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!

they were dealing with the/Ashbourne heiress. If it were anyone else,

stared at Edith, unsettling her to

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

the Fairhaven mother

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

for that. Others might doubt, but we never will,”

brow furrowed as he looked at his daughter with a complex

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 view

was to take over the conglomerate someday, she needed a solid public image, credibility. Otherwise, people would leverage this against her, creating obstacles to her ascent.

Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne hitting anyone? We need evidence for such

devoid of aggression but impossible

Avery stride confidently

gaze was deep

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

Not Avery.

Chambers, what’s that supposed to mean? Are you suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?” Barry

question for Ms. Edith.

gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers who

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 of the Fairhavens – isn’t his stance

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

skipped a beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm with

though she had never crossed paths with Avery, he gave her a strange sense of familiarity, including his

this inexplicable fear, almost crushing her, making

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 families

of innocence, but

– that corridor had no

witnessed something, or heard something? Why else would he

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

Edith’s voice choked.

until the truth is laid bare

silent, everyone waiting for Edith’s

seconds felt like an eternity, pure

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

footing and accidentally crashed into the

one statement was enough to clear Evadne’s name and enough to fuel

herself, did she?

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

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

the Ashbourne family doesn’t let this slide, will Edith ever

Avery had managed to clear it up for Evadne

not even a hint of

Emeric’s furrowed brow relaxed, and he nodded at Avery, displaying a rare smile of approval.

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

eyes, internally

young and passionate, was perfectly

in panic, while Barry’s complexion turned dark as

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.

eyes were watching, and the Fairhaven family members‘

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 hide, and wouldn’t the

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