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 going to a fashion show. If you truly are innocent, why did

you. How can you deny it

insult your sister like this!” Mrs. Jareth’s eyes welled up with tears at the mention of

“Evadne 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

“Edith!”

eyes bore into her. His single utterance of her name was enough to make her shrink back into her mother’s

heartless, and vengeful, but she would never attack or hurt anyone unprovoked. If what you said is true, it’s likely you were the

angry she

give up on Thaddeus. He likes Evadne. Anyone with eyes can see that, except him.”

turned red as a beet, she could feel the bile rising in her

to apologize to Ms. Evadne

command and

you gone mad? Why should I apologize

to her, then I’ll send you back to Aetheria tonight. Without my permission, you don’t

teamed towar

aback. She had heard rumors of her son’s demeanor, but when did

sake

“Jareth, come back!”

Jareth,

the Sapphire Nights

the VIP

so badly that he could feel it pulsating. The liquor churned in his stomach, making him feel like he was burning

the door to the room

it, I don’t need any company, get the

irritated. He picked up his glass

Jareth, it’s Mr. Thaddeus who’s looking for

Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth is in a bad

it.” Thaddeus showed

“Please come in.”

walked into the

and closed the

gotten into you?”

his brows, sitting down next to Jareth. “Didn’t

don’t you?” Jareth took a deep breath, seeing

Hey, you don’t deserve to use

from his pocket and putting it in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted you in the first place, so how could she

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

Edith calling Evadne a “slut“, and his heart felt suffocated. His

it were any other woman, he

Evadne was his beloved sister. No matter how angry he was, he couldn’t do anything about it. He couldn’t even bear to

cigarette, his eyes turning cold.

heavily. “The fake necklace that Glynnis used to bribe

contracted slightly, but he

not surprised

“I guessed as much.”

terrible. “Thad,

there’s something else you should

cold aura around him. “The person who hired the reporters to

sister.”