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.

meeting. Having seen the news about the incident at Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts, and perhaps due to a sense of premonition,

confirm whether Marilla was involved or not, he ignored Barry’s protests, and ordered the jet to turn back to Elmsworth –

to breathe oxygen frantically to

“Mr. Fairhaven.”

and his intimidating approach, Lily immediately bowed deeply, a

His few words were clenched between

time, it was urgent. I was afraid

didn’t you tell

the corridor, prompting the Fairhaven Group’s men to bow deeply in the presence

lip, her head sinking lower,

“Lily, you’re suspended.”

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

A tear mingled with

night was heart–wrenching. However, it was her oversight, her

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

knuckles cracked with

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the live stream showing Aaron

He had long suspected the guy had eyes

his heart and soul. Touch her, and it was

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

teeth, stepping closer, “Marilla is my wife. In a moment of life and death, you kept me, her husband, in the dark, preventing me from coming to her rescue. What’s your angle? Do I have to

you’ve never been in this kind of

good would it do? Would you have your men rush in and beat up the

felt a surge of anger,

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