His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 781

Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy arrived at the abandoned factory grounds at the same time as Jareth; their steps echoed through the desolation.

When Jareth stepped out of his sports car, his chiseled face was as pale as marble, except for the piercing eyes that glinted ominously under the headlights.

“Where’s Marilla? Any news?!” He spoke with a strained voice and with his lips cracked.

His hoarse voice made his words sound broken and fragmented. Seeing the pain in his eyes, Thaddeus felt a pang of sympathy.

In a single night, Jareth had been struck by blow after blow, each as devastating as a thunderbolt, which left him visibly shaken to the core.

“Lily was here early. She’s on the trail, but I’ve lost contact with her!” Evadne clenched her jaw when pulling out her cell phone, “Every damn cell signal is blocked here. The kidnappers chose this place on purpose. Cunning bastards!”

“Evadne, keep cool. I’ve got a hunch. Gordon’s already contacted Abernathy Telecom, our family’s company. They’re sending portable satellite backpacks and some cutting–edge gear to restore the signal,” Thaddeus said, while wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her close.

Thaddeus was prepared for this scenario, as he had lived through a similar ordeal in his youth.

“Lily’s got skills. She’ll be okay. She’ll find Marilla.”

Jareth’s pale lips trembled as he repeated the words like a mantra; it was hard to tell whether what he said

was for their comfort or his own.

Ignoring them, he started towards the back hills, only to be intercepted by Thaddeus.

“Jareth, where are you going?”

“To find Marilla.” Jareth’s gaze was dazed and unfocused.

“Alone? You won’t find her by blindly charging over those hills!”

Thaddeus’s eyes burned with intensity, “Don’t panic. The team Evadne and I brought is already spreading out to search. Captain Ashbourne will be here any minute!”

“Don’t panic? Thaddeus, they’ve taken Marilla, she’s my life!”

Jareth’s voice broke into hysteria, and his eyes were bloodshot, “I’ve got nothing left, only Marilla. If anything happens to her, if anything happens to her…”

He couldn’t finish.

Alive he might be, but he felt as if there was no difference from being dead.

That’s when Aaron arrived with a squad of police; there was enough manpower to surround the entire factory. Drones were dispatched to scour the west district.

“Team one, sweep the back hills! Team two, with me!”

“Yes, Captain Ashbourne!”

Despite being in pain from a recent scuffle with Hans, Aaron was too worried about Marilla to care for his own injuries.

“Aaron!” finding his face so pale, Evadne rushed to his side.

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fine, don’t

took a deep breath; his eyes were misting as he faced Jareth,

not your

cold wind, “You were trying to protect Marilla. I know. The person who took was probably after me. I’m the one who’s

a deeper sense of guilt; he wished Jareth would just

a fierce young lioness trapped in a cage, attacking her captors with a ferocious desperation she had never shown before. But her

her, beat her hard!” Edith, clutching her bleeding ear, screamed with a vicious

were scared stiff, so they complied by raining down blows upon Marilla. A kick to the abdomen sent a sharp pain through her, and a metallic

lips curled into a bitter smile. For the first time in her life,

meant death, she had no regrets.

delight

Edith

crossed, “Why don’t

revenge, and you expect

a finger on her, I’d be a murderer,” Glynnis sneered, “Why should I take

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You deserve everything that’s

she laughed maliciously, “I’m not just an ungrateful wretch.

filthy thing, you’ve got that dirty disease? Stay away from me,

away? Oh, we’re much closer than you

with madness, “Welcome to the world of AIDS, Ms. Edith,”

you

the coffee I served you last time? I added a special ingredient to show my

blood.”

her. She remembered the strange

violently; it felt like her world was

clutching her chest, and retched up the remnants of last night’s meatloaf and

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metal clashing, followed by a series of swift,

a deafening crash, the door

blade was Lily, who burst into the room like a comet streaking through the night

had all five of them sprawled on the floor; with her knife

mercy for men

hands and feet,

turned the place into

knife into his leg twice more, in order to vent the fury meant for her young master towards the

“Run for it!”

hands, but

the pain was so intense that they

*Argh!”

for words, used all her strength to bang the two evil–minded heads together with

dropped like dead weights, collapsing to

heaved with hatred and

wretches deserved a more personal

“Madam!”