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.”

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 had

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

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

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, “But on the day of the incident, there was an unexpected turn. My mom, who had been walking in the garden, realized she had forgotten her camera and went back

the act

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

up on all that lost sleep behind

my mom and Elspeth. She mentioned that ever since my mom joined the Abernathy family, she seemed to lose all sense of emotion. That was the first time she ever saw

then?” Evadne watched him

was sudden silence in the room

heaving, his eyes bloodshot, nostrils flaring with each

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.

and shadow of that glance would burden him for

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

okay. Despite all my hatred, I haven’t lost my

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, I

saw the truth. Cassius was right.

asked, “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

furious when she found out that her medication had been tampered with Elspeth.

evidence, the truth might just be as we suspect.

my mom fell, 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 Abernathy family again. The maid said it wasn’t about the money; she was more afraid of

witness; you must protect her at all costs,”

Then, collect

why Thaddeus didn’t arrest Elspeth on charges like incitement to murder. Because he only got one shot, and it

physical evidence?” Evadne asked,

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

Velvet Haven was a scene

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

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

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

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

crimson. He breathed heavily, blood mingling with