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 highlight the woman's earlier outburst, painting her as nothing more

boardroom emptied, leaving behind a

kidnapped? Where did you take her?!" She

in the trash," Jareth replied with a

back Edith! She's my flesh

was hysterical, "You've cast me aside as your mom, but Edith is all I have left. Give her back to

watched her

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

She seemed to forget

forgot that when her husband passed away prematurely, it was he who at a tender age, shouldered the burdens of family, ensuring that she and her 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 have the court of public opinion condemn you,

on the screen, filling the room

Her heart was shredded bloodily as she clutched her head, tearing

"My daughter!"

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 you'll never see her

laughed through her tears, muttering curses, her legs giving out beneath her. Dean had to call two security

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

large, "She entered the Fairhaven Group building through the front

Dean caught on immediately.

world, to know that Mrs. Fairhaven had lost

on tape, the

Dean nodded, "Recorded everything."