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.

has a fiery temper, 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 everyone’s child their heart and soul? Evadne is, and my Edith is my treasure

to be

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

unsettling her to the core, driving her closer into Mrs. Fairhaven’s embrace.

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

the Fairhaven mother and

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

upright for that. Others might doubt, but we never will,”

pursed his lips, his brow furrowed as he looked at his daughter with

if she had, so be it. His daughter

about diffusing this mess.

got out, how would others

over the conglomerate someday, she needed a solid public image, credibility.

Fairhaven, where did you see Evadne hitting anyone? We need evidence for

of aggression

crowd turned to see Avery stride confidently toward his flame.

deep

bail her out; it wasn’t necessary. And if it were,

Not Avery.

to mean? Are you suggesting our Edith framed Ms. Evadne?” Barry asked, his face clouded.

for Ms. Edith. A single lapse

his gaze filled with tenderness, oblivious to the onlookers who

charity auction,

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

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 just

beat, and she clutched her mother’s arm with a

had never crossed paths with Avery, he gave her a

almost crushing her, making

with indignation. “My daughter has been beaten to a pulp, and you’re still defending that

of innocence, but

corridor had no security

or heard something? Why else would he dare to stand up for

Edith,” Avery pressed closer, his dark eyes glinting with an icy sheen that sent shivers down

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 antidote

everyone

few seconds felt like an

before her – it was irrational, but she was terrified of him, as though

footing and accidentally crashed

this one statement was enough to clear Evadne’s name and enough to

didn’t actually hit herself, did she? That’s

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

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

let this slide, will Edith ever

managed to clear it up for Evadne without breaking a

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

at Avery, displaying a

arm around Evadne’s 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.

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

her daughter in panic, while Barry’s complexion turned

someone’s trying to frame or slander

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