Chapter 604

since Elspeth was sentenced to death, Glynnis had been publicly humiliated by Frederic in the courthouse halls. She felt that her already tenuous standing at home had evaporated, and the last vestiges of her father’s childhood affection shattered.

She had always relied on Elspeth, living like a parasite fattened on the family’s wealth, treating money as if it were mere paper. But now, with Elspeth’s assets seized and her own private stash tied up in Elspeth’s accounts, Glynnis had plummeted from the high life back to square one

Apart from the two properties and the pair of luxury cars her father had given her, plus the three hundred thousand dollars in her personal account, she was practically destitute..

Accustomed to a lavish lifestyle, the taste of poverty was driving Glynnis mad, leaving her as restless as if ants were crawling all

Selling the cars or properties would alert Fred

Frederic, but what could she possibly do with a mere three hundred thousand?

wasn’t even enough to tip the male escorts she frequented!

After two days of agonizing it struck her that Elspeth’s bedroom safe was still untouched

The few pieces of jade that were Elspethis ‘precious ointments must still be there, untouched by the authorities. If sold, they could fetch at least ten million!

dashed frantically towards Elspethi’s bedroom, her eyes bloodshot as she zeroed

the table, her eyes gleaming with

every number linked to the Abernathy lineage and Elspeth herself, yet the safe

complicated combination? You think you can take them with you

hammer in

present–Thaddeus and

Glynnis stammered,

of Jareth would send her into ecstatic fits. Now only terror gripped

on the sofa, his handsome features impassive, barely glancing at Glynnis

here to fetch something for my

as he tapped the safe, “Marilla’s belongings are right here

constricted, her voice sharp, “What nonsense are you spewing?

to me, left

knocking on

anxiously, fearing

face a picture of

this carefree man was poised to lead the Fairhaven empire. He hoped Jareth wouldn’t drive the family into the ground

to my mother and the contents of that safe are my inheritance! You won’t take them from mer Glynnes’s eyes blazed as she

code, and with a click, the safe swung

to comprehend

even know the combination, how could you possibly”

my wife

you, the contents

they were left

lips, “You want it? Go visit your mother in prison one last time. Sweet talk het and

felt darkness encroach

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