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?”

Don’t you

decision, it’s because she was

where she was

thunderous as a storm. “You’ve already admitted the necklace was forged by you. How can you

dare you insult your sister like this!” Mrs. Jareth’s eyes

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 never

“Edith!”

utterance of her name was enough to make

can hurt or insult. And I believe in Evadne’s character. She may be stubborn, heartless, and vengeful, but she would never

angry she could

you should give up on Thaddeus. He likes

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

to apologize to Ms. Evadne

cold command and

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

send you back to Aetheria tonight. Without my permission, you don’t even

teamed towar

was so resolute that even Mrs. Jareth was taken aback. She had heard rumors of her son’s demeanor, but when did he become

sake of Thaddeus’s

“Jareth, come back!”

tears, her voice hoarse from shouting. But Jareth, who had always doted on her, didn’t

midnight, at the Sapphire

alone in the VIP room,

could feel it pulsating. The liquor churned

then, the door to the room

I don’t need any company,

irritated. He picked up his

it’s Mr. Thaddeus who’s looking

smile, and her voluptuous figure moved aside. “Sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth

to it.”

“Please come in.”

nodded and walked into

and closed the door

into you?”

down next to Jareth. “Didn’t Evadne dump you already?

dumped by Evadne, don’t you?” Jareth took a deep breath, seeing his glass was empty,

you don’t deserve to

out a cigarette from his pocket and putting it in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted you in the

flat tire- a useless tire! With you on, even a Ferrari

“slut“, and

were any other woman, he

one who had insulted Evadne was his beloved sister. No matter how angry he was, he

the ash off his cigarette, his eyes turning cold. “You’re not acting like

“The fake necklace that Glynnis

slightly, but he

not surprised

“I guessed as much.”

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