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.

a knowing look, “The good news first.”

possession charges. First–time offenders

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

bad news?” Thaddeus asked with a

is that Victor turned himself in.”

were visibly shocked, and Evadne’s heart

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 its core and shoot Frederic’s blood pressure through the roof. Even Cedric racks his

feel happy about it. Thaddeus, reading her distress, wrapped her in his arms, his

leaned into his chest, nodding as her brow

the interrogation room, a wall separating him from Elspeth.

next door, who seemed like a

confess, all the details of my crimes and Elspeth’s.”

must be aware that your crimes are more severe than Elspeth’s. You’re looking at charges of incitement and drug

saying,” Victor’s

Aaron, bound by his duty as an officer,

chose silence, even if Elspeth implicated him, the police couldn’t touch him without

someone you care about deeply. You’d do anything for

smiling face appearing

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.”

understand this kind of pure, yet complex emotion,” Victor’s smile turned

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

sacrifice himself without looking back. The more she thought about it, the heavier her

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

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

gave me, there’s this. He insisted it be entered as court evidence, but I hesitate. With or without it, Elspeth’s guilt is clear. Yet, this could make Frederic

brought out 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 sitting atop him, eyes closed in pleasure,

as a detective, he’d seen it all – brains blown out,

composed, actually mocking with a sneer, “Well, the old witch still keeps in good

made truly

video should be as if it never existed.

her 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 second thought.

for vengeance, I stoop 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

“Evadne.”

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

grip on his woman’s hand, his gaze sharp as a blade on Cedric. Cedric’s breath hitched, feeling

with a sneer, “Well, Ms. Ashbourne, your connections are indeed vast

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

practice, you’ve never lost a case? Even outside your law firm in Elmsworth hangs the

sign tomorrow morning. Save yourself the embarrassment

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