His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 481

"President Ashbourne."

Thaddeus's voice was as raspy as if a steamroller had passed over his throat, barely audible.

"Thaddeus!"

Cassius glared with bloodshot eyes, his chest ablaze with fury, like a wild beast charging straight at Thaddeus, who stood frozen in place!

Thaddeus saw the fierce blow aimed at his cheek coming, but he didn't move a muscle. Hit him, that what he deserved. Even if Cassius beat him to death, he wouldn't utter a word of complaint.

"Cassius! Stop!"

Just as Cassius's fist was inches away from the man's face, Chasel appeared in the nick of time, throwing his arms around him from behind in a tight embrace!

"Let go," Cassius hissed, his lips bleeding, his heart dripping blood.

"I won't!"

Chasel's arms trembled around his sturdy waist as he shouted breathlessly, "What's the point of hitting him?! Will beating him bring back what Evadne has lost?!"

"But he deserves to die!"

Cassius's cheeks shivered with rage, his powerful body struggling fiercely, tears that had been held back now escaping uncontrollably, "Why doesn't he just die? My sister can't have children anymore! She’s only twenty-five and she's lost the chance to be a mother forever! It's all thanks to you, Thaddeus, why don't you just die?!"

Why didn’t he just die? Yes, he truly deserved death.

Thaddeus felt like a clay doll, drained of blood and spirit, his features defeated and ashen.

Chasel noticed how wretched he looked. Thaddeus's short hair was dripping wet, droplets tracing down his pale, once handsome cheeks.

His finely tailored suit was soaked through, the hem of his trousers and his shoes caked in mud. It was a sorry sight.

It had started raining when Evadne was taken away by her father. Thaddeus had chased after the Ashbourne family's car in the pouring rain for miles, yet in the end, he hadn’t even caught a glimpse of Evadne.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, all my fault."

He muttered over and over, a lost soul, "All my fault.I am to blame. I'm sorry."

"Thaddeus, do you have any idea how much Evadne loves children. How much she wanted to have a kid with you?!"

Cassius, a towering figure of a man, wept uncontrollably, "During those three years as your wife, she told us countless times, she wanted to be a mother. And sometimes, remembering your marriage in name only, your indifference, she'd call me in the middle of the night, crying secretly."

Thaddeus felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if it was being tortured by a poisoned blade, the agony spreading rapidly through his limbs, seizing his entire consciousness.

Tears rimmed his eyes, his shoulders shaking violently. All he could feel was pain, bone-deep, earth-shattering. Unbearable pain.

"I didn't know. I truly didn't know."

Thaddeus's eyes brimmed with tears, his lips pale as he stammered, "If I had known, I..."

"You didn't know?"

Cassius laughed bitterly in extreme anger, "You didn't know about your one-night stand with Evadne; you didn't know she was pregnant with your child. Are you joking, or are you truly that clueless? But regardless of which it is, I can no longer forgive you. If I had left Evadne in the hands of a heartless man like you, I would not deserve to be even called a man!"

Chasel was petrified and sighed helplessly upon hearing this. He had been back in the country for a while and had been through many harrowing experiences with them, well aware of how much Thaddeus loved Evadne.

But that fruitless marriage of three years had wounded Evadne too deeply.

If he were in that position, even if he still loved the man, he probably couldn't bear the daily reminder of inability to bear children, that self-inflicted torment eroding the happiness of love day by day.

Such a star-crossed couple, such an insoluble dilemma.

But fearing things would deteriorate further, Chasel could only plead, "Cassius, no matter what, Thaddeus is still the man who saved Evadne's and your lives. If it weren't for his sacrifice, how could you have possibly returned alive? I'd never see you again! You'd cause more pain! Including to Evadne!"

Cassius's eyes were still red and swollen, but he slowly lowered his fist.

"Thaddeus, you did save my life, so I'll spare you. But from now on, don't ever appear before me, and don't step back into Evadne's life. I can forgive all the past hurt you've caused her, except for this one. I just can't get past it, not even in death."

With that, Cassius bit his lip and walked away. Chasel cast a silent glance at the bloodless Thaddeus and reluctantly followed Cassius.

"Please give me one last chance to make amends!"

Thaddeus's cheeks were streaked with tears, as pitiful as Evadne had been when begging him not to divorce, perhaps even more so, "I truly love Evadne very much. Please give me one chance, the last one! Let me atone; let me make amends!"

"Sure."

Cassius's voice was cold, his laugh frosty, cruelly smashing the hope he had given, "Return to me a sister with an unharmed body, a healthy womb. Then I'll no longer stand in your way."

Thaddeus couldn't remember how he made it out of the parking lot.