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 zeroed in

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

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

You think you can take them with you to the grave? Glynnis raged,

hammer in

now present–Thaddeus and Jareth!

you get in here?” Glynnis stammered,

into

his handsome features impassive,

to fetch something for

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

voice sharp, “What nonsense are you spewing? There’s nothing of hers here! Don’t

left

on the

knocking Glynnis jumped anxiously, fearing the jade

glanced at Jareth, his face a picture of speechlessness.

lead the Fairhaven empire. He hoped

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

four–digit code, and with a

to comprehend what unfolded before

even know the combination, how could

my wife

you, the contents aren’t

aren’t yours, they were left by your

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

felt darkness encroach her

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