His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 797

Jareth's brooding gaze was obscured by his lowered eyelashes as his firm fingertips spun the executive pen that had signed off on the empire's destiny.

The assembled company directors cast sidelong glances at the disruptive woman, shaking their heads with a glint of scorn in their eyes.

"Edith went missing on her way to the hospital, and she still hasn't been found! It must have been you who took her!"

She stormed up to Jareth, pounding her fists on the table with a force that left the directors unacknowledged, "Jareth! Give me back my daughter! If you don't return her to me, I'll call a shareholders' meeting and have you ousted from Fairhaven Group! Give me back Edith!"

Jareth's pen paused mid-twirl, but he did not lift his eyes to face the "amiable" mother.

"Mrs. Fairhaven, what on earth are you doing?"

A director, unable to watch in silence any longer, interjected, "Ms. Fairhaven's disappearance could very well be her own doing; maybe she fled when the police were distracted. You should be taking this up with the authorities, not here."

"Exactly, we're in the middle of a board meeting. It's really not appropriate to bring personal matters to the table; it damages the reputation of the Fairhaven Group."

"Personal matters?"

The woman's eyes bulged with incredulity, as if she was on the verge of launching herself into a frenzied attack, "Are those even human words you're speaking?! Did you crawl out from under a rock? Would you be spouting such nonsense if it were your child missing?!"

The directors fell silent, their tongues tied. They thought of her, the person who had never been this unhinged even when Mr. Fairhaven was alive; widowhood at a young age must have driven her half-mad.

Jareth, the subject of the drama, finally spoke with a calm air, "That will be all for today. Meeting adjourned."

"Yes, Mr. Fairhaven!"

rose, eager to escape

Fairhaven" served to highlight the woman's earlier outburst, painting her as

emptied, leaving behind a

did you take her?!"

trash," Jareth replied with a chilling indifference,

back Edith! She's

cast me aside as your mom, but Edith is

silently watched her

and not how to discipline, had lived a life of meekness and vulnerability. But now, she reared up, bristling with all the spines she could muster to protect a viper as

She seemed to forget that he, too,

daughter were not trampled upon, that they lived with dignity within the Fairhaven family. Seeing Jareth's unresponsive demeanor, she finally showed her true colors, her threat bared, "You won't comply? Fine, then I'll go to the police! I'll expose to the media all your misdeeds, the beatings, the kidnapping of your own sister! I'll

video played on the screen, filling

horror as her daughter was violated by three men. Her heart was shredded bloodily as she clutched her head,

"My daughter!"

Jareth raised his hand and switched off the video with a flick of his finger, his pale lips slightly curling into an icy smirk, "You've failed to raise your daughter properly, so this cruel world will have to teach her its lessons. Mrs. Fairhaven, I know you must be devastated. She is your flesh and blood, after all. Cry if you must. Because

laughed through her tears, muttering curses, her legs giving out beneath her. Dean had

your private elevator directly to the VIP parking lot to ensure she won't run into anyone," Dean was

his impassive tall silhouette looming large, "She entered the Fairhaven Group building through the front door with dignity,

Dean caught on immediately.

Fairhaven wanted the whole of the Fairhaven Group, the whole world, to know that Mrs. Fairhaven had lost her

all of that on tape, the scene in the boardroom earlier?" Jareth's voice

Dean nodded, "Recorded everything."