His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 488

Still waiting?! The news struck Cassius like a thunderbolt!

Last night, the rain had poured down until the small hours before taking a reluctant pause, only to start anew come morning. The forecast ominously predicted a hurricane by nightfall.

Thaddeus, standing out there without a bite to eat or a drop to drink - did he have a death wish?!

"Thaddeus's been outside the whole time? Even last night? What do you mean?!"

Evadne's eyes were wide as saucers, her hands gripping Arnold's shoulders, shaking him with a desperation, "Spill it! What the heck is going on?! Y'all saw Thaddeus, didn't you? And you kept me out of the loop?!"

"Stop shaking me, Evadne! I'm gonna hurl!" Arnold's head was spinning, his vision blurring.

"Evadne! Cut it out!"

Cassius intervened, prying her hands away and pulling her into an embrace, "Whatever Thaddeus wants to do, it's his call. If he wants to stand out there, let him be. He can't stand there forever. He's gotta leave sometime."

His words cut deep with a dual meaning.

"Even if he turns to stone standing out there, it's his own darn fault!"

Arnold, thinking of the hardships Evadne had endured, couldn't suppress his anger, "Sis, he's just playing martyr, thinking he can charm his way back into our good graces! No chance! Even if lightning strikes him into a charred flower, I won't forgive him!"

"This is between him and me! What's it got to do with you?!"

Evadne's eyes reddened with fury as she struggled to break free from her brother's hold, "Did you see him yesterday? Did Emeric see him too? Did you all gang up on him?!"

"Sis, just calm down," Cassius held her tighter, patting her trembling back.

"Evadne, what are you saying? We are bullying him? We were standing up for you, venting your anger!"

"I don't need it!"

Evadne's eyes brimmed with angry tears, her breath uneven with rage, "Why are you meddling? Is this for my sake? You're just pressing down on Thaddeus to ease your own guilt!"

Those words struck Cassius and Arnold like a stab in the heart. Seizing the moment when Cassius was distracted, Evadne broke free and dashed toward the gates of Silverlake Harbor.

Casting aside her pesky sandals, Evadne ran barefoot down the ornate, endless corridor.

She hadn't yet seen the man she loved, but her heart had already burst through her fevered chest, fleeing the gilded cage of the mansion without looking back.

Suddenly, Evadne skidded to a halt.

Not far away stood Bennett, his gaze sharp as a hawk's, an immovable iceberg in his solitary might. Even alone, his presence seemed to flood the room, unstoppable.

"Evadne, you're going to see him?"

"Bennett, don't you dare stop me," Evadne panted, her delicate cheeks glistening with sweat.

Bennett's brow furrowed slightly, and he shook his head, "You've been a fool for three years. Isn't that enough? Stop the foolishness; he's not worth it."

"He’s not worth it, then who is?!"

Evadne's chest heaved with emotion, tears of pain pooling in her eyes, "He saved my life when I was eleven! On the battlefield in Zenithia, we fought terrorists side by side; he risked his life to protect me! Last year, I was trapped on Misty Mountain during a landslide, and then on HelgenStar Island, he drew enemy fire to give Cassius a chance, and took a bullet for me! Bennett, tell me if he's not worth it, then who is?!"

"Evadne, I get it. You've idolized that guy since he saved you at eleven. You see him through rose-colored glasses; you've got this unyielding attachment that blinds you to anyone else. I understand." Bennett closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before looking at her with a steely resolve, "But back then, he saved you not because you were Evadne, not because he loved you. It was just a coincidence."

"Bennett! How can you say that?!" Evadne was frantic, her voice breaking.

"All he's done since then is out of a need for redemption, to make it up to you. And all the blood and tears you've shed for him over these three years, in my eyes, you've paid back any debt long ago. There's no need for you two to keep this up. He's not your soulmate; holding on will only burn you more deeply."

"Bennett! Listen to your words, are those even from human?!"

Evadne's heart clenched in pain, her eyes bloodshot, "The child we lost was an accident! I didn't even know I was pregnant, how could he have known? The miscarriage was my choice to keep secret; it had nothing to do with him! How many times do I have to say it?!"

But Bennett's expression remained cold and unmoved.

"Evadne, you're still young. There are plenty of men out there better than Thaddeus, and what he offered, they can give you too. And even if they can't, we can."

"I'd rather have one scoop from the sea than all the rivers in the world! Bennett, I'm warning you, don't block me; don't make me despise you!"

Evadne, like a provoked lioness, bared her teeth, ready to force her way past. But her slender arms and legs were no match for the strong soldier.

With a steely glint in his eye, Bennett didn't budge an inch, simply stretching out an arm to block her path, then swiftly scooping her up by her waist with an unyielding grip and pulling her into his embrace.

In the next moment, Evadne felt the world spin as her feet left the ground and she was hoisted onto Bennett's shoulder with effortless ease, his back standing upright, his firm arm wrapped around her thighs. She pounded on his back with futile fists, which to him must have felt like mere tickles.

"Evadne, behave."

Bennett moved swiftly, his voice low and gentle, "I’m doing this for your own good."

Elsie slept through the afternoon. She groggily emerged from the cocoon of her duvet, her temples throbbing with a sour ache, and her stomach churning in revolt. Her head spun with a dull pain.