His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 509

Chapter 509

The air in the living room chilled as though a frost had settled upon it.

Aaron knew better than to intervene. It would only make things worse, like throwing fuel on a fire. So he slipped away quietly, unnoticed.

Lily, too, gently coaxed Marilla away, leaving space for the conversation between father and daughter.

Thaddeus felt his breath catch in his chest. He instinctively wanted to reach out his hands for Evadne’s, but his fingers curled back, halting the gesture.

-Evadne. I don’t want you to go.

Thaddeus was no coward; he loved fiercely and unapologetically, and he hated with a passion that was equally intense.

But he wasn’t just failing Evadne; he felt regret for Emeric as well.

Whether it was during the painful moments in their three–year marriage or the loss of their child, they were all his faults. He had wounded Emeric’s pride and joy, and for that, he was unforgivable.

Even if Emeric lashed out with a tirade of insults or threw another punch, Thaddeus would take it until the man’s anger was spent.

“Emeric, what’s are you thinking about?”

Evadne scoffed with a resolute gaze, “If I were ever swayed by your words, I wouldn’t have risked life and limb to leave that suffocating house. You might as well save yourself the trouble and worry less about me. I managed just fine on my own in foreign lands for all those years, without you turning over every stone to find me. But now, to ruin my happiness, you really are pulling out all the stops, aren’t you?”

Thaddeus stepped forward; worried as he studied Evadne’s determined profile.

“Evadne!”

Emeric’s face drained of color, and his breathing became unsteady with anger. “Look at you now! Do you even resemble the heiress of the Ashbourne family? You’re buying groceries at the supermarket! Have you been cooking yourself all this time? Have you not had enough of playing the unpaid housekeeper for the Abernathy family for three years? Is this the love, the life you wanted?!”

His rage grew with every word.

His beloved daughter, the child he cherished, was meant to be pampered, not to suffer like this!

Thaddeus didn’t act like a decent person!

“Emeric, this is the life I’ve always wanted: the simple life of ordinary people.”

Evadne fought back the torrent of emotions, her voice turned bitter, “I don’t see it as suffering because this is what I want. All I desire is a small home with my loved one, and the simple routine of daily life.”

Thaddeus’s lips paled as if touched by frost, his clenched hands a testament to his regret.

A simple routine of daily life, a narrative of love not captured in words.

That was what Evadne had always wanted, and only now was he able to give it to her.

“You’ve never experienced these things, and you never truly understood me. You don’t even know what my mother wanted. So, you have no right to judge my life, to obstruct my choices.”

pain, blurring his vision

the house, and doing the

fist, intertwining their fingers firmly, “My Thaddeus can do everything but give birth. Now, you can stop fretting

and try his cooking, or you can leave.

confrontation, he hadn’t left

he noticed the walls adorned with elegant copper–framed paintings: scenes

before a life–sized portrait-

and lean figure, broad shoulders, narrow waist,

admiring the artwork, his good manners restraining him from

strikingly

“Really?”

spun

eyes shy and downcast, clutching a brown teddy bear tightly

was simply

smiled warmly, “Absolutely. Did you paint

Marilla nodded slightly.

have put a lot of

most important thing is that

nice to me. I have nothing to offer him, so I made him a painting. He doesn’t dislike it, and that

profound stir

a world of darkness and violence, he rarely encountered such innocent purity.

of moonlight, unknowingly illuminated a

Marilla, noticing his intense gaze, blinked in confusion.

up, “I remember at Myra’s birthday party, you called Evadne ‘sister–in–law.‘ No

woman repeated obediently.

intent, Aaron was about to speak when a cold voice

inappropriate for you to be so close to her

with a dark look in her eyes, stepping protectively beside Marilla, displaying a

“I fail to see where I’ve been inappropriate, to warrant such hostility from you. What, because she is with Jareth, she can’t even have a normal conversation without fear of retribution? Does

“You!”

anger flared, her eyes burning with

weren’t for the fact that this guy was Evadne’s brother, Lily would have given him

wait.” Marilla shook her head and

as tongue–tied and a bit daft,

and that was the only reason he chatted with her more than necessary. She knew that causing a rift over something trivial

his, no one can steal it. What’s the use of guarding her like a

To everyone’s surprise-

torn between leaving and staying

previous moment, he was red–faced with anger, but in the next he was sitting down to a meal. Only a member of the Ashbourne

Thaddeus was

was nerve–wracking. He’d never been this anxious before, feeling like his heart was lodged in

living room, the pressure he emanated on Thaddeus was akin to serving a meal to

I can only cook a few simple

“What if your

and tied it behind him. “Oh, come on, it’s not that bad. But I won’t lie–Dad’s taste buds have been spoiled by Myra’s cooking over the years,

taking a deep breath.

to guide you. Just follow my

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