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!

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

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

clutch Evadne’s hand tightly, “Evadne, are you alright? You’re

turned the Fairhaven mother and daughter green

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fine, Myra, don’t worry,”

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

brow furrowed as he looked at his daughter with a

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

about diffusing

got out, how would others view

someday, she needed a solid public image, credibility. Otherwise,

Mrs. Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne hitting

of aggression but

to see Avery stride confidently toward his flame.

gaze was deep and

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

Not Avery.

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

didn’t, that’s a question for Ms. Edith. A single

stepped before Evadne, his gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers who

for Ms. Evadne, too. It was obvious at the charity auction, and now he’s defending her, risking the

of Abernathy Enterprises, and the other’s the golden

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 – what kind of

heart skipped a beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm with a death grip.

crossed paths with Avery, he gave her

this inexplicable fear, almost crushing her, making it hard to breathe.

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

of innocence, but inside, her mind was

corridor had no security

he witnessed something, or heard something? Why else

with an icy sheen that sent shivers down

Edith’s voice choked.

all adults here, you know. You have to stand by your words. Don’t wait until the truth is

room fell silent, everyone waiting for Edith’s

seconds felt like an

her – it 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

Evadne, it was my own fault, I lost my footing and accidentally crashed into the door, fell to the ground.” She dared

was enough to clear Evadne’s name and enough to

actually hit herself,

on, and she folded. Did you see how loud she

and she wimps, out when someone calls her bluff. If it were me,

is slander. If the Ashbourne family doesn’t let this slide, will

had managed to clear it up for Evadne without

no signs of emotion, not even a hint of

brow relaxed, and he nodded at Avery, displaying

an arm around Evadne’s shoulders, 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 the question. We can meet after the derby, bring the lawyers from both families, and decide at the police station whether to settle this

eyes, internally

broach the subject himself, but Cassius, being young and passionate, was

daughter in panic, while

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. Fairhaven,

Fairhaven family members‘ faces

brought to the police, what then? If they refused, wouldn’t it imply they had something to hide, and wouldn’t the world assume

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