His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 782

The moment the live stream flickered to life, the police had zeroed in on the kidnappers‘ hideout.

Squad cars encircled the crumbling villa, with sirens piercing the night sky; the blue and red lights of the cars expelled the shadows of fear.

Glynnis was still knocked out cold on the floor, but Edith, with the tenacity of a cockroach, had come to her senses earlier.

Hearing the wail of sirens, she panicked and attempted to flee, only to be confronted by several familiar silhouettes storming in with earth–shaking presence.

“Marilla!”

Jareth burst in first; in his eyes brimming with tears of blood, a glimmer of hope shined through the pain.

He’d always been fearless; even having known that Star Island was home to stone–cold mercenaries, he’d ventured there with Thaddeus.

But now, he was pale; his steps were unsteady, and he was almost stumbling.

The living room was a mess, with the bullies sprawled out across the floor, and Glynnis was still unconscious.

The space was small, but Marilla’s fragile figure was nowhere to be seen.

Thaddeus and Evadne dashed into the other rooms, calling out for Marilla, but to no avail!

That’s when Aaron, flanked by two colleagues, burst through the door:

“We’ve searched the villa top to bottom, including the basement. No sign of Marilla!”

“And Lily?!” Evadne was frantic, and her beautiful face was slick with sweat.

“We can’t reach her! But our tech team is on her phone’s trail!”

A sinking feeling hit Thaddeus, “Evadne, you said this was Gary’s doing, so could these scum be a smokescreen? Could Marilla and Lily have been moved by him?!”

Evadne was choked by terror, barely able to breathe.

Edith, seeing no way out and shaking like a leaf, tried to play the victim; she crawled to Jareth, sobbing and wailing:

“Big brother! You’ve come for me? I was brought here by Gary, and he tried to kill me. Ah!!”

Her plea cut short by a bone–chilling scream, but Jareth, with his eyes blazing with murderous intent, kicked her like a soccer ball, sending her flying!

Edith crashing against the

*Ugh.

vomited a mouthful

he just stomped toward her and

her

excruciating, but Edith couldn’t even sob; she could do nothing but writhe before her old classmate, her former lover; her disgrace was

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not this time. He watched coldly, because Jareth’s actions

be stained with blood, nor would he let

if she dies,

to step in, “Do you want to be separated from

wild as he broke free from Aaron, grabbed Edith by the hair, and hauled her

up:

“Where’s Marilla? Where?!”

“I… don’t… know…”

but

now you

entering this villa was caught on hidden cameras, and it was streamed online. The whole country has seen your crimes; you’ve been played by Gary,

mouth agape, and it grew increasingly wide until it turned into

I

out, “Two men came; they took Marilla and a woman away! Edith called one of them Ken, but he ignored her! Mr. Thaddeus! Mr. Fairhaven! We were all tricked by Edith! She threatened us if we didn’t hurt Marilla,

glared coldly, and kicked him squarely in the face, “How

cried, with

Edith bullied Marilla! We were all under her spell!” another chimed

wondered who betrayed you? It was

guts! You’ve always just used us to bully Marilla, and never gave us

closed in, the traitors turned

corner,

tongue

slide the one who tried

a

Alston’s severed tongue quivered and his body turned rigid; the severe pain knocked him

was completely

blazed with fury, “It’s Gary’s doing, Aaron. We need to issue a nationwide manhunt for

airport is locked down tight. He won’t get far,” Aaron gritted, with his knuckles cracking. As the head of the detective squad,

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