His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 784

Above his head, the anguished cry of Lily tore through the silence.

Jareth’s trembling eyelids shot open, and his pupils which harbored an impending storm were constricted further.

Atop the diving platform of the swimming complex, Lily, with her hands tightly bound by coarse rope, and a gun pressed against her head by Jackson, perched precariously on the edge of the platform.

Below her toes was a terrifying drop, for the pool beneath was bone dry.

“Lily!”

Jareth’s white shirt, stained with blood, was drenched in cold sweat. He took two steps forward, but Jackson aimed the gun squarely at him to force him back!

“Master, I’m so sorry.” Lily’s eyes were brimmed with tears, and her voice was choked with emotion.

Jareth gazed deeply at her, unblinking, “No, you’ve never wronged–me, nor do you owe anyone an apology. Lily, it’s I who have brought this upon you. I am the one who should be sorry.”

Lily’s heart clenched painfully.

She had weathered the fiercest storms by her master’s side, so she feared nothing–not demons nor monsters–except for her master’s apologies.

Jareth’s voice was

remote from the table and pressed

pitch–dark area on the

massive glass tank on a cart slowly wheel before him.

clang, the cart’s wheels retracted, and the intricately crafted

was suspended inside. Her once–pure white dress was marred with filth and bloodstains–she was like a broken doll, violated and trampled upon, now cruelly displayed in a shop window for all to

tears burst

“Marilla!”

the tension in his mind was

glass with clenched fists, kicking and elbowing it, but the glass was so sturdy that not even a

girl remained with her eyes

soundproof, and she can’t hear a thing.”

hand, “Your darling wife just fainted. After all the beatings and torment, who knows when she’ll come to senses? Don’t you know how to cherish someone? Jareth, you really should be thanking me. If it weren’t for me, would you have known about the dirty tricks your dear sister was pulling behind your back? Would you have known that your precious wife has

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Chapter 70

Alston was under Edith’s orders when he decided to marry this girl. That boy has been lusting after her since they

of your beloved. Hahaha. Jareth,

affection is a joke,