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

Thaddeus is to be engaged to Edith,

in love, but Mr. 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 matter how talented, beautiful, or strong the woman, I wouldn’t want her in

bad!”

murmurs were like knives, each word stabbing at Evadne’s bleeding heart.

thunderstruck by the engagement news, disbelief and indignation clashing within

!

and Evadne’s reconciliation known to the world,

an engagement between Thaddeus and Edith?! He couldn’t believe that Frederic genuinely wanted to unite with the

Despicable, petty schemer!

“Wow! That certainly is grand news!

joking, Mr. Frederic

his knuckles turned white, rage and panic crashing down on him like a tidal wave, his eyes bloodshot as if he were a beast caged and desperate to fight his way out, “Everyone knows, I love Evadne,

own life, I will not marry

the worldly William and his son were dumbfounded by

sneered at Thaddeus, but seeing him defy his father so boldly in front of such distinguished guests, he couldn’t help but feel a

Abernathy just say? Did I hear that

father and son is about to explode!”

death, but no one can stop me from being with Evadne‘? Seems to me like my dear old dad’s life is worth less than the daughter of the Ashbourne family!”

locked onto Thaddeus with such intensity, as if he were the

surprised glances

clueless about this arranged marriage, like

a

family are even more out of line. Knowing full well that Thaddeus is smitten with

Edith, I couldn’t stand the embarrassment. Whose face is she trying

shame, probably

jibes, her face turning the color of

much better, his pride as a grandfather bruised as well. He knew this marriage

grand setting, with all eyes watching, Thaddeus

from Thaddeus would tarnish his reputation. With a little help from the media, they

they underestimated Thaddeus’s love for

is not child’s play. It’s not what you can just

contained rage, “Even if you don’t. want to marry Ms. Edith Fairhaven, Evadne will never be

I’ll marry no one.”

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