His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1282

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck him. A blinding, searing white light exploded in the chaotic darkness of Hans's mind!

Fragmented memories, like jagged shards of shattered glass, sliced through the thick, impenetrable fog that had smothered his heart for so long.

The handsome and beautiful faces of the Ashbourne family flooded his mind like a fast-forwarding film.

He heard Cassius calling him 'Hubery'. He saw a teenage Evadne sitting on a sun-drenched garden bench, holding a fluffy white puppy and sweetly calling him 'Hubery'.

Finally, the reel stopped dead on Suri's gentle, loving face.

"Hubery..."

Hans's chest heaved violently. He braced one hand heavily against the console to keep from collapsing, his other hand clutching the fabric over his heart. Huge beads of cold sweat rolled down his sharp, clenched jawline.

Hubery. Hubery...

Was his real name Hans, or... Hubery?

Hans didn't dare look at the horrific, bloody carnage on the main monitor.

He was terrified that if he looked even for a second, his tightly coiled heart would completely detonate inside his chest.

"Boss? Boss? Are you okay?!"

Seeing Hans's deathly pale face, one of the guards asked with genuine concern, "Is your headache acting up again? Ms. Alexia said you absolutely have to take your meds when this happens! We'll go get them right now!"

"Don't!"

Hans forcefully shut his eyes. Suri's warm, smiling face vanished into thin air, leaving his chest completely hollowed out, replaced only by a bone-deep, agonizing pain. "I'm fine. I don't need the pills. Keep that trash away from me!"

The guards exchanged hesitant looks. "But Ms. Alexia said..."

Hans took a ragged breath and shakily pulled it from his pocket. The screen flashed with Alexia's name.

He locked his trembling jaw, using every ounce of willpower to force his emotions down. He answered the phone with dark, dead eyes, the muscles across his shoulders bunching with suppressed rage.

"What is it?"

"I hear the Bright Group problem has been handled?"

Alexia's voice was lazy and arrogant, like she was discussing taking out the trash. "Sir wants you to personally go down there and verify. If they aren't completely dead, end them yourself."

Hans clenched his fist. "I have other things to deal with. I can't leave."

"What could possibly be more important than this?"

Alexia sneered. "Just go. You know exactly what happens when you defy Sir."