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.

spine, the pain on his face momentarily forgotten under

but to me, he’s my brother, my friend! You hit him, you hit me. And if you think you can strut around the Ashbourne estate and walk out like nothing happened, those two slaps are just a taste of our hospitality!” Evadne’s voice

so here for

to this jerk now, she’d be serving up a

brimmed

ironic, really.

of the

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. You dare to humiliate her like this?

was palpable.

heart swelling with pride yet concerned that her hand

intellectual and industry elite, had never suffered such

he simply trembled with rage, pointing at Evadne’s stunning face, his voice shaking, “You’ve benefited from the Bright family’s generosity, and you dare raise your hand against me? You’re ungrateful! The Ashbourne

Suri who sought the medicine for Evadne. The

his face as dark as the bottom of a pan, stormed off like

then take my womb. It’s useless to me. I don’t want children.

“Lunatic!”

red as he made a hasty retreat. Chasel took one last

body stood upright by the railing, and his hands, which were holding the blue veins

Chasel’s back, pain tugged at his heart and spread quietly.

went out, Warner couldn’t help it anymore. He spat hard on the ground and spat out a

Evadne was really ruthless when she slapped him.

it in his eyes, and the corners of his lips couldn’t stop rising. Then

break. “When I get home and see Grandpa and Dad, you’ll be screwed!”

Chasel left the Silverlake Harbor, the atmosphere seemed to lose some

his own

with pain. “He gets himself enemies,

to soothe her, “Evadne, don’t be hard on your dad, he

fell silent.

better than going to work like

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