His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1276

"Thank God! That's wonderful!" Evadne clasped her hands together, tears of pure relief brimming in her eyes.

"Where is Suri?"

Aviana looked around, utterly perplexed. "I just saw her this afternoon. Where did she go?"

Evadne quickly asked, "How long has she been missing?"

"I don't know, maybe two or three hours?"

Evadne suddenly recalled how strangely Suri had been acting over the past few days. She had been keeping to herself, constantly making secretive phone calls, and looking incredibly on edge. Suspicion began to take root in Evadne's mind.

Before, she had simply assumed Suri was overwhelmed with worry for Emeric. But thinking about it now, it was highly unnatural.

Emeric was Suri's entire world. Unless something of absolute, life-altering importance had come up, she never would have left his side.

What could possibly make her leave the hospital so abruptly without telling a single soul?

A slow, ominous sense of dread began to creep into Evadne's heart.

Just as she pulled out her phone to call Suri, Mr. Larry and two attending physicians came rushing down the hall, their faces beaming with ecstatic joy.

"Chairman Emeric is awake! He's awake!"

The earth-shattering news immediately set the corridor ablaze with excitement. The Ashbournes cheered, pulling each other into tight hugs. Myra and her daughter Nydia held onto each other, weeping tears of joy.

"Dad!"

The Ashbourne children flooded into the hospital room, filling the sterile, antiseptic air with overwhelming happiness.

Evadne was the first to reach the bedside. She tightly gripped Emeric's frail, IV-connected hand. Heavy tears slipped down her cheeks, dampening the pristine white sheets.

"Dad... you're finally awake! Do you have any idea how terrified we were?"

"Dad! Can you see us? Dad?" Arnold leaned in close, waving his hand right in front of Emeric's face.

"Dad?"

Emeric blinked weakly. His eyes were utterly vacant and entirely confused. "Child, who are you talking about? Who is your dad? Are you talking about... me?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the air in the crowded hospital room froze solid. The silence was deafening.

"Dad, open your eyes and look closely. This is Evadne! Your favorite!" Cassius stared hard at his father's wooden expression, his throat going completely dry.

"Dad, what the hell are you doing?"

Arnold broke out in a cold sweat, his voice pitching high. "Don't joke around with us! I don't care if you forget everyone else, but how could you not recognize Evadne? Did your brain short-circuit?!"

"Don't panic! He just woke up, he's probably just disoriented. Don't pressure him!"

Evadne's voice cracked with frantic desperation. She clung to her father's hand and forced her pale, frozen face into the brightest, most familiar smile she could muster, desperately trying to look like the energetic daughter he knew so well. "Dad, it's me! It's Evadne! The one who's always causing trouble and making you worry, the one who makes you so mad you want to ground her for life!

Do you... remember now?"