His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 544

After a long and emotionally draining heart–to–heart with her friend Evadne, Beverly had cried herself into exhaustion. So she slept like the dead, not waking until the following afternoon.

Her mother had gone off to her shifts at the diner next door, leaving Beverly to sluggishly rise from bed. With no desire to venture outside, she called her old boss from the tailoring shop downtown and ordered some fabrics. She planned to make a backpack for Gordon

Truth be told, she probably wouldn’t have gone through the trouble for anyone else. But when Gordon had timidly asked for the favor, his eyes were so bright, his voice so earnest, she couldn’t help but take the request to heart.

By evening, the shop owner had called to say he’d sent someone to deliver her order and it would soon be at her doorstep. Grateful, Beverly thanked him and waited patiently at home.

Time seemed to crawl by until there was a knock on her door.

She hastened to answer but paused, a sudden caution gripping her. “Who is it?” she called out, her voice tinged with suspicion.

A brief silence followed before the reply came. “Delivery.”

Delivery? But it was supposed to be a runner.

Beverly’s confusion deepened. “Did you come from in town or out of town? I ordered a lot.”

*Just open the door and you’ll see,” the voice said, unsettlingly vague.

Something felt off, very off.

traumas making her overly sensitive, Beverly’s instincts screamed danger.

got the wrong address.

came a violent thud against the

heart raced as she stumbled backward, hand clamped over her

Bang! Bang! Bang!

door shook under the force of the blows, as if it would come crashing down at any

911, a

tears streaming down her face.

his face, the man tackled her to the ground, his hands closing around

desperate fingers clawing

the pressure around her neck

the room,

fading edges of awareness, she thought she heard someone call out,

sounded like Gordon’s voice.

darkness consumed her, and she

intruder in the cramped living room. He had come to check on Beverly at the behest of Thaddeus, bringing with him a check to comfort her.

to walk in on an assault.

were quickly overpowered, and he was soon on the floor, feeling as if his bones

bastard, then die with

knife and lunged at

air, striking the man’s arm and forcing him to