Chapter 785

Without a moment’s hesitation, Jareth declared with a voice rasping with raw emotion,

“I won’t choose, I want them both!”

“Ha! Jareth, you’re aiming for the moon, aren’t you?” Gary’s boisterous laughter echoed through the room as he turned to Lily, who was standing defiantly on the dais. “Lily, you sure hit the jackpot sticking with your boss. Look at him, ready to take you as his mistress!”

“You bastard! You maniac! Go to hell! Shut your damn mouth!” Lily’s eyes blazed with fury as she screamed at Gary, “Come at me if you want a fight! Leave her out of this!”

“Watch your step!” Jackson struck the back of her head with the butt of his gun.

‘Tsk tsk, what a spitfire, Gary clucked his tongue, while shaking his head.

The pain was overwhelming, but it did nothing to quench the fire in Lily’s eyes. She shouted to Jareth, “Boss! Don’t worry about me, get Marilla out! You must save her!”

“I want them both!” Jareth’s eyes darkened with a fierce determination as he repeated his resolve.

“Jareth, you’ve had more than enough already. Don’t be greedy. There’s no such thing as having your cake and eating it too in this world.”

Gary’s smile was mocking, and his eyes were glinting with the cruelty of a starving wolf. “I can’t have two arms, so how can you have two women? That would be so unfair to me, wouldn’t it?”

“Just let them go, and I’ll agree to anything you want.”

Jareth refused to back down. “Money, shares, the Fairhaven Group, it’s all yours!”

“You see, this could’ve been easy if you’d just cooperated sooner. Unfortunately, it’s too late now.”

Gary’s smile vanished as he pressed a button on the remote.

Immediately, a hole opened in the bottom of the glass tank and water began to gush in!

Marilla was kneeling inside, and within seconds, the rising water had covered her shins!

Feeling his heart was pierced by a sword, Jareth roared and slammed against the glass tank, even trying to hack at it with a knife, but it was all in vain.

“Don’t bother, this tank was custom–made for her. Bulletproof glass, impenetrable, and completely sealed,” Gary taunted, reveling in Jareth’s desperation.

“Gary, I will kill you!” Jareth charged, reckless of the consequences.

Gary quickly grabbed his gun and fired three shots; the bullets exploded at Jareth’s feet!

“Sir! Don’t go over there!” Lily cried; her heart was pounding with fear.

Jareth gasped for air; as, his gaze returned to the tank, he felt his heart hammered in his chest.

The water had now risen above Marilla’s thighs.

will be full in ten minutes. And a person can drown in three, especially one who’s unconscious and lacks

Lily. I really want to see Marilla drown in

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still for

make the

save these innocent women, he would gladly embrace death. But to sacrifice

from below

The cops

got plenty of firepower, grenades even. They

Jareth, fueled by grief and anger, picked up the gun Jackson had dropped

hit Gary’s thigh, another knocked the gun from his hand. Gary fell to his knees in agony. As he reached for his weapon,

last bullet ready, Jareth aimed at Gary’s

unexpectedly, the tank started up again, leading the the water level to rise, threatening to engulf the

stop!” Jareth’s voice was a ragged scream,

stop. I never planned to stop. I was just messing with

never intended to live, and my plan was to drag

in vain. If it weren’t for her buying some time, that Abernathy girl would’ve been

moment, the water in the glass

the water; her beautiful face was a sickly pale, and her hair

gun and fired

but the glass remained

then, Gary shakily got to his feet and pointed the gun at

your dad, you little wolf

Bang!

gunshot rang

person who fell was

into the aquatic center; two laser rounds hit the bulletproof glass tank, shattering it instantly, and water gushed out like a flood.

lost their lives

syndicates, and had been smuggling arms for years;

body–cam Jareth wore recorded this

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had prepared more advanced weaponry to break the tank and successfully rescue the hostage.

to the ICU, her heartbeat was faint and she was hanging by

been beaten, she suffered organ damage, and her prognosis

of both the Ashbourne and Abernathy families who could make it were there, crowding the

down his face; supported

Ashbourne family, then Arnold, Nydia and Jason; only

for she was abroad.

her own daughter was

have been in the hospital to recover,

with Aaron to the police station, in order to cooperate with the investigation and to identify the body. Not just for Marilla’s kidnapping, but also for his grandfather’s

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