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 have been

Edith, unsettling her to

released Emeric’s arm, rushing to clutch Evadne’s hand tightly, “Evadne, are you alright? You’re not

the Fairhaven mother and daughter green with envy.

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don’t worry,” Evadne

doubt, but we never will,” Myra suddenly turned,

his brow furrowed as he looked at his daughter with a complex expression.

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

about diffusing this

this got out, how would others

she needed a solid public image, credibility. Otherwise,

Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne

clear voice rang out, devoid of aggression but

see Avery stride confidently toward his flame.

was deep

to bail her out; it wasn’t necessary. And if it were, she’d prefer it be

Not Avery.

Are you suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?”

Ms. Edith. A single lapse in

his gaze filled with tenderness,

family’s young master has eyes for Ms. Evadne, too. It was obvious at the charity auction, and now he’s defending her, risking the wrath

president of Abernathy Enterprises, and the other’s the golden boy of the

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 – what kind of

and she clutched her mother’s arm with a

she had never crossed paths with Avery, he gave her a strange

fear, almost crushing her,

Chambers, are you insinuating 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

face was the picture of innocence, but

corridor had

something? Why else would

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

Edith’s voice choked.

stand by your words. Don’t wait until the

silent, everyone

seconds felt like an eternity, pure

him, as though he held a knife to

my footing and accidentally crashed into the door, fell

was enough to clear Evadne’s name and enough to

didn’t actually hit herself, did she? That’s just

Chambers put the pressure on, and she folded. Did you see how loud

her bluff. If it were me, I’d never admit

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

and Avery had managed to clear it up

signs of emotion, not even a hint of

furrowed brow relaxed, and he nodded at Avery, displaying a

Fairhaven, I wonder if your granddaughter still requires my sister to explain herself. If you’re looking for an explanation, it’s

squinted his eyes,

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

clutched her daughter in panic, while Barry’s

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

eyes were watching, and the Fairhaven family members‘ faces

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 hide, and

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