breath. His

time, he realized the sound of a body hitting

shadow of that glance would burden him for life, nearly crushing him time and again. “Stop, Thaddeus, please

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

Despite all my hatred, I haven’t lost

cleared, softened, as he wiped the small pearls from her cheeks with his rough fingertips, “Most importantly, it’s because you’re by my side, Evadne. You don’t know how much you mean to me. You’ve given me tremendous courage. Without it,

and Aaron saw the truth. Cassius was right. Evadne

time you heard Elspeth fall from the balcony. Could that be indirect proof that her fall has

had been on better terms, and she was furious when she found out that her medication had been tampered

truth might just be as we suspect. It’s highly likely that she was pushed by

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, so she took the money and stayed quiet,” Thaddeus wrapped

you must protect her at all costs,” Aaron

her detained and not let her out. Then, collect more evidence as quickly as possible to prosecute

was then that Evadne understood why Thaddeus didn’t arrest Elspeth on charges like incitement to murder. Because he only got one shot, and it had

Evadne asked, her

in close as his lips grazed

Haven was a scene of

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

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

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

I?” Before Harvey’s voice trailed

shirt splattered with blood, his face, neck, and elegant throat stained crimson. He breathed heavily, blood mingling with sweat down his chiseled face, his eyes fierce and vengeful, yet satisfied like a ghoul