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.

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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!

were dealing with the/Ashbourne heiress. If it were anyone else, it would have been

unsettling her to the core, driving her closer into Mrs.

tightly, “Evadne, are you alright? You’re not hurt, are you?”

words turned the Fairhaven mother and

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fine, Myra, don’t worry,”

I don’t believe you’d hit someone. You’re too upright for that. Others might doubt, but we

as he

if she had, so be it. His daughter had set many a mean girl

concern was about diffusing this

out, how would others view her?

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

see Evadne hitting anyone? We need evidence

rang out, devoid of

crowd turned to see Avery stride confidently

deep and cool,

wasn’t necessary. And if it were, she’d prefer

Not Avery.

mean? Are you suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?”

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

gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the

family’s young master has eyes for Ms. Evadne, too. It was obvious at the charity auction,

is thinking. One’s the president of Abernathy Enterprises, and the other’s the golden boy of

me, it’s gotta be Mr. Chambers all the way. The guy’s as clean as 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 buzzing around him! First there was Acacia, then Edith. You just can’t shake ‘em –

beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm with

crossed paths with Avery, he gave her a strange sense of familiarity,

fear, almost

trembling with indignation. “My daughter has

the picture of innocence, but inside,

checked – that corridor had

Why else would he dare to stand up

with an icy sheen that sent shivers down her spine, “Did Evadne

Edith’s voice choked.

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

silent, everyone waiting for Edith’s

seconds felt like an eternity, pure

was irrational, but she was terrified of him, as though he held a knife to her throat. She had never felt this kind of fear, not even

lost my footing and accidentally crashed into the door,

clear Evadne’s name and enough to fuel speculation.

herself, did she? That’s just wicked!”

on, and she folded. Did you see

a little girl, and she wimps, out when someone calls her bluff. If it were

doesn’t let

had managed to clear it up for Evadne

of emotion, not even a

and he nodded at

my 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 the lawyers from both families, and decide at the police station whether to settle this publicly or

squinted his eyes, internally

couldn’t broach the subject himself, but Cassius, being young and passionate, was perfectly positioned to defend his sister

Fairhaven clutched her daughter in panic, while Barry’s

slightly, “The Ashbourne family never shirks the troubles 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.

and the Fairhaven family members‘

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 then? If they refused, wouldn’t it imply they had something to

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