Chapter 654

Elsie’s pupils dilated in terror, her slender, delicate legs trembling violently beneath her skirt!

“Ever since our last visit to him, I couldn’t shake the feeling that his eyes were lingering all over you.”

Avery grabbed her chin forcefully, tilting her face upward with such strength it felt like her jaw might shatter, “This time, I’m certain, he’s taken a fancy to you. It seems he’s not as refined as I thought; if he can’t have the genuine article, then keeping a knock–off by his side for his viewing pleasure and to indulge his desires is a fine alternative.”

Elsie’s eyes brimmed with tears, her voice a broken whisper of desperate plea, “Mr. Chambers, please, don’t send me to Mr. Chad Abernathy! For all the years I’ve loyally served you. I beg you not to send me away, please!”

“Value? What value do you have left!”

Avery, who had been holding back a tempest of fury since his return, let it all out on Elsie, shoving her so violently in the chest that she stumbled backward and hit the wall with a thud, her back cold with pain.

“Harvey, pack her things. Send her off tomorrow!”

“No, please!”

to serve you till death! I will never

how much truth lay

rescuing her from a life of destitution and

couldn’t forget how he carried her on horseback, taught her to play the piano, to savor

was he who had transformed her. Before returning to Elmsworth, Mr. Chambers had been her everything, the

From the day Avery had her face altered to

and discarded. Without

body and dignity to shreds.

your anger, remember to be

Harvey blurted out, “Ms. Archer is the masterpiece you’ve crafted with your own hands. Replacing her with just any girl might not guarantee the same talents and loyalty. And consider this: Ms. Archer has already made quite the impression on Elvis, even willing to share a room

words, the icy malice in

Elvis is back in the country, let Ms. Archer find another opportunity to get close to him. Once he’s

tears now mingled with a tinge

opened her palm, as if seeing in the reflection of her tear

eyes, appearing to take in the advice, and strode past the woman still kneeling on the ground, leaving her

sighed at the sight of his boss’s retreating back and reached out

stand on my own,” Elsie wiped

stay out of his sight for the next few days.

concern was not for Avery, but for her own safety, which required her to stay

Abernathy and came back with some news. Mr. Chad Abernathy had actually given the life–saving medićine Mr. Chambers couldn’t part with to the Ashbourne family! You know, despite Mr. Chambers

been using the medicine to threaten Chairman Ashbourne, seem like a petty villain? Ms. Ashbourne will only hate him more, look down on him even more. Isn’t this just using Mr. Chambers as a stepping stone to elevate himself? No wonder Mr. Chambers is

were odious. Avery had been carefully laying his plans, only for Chad’s interference to make him feel like

Chad Abernathy pulling this stunt, it’s not for Thaddeus‘ sake. He

feelings for Ms. Ashbourne, and now it seems he’s ready to make his

wistful. So, his eagerness to offer her up like a sacrificial lamb to that man was to

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