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 worry.”

his eyes were misting as he faced Jareth, “Mr. Fairhaven,

not your fault.”

off, and his voice was carried away by the cold wind, “You were trying to protect Marilla. I

sense of guilt; he wished Jareth would just grab him and shake the life out of him.

in a cage, attacking her captors with a ferocious desperation she had never shown before. But her frail body was soon

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

down blows upon Marilla. A kick to the abdomen sent a sharp pain through her, and a metallic taste filled

Marilla had her lips curled into a bitter smile. For the first time in her life, she fought back

if it meant death, she

watched with a twisted delight and cackled at

to watch the show?” Edith snarled while shoving her, “She’s nearly half–dead. Finish her off!”

Glynnis scoffed, with arms crossed, “Why don’t

gave you the chance for revenge, and you expect me

a fool? If I lay a finger on her, I’d be a murderer,” Glynnis sneered, “Why should I take that risk for you? I

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“You ungrateful wretch! You deserve everything that’s coming

laughed maliciously, “I’m not just

Edith staggered back in horror and revolted, “You filthy thing, you’ve got that dirty disease? Stay away from

we’re much closer than you think. We’re kin now.”

gleamed with madness, “Welcome to the

are you talking about?”

a special ingredient to show my gratitude.

blood.”

her. She remembered the strange taste of that coffee,

her world was

chest, and retched up the remnants

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downstairs–there was metal clashing, followed

deafening crash, the door was kicked clean off its

room like a comet

seasoned bodyguard; within moments, she had all five of them sprawled on the floor; with her knife

mercy for men or women alike.

tendons in their hands and

turned the place into a slaughterhouse drenched in

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

“Run for it!”

tried to flee, heads in hands, but Lily wouldn’t grant these beasts

she grabbed their hair–one in each iron grip; the pain was so intense

*Argh!”

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

Glynnis dropped like dead weights, collapsing to

heaved with hatred and agony.

them off–no, these wretches deserved a more personal end at the hands of the

“Madam!”