Chapter 440

The crowd gasped in shock.

“Seriously? Edith, hitting herself?”

Her face was swollen, was she really that ruthless to her own self?

Edith’s face drained of color, her swollen cheeks turning ghostly pale, “Evadne, what the heck are you babbling about? Have I lost my mind to hit myself?”

“I think you’ve totally lost it,” Evadne tutted, shrugging her shoulders. “Not only have you gone bananas, but you’ve also scared the daylights out of me. I’m being generous not hitting you up for emotional distress compensation, and you’re trying to sling mud at me? Just because you’re a Fairhaven, you think you can spit venom?”

The room erupted in clamour!

Flashbulbs frenzied over Edith’s ashen face!

“Miss Ashbourne’s integrity is beyond question, right? She’s always been into charity and social work, even helped that poor Abernathy family servant with funeral expenses. She wouldn’t frame Edith, would she?”

“Even if Ms. Evadne did lash out, there must’ve been a reason, right?”

“Maybe it was a catfight over jealousy, but still, hitting someone is not okay! I have my reservations about Evadne’s character!”

Evadne was utterly sick of these petty female brawls. If Edith wanted to scheme against her, couldn’t she come up with something more sophisticated?

Innocence needed no defense. Being misunderstood didn’t faze her.

Besides, someone had swollen her own face; it seemed like a win for her.

Just as Evadne was about to leave the drama behind, an anxious shout came from outside the crowd.

“Edith! What happened to you? Who’s messing with you?”

The crowd parted, and Barry, surrounded by the Fairhaven family and flanked by bodyguards, hurried over.

“Grandpa. Mommy.” Edith’s eyes brimmed with tears, her lips quivering pitifully.

Seeing her daughter with hair askew and swollen cheeks, collapsed on the floor, and Evadne looking down with icy disdain, Mrs. Fairhaven naturally assumed Evadne was the bully.

“Someone help Edith up!”

At Barry’s command, bodyguards rushed forward, forming a human shield against the prying cameras.

“Oh, Edith!”

Mrs. Fairhaven embraced her daughter immediately, shooting daggers at Evadne with her eyes, “Ms. Evadne! If you have a beef with me, come at me, but why bully my daughter?”

“Mommy, don’t get upset, take care of yourself, I’m okay. I’m fine.” Edith comfortingly patted her mother.

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Such a heartbreaking scene.

At that moment, the Ashbournes arrived, stirring the atmosphere further.

Edith’s crude and dirty tricks had escalated things/pulling in the big guns.

“Chairman Emeric, your daughter sure has a fiery temper, lashing out in broad daylight,” Barry leaned on his cane, eyes coldly fixed on Emeric, his tone barely hiding his fury. “Clearly, you dote on her quite a bit. But isn’t everyone’s child their heart and soul? Evadne is, and my Edith is my treasure too! About this incident, you and your daughter owe me an explanation!”

The Fairhavens were not to be trifled with!

the/Ashbourne heiress. If it were anyone else, it would

stared at Edith, unsettling her to the core, driving her closer into Mrs. Fairhaven’s

rushing to clutch Evadne’s hand tightly, “Evadne, are you alright? You’re not hurt, are you?”

Fairhaven mother and daughter green with envy.

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worry,” Evadne reassured her

Others might doubt, but we never will,” Myra suddenly turned, her icy stare

brow furrowed as he looked at

about Evadne hitting someone; if she had, so be it. His daughter had set many a mean girl straight in her time.

was about diffusing

out, how would others view her?

to take over the conglomerate someday, she needed a solid public image, credibility. Otherwise, people would leverage this against her, creating obstacles to

Barry, Mrs. Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne

rang out, devoid of aggression but impossible

see Avery stride confidently

gaze was deep and cool,

anyone to bail her out; it wasn’t necessary. And if

Not Avery.

to mean? Are you suggesting our

she did or didn’t, that’s a question for Ms. Edith. A

his gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious

at the charity auction, and now he’s defending her, risking the wrath of the Fairhavens

what Chairman Emeric is thinking. One’s the president of Abernathy Enterprises, and

at the bottom of the barrel – nothing but flies and skeeters buzzing around him! First there was Acacia, then Edith. You just can’t shake ‘em – what kind of

heart skipped a beat, and she clutched her mother’s

though she had never crossed paths with Avery, he gave her a strange sense of familiarity, including

was this inexplicable fear, almost crushing her, making it hard to

Mrs. Fairhaven held her daughter close, her voice trembling with indignation. “My daughter has been beaten to a pulp, and you’re still defending

picture of innocence,

corridor had no security cameras!

heard something? Why else

his dark eyes glinting with an icy sheen that sent shivers down her spine, “Did Evadne really

Edith’s voice choked.

have to stand by your words. Don’t wait until the truth is laid bare on the

room fell silent, everyone

seconds felt like an eternity, pure torment.

she was terrified of him, as though he held a knife to her throat. She had never

a disagreement with Ms. Evadne, it was my own fault, I lost my footing and accidentally crashed into the door, fell to

clear Evadne’s

didn’t actually hit herself, did she?

folded. Did

someone calls her bluff. If it were me, I’d

is slander. If the Ashbourne family doesn’t let this slide, will Edith ever be able to

to clear it up for Evadne without breaking

Evadne remained stoic, no signs of emotion, not

at Avery, displaying a

and addressed Barry with a calm demeanor, “Mr. Fairhaven, I wonder if your granddaughter still requires my sister to explain herself. If you’re looking for an explanation, it’s not out of

his eyes, internally

subject himself, but Cassius, being young and passionate, was perfectly positioned to defend

while

we stir up. But if it wasn’t us, and someone’s trying to frame or slander my dearly beloved sister, I won’t let it slide lightly. I believe Mr. Fairhaven, who

the Fairhaven family members‘ faces couldn’t hide their

they agreed, and it turned out to be slander when brought to the

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