His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 604

since Elspeth was sentenced to death, Glynnis had been publicly humiliated by Frederic in the courthouse halls. She felt that her already tenuous standing at home had evaporated, and the last vestiges of her father’s childhood affection shattered.

She had always relied on Elspeth, living like a parasite fattened on the family’s wealth, treating money as if it were mere paper. But now, with Elspeth’s assets seized and her own private stash tied up in Elspeth’s accounts, Glynnis had plummeted from the high life back to square one

Apart from the two properties and the pair of luxury cars her f

father had given her, plus the three hundred thousand dollars in her personal account, she was practically destitute..

Accustomed to a lavish lifestyle, the taste of poverty was driving Glynnis mad, leaving her as restless as if ants were crawling all

Selling the cars or properties would alert Fred

Frederic, but what could she possibly do with a mere three hundred thousand?

wasn’t even enough to tip the male escorts she frequented!

After two days of agonizing it struck her that Elspeth’s bedroom safe was still untouched

The few pieces of jade that were Elspethis ‘precious ointments must still be there, untouched by the authorities. If sold, they could fetch at least ten million!

Glynnis dashed frantically towards Elspethi’s bedroom, her eyes bloodshot as she zeroed in on the bedside safe.

the dragged the entire safe onto the table, her eyes gleaming with greed as she fiddled with the combination lock

After dozens of attempts that left her fingertips numb, she had exhausted every number linked to the Abernathy lineage and Elspeth herself, yet the safe remained sealed

such a complicated combination? You think you can take them with you to the grave? Glynnis raged, storming out to grab a sledgehammer

into the room, hammer in hand,

were now present–Thaddeus and

you get in here?” Glynnis stammered, stepping back

the sight of Jareth would send her into ecstatic fits. Now only terror gripped her.

sofa, his handsome features impassive,

to fetch something for my wife.”

teasing as he tapped the safe, “Marilla’s belongings are right here in this safe

pupils constricted, her voice sharp, “What nonsense are you spewing? There’s nothing of hers here! Don’t

to me, left

knocking on the safe thrice–bang,

knocking Glynnis jumped anxiously, fearing the jade inside would shatter.

glanced at Jareth, his face a

to believe this carefree man was poised to lead the Fairhaven empire.

that safe are my inheritance! You won’t take them from mer Glynnes’s

punched in a four–digit code, and

in disbelief, unable to comprehend what unfolded before her.

the combination, how

my

the contents aren’t

aren’t yours, they were left by your mother for my

tilted his head, a wicked smile playing on his lips, “You want it? Go visit your mother in prison one last time. Sweet talk het and maybe she’ll leave

darkness encroach her vision.

combination, and Jareth was here

Clear headed at the

the stash.

need, I’ve come prepared.

scooped up the priceless jade