Chapter 505

Bertha’s face contorted with rage, her eyes boring into Avery’s delicate and infuriating visage.

“Help me, they’re all beasts, but what about you, Avery? Aren’t you one of them? Oh, you’re not, you’re the devil incarnate! Even more malevolent!”

Avery remained unflustered, his smile only growing, “I may not be the epitome of virtue, but even beasts have their tender moments with their young. I can’t bring myself to be too harsh on my sister. So, I thought I’d lend you a hand, sis. Besides, who else but me would come to see you here, in this godforsaken place? Do you really think you’re still a part of the Chambers family?”

Seeing that Bertha was still resistant to his so–called “help,” Avery then added.

“Bertha, have you ever stopped to think who really brought you and your husband to this sorry state?”

Bertha’s rage bubbled to the surface as she screamed, “The Ashbourne family, it’s the Ashbourne family taking revenge on me! That wretched Evadne can’t escape blame!”

Avery’s cold lips curled up slightly as he shook his head, “You messed with Emeric’s own daughter. That old man didn’t end you right there and then out of consideration for the decades of ties between our families. But didn’t a

t all of this start because of Byron?”

“Byron.” Bertha’s mind buzzed with the name.

In the days she’d spent stewing, she’d been fixated on the Ashbournes, nearly forgetting that spineless weasel!

“Byron seduced you into the Ashbourne family’s crosshairs. If he hadn’t been so arrogant and full of himself from the start, you and your husband would still be living a life of glory. And now, he’s ruined everything. From the press conference to your incarceration, did he ever speak up for you? He let you take the fall, while he remains safely under the Chambers family’s protection, continuing his charade as Mr. Chambers. Are you really going to swallow that bitter pill? I can’t stand to see you like this, Bertha.”

Reason and emotion – that was the way to get to her.

Bertha quieted down, clearly contemplating her next move, but her eyes grew a deeper shade of red with hatred.

“What do you propose we do?”

“That depends on how sincere you are about cooperating with me,” Avery said, stretching out comfortably, his legs crossed. The ball was in his court

now.

Bertha’s eyes were frighteningly red as she ground out each word, nearly crushing her teeth, “I want him dead!”

“Death is too easy, too quick. He’d be free of pain.”

his lips, “You need him to beg for death, yet be

have dirt on Byron, it’s in the encrypted folder on

need for passwords.”

on the woman’s wrathful face, “Your so–called

leaving the detention center,

lazily extended his hands, which Harvey promptly sanitized, then spritzed him with

there. No place for

hands, his germaphobe tendencies surfacing, “Although, it’s a fitting environment for maggots

presence. That’s more than enough honor for her.”

tentatively, “Mr. Chambers, will that madwoman

in, how could it not succeed?” Avery said

then,

about Matthew? When your father runs out of options, he’ll have to

“Hopefully.”

as he looked towards the dark sky, “My father has done a lot for me.

just received word that your private jet is ready.”

been a wait, but worth

eyes, “Contact Eden. Tell him everything is ready. We can send him and his brothers on their

car cruised toward The Velvet

smile at the thought of the upcoming events and the grand designs

under his control.

Except for Evadne.

and asked, “I had you keep an eye

family. Chairman Ashbourne is searching high and low

tell me sooner?” Avery’s eyes narrowed anxiously

been staking out day and night without sleep to get this scoop!” Harvey

his nose with a frown, “I remember when Evadne was a

daughter is too headstrong to bow down, how could he ground

with her smarts and her knack for standing out, no

sister drift about out there. If Emeric can’t

his glasses, but before he could finish his sentence, his

“Stop the car!”

slammed on the brakes, sweat

window, his breath fogging the glass in quick, fervent gasps, yet it couldn’t obscure the

a street food cart where hot dogs and pretzels were

over their food in earnest, looking up only to share smiles and laughter.

was Evadne and

his beloved at a street cart late at night?

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