His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

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."

innocent as she was, didn't see through his kind deception, simply nodding

Hamilton had recovered enough to consider leaving the

himself with packing, while Hamilton took the opportunity to speak with

this point, I don't want

Mr. Barry Fairhaven has passed; Gary and Edith have met justice. Mrs. Fairhaven's mental state is severe, and

resolved all the troubles with the Fairhaven Group.

seemed to have much to say but struggled

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

Lily; I know

prejudices and accept Jareth? As parents, don't

to your younger days, fighting against all odds to welcome Mrs. Winter into the family. Put yourself in their shoes, can you really bear to tear apart these star-crossed lovers? Because of your opposition, how

He, too, had once loved a woman with reckless abandon, just like

by the allure of Elspeth's fictitious paradise,

Yet Marilla and Jareth remained hand in hand, defiant through adversity, with a

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 lady once she's married off to him. Short of wedding gifts would have those snobs talking behind our backs,

cannot escape her psychological scars overnight. As for the wedding, let the kids figure it out. If

of how Marilla's due affection had been stripped away by Elspeth's illegitimate child, felt a mix of anger, hatred, and guilt. He no longer wished for

Frederic

there something

pressed his lips, "I just received word that Alex suffered a sudden heart attack last night

somber, his tone still haughtily casual, "Divine justice, I suppose. Let that