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?”

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

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

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 are innocent, why did you lie

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

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

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

“Edith!”

her name was enough to make her shrink back

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

was so angry she

Thaddeus. He likes Evadne.

red as a

to apologize to Ms. Evadne

cold command and then turned

mad? Why should I apologize to

to her, then I’ll send you back to Aetheria tonight. Without my

teamed towar

was taken aback. She had heard rumors

sake of Thaddeus’s

“Jareth, come back!”

But Jareth, who had always doted on her, didn’t even look

midnight, at the

sat alone in the VIP room,

achèd so badly that he could feel it

door to the room

I don’t need any company, get the hell

He picked up his glass and

Mr. Thaddeus who’s

smile, and her voluptuous figure moved aside. “Sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, Mr. Jareth is in a bad mood tonight. Please bear

to it.” Thaddeus showed no

“Please come in.”

walked

closed the

gotten into

“Didn’t Evadne dump you already? Why

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

Hey, you don’t deserve to

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

you’re a flat tire- a useless tire! With

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

woman, he would have slapped her

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

his cigarette, his eyes turning cold. “You’re not

necklace that Glynnis used

pupils contracted slightly, but he

surprised at

“I guessed as much.”

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