His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1122

“The footprints vanish here. The snow must have buried them!”

Captain Sean’s brow furrowed with worry. “We’ve been shouting Ms. Evadne’s name this whole time. With so many of us calling for her, she should have heard us if she were anywhere nearby.”

“The wind is howling and the snow is thick,” Thaddeus said, his voice a low rumble. “It muffles everything. She might not have heard us.”

*Evadne.*

The name slipped out so naturally, he didn't even notice.

“My fear is that she collapsed. What if she’s injured, fell somewhere, and lost consciousness? In this cold, she could freeze to death!”

The search party exchanged grim looks, their hearts pounding in their chests. Captain Sean wasn’t just being a pessimist; it was a brutal reality. Every year, one or two people died in Pine Grove Park. The wilderness was a treacherous, unpredictable beast.

“We split up.”

Thaddeus stared into the pitch-black forest, a vise of terror and dread squeezing his heart. “I’m not leaving this mountain until I find her.”

“But what if…” Captain Sean started.

“If anything happens to her, I’ll be buried here beside her. I mean it.”

Without another word, Thaddeus turned and plunged into the darkness, leaving the others behind.

As Captain Sean watched the man’s silhouette dissolve into the thick night, he let out a heavy sigh. “They say the greatest love stories come from the grandest houses. I’m starting to believe it.”

…

Thaddeus trudged through the deepening snow, his mind racing. Evadne had fought so hard for the chance to make him grant her one request, and all she had asked was for him to go hiking with her.

It couldn't have been just a hike.

Perhaps she wanted to revisit their past, to feel what they once had.

Putting himself in her shoes, where would she have gone after heading up the mountain alone?

His heart hammered against his ribs as he forced himself onward, finally arriving at the cave where he and Evadne had taken shelter during the landslide all those years ago.

Staring into the empty darkness of the cave, memories flooded his mind—the two of them, clinging to each other, having narrowly escaped death.

*“If heaven won't protect you, I will.”*

The solemn vow was carved into his very soul. He had made that promise to her, and he had never forgotten it.

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