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!

towards Elspethi’s bedroom, her eyes bloodshot as she zeroed in on the bedside safe.

eyes gleaming with greed as she fiddled with the

had exhausted every number linked to the Abernathy lineage and Elspeth

can take them with you

into the room, hammer in hand, she

now present–Thaddeus and Jareth!

Glynnis stammered,

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

the sofa, his handsome

to fetch something for

eyes teasing as he tapped the safe, “Marilla’s belongings are right here in this

nonsense are you

me, left by my

up, defiantly knocking on the safe thrice–bang,

fearing

at Jareth, his face a picture of speechlessness.

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

my house! This room belonged to my mother and the contents of that safe are my inheritance! You

a four–digit code, and

unable to

combination, how could

for my wife

the contents

left by your mother for my

head, a wicked smile playing on his lips, “You want it? Go visit your mother in prison one last time. Sweet talk het

darkness encroach her vision.

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