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.”

hand as if only through this tangible touch could he remain composed, “She said, two days before my mom’s fall, she realized Elspeth would sneak back in to switch the pills again after she

of heart failure, the

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

knew this at the time. But she was already in too deep with no turning back, so she could only continue down that dark path.” Thaddeus paused, his handsome face growing paler,

Elspeth in the act of switching

the room, eavesdropped. She was so tense during

lost sleep behind

that ever since my mom joined the

then?” Evadne watched

the room and right

eyes bloodshot, nostrils flaring with each breath. His hand, drenched in

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 even clearly hear the sound

shadow of that glance would burden him

hearts and pulses could intertwine. He hadn’t shed a tear, yet she couldn’t help but

haven’t lost my mind to it; I haven’t fallen

with his rough fingertips, “Most importantly, it’s because you’re by my side, Evadne. You don’t

moment, Arnold and Aaron saw the

“The maid heard the argument die down in the room just about the same time you heard Elspeth fall from the balcony. Could that be indirect proof that her fall has something to do with Elspeth? After all, she

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

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

Elspeth came rushing out of the room in a panic, 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

you must protect her at all costs,”

need to pin down Elspeth’s drug charges, keep her detained and not let her out. Then, collect more evidence as quickly as possible to prosecute Elspeth

Thaddeus didn’t arrest Elspeth on charges like incitement to murder. Because he only got one shot, and it had to count. If he was not certain, he

physical evidence?” Evadne asked, her eyes

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

Haven was a scene of

blood–curdling screams within, which were

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only other woman I’ve seen with nerves like

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

anything offensive, did I?” Before Harvey’s voice trailed off, the

emerged, his white silk shirt splattered with blood, his face, neck, and elegant throat stained crimson. He breathed heavily, blood mingling with sweat down his