His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 502

Bertha, fueled by Avery’s provocation and a belly full of liquid courage, made her way to Skyrim in the dead of night.

Emeric was home that evening, with Dylan tending to his medications and Suri assisting in monitoring his blood pressure.

These past few days, Evadne had managed to send Emeric’s blood pressure through the roof. Yet, even as the formidable Chairman of the K Group, he couldn’t locate his elusive daughter.

Days slipped by, and his initial rage had subsided to mere worry for his daughter’s safety, his emotions gradually stabilizing.

He incessantly quizzed Cassius and the others for any news on Evadne, but they kept a tight lid on any information. After all, Cassius and Elvis knew that Emeric’s outbursts were born from a place of deep love and concern for Evadne. They figured that as long as Emeric was preoccupied with worry for her, his bitterness and hatred towards Thaddeus might be somewhat diverted.

“Emeric, I’m not trying to scare you, but you really need to take better care of yourself, Suri said as she packed away the blood pressure monitor, her brows knitted with concern. “You keep talking about being half in the grave, but I know you better than anyone. You want to live a long life, see your children happy and your grandchildren playing at your feet, to enjoy the fullness of your family. But if you keep neglecting your health like this, I’m afraid you might not see that day.”

Emeric’s response was to purse his lips, looking every bit the scolded boy.

ylan chuckled helplessly from the side.

Suri was the one person whose words could reach Emeric. Perhaps it was her commanding presence.

“I feel weaker by the day, and it’s all because of that damn girl Evadne! One of these days, she’ll be the death of me, then she can be all lovey–dovey with that cur Thaddeus every day, breeding a whole litter of…”

His rant was cut short as his heart clenched, and the words died on his lips.

The hushed study was enveloped in a sorrowful atmosphere.

“Emeric, please never speak such words in front of Evadne,” Suri’s voice grew stern. “You may be a lion outside, but don’t you dare bring that disrespect into this family. Otherwise, you’re nothing but a grumpy old man who’s lost his sense of decency.”

Emeric’s lips pressed into a thin line, his face etched with resistance.

“Evadne’s already suffering enough.”

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Suri’s eyes began to redden as she took a deep breath. “As her family, we should be supporting her. We shouldn’t be venting our own frustrations without considering her feelings, stabbing her in the heart. Emeric, I’ve been with you from the start, I’ve seen how Evadne has grown, how strong and sensible she’s been. She’s never asked you for anything, has she?”

Emeric’s face turned pale, the grip of his lips betraying his turmoil.

“She’s never asked you for anything, and now, all she wants is Thaddeus. Why can’t you just grant her that?” When Suri spoke these words, her own heart ached.

“She’s ruining herself for that boy! If I keep watching her waste away, am I even her father?” Emeric’s heart was softening, but his stubbornness was unyielding.

“But Evadne has never truly been happy until now.”

Suri’s voice broke with emotion. “It’s only when she’s with Thaddeus that I can see, truly see, that she’s happy from the bottom of her heart.”

“But,”

“Emeric, do you remember what Silvana told you on her deathbed?”

down his spine,

course, he

lose his sight and speech, suffer brain damage, he would never forget her face, her laughter. Even on

never lived a moment for

my children, especially Evadne, can live freely, not like me, but

Their own happiness.

hers? What should I do? If

that moment, a knock on the study door interrupted

Emeric could respond, Aviana barged in, her voice loud and clear, “Emeric, Suri, that wild filly from the Chambers family is here, causing a ruckus demanding to see you and Myra! I didn’t let her in. She’s

does she want?”

up unannounced at our door late at night, treating the Ashbourne family home like a

annoyance. “I asked her what she wanted, but she’s so drunk she can’t even speak straight. She keeps saying it has nothing to

air, “She thinks she can talk her way out of it because she

taken aback. “Suri, what exactly

was nearly compromised by Byron’s scheme, and that Miss Chambers played no small part

in and get Nydia, but that witch Bertha and her cronies blocked the door, and they beat him to a pulp! His shoulder wound festered, and

his sight?” Emeric and Aviana gaped in disbelief, utterly shocked.

past few days, but they never imagined his injuries were so

he didn’t think of himself. He and his friends, including Evelyn, risked everything to pull Nydia out of the lion’s den. No sooner had Byron whisked Nydia away than Bertha came out to block Jason.

despicable!” Emeric raged, his forehead throbbing with anger, as he grabbed an antique cup and hurled it against the wall. “The Chambers brood is nothing but a bunch of

I’ll give her a piece of

could storm off, the two ladies quickly

to her level. She doesn’t even deserve your attention. Suri’s gaze was dark and solemn as she turned to Aviana, “Aviana, have the butler throw her out. We can’t let that filth upset Myra and Nydia, nor taint the air of Silverlake

the butler like a fishwife, insisting

courtesy but eventually lost his patience. A firm

“Ah!”

Bertha’s legs gave out beneath her, and she ended up on her backside, her skirt flipped up in a most

his eyes, not wanting to be cursed

Just then-

stinking water descended from above, drenching Bertha from

her nose, and she almost threw up her

this smell?”

enough to make her

this. WHO?” Bertha howled to the

chin held high, her stride confident. “Looks like heaven

was you. YOU did this!” Bertha glared, shivering

it was me? Rain comes from the sky; why can’t a shower of sewage? Some folks just reap what they sow. Wouldn’t surprise me if one day they’re struck by lightning just walking down the

the sharp tang of sauerkraut, which

batch of sauerkraut

actual manure, but the idea of sullying her own doorstep over this lowlife seemed too much. So she held

turned as white as

task, but you should’ve stayed quietly in your hole instead of making a scene at our doorstep. Mr. Ashbourne doesn’t even care to see your father anymore, let alone you. Beat it and save yourself from further embarrassment.” Aviana pinched her nose, her eyes filled with

humiliated herself and would gain nothing from the night’s events,

to leave the Ashbourne estate in

“I see.”

family was suddenly in the clear and then, out of the blue, the finger pointed at Jeff. So it

Nydia, to show the Chambers