His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 239

Glynnis‘ ears were ringing, as if she’d been struck by lightning. She was frozen in place.

“Mom, save me! Mom!”

Seeing her daughter being dragged away by the police, Elspeth threw all pretense of a wealthy lady’s dignity to the wind. She even tried to obstruct the police! “My daughter is innocent! How could you, as police officers, handle the case like this? How could you mistakenly arrest an innocent person?!!

Jareth watched the overly dramatic mother–daughter duo with cold eyes, silently hoping the police would hurry up and spare them the noise. “Elspeth, if you don’t let go, we’ll charge you with obstructing justice!” The policeman’s tone was icy towards Elspeth.

“My daughter was framed! By her, by the daughter of the Fairhaven family, Edith!” Elspeth shouted, both terrified and furious, her gaze fixed on ‘Edith with a malicious intensity.

“What does this have to do with me? Even if I did forge the necklace, it’s just a case of copyright infringement. A little compensation and it’s over. But I didn’t get involved in any of the commercial secret leaks!”

Edith’s words were cut short as her heart gave a painful jolt. She slapped a hand over her mouth.

Damn, she’d slipped up! In her haste to distance herself from Glynnis, she’d let the cat out of the bag about the necklace!

She felt like a target, a pair of sharp painful arrows piercing her chest.

Edith slowly turned around, meeting Jareth’s gaze full of anger, shock, and disappointment.

“Mr. Jareth! Your sister is not as innocent as you think! She’s full of deceit and she’s lied to both you and me!”

Glynnis‘ shriek echoed through the Fairhaven estate, chilling as a wailing banshee. “Edith! You used me as a scapegoat. I’ll never forgive you, just you wait!” “Edith! Quick, come to me!” Mrs. Jareth called, clearly frightened by Elspeth and her daughter.

“Mummy!”

Edith, still in shock, tried to run towards her mother, but was forcefully stopped by Jareth grabbing her wrist.

“Jareth.” She was trembling.

“Edith, why did you do it? Was it to get back at Ms. Evadne?” Jareth asked, his eyes red with

anger.

“It’s all Glynnis‘ nonsense!”

“You’re still denying it!”

Jareth bellowed, his grip tightening, making Edith cry out in pain. “Ouch, Jareth, let go! It hurts! Mummy, help me!”

“Jareth! Let her go! Are you trying to break your sister’s wrist?”

Mrs. Jareth rushed over in a panic, prying Jareth’s hand off her daughter and pulling Edith into a protective embrace. “Can’t we talk this out?”

“Talk it out? I gave her a chance to explain, but what was she doing?”

Jareth was seething, staring at Edith’s tear–streaked face, which still held an angelic innocence..

A sharp pain echoed in his chest, spreading through his nerves. “She’s been lying and plotting with Glynnis, trying to frame Ms. Evadne! What did Evadne do wrong? Why are you targeting her? Because she’s Thaddeus‘ ex–wife? Is that your reason?”

Edith grow up. Don’t you know how kind and

bad decision, it’s because she was tricked by that Abernathy girl! How can you blame your own sister?

where she was going, she lied about going to a fashion

deep and thunderous as a storm. “You’ve already admitted the necklace was forged by you. How can you deny it now? If our

sister like this!” Mrs. Jareth’s eyes welled up with tears at the mention of

You’re so self–righteous now, but you’re just standing up for Evadne! You only have eyes for that woman. I’m nothing to you anymore! But no matter how much you pander to Evadne, she’ll never

“Edith!”

eyes bore into her. His single utterance of her name was enough to make her

she’s not someone you can hurt or insult. And I believe in Evadne’s character. She may be stubborn, heartless, and vengeful, but she would never attack or hurt anyone unprovoked. If what you said is true, it’s

was so angry she could

up on Thaddeus. He likes Evadne.

so angry her face turned red as a beet, she could feel the bile rising in her

apologize to Ms. Evadne with me, face to

gave his cold command

gone mad? Why should I apologize to Evadne!

I’ll send you back to Aetheria tonight. Without

teamed towar

She had heard rumors of her son’s demeanor, but when

for the sake of Thaddeus’s ex–wife,

“Jareth, come back!”

from shouting. But Jareth, who had always doted on her,

midnight, at the Sapphire Nights

alone in the VIP room, drinking

thought about Glynnis’s accusations against Edith, Jareth’s heart achèd so badly that he could feel it pulsating. The liquor churned in his stomach, making him feel like

then, the door

don’t need any company, get the hell

was irritated. He picked up his glass

it’s Mr. Thaddeus who’s

aside. “Sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth is in a bad mood tonight. Please bear with

to it.” Thaddeus showed no

“Please come in.”

walked into

and closed

into

furrowed his brows, sitting down next to Jareth. “Didn’t Evadne dump you already? Why are

deep breath, seeing his glass was empty, he

you don’t deserve to use

it in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted you in

a flat tire- a useless tire!

Jareth suddenly remembered Edith calling Evadne a “slut“,

it were any other woman, he would have

insulted Evadne was his beloved sister. No matter how angry he

cigarette, his eyes turning cold.

fake necklace that Glynnis used to bribe Ada was

contracted slightly,

surprised

“I guessed as much.”