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.

felt a chill down his spine, the pain on his

you hit me. And if you think you can strut around the Ashbourne estate and walk out like

so here for this!”

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

Chasel’s eyes brimmed with tears.

ironic, really.

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

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. You dare to humiliate her like this? Do you think we’re all dead? I should have hit you harder.

defiance was palpable.

yet concerned that her hand might be

elite, had never

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 family,

his 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

bottom of a pan, stormed off like a ruffled rooster.

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

“Lunatic!”

took one last deep look at Evadne, no longer looking back, and walked out of the gate of Silverlake Harbor. Meanwhile, upstairs,

his hands, which were holding the blue veins on the

pain tugged at his

Warner couldn’t help it anymore. He spat hard on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood

was

it in his eyes, and the corners of his

with hatred, and his teeth were about to break. “When I get home

Harbor, the atmosphere seemed

when his own wife is being harassed?”

with pain. “He gets himself enemies, and

to soothe her, “Evadne, don’t be hard on your dad, he went to work.”

fell silent.

to work, or even reporting for duty, sounded better than going to

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