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?”

watched Edith grow up. Don’t you

she was tricked by that Abernathy

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

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

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

medicine? You’re so self–righteous now, but you’re just

“Edith!”

single utterance of her name

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

angry she could

likes Evadne. Anyone with eyes

as a beet, she could feel the bile

apologize to Ms. Evadne with me,

cold command and then turned

should I apologize to Evadne! I won’t!”

to Aetheria

teamed towar

that even Mrs. Jareth was taken aback. She had heard rumors of her son’s demeanor, but when did he become so cold–hearted towards his only

the sake of Thaddeus’s ex–wife,

“Jareth, come back!”

was in tears, her voice hoarse from shouting. But Jareth,

at the

alone in the VIP room, drinking one shot after

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

the door to

it, I don’t need any

picked up his glass and smashed it on

Mr. Thaddeus who’s

Mr. Thaddeus,

it.” Thaddeus showed no

“Please come in.”

and walked into the

closed the door

gotten into you?”

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

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

you don’t deserve to use

a cigarette from his pocket and putting it in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted you in the first place, so how

flat tire- a

he finished speaking, Jareth suddenly remembered Edith calling Evadne a “slut“,

woman, he would have slapped her

No matter how angry he was, he couldn’t do anything

off his cigarette, his eyes turning cold. “You’re

that Glynnis used to bribe Ada was made by

contracted slightly, but he

surprised

“I guessed as much.”