His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 440

Chapter 440

The crowd gasped in shock.

“Seriously? Edith, hitting herself?”

Her face was swollen, was she really that ruthless to her own self?

Edith’s face drained of color, her swollen cheeks turning ghostly pale, “Evadne, what the heck are you babbling about? Have I lost my mind to hit myself?”

“I think you’ve totally lost it,” Evadne tutted, shrugging her shoulders. “Not only have you gone bananas, but you’ve also scared the daylights out of me. I’m being generous not hitting you up for emotional distress compensation, and you’re trying to sling mud at me? Just because you’re a Fairhaven, you think you can spit venom?”

The room erupted in clamour!

Flashbulbs frenzied over Edith’s ashen face!

“Miss Ashbourne’s integrity is beyond question, right? She’s always been into charity and social work, even helped that poor Abernathy family servant with funeral expenses. She wouldn’t frame Edith, would she?”

“Even if Ms. Evadne did lash out, there must’ve been a reason, right?”

“Maybe it was a catfight over jealousy, but still, hitting someone is not okay! I have my reservations about Evadne’s character!”

Evadne was utterly sick of these petty female brawls. If Edith wanted to scheme against her, couldn’t she come up with something more sophisticated?

Innocence needed no defense. Being misunderstood didn’t faze her.

Besides, someone had swollen her own face; it seemed like a win for her.

Just as Evadne was about to leave the drama behind, an anxious shout came from outside the crowd.

“Edith! What happened to you? Who’s messing with you?”

The crowd parted, and Barry, surrounded by the Fairhaven family and flanked by bodyguards, hurried over.

“Grandpa. Mommy.” Edith’s eyes brimmed with tears, her lips quivering pitifully.

Seeing her daughter with hair askew and swollen cheeks, collapsed on the floor, and Evadne looking down with icy disdain, Mrs. Fairhaven naturally assumed Evadne was the bully.

“Someone help Edith up!”

At Barry’s command, bodyguards rushed forward, forming a human shield against the prying cameras.

“Oh, Edith!”

Mrs. Fairhaven embraced her daughter immediately, shooting daggers at Evadne with her eyes, “Ms. Evadne! If you have a beef with me, come at me, but why bully my daughter?”

“Mommy, don’t get upset, take care of yourself, I’m okay. I’m fine.” Edith comfortingly patted her mother.

NOSA

Such a heartbreaking scene.

At that moment, the Ashbournes arrived, stirring the atmosphere further.

Edith’s crude and dirty tricks had escalated things/pulling in the big guns.

coldly fixed on Emeric, his tone barely hiding his fury. “Clearly, you dote on her quite a bit. But isn’t everyone’s child their heart and soul? Evadne is, and my

Fairhavens were not to be

heiress. If it were anyone else, it would have been a

at Edith, unsettling her to the core, driving her closer

to clutch Evadne’s hand tightly, “Evadne, are you alright? You’re not hurt, are

the Fairhaven mother and daughter green with envy.

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fine, Myra, don’t worry,” Evadne reassured her

don’t believe you’d hit someone. You’re too upright for that. Others might doubt, but we never will,” Myra suddenly turned, her icy

furrowed as he looked at his daughter with

if she had, so be it. His

about diffusing this

this got out, how would others view her?

was to take over the conglomerate someday, she needed a solid public image, credibility. Otherwise, people would leverage this against her,

Evadne hitting anyone? We

voice rang out, devoid of aggression

turned to see Avery

deep and

necessary. And if it

Not Avery.

suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?” Barry asked, his face clouded.

did or didn’t, that’s a question for Ms. Edith. A single lapse in judgment could be her

Evadne, his gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers

Evadne, too. It was obvious at the charity auction, and now

thinking. One’s the president of Abernathy Enterprises, and the other’s the golden

not a single mark on his record. Thaddeus, though? He’s like a rotten apple at the bottom of the barrel – nothing but flies and skeeters buzzing around him! First

she clutched her mother’s arm

she had never crossed paths with Avery, he gave her a strange sense

inexplicable fear, almost crushing her, making

daughter has been beaten

the picture of innocence, but inside, her mind was

corridor had no

something? Why else

icy sheen that sent shivers down her spine,

Edith’s voice choked.

to stand by your words. Don’t wait until the truth is laid bare on the table because there’s no

room fell silent, everyone

few seconds felt like an eternity, pure torment.

was irrational, but she was terrified of him, as though he held a knife to her throat. She had never felt this kind of fear, not even towards Thaddeus or

fault, I lost my footing and accidentally crashed into the door, fell to the ground.” She dared not mention the slap.

statement was enough to clear Evadne’s name and enough to fuel

actually hit herself,

pressure on, and she folded. Did you see how loud she was just a moment ago?”

girl, and she wimps, out when someone calls her bluff. If it were me, I’d never admit it.

still defending her? This is slander. If the Ashbourne family doesn’t let

clear it

stoic, no signs of emotion, not even a hint of gratitude

he nodded at Avery, displaying a

shoulders, and addressed Barry with a calm demeanor, “Mr. Fairhaven, I wonder if your granddaughter still requires my sister to explain herself. If you’re looking for an explanation, it’s not out of the question. We can meet after the derby, bring the lawyers from both families, and decide at the police station whether to settle this publicly or privately.”

eyes, internally cheering.

subject himself, but Cassius, being young and passionate, was perfectly positioned to defend his sister in such

Fairhaven clutched her daughter in panic, while Barry’s complexion turned dark as thunder.

it wasn’t us, and someone’s trying to frame or slander my dearly beloved sister, I won’t let

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