His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1157

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“Who?”

“Elsie! It must be Elsie!” Alexia gritted her teeth. “She was always around Avery, so she must have heard things about me. She even came with him to Country M to see you several times. Now that I’m back, she must have suspected something and has been following me! That encounter at the orphanage was a warning!”

Chad’s smile was unreadable.

A vicious light entered Alexia’s eyes. “Sir, we can’t let Elsie run loose! I don’t care if she suspects me, but I’m afraid she’ll start suspecting you and run to Evadne with her stories. That would be a problem.”

Chad looked weary. “Your concern is valid. But right now, I have no time to waste on irrelevant people.”

“Sir, please don’t worry!” Alexia knelt before him again, taking his hand in hers. “Leave that bitch to me. Whatever it takes, I will protect you and help you reclaim what is rightfully yours.”

The next evening, in the wine cellar at Silverlake Harbor.

“What do you mean, a bait and switch?!” Aaron shot up, nearly crushing his wine glass. “Are they treating the Elmsworth prison system like a joke? This isn’t *The Shawshank Redemption*!”

Evadne swirled the red wine in her glass, her other hand propping up her chin. “More like the Shawshank Switcheroo.” Just as she was about to take a sip, Cassius appeared and placed a hand over her glass. “Sweetheart, the doctor said no alcohol for a month, remember?”