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?”

grow up. Don’t you know how kind and

her daughter, who was shivering in her arms. “Even if Edith made a bad decision, it’s because she was tricked by that Abernathy girl! How can you blame your own sister? If word gets out,

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

by you. How can you deny it now? If

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

her own medicine? You’re so self–righteous now, but you’re just standing up for Evadne! You only have

“Edith!”

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

insult. And I believe in Evadne’s character. She may be stubborn, heartless, and

so angry she could

you should give up on Thaddeus. He likes Evadne. Anyone

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

you’re going to apologize to Ms. Evadne with me,

command and then turned

gone mad? Why should I

then I’ll send you back to Aetheria tonight.

teamed towar

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

sake of Thaddeus’s

“Jareth, come back!”

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

at the Sapphire

VIP room, drinking one shot after

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

door

need any company,

picked up his glass and smashed

Thaddeus who’s looking for

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

it.”

“Please come in.”

walked into

closed the door behind

into

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

deep breath, seeing his glass

don’t deserve

in his mouth. “Evadne never accepted

a useless

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

woman, he would have slapped her by

he was, he couldn’t do anything about it. He couldn’t even bear to punish her

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

that Glynnis used to bribe Ada was made by

slightly, but

surprised

“I guessed as much.”