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!

for them, they were dealing with the/Ashbourne heiress. If it

at Edith, unsettling her to the core, driving

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

the Fairhaven mother and daughter

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fine, Myra, don’t worry,” Evadne reassured her

doubt, but we never will,” Myra suddenly turned, her icy stare piercing Edith’s face.

furrowed as he looked at his

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

was about diffusing this

how would

she was to take over the conglomerate someday, she needed a solid public image,

Barry, Mrs. Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne hitting anyone? We

of aggression but impossible to

Avery stride confidently toward

deep and cool, silent.

necessary. And if it were, she’d prefer it be

Not Avery.

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

Edith. A single

Evadne, his gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the

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

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

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 parents would

a beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm

Avery, he gave her a strange sense

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

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 families

picture of innocence, but inside, her mind was

– that corridor had no security cameras!

Had he witnessed something, or heard something? Why else would he dare

Avery pressed closer, his dark eyes glinting with an icy sheen that sent shivers down her spine, “Did Evadne really hit you?”

Edith’s voice choked.

by your words. Don’t wait until the truth is

silent, everyone waiting

few seconds felt like an eternity,

under the lethal pressure of the man before her – it was irrational, but she was terrified of him, as though he held

lost my footing and accidentally crashed into the door, fell to the ground.” She dared not mention the slap.

clear Evadne’s

hit herself, did

put the pressure on, and she folded. Did you see how loud she was just a

out when someone calls her bluff. If

family doesn’t let this slide, will Edith

and Avery had managed to clear it up

not

relaxed, and he nodded at

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

his eyes, internally cheering.

being young and passionate, was perfectly positioned to defend his sister in such

panic, while Barry’s complexion turned dark as thunder.

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, who cherishes Ms. Edith, would agree.”

family members‘ faces

slander when brought to the police, what then? If they refused, wouldn’t

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