His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1109

Rumors that the Abernathy power couple had finally split grew more intense.

Thaddeus’s mood was dark. He left the party before it ended. Once in his car, he tore off the tie clip Alexia had given him with a look of disgust and tossed it to Gordon in the driver’s seat.

“It’s yours.”

Gordon caught it, confused. “What’s this, Mr. Abernathy?”

Thaddeus leaned back and closed his eyes, tugging at the Windsor knot of his tie, still feeling suffocated.

“A gift from Alexia.”

“Ugh! I don’t want some random woman’s trash!” Gordon said with a look of revulsion, tossing the clip aside. “I have a girlfriend. I don’t want her getting the wrong idea.”

“A girlfriend?”

“Beverly, sir,” Gordon reminded him.

Thaddeus, his eyes still closed, frowned. “Is she… of age?”

Gordon didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “She’s in college, Mr. Abernathy. Do you really think I’m that kind of person?”

Thaddeus was suddenly reminded of the girl, Beverly Higgins, whom he and Evadne had rescued together. The memory flashed through his mind, vivid and clear.

Just then, Gordon’s voice broke the silence.

“Mr. Abernathy, look!”

Thaddeus wearily opened his eyes. His heart lurched.

There, standing in front of the car, bathed in the stark white headlights, was Evadne. Snowflakes danced around her, whipping her dark hair about her face. She looked as if the wind might carry her away.

Thaddeus’s chest rose and fell. He opened the car door and walked toward her.

“Mr. Abernathy,” Evadne said with a faint, distant smile.

He saw that her cheeks were flushed red from the cold, a sign she had been waiting for some time. His lips parted, but no words came out. He remembered how she always hated the cold, how she would burrow into his arms day and night, using his hands as her personal warmers.

“Pine Grove Park. Do you remember it?” Evadne’s voice caught, but she managed a small laugh. “A long, long time ago, you saved a little girl there. You rescued her from a torrential storm. That was the beginning of everything for you two.”

Thaddeus’s heart skipped a beat. His hands, resting on his knees, clenched into fists. He had no memory loss. Of course, he remembered.

“The one thing I want you to do for me is to go hiking with me tomorrow.”

“Is that all?”

“What, did you think I was going to ask you to marry me again?” A flicker of the old, proud Evadne returned as she crossed her arms and lifted her chin. “No more excuses. Yes or no?”

“Yes,” Thaddeus answered without hesitation.

“Good. Pinky promise.”

Before he could react, Evadne took his warm hand and hooked her own left pinky—the one that had been damaged—around his. It was a clumsy, awkward gesture.

In that instant, Thaddeus’s pupils contracted. He felt the faint tremor in her finger, and a jolt, like an electric current, shot through his heart.