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?”

up. Don’t you know how kind and good

was tricked by that Abernathy girl!

on a private jet before Glynnis and Ada’s contract signing. When I asked her where she was going, she lied about going to a fashion show. If you truly

as deep and thunderous as a storm. “You’ve already admitted the necklace was forged by you. How can you deny it now? If our father knew how low you’ve stooped, he’d be

insult your sister like this!” Mrs. Jareth’s eyes welled up with

and angry, overwhelmed by fear and injustice. “Evadne has repeatedly embarrassed me in front of Thaddeus and everyone else! What’s wrong with giving her a taste of her own medicine? 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

“Edith!”

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

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 likely you were the one who started this feud!”

angry she could

likes Evadne. Anyone with eyes can see that, except him.”

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

going to apologize to Ms. Evadne with me,

cold command and then turned to

Have you gone mad? Why should I apologize to Evadne! I won’t!” Edith

you don’t apologize to her, then I’ll send you back to Aetheria tonight. Without my permission, you don’t

teamed towar

She had heard rumors of her son’s demeanor, but when did he become so

the sake

“Jareth, come back!”

from shouting. But Jareth, who had always doted on

midnight, at the

alone in the VIP room, drinking one shot

heart achèd so badly that he could feel it pulsating. The

then, the door to the room

it, I don’t need any

up his glass and smashed it on the

it’s Mr. Thaddeus who’s looking for

“Sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth is

used to it.” Thaddeus showed no

“Please come in.”

and walked into

and closed the

into you?”

Jareth. “Didn’t Evadne dump

I got dumped by Evadne, don’t you?” Jareth took a deep

don’t deserve

it in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted you in the first place, so how could she dump you? At

a backup, then you’re a flat tire- a useless tire! With you

finished speaking, Jareth suddenly remembered Edith calling Evadne a “slut“, and his heart felt suffocated. His eyes reddened,

he would have slapped her by

was his beloved sister. No matter how angry he

his eyes

fake necklace that Glynnis used

contracted slightly, but he stayed

surprised at

“I guessed as much.”