His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 239

Glynnis‘ ears were ringing, as if she’d been struck by lightning. She was frozen in place.

“Mom, save me! Mom!”

Seeing her daughter being dragged away by the police, Elspeth threw all pretense of a wealthy lady’s dignity to the wind. She even tried to obstruct the police! “My daughter is innocent! How could you, as police officers, handle the case like this? How could you mistakenly arrest an innocent person?!!

Jareth watched the overly dramatic mother–daughter duo with cold eyes, silently hoping the police would hurry up and spare them the noise. “Elspeth, if you don’t let go, we’ll charge you with obstructing justice!” The policeman’s tone was icy towards Elspeth.

“My daughter was framed! By her, by the daughter of the Fairhaven family, Edith!” Elspeth shouted, both terrified and furious, her gaze fixed on ‘Edith with a malicious intensity.

“What does this have to do with me? Even if I did forge the necklace, it’s just a case of copyright infringement. A little compensation and it’s over. But I didn’t get involved in any of the commercial secret leaks!”

Edith’s words were cut short as her heart gave a painful jolt. She slapped a hand over her mouth.

Damn, she’d slipped up! In her haste to distance herself from Glynnis, she’d let the cat out of the bag about the necklace!

She felt like a target, a pair of sharp painful arrows piercing her chest.

Edith slowly turned around, meeting Jareth’s gaze full of anger, shock, and disappointment.

“Mr. Jareth! Your sister is not as innocent as you think! She’s full of deceit and she’s lied to both you and me!”

Glynnis‘ shriek echoed through the Fairhaven estate, chilling as a wailing banshee. “Edith! You used me as a scapegoat. I’ll never forgive you, just you wait!” “Edith! Quick, come to me!” Mrs. Jareth called, clearly frightened by Elspeth and her daughter.

“Mummy!”

Edith, still in shock, tried to run towards her mother, but was forcefully stopped by Jareth grabbing her wrist.

“Jareth.” She was trembling.

“Edith, why did you do it? Was it to get back at Ms. Evadne?” Jareth asked, his eyes red with

anger.

“It’s all Glynnis‘ nonsense!”

“You’re still denying it!”

Jareth bellowed, his grip tightening, making Edith cry out in pain. “Ouch, Jareth, let go! It hurts! Mummy, help me!”

“Jareth! Let her go! Are you trying to break your sister’s wrist?”

Mrs. Jareth rushed over in a panic, prying Jareth’s hand off her daughter and pulling Edith into a protective embrace. “Can’t we talk this out?”

“Talk it out? I gave her a chance to explain, but what was she doing?”

Jareth was seething, staring at Edith’s tear–streaked face, which still held an angelic innocence..

A sharp pain echoed in his chest, spreading through his nerves. “She’s been lying and plotting with Glynnis, trying to frame Ms. Evadne! What did Evadne do wrong? Why are you targeting her? Because she’s Thaddeus‘ ex–wife? Is that your reason?”

“Enough, Jareth! You’ve watched Edith grow up. Don’t you know how kind and good she is?”

Mrs. Jareth soothed her daughter, who was shivering in her arms. “Even if Edith made a bad decision, it’s because she was tricked by that Abernathy girl! How can you blame your own sister? If word gets out, Edith will also be held responsible!”

where she was going, she lied about

was forged by you. How can you deny it now? If our father knew how

Mrs. Jareth’s eyes welled up with tears at the mention of

has repeatedly embarrassed me in front of Thaddeus and everyone else! What’s wrong with giving her a taste of her own medicine? You’re so self–righteous now, but you’re just standing up for Evadne! You only have eyes for that woman. I’m nothing to

“Edith!”

single utterance of her name was enough to make her shrink

Evadne’s character. She may be stubborn, heartless, and vengeful, but she would never attack or hurt anyone unprovoked. If what you said is true,

was so angry

likes Evadne. Anyone with eyes can see that, except him.”

turned red as a beet, she could feel

to Ms.

cold command and then

gone mad? Why should I apologize to Evadne!

you back to Aetheria tonight. Without my permission, you don’t

teamed towar

aback. She had heard rumors

for the sake of

“Jareth, come back!”

was in tears, her voice hoarse from shouting. But Jareth, who

midnight, at the Sapphire

in the VIP room, drinking one shot

heart achèd so badly that he could feel it pulsating. The

door to the

need any

was irritated. He picked up his glass and smashed it on the

Mr. Thaddeus who’s

aside. “Sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth is in a bad mood tonight. Please bear with

to it.” Thaddeus showed no

“Please come in.”

walked into the

and closed

gotten into you?”

to Jareth. “Didn’t Evadne dump you already? Why

deep breath,

Hey, you don’t deserve to use

pocket and putting it in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted you in the first

If I’m a backup, then you’re a flat tire- a useless tire! With you on, even a

“slut“, and his heart felt suffocated. His eyes

he would

insulted Evadne was his beloved sister. No matter how angry he was, he

off his cigarette, his eyes turning cold.

fake necklace that Glynnis used to

slightly, but he

not surprised at

“I guessed as much.”

this, Jareth felt terrible. “Thad,

this topic, there’s something else you

smoke, spreading a cold aura around him. “The person who hired the

sister.”