Chapter 642

Warner froze in his tracks, that all–too–familiar look of impatience creeping back onto his face.

Evadne let go of Thaddeus‘ hand and marched up to Warner with the speed of a tempest.

The next second, her slender arm swung through the air, her fiery blue eyes blazing with fury as she slapped the privileged man across the face–not once, but twice!

The sound resonated, leaving the onlookers, including Thaddeus, in shock.

Warner himself was stunned beyond belief, and it wasn’t until the sting on his cheek flared up and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth that he fully grasped what had happened.

He had been slapped!

“Evadne!” Warner covered his face with his hands, his voice shaking with rage as he struggled to hold back his fury.

Thaddeus strode over with long, determined steps, wrapping his protective arms around Evadne, his gaze upon Warner dark and foreboding.

down his spine, the pain on his face momentarily

You hit him, you hit me. And if you think you

for this!”

now, she’d be serving up a plate of

brimmed with

ironic, really.

warmth of family he never felt among the Brights, he found within the walls of the Ashbourne residence,

slap is for Suri!” Evadne’s anger flared as she thought of the humiliation Suri had to endure. “I don’t care about the Bright family’s ridiculous rules. This is my home, and Suri is my family.

was palpable.

pride yet concerned that her

an intellectual and industry elite, had never suffered such

the Bright family’s generosity, and you dare raise your hand against me? You’re ungrateful! The Ashbourne

“As you say, it was Suri who sought the medicine for Evadne. The debt of gratitude is owed to Suri, and by extension, York. What does it have

his face as dark as the bottom of a

icy, “You say I owe the Bright family? Fine, then take my

“Lunatic!”

he made a hasty retreat. Chasel took one last deep look at Evadne, no longer looking back, and walked out of the gate of Silverlake

his hands, which

pain tugged at his

it anymore. He spat hard on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood

Evadne was really

and the corners of his lips couldn’t stop rising. Then Warner

about to break. “When I get home and see Grandpa and Dad, you’ll be

Silverlake Harbor, the atmosphere seemed to lose some of its

when his own wife is being harassed?”

himself enemies, and he expects who to deal

“Evadne, don’t be hard

fell

better than going to work like a

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