His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

J

At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

has nothing to do with him. He cares

“I got it.”

got the full picture of what had happened, her

family’s fault. I’m ready to take all the blame,” Jason’s eyes were red as he was ashamed and couldn’t accept that his family had done such a

that his brother took on Elspeth’s case, he was so mad that he stormed into Cedric’s law firm and

get back at us, frame us! If it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad

hadn’t had a fight with his brother for over twenty years, but this time, for Evadne,

Chairman Emeric over the years, any debt of gratitude has been paid off! I’m a professional lawyer, to me, everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the Ashbourne group, it simply doesn’t matter to me! You, on the other hand,

words stung

had given Evadne his whole heart, but his family

couldn’t face Ms.

are you

his trembling shoulders, gently shaking him, “Don’t blame yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie; how

Evadne,” Jason’s voice choked,

I totally understand this, and I absolutely

a professional lawyer shouldn’t be swayed by social niceties. If the Abernathy group has offered Mr. Cedric a good enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics and take on the Abernathy group’s case. If the Ashbourne group needs legal help down the line, I believe Mr. Cedric would lend a

his head, nodding

they got in the car, Ca**ius took Evadne’s hand, gently stroking her palm and asking, “Evadne, what’s

George’s illegitimate daughter. But first, I need to make

eyes sparkled with intelligence, narrowing slightly, “George said that only Acacia’s mother Una knows where the child is, so let’s have Una help us find

slightly, then asked, “And what about

her mad before I make

to get engaged to Thaddeus? How can we make her fall from grace if she isn’t standing

really has lost his marbles,” Ca**ius was deeply shocked

a while now. No matter, I’ve found myself again, and I

had snapped. “Here, check out this guy, do you recognize him? I was nearly stabbed by George the other day, but thanks to this gentleman,

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exclaimed in surprise. “Really? Then you should thank

identity a mystery. The

recalled the man’s

for control and didn’t