Chapter 685

Furious, Lily clenched her fists so tight they almost cracked!

“Mr. Fairhaven and Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy are best buds, and Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy’s with Evadne. So, tell me, do you really think stealing Mr. Fairhaven’s girl is cool? You wanna put Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy in a tight spot, tick off Ms. Ashbourne?”

“Did I ever say I was gonna steal her? It’s been you, Lily, with your crazy paranoia about Mr. Fairhaven.”

Aaron’s lashes fell, his gaze tenderly landing on Marilla’s lovely sleeping face, “But if you keep on thinking this way, eventually you’re gonna make me feel like I ought to step up my game, just out of respect for you.”

“Captain Ashbourne, remember who you are!” Lily’s eyes blazed as she abruptly sat up!

But she forgot she was still in the car, and with a thud, her head hit the roof, pain furrowing her brow as she slumped back down.

“Lily, my job is not an excuse for you to morally hijack me.”

Aaron’s lips quirked in a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, “And for the record, there’s nothing I dislike more than being threatened.”

Lily felt a shiver of fear! Every extra minute she spent with Aaron, the youngest son of the Ashbourne family, the more frightened she became!

Her intuition screamed that if Aaron ever truly set his sights on Marilla, and if it ever came to competing for her affection, he would be a formidable rival to Mr. Fairhaven, a force to be reckoned with!

When Marilla was whisked into the treatment room, Jareth arrived with the frost of autumn on his brow and the whirlwind of his

stride.

Behind him, a throng of the Fairhaven group’s men followed, crowding the expansive hallway. His presence seemed less like a visit to a darling wife and more like he was heading to settle a score in some alleyway rumble.

As soon as he entered the hospital, Jareth’s handsome face was an unapproachable slab of millennium–old ice.

had been on his private jet, en route to a neighboring city with Barry for an important business meeting. Having seen the news about the incident at Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts, and perhaps due to a sense of premonition, he frantically called Lily, who

ordered the jet to turn back to Elmsworth

he had to breathe oxygen frantically to

“Mr. Fairhaven.”

Lily immediately bowed deeply, a bead of cold

His few words were

urgent. I was afraid

you

Fairhaven Group’s men to bow deeply in the

her pale lip, her head sinking lower, weighed down

“Lily, you’re suspended.”

of fury and heartache, deep disappointment in his hoarse voice, “From now on, you go home and reflect. I’ll increase security

tear mingled with a drop of sweat in Lily’s

Fairhaven she served day and night was heart–wrenching. However, it was her oversight, her

around the corner with a calm gaze, “The situation was volatile, Marilla was being held by a criminal, and any slight disturbance could have escalated the danger. Lily wanted to inform you immediately, but we didn’t want any complications. After all, we have more expertise in these matters. So, Mr. Fairhaven, please don’t direct your

it the police’s advice, or is it your idea, Aaron?” Jareth’s knuckles cracked with tension, his voice a low rumble of chilling

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had seen the live stream showing Aaron carrying a girl out

her face hidden, he recognized from her build that Aaron was holding his woman! He had long suspected the guy had eyes for his wife, and now it was as

and soul. Touch her, and it

the police. Is there a difference?” Aaron replied coolly, a slight smirk on his lips. Standing alone, he faced off with

in the dark, preventing me from coming to her rescue. What’s your angle? Do I have

just naive? Even if you’ve never been in this kind of situation,

have your men rush in and beat up the criminal, or shout that the girl he’s holding is Mr.

felt a surge of anger,

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