His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 576

Several yards away, Thaddeus’s gaze was like ice, locking with Frederic’s in a silent standoff.

Rows of black chairs stood between them, like a thicket of brambles fraught with the turbulent whispers of secrets and deceit.

The air pressure in the banquet hall plummeted, leaving Dennis and the manager dumbstruck, their scalps tingling with an inexplicable chill.

“Thaddeus, what are you doing here? What the hell is going on?” Frederic had his suspicions, but anger compelled him to seek confirmation.

“The answer is quite obvious, isn’t it, Mr. Abernathy?”

Clad in a tailored grey suit, Thaddeus stood his ground, his aura of insurmountable pride and cold aloofness pressing down on Frederic–the kind of pressure that made the seasoned corporate mogul struggle to catch his breath.

The scales were tipping. Thaddeus was soon to be the wave that would crush him upon the shore. The intimidation and oppression he felt now surpassed anything he had known in his youth.

For a fleeting moment, he was grateful no outsiders were present to witness their confrontation.

“The reporters you invited? I sent them packing. It seems they’d rather cross you than dare to cross me,” Thaddeus’s lips curled into a frosty smirk.

“You, why would you do this?” Frederic’s blood boiled, his ears ringing with the surge of his pulse. “Is it that bitch from the Ashbourne family pulling your strings? Have you truly forsaken your own family’s dignity and reputation for her, not seeing she’s playing you for a fool?”

Thaddeus’s handsome visage darkened, a tempest swirling in his eyes, “My actions are my own, and they are unrelated to Evadne. I will not allow you to insult the woman I am to marry.”

Frederic’s pupils constricted in shock!

Dennis and the manager, upon hearing this, were petrified!

“Besides, even if Evadne were toying with me, what of it? If it brings a smile to the face of the one I love, then I welcome it with open arms.”

“Madman, you’re out of your mind!” Frederic, the tycoon at the helm, resorted to the coarsest of language in his fury.

“At least that’s better than you, harboring a criminal, losing all sense of right and wrong,” Thaddeus retorted without a flinch.

Frederic, consumed by wrath, exclaimed, “I am the chairman of the Abernathy Group. Every decision I make is for the benefit of our family and corporation! You selfish fool, engrossed in your romantic delusions, how can you understand the sacrifices I’ve made?”

In Thaddeus’s eyes lay a cold desolation.

He wished he had never existed rather than to learn that his mother’s love and trust had been bestowed upon a man of such callous hypocrisy.

“Tomorrow morning at nine, we’ll settle this in court.”

on. But no matter what you do, there will only be one outcome. And that is to watch Elspeth pay for

surveillance system once more, bearing witness to the clash between Thaddeus and his

was heartened to see Thaddeus defend her without hesitation, but the increasingly strained father–son relationship posed

his, age had limited

should Chad return in good form, the Abernathy Group’s future was

claims of indifference, Evadne couldn’t help but consider his well–being. After all, it was the empire he had built. If he lost his throne

Knock, knock, knock-

and she quickly closed her laptop, turning to face the

with two cups of coffee in hand, his gaze filled with

car door, allowing him to slide in and hand her a warm cup.

“Spying again?”

together, holding the coffee cup with both hands, “Well. I can’t have you getting

good?” Thaddeus’s hand gently brushed the top of her head, his fingers softly playing

planting a kiss on his

on her nose, “I owe you one for today. Without you representing the K Group and pressuring the media, my influence alone wouldn’t have kept all the city’s reporters at bay. Frederic hates

voice soft but firm, “Promise me, once this Elspeth

Thaddeus lifted her chin,

“I’m serious.”

as long as Frederic doesn’t target your family or trouble you again, I’ll let

Thaddeus’s phone rang.

checked the screen, his eyes softening with complexity, “Evadne, it’s Grandpa.

way to Havenbrook Villa, both

much Hamilton

he learned of Thaddeus’s intervention at the press conference? Had

also Hamilton’s life’s work. No one wished to see their legacy waver

moment’s hesitation, she dashed across the

I’ve missed

my dear! I miss you terribly!” Hamilton’s laughter hadn’t been this

Thaddeus raised an eyebrow ever

now that he

a thorough exam, then I’ll whip up your favorite soup, how’s that sound?” Evadne knelt on one knee before Hamilton, her face blooming with a spring–like tenderness as she smiled up at

then, you know Frank loves it too.”

no

to Thaddeus, his eyes

drum. She had played up her charm to shield Thaddeus from any blame, but it seemed Hamilton

you botched your dad’s

Grandpa.” Thaddeus’s voice was calm, betraying not a hint of fear.

blink, he had slipped off his loafer and flung it at his grandson. Thaddeus caught it mid–air, his expression

scolded, his temper

but then Hamilton continued, “You should have come to me first before acting on your

“Grandpa, I.”

me before going ahead with it, and now I want to give him a piece of my mind.”