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!

eyes bloodshot as she zeroed in on the bedside

safe onto the table, her eyes gleaming with greed as she

of attempts that left her fingertips numb, she had exhausted every number linked to the Abernathy lineage and Elspeth herself, yet the safe

you to the grave?

in

were now present–Thaddeus and

here?” Glynnis stammered, stepping back in shock.

would send her into ecstatic fits. Now only terror gripped

his handsome features impassive, barely glancing

fetch something for my

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

her voice sharp, “What nonsense are you spewing? There’s nothing of hers

to me, left by my mother”

eyebrow quirked up, defiantly knocking on the safe thrice–bang, bang bang!

Glynnis jumped anxiously, fearing the jade inside would

glanced at Jareth, his face a picture of speechlessness.

to lead the Fairhaven empire. He hoped Jareth wouldn’t drive the family into

safe are my inheritance! You won’t take them

next moment, Jareth punched in a four–digit code, and with a click, the safe

unable to

know the combination,

for my wife

the contents

left by your mother for my

your mother in prison one last time. Sweet talk het

encroach her

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