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

the room, hammer in hand, she

present–Thaddeus

get in here?” Glynnis

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

his handsome features impassive, barely glancing at Glynnis

here to fetch something

he tapped

“What nonsense are you spewing? There’s

me, left by my mother”

on the safe thrice–bang, bang bang!

Glynnis jumped anxiously, fearing the jade inside would shatter.

face a picture of

was poised to lead the Fairhaven

and the contents of that safe are my inheritance! You won’t take them from mer Glynnes’s eyes blazed as she screamed in fury

in a four–digit code, and with

unable to comprehend what

didn’t even know the combination, how

for my

you, the

left by your mother for

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

felt darkness encroach her vision.

the combination, and Jareth was here to collect on her

at the worst possible

lips parted slightly. “Quite the stash. Need help packing

I’ve come prepared.

scooped up the priceless jade artifacts, and