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.

on his face momentarily forgotten under

my friend! You hit him, you hit me. And if you think you can strut around the

here for this!”

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

Chasel’s eyes brimmed with

ironic, really.

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

the Bright family’s ridiculous rules. This is my home, and Suri is my family. You dare to

was

pride yet concerned that her hand might be

an intellectual and industry elite, had never suffered such an

at Evadne’s stunning face, his voice shaking, “You’ve benefited from the Bright family’s generosity, and you dare raise your hand

lips barely moving. “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 to do with you?”

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

then take

“Lunatic!”

took one last deep look at Evadne, no longer looking back, and walked out

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

at Chasel’s back, pain tugged at

couldn’t help it anymore. He spat hard on the

was

his eyes, and the corners of his lips couldn’t stop

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

left the Silverlake Harbor, the atmosphere seemed to lose

his own wife

caused her stomach to cramp with pain. “He gets himself enemies,

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

room fell silent.

work, or even reporting for duty, sounded better

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