His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 581

The courtroom erupted into chaos. The nation was in shock.

Frederic’s face drained of color as if the blood had been siphoned from his veins. He leapt from his chair as if it had burst into flames, standing abruptly without a care for decorum, staring in disbelief at Elspeth.

Cynthia? Hadn’t she taken her own life because of severe depression? How had it turned into murder?

How could the murderer be Elspeth, the woman who had shared his bed for twenty years?

“I do it!” Elspeth sobbed, shaking her head as she locked eyes with him.

Thaddeus’s icy gaze slid inch by inch onto Frederic’s pale, plaster–like face. He couldn’t help but let out a bone–chilling laugh from the deepest, most bitter part of his chest.

Even now, he didn’t see the slightest hint of sorrow for his mother on this callous man’s face. What Frederic felt was not disbelief out of love for Elspeth.

He simply couldn’t accept that he had been so blind, having spent twenty years married to a murderer!

Cedric felt like he’d been struck in the back of the head with a sledgehammer, his mind buzzing

blindsided him completely. In his decade–plus career, he had never seen anything like this. It was supposed to be a

killer, then he would be dragged

“Your Honor! This witness is irrelevant to the case at

the defense previously stated that Elspeth couldn’t possibly be the killer because she’s a cultured, high–character society lady But my witness here can attest that

finally relented with a slight nod, “Then let the defense proceed with

seeing stars from

in the audience, remembering the dread his presence inspired. She dared not hold back any longer, spilling the

was ordered by Mr. Abernathy to attend to Elspeth’s daily needs, while she was nothing more than Mr. Abernathy’s mistress. Only because she carried the heir to the Abernathy empire was she temporarily welcomed into

anger, “Who are you calling a mistress? Who? I’m not a mistress. I am the legitimate chairwoman of the Abernathy

turned as dark as a thundercloud. He wished he

had he not cherished the gentle and virtuous Cynthia by his side, instead

observed Elspeth’s distorted face, shaking her head in disdain. “To claim what was taken from another as her own. Impenetrable shamelessness. No wonder she could cling to their house, accept a loveless union, and follow Frederic willingly.”

truly were content, my mother would not

as cold as a lake frozen over, “As for Frederic, she can have him. Such a deceitful, insincere man does not deserve

watched Thaddeus’s resolute profile, her emotions a tangled mess.

situation was undoubtedly far better.

she couldn’t be sure how much of Emeric’s affections for her mother were genuine–if his love

tapped the gavel once more, reminding in a cold tone, “Defendant,