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.

chill down his spine, the pain on his

was for Chasel. I don’t care what he is to you, 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

for

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

Chasel’s eyes brimmed with tears.

was ironic,

of family he never felt among the Brights, he found within the walls of the Ashbourne residence, filling his cold heart with a solace

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? Do you think we’re all dead? I should

defiance was palpable.

yet concerned that her hand might be

intellectual and industry elite, had never suffered such

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

sought the medicine for Evadne. The debt of gratitude is owed to Suri, and by

dark as the bottom of a pan, stormed off like a ruffled rooster.

as the winter moon, her voice icy, “You say I owe the Bright family? Fine, then take my womb. It’s useless to me. I don’t want children. You

“Lunatic!”

hasty retreat. Chasel took one last deep look at Evadne, no longer looking back, and

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

tugged at his heart

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

be seen that Evadne was really ruthless when she slapped

of his

about to break. “When I get home and see Grandpa and

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

when his own wife is being harassed?”

pain. “He gets himself enemies, and he expects who to deal with them

be hard

room fell silent.

reporting for duty, sounded better than going to

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