His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 743

Chapter 743

Evadne’s thoughts, entangled with sorrow, snapped to clarity with the utterance of those words. Things just couldn’t bear closer analysis. The more they thought about it, the more suspicious and plausible it seemed.

“We’ve gone over this before. Given Gary and Edith’s capabilities, there’s no way they could have found such formidable help. There’s definitely someone backing them up.”

Thaddeus‘ eyes shone with a piercing gaze as he analyzed coolly, “What if it’s Avery, looking to set a trap and take his revenge? It’s certainly not out of the question.

Besides, Aaron mentioned earlier that the hitman is likely a foreigner. Avery’s been entrenched in Helgen for years. Recruiting such an individual to clear the mess for Gary and them shouldn’t be too difficult.”

*Revenge? If Avery wanted revenge, it would be against us! What does he have to do with Jareth and Marilla?”

Evadne’s anger was palpable, “He’s got a full belly meddling in the Fairhaven Group affairs now?!”

“Marilla is my sister, my blood. Jareth, my best friend.”

Thaddeus pulled at his lips, suppressing the anger in his hoarse voice, “Evadne, do you get it now?”

Out of respect for Marilla’s presence, some things were better left unsaid.

Avery, capable of monstrous acts, oscillating between a wolf in sheep’s clothing and a cold–blooded devil, would likely lash out at those close to Thaddeus if his direct revenge failed.

He knew Jareth’s soft spot was Marilla.

gladly hand over a weapon to the Fairhaven Group, play them against each other, and shatter the bond between Jareth and Marilla,

pain was like a dull knife carving into Thaddeus‘ flesh. Evadne caught her breath, and then cast

your analysis makes some sense. But the circumstances differ each time. Does Snakey Avery need to repeat the same trick? He kept a woman who looks like me around to plot against you, to confuse and distract. Why send an assassin who looks exactly like Hubery?

isn’t without merit.”

his usual Captain Ashbourne demeanor, “Using the Fairhaven Group, targeting Jareth, Avery has the motive. But Evadne is right about one thing: there’s no need

silent, suddenly spoke up, her watery eyes fixed anxiously on Aaron’s determined face, “Aaron, are you suggesting the person behind Jareth’s trouble

Thaddeus were taken

and lived humbly, seemingly naive and fragile. Jareth had always sheltered her like a precious flower in a greenhouse, but actually she

Marilla, you’re

his heart felt bittersweet, “It’s related

was because it involved the

there’s someone else behind him,” Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy almost spoke in unison!

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situation was tangled and increasingly complex. So, was this a signal from that person to show himself? Could the man bearing a striking resemblance to Hubery and entangling himself with people

was already a formidable enemy. The one controlling him,

stick

Mrs. Abernathy escorted him to the door, but to

“Aaron, wait!”

quickly uttered, “You’ll catch a cold dressed like

cold; it’s

cheeks, sincere eyes beaming, “Aaron, those teddy bear pastries you brought me last time, I’ve eaten them

deal. Glad you liked them,” Aaron’s smile was bright and genuine.

lip and handed him a rolled–up paper, “This

it. It was a caricature of him, whimsical yet

like you, Aaron!” Evadne leaned in

nodded, “It does.”

have done better,” Marilla looked embarrassed, feeling

it’s great, really

stay composed, but his husky voice wavered with delight, “Thank

fetching a pack of crepes, handing them to Marilla with an attempt at nonchalance, yet his ears betrayed him, blushing furiously, “I saw it on my

top–notch foodie. How on earth had he managed to resist devouring the crepes until

on the way home; he’d

especially for Marilla, just too bashful to

somber eyes sparked with intrigue.

it, but despite being the heiress to a fortune, she had never tasted this

to her home by Frederic and Elspeth since childhood, chauffeured to school, rarely

had always scorned such plebeian treats, so while Marilla had seen