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 would sneak back in to switch the pills again after

the maid handling

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

only continue down that dark path.” Thaddeus paused, his handsome face growing paler, “But

in the act

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

She can catch up on all that lost

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 her so enraged, it

Evadne watched

silence in the room

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

was 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 even

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

pulses could intertwine. He hadn’t shed a tear, yet she couldn’t help but let her own fall freely,

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

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

Arnold and Aaron saw the truth. Cassius was right.

about the same time you heard Elspeth

she was furious when she found out that her medication had

analysis, “While we lack concrete evidence, the truth might just be as

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

protect her at all

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

he only got one shot, and it had to count. If he was not certain, he

you mentioned physical evidence?” Evadne

man’s eyes were deepened, his hand snaking around her waist, leaning in close as his lips grazed her ear, “Later, behind closed doors, I’ll tell you all

Haven was a

the basement door, listening to the blood–curdling screams within, which were enough

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curled her lip coldly, “It’s sad enough that I resemble

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

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