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.

a chill down his spine, the pain on his face momentarily forgotten under the hellish

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 estate and walk out like nothing happened, those two slaps are just a taste of our

Go, Evadne! I’m so here for this!” Aviana almost cheered out

now, she’d be serving up a plate of

Chasel’s eyes brimmed with tears.

was ironic, really.

of 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.

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

was

with pride yet concerned that her hand might be in

elite, had never suffered such an indignity.

street brawling, 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

“As you say, it was Suri who sought the medicine for Evadne.

the bottom of a pan, stormed off

say I owe the Bright family? Fine, then

“Lunatic!”

or in wit, Warner’s face turned beet red as he made a hasty retreat. Chasel took one last deep look at Evadne, no longer looking back, and walked out of the gate

the railing, and his hands, which were holding the

at Chasel’s back, pain tugged at his heart

help it anymore. He spat hard on the

that Evadne was really

corners of his lips couldn’t stop rising.

were about to break. “When I get home

the Silverlake Harbor, the atmosphere seemed to lose some of its laughter.

when his own wife is being harassed?”

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

soothe her, “Evadne, don’t be hard on

fell

for duty, sounded better than going to work like a common laborer.

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