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!

frantically towards Elspethi’s bedroom, her eyes bloodshot as

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

left her fingertips numb, she had exhausted every number linked

them with you

hammer in hand, she

present–Thaddeus

you get in here?” Glynnis stammered, stepping

send her into ecstatic fits. Now

handsome features impassive,

something for my wife.”

against the desk, his eyes teasing as he tapped the safe, “Marilla’s

you spewing? There’s nothing of hers here!

to me, left by my

defiantly knocking on the safe thrice–bang, bang bang!

jumped anxiously, fearing the jade

face a

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

is my house! This room belonged 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 screamed in fury

moment, Jareth punched in a four–digit code, and with a

in disbelief, unable to

even know the combination, how could

my wife

the contents aren’t

aren’t yours, they were left by your mother

playing on his lips, “You want it? Go visit your mother in prison one last time. Sweet talk het and maybe she’ll leave you something

darkness encroach her vision.

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