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!

bloodshot as she

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

of attempts that left her fingertips numb, she had exhausted every number linked to

them with you to the

the room, hammer in hand, she was stunned

now present–Thaddeus

here?” Glynnis stammered, stepping back

would send her into ecstatic fits. Now only terror gripped

sat on the sofa, his handsome features impassive, barely

here to fetch something for my

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

you

me, left by

quirked up, defiantly knocking on the safe

fearing the jade inside would

face

was poised to lead the Fairhaven

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 click, the safe swung open

to comprehend what unfolded

combination,

my

the contents

they were left by

want it? Go visit your mother in prison one last time.

encroach her

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