Chapter 460

Seeing Evadne’s disinterest, Thaddeus suddenly realized that his previous words were indeed too crude, too ungentlemanly.

His woman, both in the past and now, had never lived a day of ease by his side. Although he couldn’t help himself at the moment, he, a man burdened by his own sins, hadn’t even given Evadne a proper proposal. How could he dare to dream of a marital life?

Not flipping out on him was already giving him more face than he deserved.

“Oh no, my soup!”

At that moment, the soup on the stove boiled over, and Evadne hastily scurried to clean up the mess.

Thaddeus saw the boiling pot, the steaming kettle, and the delicately arranged pastries, and suddenly felt a lump in his throat. A tear stealthily escaped the corner of his eye, but he quickly wiped it away.

He couldn’t bear to see Evadne laboring away. Without even changing his clothes, he rolled up his sleeves to clean the kitchen and set the table.

He had felt the urge to cry earlier, his emotions a tangled mess, filled with pity for her and shame for himself.

The missing three years could have been days of such bliss, yet he never cherished them. But thankfully, he had regained what was lost. From now on, he would hold tightly to this hard–won happiness.

“Hey, it’s been hot lately, and I made some lemon mint sorbet for dessert, try it.”

Evadne pinched a piece of the sweet and offered it to Thaddeus‘ lips. He leaned in, his lips parting slightly and she playfully withdrew, holding the sorbet between her lips and teasing him with a flutter of her eyelashes.

Thaddeus eyes reddened with desire, his hand trembling as he clasped the back of her neck and caught the other half of the sorbet with his mouth.

First, he savored the cool sweetness, then he sealed her lips with his own, swallowing her breathy moans and soft whimpers.

After a moment of deep kisses, Evadne was left languid, her silk gown damp and clinging to her willowy waist, revealing a shape that could haunt a man’s dreams.

Thaddeus gazed down, his eyes feasting on the sight, feeling a tightness in his gut as if it were about to burst.

“Sweet?” Evadne, her hand on his shoulder, traced her finger along his sticky lips.

“Yes. But not nearly a fraction as sweet as you,” Thaddeus’s eyes was heavy with passion as he sucked on her fingertip.

“You’re getting naughtier by the day, with that silver tongue of yours.”

A tingle shot through Evadne from her fingertip, and she shivered, her voice a playful scold, “Alright, let’s eat before it gets cold.” Thaddeus reluctantly let her go and sat down properly, picking up his fork, when Evadne’s cell phone rang. Seeing it was Aaron, her heart leaped and she quickly answered on speaker, “Aaron, what’s happening?”

“Evadne, I’ve got good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?” Aaron’s tone was mixed.

knowing look,

the drug use and possession charges. First–time offenders usually get sent to rehab, but Elspeth’s possession is enough for a sentence

seemed light. But no matter, this was just the beginning. The real show was yet to

Thaddeus asked with a deep voice.

is that Victor turned himself

and Evadne’s

Abernathy Group to

couldn’t bring herself to feel happy about it. Thaddeus, reading her distress, wrapped her in his arms,

his chest, nodding as her

sat calmly in the interrogation room, a wall separating him from Elspeth. His serene composure was a

door, who seemed like a caged

what I have to confess, all the details of my crimes

are more severe than Elspeth’s. You’re looking at charges of

I understand what you’re saying,” Victor’s expression was

Aaron, bound by his duty as an officer, could only

asking. If he chose silence, even if Elspeth implicated him, the police couldn’t touch

there’s someone you care about deeply. You’d

smiling face appearing in his

but clear smile gracing Victor’s lips. It was a smile as earnest and joyful as that of a young man first laying eyes on a

looked stunned and sighed, “I

this kind of pure, yet

Evadne and Thaddeus arrived at the station. But to their

knew he was determined to sacrifice himself without looking back. The more she thought about it, the

be outdone by Cedric. We’ll do our best to minimize his sentence. After he gets out, he won’t have to worry about making ends meet. Even if he can’t be a doctor anymore, I’ll make sure to find him another job. He

with Thaddeus by her side, Evadne found a measure of solace

evidence Victor gave me, there’s this. He insisted it be entered as court evidence, but I hesitate. With or without it, Elspeth’s guilt

played a video from a surveillance camera. Although the video was silent, the images were explosive, to say the least!

but he still felt

Elspeth sitting atop him, eyes closed in

expression was unfazed; after years as a detective, he’d seen it all – brains blown out, body

actually mocking with a sneer, “Well, the old witch

Victor made truly immense,”

the laptop, Evadne spoke with finality, “This video should be as if

Victor’s last shred of dignity, while Victor had willingly been her pawn, never regarding himself as anything

quest for vengeance, I stoop to trampling others‘ self–respect, to profiting from their pain…I’d despise myself. I refuse to become a slave

“Evadne.”

men stood behind her, watching her delicate yet resolute silhouette enveloped in a shroud of sorrow, at a loss for words. Aaron saw them out of the office.

blade on Cedric. Cedric’s breath hitched, feeling as if

“Well, Ms. Ashbourne,

was striking, as she smiled haughtily, “But it’s such a shame, Cedric; after all

your over a decade of practice, you’ve never lost

down that sign tomorrow morning. Save yourself the embarrassment when the Elspeth case goes to trial and people come to smash your sign instead.” Aaron chuckled

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