Chapter 799

Jareth's broad shoulders hunched inch by inch, the emotions he'd never displayed now breached their dam.

Marilla's clear eyes reddened as she struggled to lift her hand, touching the man's overly gaunt cheek. Her trembling fingers glided upward, eventually pausing beside his graying hair.

"Have I become terribly unattractive?" Jareth's calloused hand covered hers, gently caressing it, as he tried to muster a smile, "I'm not the stud I used to be; Marilla, would you despise me for that?"

"Ah."

Marilla's heart ached, and even her babbling voice seemed to fail her, ripples of emotion flowing through her gaze.

Evadne, ever so sensitive and delicate, couldn't help herself and quietly shed tears.

Unable to bear the sight any longer, Hamilton, tugging on Frederic's arm, left the hospital room first. Thad and Evadne followed closely behind, affording the couple their much-needed privacy.

In the aftermath of the ordeal, facing their profound love for each other, even if Marilla couldn't speak, there was so much they needed to convey.

Jareth barely managed to hold Marilla's frail diminutive hand tightly, his breath warm and heavy, tears falling onto the back of her hand.

In silence, they gazed at each other, their deep love needing no words. Marilla's long lashes fluttered gently; her slim finger traced slow patterns on the palm of his hand - Lily.

With the final letter drawn, Jareth's clenched fist trembled slightly from the force, his downturned lips fiercely suppressing the bone-deep pain of losing a family member.

"Marilla, get well soon. Once you're better, I'll take you to see Lily."

kind deception, simply nodding earnestly, a faint smile gracing her

awoke, and Hamilton had recovered

hospital room, Murray busied himself with packing, while Hamilton took the opportunity

point, I don't want to

a stern expression, "Now, over at the Fairhaven Group, Mr. Barry Fairhaven has passed; Gary and Edith have met justice. Mrs. Fairhaven's mental state is severe, and she's been sent abroad for

followed through with his word and has resolved all the troubles with the Fairhaven Group. You

much to

Ilana that Jareth's bodyguard, who grew up with him, chose to perish with the villains to

named Lily; I know her.

of your prejudices and accept Jareth? As parents, don't

shoes, can you really bear to tear apart these star-crossed lovers? Because of your opposition, how much suffering have

Frederic remembered his own youth. He, too, had once loved a woman with reckless abandon, just like the young

by the allure of Elspeth's fictitious paradise, thus forever separated from the woman he loved the most, even

to amend. Yet Marilla and Jareth remained hand in hand,

I have no objections to Marilla and Jareth's marriage anymore." Frederic sat upright, pausing before adding sternly, "In the coming days, I'll have Dennis prepare some wedding gifts. Though the Fairhaven Group is scarcely populated now, I intend to give my daughter away in a manner befitting her status. Jareth is now the chairman of the Fairhaven Group, and Marilla will be his rightful

was noncommittal, "Let the young people decide for themselves. You just need not oppose, and leave the rest alone. Marilla has suffered severe trauma and cannot escape her psychological scars overnight. As for the wedding,

Elspeth's illegitimate child, felt a mix of anger, hatred, and guilt. He no longer wished for his only daughter to suffer, "Alright, we'll do

presence, Frederic

something you

lips, "I just received word that Alex suffered a

"Divine justice, I suppose. Let that scum rot, a fitting

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