Chapter 477

The crowd huddled closer, ears perked and eyes glued to Frederic’s enigmatic smile.

With a sly glint in his eye, Frederic smiled as he placed his gaze at Thaddeus, “Thaddeus, come here.”

Thaddeus felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest. His brow furrowed as he gazed at the petite woman beside him, his grip on her hand inadvertently tightening – he couldn’t bear the thought of parting from her.

“Go on. I’ll be right here watching you. I won’t go anywhere.”

Evadne met his gaze with tender eyes, gently withdrawing her hand, now reddened from his firm grasp.

Left with no good reason to refuse, Thaddeus made his way to Frederic under the watchful eyes of the gathering.

Frederic greeted him with a rare paternal smile, clapped a hand on his broad shoulder, then turned to face the crowd, laughing loudly.

“Tonight, as we celebrate the new venture between Chairman Ashbourne and Mr. William Morris, I’d like to announce a joyous occasion in our family. My son Thaddeus is engaged to Edith, granddaughter of the esteemed Mr. Barry of the Fairhaven Group. The engagement party will be later this month!”

The crowd was left agape. What?! Thaddeus and Edith engaged?!

Some glanced at Edith, the soon–to–be Mrs. Abernathy, anointed by Mr. Frederic Abernathy himself.

Edith trembled with excitement, her round eyes shining with ecstasy, on the verge of tears.

She had waited for this day for what felt like an eternity, her family pulling every string, playing every card to win Frederic’s favor, to have this moment of triumph over Evadne, to turn her into a laughingstock!

The slights she had suffered from that bitch would finally be avenged! Meanwhile, others looked at Evadne with stunned, complex expressions.

Evadne’s face drained of color, her slender shoulders quaking as if she were in the midst of an icy river of endless darkness. The warmth in her blood from Thaddeus now turned to ice.

The icicles, made from her own blood, were like cruel blades piercing her heart, her lungs. The pain left her mind a blank void.

Edith watched her with a wild, triumphant smile. She thought, “Oh, how lovely, Evadne, seeing you stripped of your claws, so lost and pathetic – it’s such a beautiful sight!”

“The Abernathy Group and the Fairhaven Group uniting? That’s huge news! How come there wasn’t any whisper of it before? It feels so out of the blue!”

when Evadne and Thaddeus married? They kept it under wraps until the divorce. Their three–year marriage was a well–kept secret, and now it’s just the same old

if Thaddeus is to be engaged to Edith, what was all that deep affection for Evadne

Frederic Abernathy disapproved. I never had much faith in Thaddeus and Evadne. Elspeth got thrown under the bus because of Ms. Ashbourne’s schemes – the Abernathy family secrets nearly got spilled! If I were Mr. Frederic Abernathy, no

bad!”

like knives, each word

thunderstruck by the engagement news, disbelief and indignation clashing

!

with Thaddeus and Evadne’s reconciliation known to the world, their unabashed intimacy and unique affection

with the Fairhaven family, an engagement between Thaddeus and Edith?! He couldn’t believe that Frederic genuinely wanted to unite with the Fairhaven Group; he was just using Evadne’s most cherished person, her own son to take

Despicable, petty schemer!

That certainly is grand

Mr.

beast caged and desperate to fight his way out, “Everyone knows, I love Evadne,

threaten your own life, I will not

speechless! Even the worldly William and his

in front of such distinguished guests, he couldn’t help but feel a

did Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy just say? Did I hear that right? That’s

son is about to explode!”

Abernathy, my blood pressure would skyrocket to 280 and I’d be out cold! Wasn’t Thaddeus saying, ‘To hell with your death, but no one can stop me from being with Evadne‘? Seems to me like

as if he were the only person in the

guests at the party exchanged surprised glances towards the

It looks like Thaddeus is clueless about this arranged marriage, like Mr. Frederic Abernathy just traded him

a marriage like this,

family are even more out of line. Knowing full well that Thaddeus is smitten with Evadne, they push Edith on him,

stand the embarrassment. Whose face is she trying to save?”

slap her own face. She has no shame, probably over the moon now that she

jibes, her face turning the color

faring much better, his pride as a grandfather bruised as well. He knew this marriage gambit was risky. Even if Frederic agreed, Thaddeus was a tough nut

figured that with the engagement announced in such a grand setting, with all eyes

would tarnish his reputation. With a little help from the media, they could paint him as a fickle lover, forcing the Abernathy family to save

Thaddeus’s love for

not what you can just

his taller son, “This isn’t up for debate!” He spoke with barely contained rage, “Even if you don’t. want to marry Ms. Edith Fairhaven, Evadne will never be a part of the Abernathy

than Evadne, I’ll marry no one.”

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