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.

lashing out in broad daylight,” Barry leaned on his cane, eyes coldly fixed on Emeric, his tone barely hiding his fury. “Clearly, you dote on her quite a bit. But isn’t

Fairhavens were not to be

were dealing with the/Ashbourne heiress. If it were anyone else, it

as he stared at Edith, unsettling her to the core, driving her closer

tightly, “Evadne, are you alright? You’re not

mother and

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fine, Myra, don’t worry,”

believe you’d hit someone. You’re too upright for that. Others might doubt, but we never will,” Myra suddenly turned, her icy stare piercing

his lips, his brow furrowed as he looked at

so be it. His daughter had set many

concern was about diffusing

this got out, how would

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

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

rang out, devoid of

crowd turned to see Avery stride confidently toward

was deep and cool, silent.

her out; it wasn’t necessary. And if it

Not Avery.

Are you suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?”

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

tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers who murmured in

at the charity auction, and now he’s defending her, risking the wrath of the Fairhavens –

president of Abernathy Enterprises, and the other’s the golden boy of

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

skipped a beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm with a death grip.

with Avery, he gave her a strange sense of familiarity, including his

was this inexplicable fear, almost crushing

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

of innocence, but inside, her mind was racing.

checked – that corridor had

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

his dark eyes glinting with an icy sheen that sent shivers down her spine,

Edith’s voice choked.

wait until the

silent, everyone waiting for

felt like an eternity, pure

it 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

disagreement with Ms. Evadne, it was my own fault, I lost my footing and accidentally crashed

to clear Evadne’s name and enough

didn’t actually hit herself,

Chambers put the pressure on, and she folded. Did you see

someone calls her bluff. If

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

and Avery had managed to clear it up for Evadne without breaking a

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

brow relaxed, and he nodded at Avery,

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,

eyes,

and passionate, was perfectly positioned to defend his sister

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

curled slightly, “The Ashbourne family never shirks the troubles we stir up. But if it wasn’t us, and someone’s trying to frame or slander my dearly beloved sister, I won’t let it slide lightly. I believe Mr. Fairhaven, who cherishes Ms. Edith,

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