Goodbye, Mr. Ex: I've Remarried Mr. Right by Czy Season

Chapter 1398

Jeffrey muttered, "A shame. She was promising."

Pulling a blanket over Debra's face, he turned to Juan. "The four families will retaliate now that she's dead. Clean this up."

"How?"

"Burn her. Suppress the news of her death. Let no word leak tonight."

Without hesitation, Juan strode to the bedside, flicked open a lighter, and set the curtains ablaze. Flames crawled hungrily across the sheets, engulfing the figure beneath the blanket. Only when fire fully consumed the body did Jeffrey nod and exit.

At dawn the next day, Melody's funeral procession began.

mist-shrouded gates. The air seemed to thicken

through a pallbearer's chest

Houston!"

emerged from the fog, his forces fanning out behind him. Bullets rained down as the remaining bearers collapsed. The Nichols family

waves of armed men poured from the estate, meeting Marion's advance with relentless

Jeffrey watched dispassionately Their enemies might have the- number, but they

frowned at the carnage

going down,"

men fought with reckless fury, their leader pressing forward through the hail of bullets as if death meant

pistol snapped up

remarked, unshaken. "But futile

she?" Marion