Chapter 494

Avery tugged at the corners of his pale lips with a grimace, “So, is that why you found a man who cares about you?”

Elsie felt his mocking laughter pierce her heart like a jagged blade.

“Elvis likes you? Cares about you? Just because he spent one night with you, just because he brought you a box of antacids, you think you’re in his heart?”

Avery released his grip from her neck, instead jabbing a finger against her forehead, “I thought, despite your lowly status, you had a bit of sense in you. But now, it seems you’re utterly worthless. To have Evadne’s face and waste it like this–it’s an insult to her beauty.”

Through her blurring vision, the man she had loved for ten years grew distant and unrecognizable.

Tears of heart–wrenching pain streamed down uncontrolled, but Avery remained indifferent to her sorrow, Quit your delusions. The Ashbourne men–I know them better than anyone. They’re like me; their hearts belong only to Evadne, they only love Evadne. With your background, and being one of my underlings, do you really think you can catch his eye? Once he knows your true colors, death will be waiting for you.”

Avery pulled a handkerchief from his suit pocket and meticulously wiped the blood from his slender fingers, “Wake up, Elsie. You don’t stand a chance.”

“And what about you_”

With a burst of desperate courage and a smile through blood and tears, Elsie challenged him, “Do you think you are worthy of Evadne. No matter how hard you try, in Evadne’s eyes, it’s always Thaddeus and only Thaddeus.”

Avery’s face twisted as if he’d been sucker–punched, his hands clenching into fists with a terrifying crackle!

“Elsie! Just drop it, will ya? What good does it do you to go head–to–head with Mr. Chambers?”

Harvey, sweating bullets, pleaded earnestly, “Mr. Chambers! Keep your cool, man! You can’t hit her again. You might actually kill her! And what good is a dead person to you? That’s a loss, don’t you think?”

Sure enough, Avery’s sinister expression gradually softened.

Harvey, who was with him day and night, knew too well what he wanted-

Avery was the epitome of refined self–interest. He was only interested in people and things that benefited him.

As long as Elsie had value, he wouldn’t lay a finger on her yet.

At that moment, Avery’s phone rang from his pocket.

He turned away, tossing the handkerchief aside and pulling out his phone. As soon as he saw the name on the screen, his expression shifted dramatically and he answered immediately.

“Mr. Chambers, you must be feeling on top of the world lately.”

with a sneer, “Now that all obstacles are out of the way. The entire Ashbourne family despises Thaddeus. They’re at odds

and Emeric’s noncommittal stance, clenched his fist in frustration, “Much obliged for your help, but the

your enemies rejoice,” the man’s voice dripped with lazy amusement, “If I were you, I’d just take what I wanted by force. Even if she’s unwilling, it’s

more time. I’ve got some issues to sort out. Once that’s done, I’ll find a way to make

on ice for now. You’ve got a bigger problem waiting for

tone suddenly turned ice–cold, “Elspeth’s case is going to trial soon, and neither Frederic nor that lawyer could stop it.” “The prosecutor on Elspeth’s case is Evadne’s brother, Arnold, and the detective on it is her brother Aaron. The

heavy sentence. However, I bet Thaddeus and Evadne won’t let her

“What to do, Mr. Chambers? Your fiancée is hell–bent on seeing you dead.”

Even if I can’t have her love, even if it’s her visceral hate, it’s worth living for.” Avery slowly adjusted his gold–rimmed glasses, his eyes

deal with Eden? If he falls into Evadne and Thaddeus’s hands, Mr. Chambers, your good

jet that

face that could be charming, Avery’s smile was nonetheless chilling, “Then, I’ll send him and

reunion with his sister, left early to update and calm his brothers.

the wringer the night before, was as dirty as a rag doll. Even in clean pajamas,

“Ugh, it reeks!”

“I can’t take it, it stinks! I feel like a worm pulled out of the dirt, I

doesn’t smell, not

embrace, burying his nose in her soft tresses, “It’s

care. I need a shower!” Evadne squirmed in his warm chest, adorable as a

a fever, your body is at

“If you’re feeling under the weather, I can fetch some water and

like

tilting her creamy neck back, her eyes shimmering with playful entreaty, “Let me take a bath, pretty please! Just crank up the heat in the bathroom

can never

Evadne

her doe eyes beseeching

heart skipped a beat, feeling almost breathless, he asked in

“Together.”

in a warm embrace, cradling her like a

steamy, bubbly water, completely open

there was Thaddeus, still dressed in a crisp white shirt and black trousers, kneeling respectfully

scooped up some foam and playfully blew it towards his face,

eyebrows frosted with bubbles,

into you

blush as she leaned close, her breath a tantalizing torment, “Usually, you’re like a wolf, can’t wait to pounce at every chance. When did you get so

pain spreading to his extremities.

he had longed for their entanglement day and night.

felt inadequate, unworthy. Unfit for her, undeserving of her touch.

ask you something?”

was husky, slow and restrained, “Back then, why didn’t you tell me?”

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