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?”

You’ve watched Edith grow up. Don’t you know how

because she was tricked

and Ada’s contract signing. When I asked her where she was going, she lied about going to a fashion show. If you truly are innocent, why did you lie about your

the necklace was forged by you. How can you deny it now? If our father

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

so self–righteous now, but

“Edith!”

His single utterance of her name was enough to

in Evadne’s character. She may be stubborn, heartless, and vengeful, but she would never attack or hurt

was so angry she could

more thing, you should give up on Thaddeus. He likes Evadne. Anyone

as a beet, she could feel

Ms. Evadne with

his cold command and then turned to

should I

you back to Aetheria tonight. Without

teamed towar

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

the sake of Thaddeus’s ex–wife,

“Jareth, come back!”

Jareth, who had always doted on her, didn’t

midnight, at the Sapphire

the VIP room, drinking

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

then, the door to the room

any company, get the hell

irritated. He picked up his glass and smashed it on

Mr. Thaddeus who’s looking for

an embarrassed smile, and her voluptuous figure moved aside. “Sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth is in a bad

it.” Thaddeus

“Please come in.”

walked into the

and closed the door behind

gotten into

“Didn’t Evadne dump you already? Why are

I got dumped by Evadne, don’t you?” Jareth took a deep breath, seeing his glass was empty, he grabbed the bottle and

you don’t deserve to use

accepted you in the

flat tire- a useless tire! With you

remembered Edith calling Evadne a “slut“, and his heart felt suffocated. His eyes reddened, and he smashed the bottle

were any other woman, he would have slapped her

No matter how angry he was, he couldn’t do anything about it. He couldn’t

his eyes turning cold. “You’re not

sighed heavily. “The fake necklace that Glynnis used to bribe Ada

pupils contracted slightly, but

surprised at

“I guessed as much.”