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.

fury. “Clearly, you dote on her quite a bit. But isn’t everyone’s child their heart

to be trifled

were dealing with the/Ashbourne heiress. If it were anyone else, it would have been a

her to the core, driving her

hand tightly, “Evadne, are you alright?

words turned the Fairhaven mother and daughter green with envy.

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Myra, don’t worry,” Evadne

someone. You’re too upright for that. Others might doubt, but we never will,”

he

so be it. His daughter had set many

was about

this got out, how would others view

if she was to take over the conglomerate someday, she needed a solid public

Barry, Mrs. Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne hitting anyone? We need

rang out, devoid of aggression but impossible

to see Avery stride confidently toward his

deep and cool,

didn’t want anyone to bail her out; it wasn’t necessary. And if it were, she’d

Not Avery.

suggesting our Edith framed

that’s a question for Ms. Edith. A single lapse in judgment could be her

his gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers who murmured in awe.

young master has eyes for Ms. Evadne, too. It was obvious at the charity auction, and now he’s defending her,

Chairman Emeric is thinking. One’s the president of Abernathy Enterprises, and the other’s the golden boy

me, it’s gotta be Mr. Chambers all the way. The guy’s as clean as a whistle, 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 there was Acacia, then Edith. You

skipped a beat, and she clutched her mother’s

Avery, he gave her a

there was this inexplicable fear, almost crushing her, making it hard to breathe.

has been beaten to a pulp, and you’re still defending that girl? I know your families are tight, but this is

of innocence, but inside, her mind was

had checked – that corridor had no

confidence? Had he witnessed something, or heard something? Why else would he

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

silent, everyone waiting for

felt like

lethal pressure of the man before her – it was irrational, but she was terrified of him, as though

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

statement was enough to clear Evadne’s name

hit herself, did she? That’s

folded. Did you

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

If the Ashbourne family doesn’t let this slide, will Edith ever be able to show her face

had managed to clear it up

signs of emotion, not even a hint of gratitude

he nodded at Avery, displaying a

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

eyes,

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

while Barry’s complexion

But if it wasn’t us, and someone’s trying to frame or slander my dearly

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