His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 683

The name echoed, tugging at the frayed edges of Aaron’s tightly wound heartstrings.

“Aaron, help me

Marilla’s pale face was streaked with tears, each one falling from her long lashes and landing on Aaron’s chest.

He wanted to comfort her, but any reassurance could provoke the hostage–taker, making her situation even more perilous.

Aaron met Marilla’s gaze before shifting his attention to the man’s bloodshot, terrifying eyes.

“Don, take a breath, buddy. The girl’s innocent. She doesn’t know your story, never met those five kids – she’s just an outsider here. How ‘bout this: I’ll be your hostage. Let her go, and you take me instead.”

Marilla’s teary eyes followed Aaron as he cautiously approached the captor, waves of guilt washing over her.

How could she have been so foolish? If only she’d waited patiently in the classroom for Lily to return. If only she hadn’t been so clumsy, maybe she could’ve outrun this.

But it was too late for what–ifs.

As Aaron edged closer, Don roared, “Don’t come any closer! I’ll slit her throat and jump, we’ll both be done for! Don’t think I can’t see right through you! You want to trade places and then fight me? You’re a cop; you think I can take you? I’ve already taken two lives what’s one more at this point?!”

Aaron’s face was stern, his heartbeat hammering against his ribs, “I get it; I really do. I don’t have a daughter, but if someone hurt my sister like this, I wouldn’t stand for it either. I’d want justice for my family.”

Don’s pupils shrank, the knife against Marilla’s neck trembling, its cold blade biting into her skin.

“I know your daughter was a student here, that those five guys hurt her, right? School bullying, isn’t that what they call it?”

Marilla’s eyes widened in shock as painful memories exploded in her mind, ringing in her ears, a relentless barrage of taunts.

You think you belong in school? Can you

shouldn’t be at a normal school; she belongs in an asylum!”

her – she’s crazy! Who

In agony she shut her eyes tightly, her face ashen, her legs trembling,

her distress, his heart aching as he spoke again, his voice hoarse, “I truly want to help you! You’ve made a mistake, but don’t compound it with another. Your daughter’s still fighting for her life in the hospital. You should be there for her, not pursuing revenge that will only lead you

carry not only the pain of being bullied but also the burden of your crime. How can she bear it, so young and already so wounded? She’s tried to end her pain once; do you

though young, possessed the negotiation skills of a seasoned detective. His words were simple

he was sincere – a lethal weapon in any negotiation.

the perpetrator,

expected Aaron’s heartfelt appeal seemed to

You cops talk a

daughter, we’ve gone to the school authorities, to the cops, to deal with those five beasts more than once! Just because they come from influential families, they just walk out of the station without a scratch!

hearing that, Aaron felt a surge of righteous anger. The Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts was outside

offspring and the collusion of officials and

understand your

her frail voice shedding its prior terror for a touch

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what your daughter

taken aback, “What did you

of the shadow, and find justice,” Marilla

frail girl

am Marilla Abernathy from the Abernathy family. Don’t believe

Group, Thaddeus Abernathy. My sister–in–law is an Ashbourne heiress, Evadne. Tell me, aren’t they enough

been paralyzed with fear, but Marilla managed to stay rational in the face of doom, crafting an argument for her escape.

is your

didn’t suspect the girl of lying after all, who didn’t have a smartphone these days,