His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 646

Chapter 646

In the quaint town of Elmsworth, autumn had painted the leaves with fiery hues and the crisp wind had begun to whisper of the coming winter.

Cassius had been absent from his home for three days straight, cloistered within the sanctity of the local church, praying and confessing before the Lord.

What sins weighed so heavily on his soul?

Was it his past, darkened by the time when he had been the voice of a notorious underground syndicate?

Or was he confessing a heart that had dared to love where it should not, his affections falling upon someone forbidden?

On the fourth day, Cassius found himself drawn as if by a spectral force, wandering as though in a trance to the decaying Bright family manor.

He knew that young Chasel had no other refuge, no other home, but this decaying symbol of a once great dynasty.

His concern had overwhelmed his resolve to stay away, and so he had come.

could only stand watch, a

soul of Thaddeus, who had once braved the tempest outside the gates of Silverlake Harbor, all for

to one’s own bile churning within, rising up to choke the throat with

that a procession of luxury cars glided up to the

as he stepped out, impeccably dressed in a suit. Cassius recognized him immediately as the current head of Bright Biopharmacy, Suri’s older brother, Zachary.

your journey,” Warner greeted, bowing with an air

replied curtly, his expression stoic, “Where is Chasel?”

did he disregard our family’s code, but he’s been fraternizing with the Ashbournes. If word got out, our family’s reputation would be a laughingstock. People would say we’re all talk–acting righteous in

lips curled into a frosty smirk. “We shall see who panders

has it that Emeric’s health has taken a turn for the worse, barely clinging to life. That’s why Aunt Suri was so desperate to seek our family’s aid. I doubt Emeric has much time left. Once he’s gone, the Ashbourne fortune will crumble, and we’ll see how high and mighty they

suspicion, “You never seemed this bitter about the Ashbournes

“Of course not! They wouldn’t dare touch a member of the

house, Warner felt a shiver down his spine and

it?” Zachary

man dressed like a priest or minister, staring this way. It’s quite unsettling in the dead

hadn’t recognized Cassius‘ face.

but the street was

“Huh? Where did he go? He was just

to rest,” Zachary

was left to

his “cage” and brought into the grand

household of the Bright estate had gathered, a sea of

father, leisurely sipping tea on a fine chair, his

discomfort churned in his

lay the modern world, yet within the

life in the Bright household. But now,

with icy

defiant, the hint of a smile at his lips, “Father, it’s been years since the fall of empires. Even presidents aren’t greeted with kneeling anymore. Perhaps it’s time our family

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