His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 387

After a long, hot bath and a quick check on her post–surgery wounds, Glynnis was ready to indulge in a glass of red wine.

“Linda? Linda!” Glynnis called out. The housemaid, Erica, immediately rushed in, “I’m here, Ms. Glynnis.”

Ever since Evadne had assigned her the task of spying, Erica had been trying to get close to Elspeth and Glynnis, trying to gain their trust. Although Elspeth was naturally suspicious and hard to win over, Glynnis was a lot more naive and easier to approach.

So, Erica made herself indispensable to Glynnis, offering her unending support and assistance. Otherwise, as a lower–class maid who had previously worked for Marilla, Erica would have been kicked out of the Windermere Estate in no time by Glynnis.

“Go to the wine cellar and bring me a good bottle of wine.” Glynnis ordered, applying a face mask to her now surgically–enhanced face. Erica nodded and quickly left to fulfill her task.

Glynnis then realized that she had left her phone in the movie room on the third floor. She couldn’t survive a minute without it, so she had no choice but to retrieve it herself. As she was walking, she suddenly saw a shadow pass by. She let out a gasp, almost dropping the mask from her face. A few steps away, a pale woman with disheveled hair emerged from the dimly lit corridor.

Upon closer inspection, Glynnis let out a sigh of relief. “Mom, is that you?”

Elspeth, hunched over and wrapped in a cashmere coat, peered at Glynnis through her messy hair. Glynnts was astounded to see her once sophisticated and elegant mother

in such a state.

Elspeth suddenly grabbed Glynnis‘ arm and dragged her back to the bedroom.

“Mom, what happened? My arm hurts, Mom!”

“Shut up! Be quiet!” Elspeth snapped, silencing Glynnis with a fierce glare.

Once they were back in the room, Elspeth looked around nervously before locking the door. “Mom, what’s going on? What happened?” Glynnis asked anxiously.

Elspeth sat on the couch, still shivering despite the warm room. “Glynnis. I made a mistake tonight. I said something I shouldn’t have/

“What? What did you say?” Glynnis was full of questions.

“I went for another cosmetic treatment tonight. Dr. Victor gave me an injection. He said it would make me feel relaxed, better than the medication I had been taking.” Elspeth explained with a trembling voice.

“I fell asleep after the injection. When I woke up, Dr. Victor asked me who Cynthia was!” Glynnis gasped, goosebumps all over her body.

“Mom. What did you say? And who is this Dr. Victor? How could you say that?“”

The real cause of Thaddeus‘ mother’s death was not a secret to Glynnis. In a way, Elspeth was the one who drove Cynthia to suicide!

Elspeth had cleverly manipulated Cynthia’s maid into replacing her depression medication, spread rumors about Cynthia, and eventually drove Cynthia to jump off the building.

This was Elspeth’s proudest achievement, although she could never brag about it to anyone.

“I don’t know. I don’t know how much I said. I don’t know what I told him.” Elspeth admitted, her eyes still unfocused and her voice shaky. “But Dr. Victor swore to me that he would keep everything confidential. He won’t leak it out!”

“Mom! How could you be so naive! Dr. Victor is not your son, what if he spills it out? What if he blackmails you later?” Glynnis exclaimed.

and burst in, only to

Elspeth had told her was too serious. If anyone had overheard, it would be the end

betray me! He works for me!” Elspeth shook her head vehemently, but deep down she was far

could she do? She was now utterly dependent on Dr.

emotionally or physically, she had developed a strong dependency on

would never hurt you.

something! As for Cynthia’s death, that

years. All the evidence is

“Unless that wench Cynthia comes back from the dead to point at me, no one knows what

“What about Acacia?”

an abandoned pawn! If she ever wants to return to

one

!

a small diner. She’s indebted to us. She would naturally keep the secret.”

held some resentment towards Elspeth, she understood the concept of shared honor and disgrace. If Elspeth fell, her days in the Abernathy family would not be pleasant. The entire Abernathy Group would fall into Thaddeus‘ hands and she probably wouldn’t even

letting Glynnis

sooner had they left the room when the closet door in

bottle of red wine. Her face was pale from

What should she do?

she tell first?

Thaddeus or Ms.

her room

needle marks on Elspeth’s arm when she helped her change clothes, Glynnis couldn’t help but shudder. Now that Frederic and Elspeth were rarely sharing

a bottle of wine, Glynnis snatched the wine from her

maid’s

Glynnis had

mentioned, she felt more and more fearful. She needed to investigate him in private. Glynnis removed her dry mask, washed her face, took off her robe and opened her wardrobe to change into her nightwear. Suddenly, she felt a

took out her phone and opened a

Yes, that was right.

installed hidden

room with the wine shortly after she left and had

heard all of her

about

was drenched in cold sweat, her teeth chattering as she paced

and called Elspeth, her

was about to sleep.” Elspeth

have

huddled at the end of the bed, stammering, “Erica overheard our conversation! She was

on the verge of losing her

other end of the phone was

listening? What should we do

“That maid cannot stay.”