His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 460

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

Elspeth. She can’t escape the drug use and possession charges. First–time offenders

this was just the beginning. The real show was yet

the bad news?” Thaddeus asked

could charge Elspeth is that Victor turned

and Evadne’s heart clenched, “Victor…turned himself in?!”

and, well, let’s just say every piece of it could rock the Abernathy Group to its

good news, but Evadne couldn’t bring herself to feel happy about it. Thaddeus, reading her distress, wrapped her in his arms, his voice gentle and soothing,

nodding as her brow furrowed.

separating him from Elspeth. His serene composure was

seemed like a caged lunatic.

is what I have to confess, all the

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

understand what you’re saying,”

Aaron, bound by his duty as an officer, could only ask this much.

if Elspeth implicated

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

face appearing in his mind.

lips. It was a smile as earnest and joyful as that of a

looked stunned and sighed,

one can understand this kind of pure, yet complex emotion,”

at the station. But to their utter

back. The more she thought about it, the heavier her heart

kept 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 about making ends meet. Even if he can’t be a doctor anymore, I’ll make sure to

like a drop in the bucket, really. But with Thaddeus by her side,

but I hesitate. With or without it, Elspeth’s guilt is clear. Yet, this could make Frederic turn his back on Elspeth once and for all.”

played a video from a surveillance camera. Although the

he still felt the

steamy embrace, Elspeth sitting atop him, eyes closed in pleasure,

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

was even more composed, actually mocking with a sneer, “Well, the old

sacrifices Victor made truly immense,”

closing the laptop, Evadne spoke with finality, “This video should be as if it never existed. It must not be exposed.”

willingly been her pawn, never regarding himself as anything but a tool in her game. His loyalty was such that he’d

myself. I refuse to become a slave to hatred,”

“Evadne.”

words. Aaron saw them out of the office. They hadn’t gone far when they bumped into

on Cedric. Cedric’s breath hitched, feeling as if a cold, gleaming dagger was pressed against his

he steadied himself, taunting with a sneer, “Well, Ms. Ashbourne, your

haughtily, “But it’s such a shame, Cedric; after all your running around for Elspeth,

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

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 to trial and people come

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