His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

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 good news

finally got enough to charge Elspeth. She can’t escape the drug use and possession charges. First–time offenders usually get sent to rehab, but Elspeth’s possession is enough

just the beginning. The real show was yet

bad news?” Thaddeus asked with a

Elspeth is that Victor turned himself in.”

shocked, and Evadne’s heart clenched, “Victor…turned

all the evidence he’s got on Elspeth to me, and, well, let’s just say every piece of it could rock the Abernathy Group to

distress, wrapped her in his arms, his voice gentle and soothing, “I know you’re upset. Let’s go to the precinct first. I’ll reheat dinner for you later.”

leaned into his chest, nodding

interrogation room, a wall separating him from Elspeth. His serene composure was a stark contrast to the

seemed like a caged

to confess, all the details of my crimes and

severe than Elspeth’s. You’re looking at charges of incitement and

understand what you’re saying,” Victor’s

his duty as an officer, could only ask

silence, even if Elspeth implicated him, the police couldn’t touch

deeply. You’d do anything for her, make any sacrifice.”

Evadne’s smiling face appearing in his mind.

Victor’s lips. It was a smile as earnest and joyful as that of a young man first laying eyes on a girl he admired in school.

looked stunned and sighed, “I understand.”

this kind of pure, yet complex emotion,”

at the station. But to their utter disbelief, Victor refused to see them.

more she thought about it, the heavier her

his arms tightly around her trembling shoulders the whole time, his voice warm in her ear, “Evadne, don’t panic. I’ll hire the best international lawyers for Victor, ones that won’t be outdone by Cedric. We’ll do our best to minimize his sentence. After he gets out, he won’t have to worry

words of comfort were like a drop in the bucket, really. But with Thaddeus by her side, Evadne found a measure of solace amid the

With or without it, Elspeth’s guilt is clear. Yet,

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

adults, but he still felt the urge to

entangled in a steamy embrace, Elspeth

after years as a detective, he’d seen it all – brains blown out, body parts in bags…any of it more stomach–churning than this.

mocking with a sneer, “Well, the old witch still keeps

made truly immense,” Aaron

finality, “This video should be as if it never existed. It must not

pawn, never regarding himself as anything but a tool in her game. His loyalty was such that he’d shatter into pieces for her without a

to trampling others‘ self–respect, to profiting from their pain…I’d despise myself. I refuse to become a slave to hatred,” Evadne said through clenched

“Evadne.”

at a loss for words. Aaron saw them out of the office. They hadn’t gone

woman’s hand, his gaze sharp as a blade on Cedric. Cedric’s breath hitched, feeling as if a cold, gleaming dagger was pressed against his throat,

Ms. Ashbourne, your connections are indeed vast and powerful.” “I’m flattered.”

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

it true, Mr. Dempsey, that in your over a decade of practice, you’ve never lost a case? Even outside your law firm

her lead, Thaddeus chimed in with a mocking raise of an eyebrow, “I’d suggest you take down that sign tomorrow morning. Save yourself the embarrassment when the Elspeth case goes