His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

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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.

NOSA

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,

gaze darkened as he stared at Edith, unsettling her to the core, driving her closer

tightly,

turned the Fairhaven mother and daughter

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Myra, don’t worry,” Evadne

I don’t believe you’d hit someone. You’re too upright for that. Others might doubt, but we never will,”

furrowed as he looked at his daughter with

wasn’t worried about Evadne hitting someone; if she had, so be it. His daughter had set many a mean

concern was about diffusing this

out, how would others

needed a solid public image, credibility. Otherwise, people would leverage this

Evadne hitting anyone? We

of aggression but impossible

Avery stride confidently toward his flame.

deep

wasn’t necessary. And if it

Not Avery.

suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?” Barry asked, his

question for Ms. Edith. A single lapse in judgment could be her downfall.”

gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers

at the charity auction, and now he’s defending her, risking the wrath of the Fairhavens – isn’t

Chairman Emeric is thinking. One’s the president of

a whistle, not a single mark on his record. Thaddeus, though? He’s like a rotten apple at the bottom of the barrel – nothing but flies and skeeters

a beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm

with Avery, he gave her a strange sense of familiarity, including his

almost crushing her, making

that Edith is lying?” Mrs. Fairhaven held her daughter close, her voice trembling with indignation. “My daughter has been beaten to a pulp, and you’re still defending that girl? I know your

was the picture of innocence, but

checked – that corridor

something? Why else would he dare to stand up

icy sheen that sent shivers down her spine,

Edith’s voice choked.

your words. Don’t wait until the truth is laid bare on

room fell silent, everyone waiting for Edith’s

seconds felt like an eternity, pure torment.

her – it was irrational, but she was terrified of him, as though he held a knife to her throat. She had

Evadne, it was my own fault, I lost my footing and accidentally crashed into the door, fell

to clear Evadne’s name and enough

herself,

it obvious? Mr. Chambers put the pressure on, and she folded. Did you see how loud

out when someone calls her bluff. If it were me, I’d never admit it. Let

still defending her? This is slander. If the Ashbourne family doesn’t let this slide, will Edith ever be able to show

and Avery had managed to clear it up

signs of emotion, not even a hint of gratitude towards

relaxed, and he nodded at Avery, displaying a rare smile

sister to explain herself. If you’re looking for an explanation, it’s not out of the question. We can meet after the derby, bring

his eyes, internally

Cassius, being young and passionate, was

while Barry’s complexion turned

never shirks the troubles we stir up. But if it wasn’t us, and someone’s trying to frame or slander my dearly

family

had backed them into a corner in just a few words. If they agreed, and it turned out to be slander when brought to the police, what

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