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

hammer in

were now present–Thaddeus and

in here?” Glynnis stammered,

into ecstatic fits. Now

handsome features impassive, barely

fetch something for my wife.”

the desk, his eyes teasing as he tapped the

pupils constricted, her voice sharp, “What nonsense are you spewing? There’s nothing of hers

to me, left

on the safe thrice–bang, bang

stop knocking Glynnis jumped anxiously, fearing

at Jareth, his face a picture of

the Fairhaven empire. He hoped Jareth wouldn’t drive the family into

safe are my inheritance! You won’t take

punched in a four–digit code, and with a

unable to comprehend what

combination, how

my

told you, the

yours, they were left by your mother for

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 you something nice. But hurry, she won’t be around

darkness encroach her vision.

Marilla the combination, and Jareth was here to

damned fool Clear headed at the worst possible time!

slightly. “Quite the stash. Need

need, I’ve come prepared.

out a bag from his pocket, scooped up the