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

a nail hammered into place, the uniform address of "Mr. Fairhaven" served to highlight the

emptied, leaving

Edith kidnapped? Where did you

replied with a chilling indifference, his

Edith! She's my flesh and

your mom, but Edith

silently watched

knew only how to indulge her daughter 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

was her flesh and blood. She seemed to forget that he, too,

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

played on the screen, filling the room with the chilling sounds of cries and pleas for

her daughter was violated by three men. Her heart was shredded bloodily as she

"My daughter!"

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

curses, her legs giving out beneath her. Dean had to call two security guards to carry

to the VIP parking lot to ensure she won't run into anyone," Dean was still irked by her

main entrance." Jareth stood at the floor-to-ceiling window, his back at Dean, his impassive tall silhouette looming large, "She entered the Fairhaven Group building through the front door with dignity,

Dean caught on immediately.

Mrs. Fairhaven had lost her mind. Anyone who gave credence to the words

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

Dean nodded, "Recorded everything."