His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 286

Jareth cradled Marilla in his arms and climbed into the car. Lily, always playing the role of the driver, steered the luxury vehicle out of the Windermere Estate.

Inside the car, Jareth held Marilla close, softly stroking her silky hair, his heart aching with a bittersweet pain.

His original plan for the evening had been to go out for a drink with Thaddeus, but upon entering the house, he was greeted with an unexpected scene.

As Jareth thought about the heartbreaking words Linda had spoken, about the terrifying scars he’d seen on Marilla’s arms, a burning rage consumed him. It was as if his blood had turned into icy daggers, piercing his heart and spreading a sharp, intense pain throughout his body.

This pain was unlike anything he’d ever experienced before.

Before, when he was heartbroken over Evadne, it definitely hurt. But that kind of pain was nothing compared to what he was feeling now.

He took a deep breath, his chiseled jaw resting atop Marilla’s head, his fiery eyes slowly closing.

He thought, “Manilla, I promised you. I would protect you.”

And when Jareth made a promise, he kept it.

“Mr. Jareth, where are we going next?” Lily asked, her voice low as she glanced at Jareth through the rearview mirror.

Jareth was taken aback, unsure of how to respond.

Sure, he’d declared in front of Glynnis that he was taking Marilla away. But that didn’t mean he could just bring her back to his place like this!

If Thaddeus found out, wouldn’t he skin him alive?

“Marilla, I can take you to see Thad, or maybe your sister–in–law. You could stay with her for tonight. How does that sound? Jareth suggested gently, his long lashes casting shadows on his cheeks.

Marilla didn’t respond, her brow furrowed in pain as she clutched her left ear.

“Marilla? Marilla?”

Jareth called her name several times, but she didn’t seem to notice, offering no response.

“All I hear is… pain.” Marilla murmured.

“Where does it hurt?”

Marilla slowly looked up at Jareth, her cheeks still bearing the imprint of Glynnis’s slap. Her doe–like eyes, soaked with tears, were so heart–breakingly beautiful that Jareth’s heart skipped a beat.

speaking to me,

me? Why can’t

she’d been using to cover her

chill ran down Jareth’s spine, his heart aching as his thoughts spun out

drive to the

a room where he’d often stayed, there was Hamilton, Mr. Murray, a private doctor, and Evadne. Gordon, who had just finished work, had

the room filled with a tense

the silence, her brow furrowed in frustration. “Well, what are you

front of everyone?” Thaddeus asked,

She used to be so sweet and gentle with Thaddeus, but now she was as prickly as a bear. Thaddeus looked at Evadne, a bitter smile on his handsome face. “It’s not that. I just don’t think it’s necessary to make such

curling into fists. If there was a school called

are all gathered here. Then Dr. Eric and

all, it was Hamilton who helped his grandson

These few times, she was there to take care of

look at Evadne and his smile grew. “So, Dr. Eric, you

one after another, holding

was so angry that she really

in the room. The silence was so thick that it was

off your shirt,” Evadne commanded, her

“Alright.”

take off his shirt, which

in reality, this kind of pain was nothing compared to what he had endured on the battlefield. He was just playing it up

move. I’ll

placed his other hand on top of hers, his warm palm against her skin/The warmth slowly seeped into her skin, into her blood, and finally into

“Alright, as you say.”

and her small hand withdrawing from his larger one.

onto his

wounds underneath already beginning to scab over and stick to the fabric. Her heart clenched at the sight, her eyes redder

noticing her silence and the worry

fine. Just

deep breath, Evadne picked up a pair of scissors from the bedside table, carefully cutting away the blood–soaked fabric stuck to his wounds. Suddenly, Thaddeus’s eyes darkened, a touch of red bleeding into his gaze. The sight of Evadne, so familiar yet so unknown, made his heart skip a beat. She took out antiseptic

He called her name

applying the cream with a bit more force

he didn’t back down. “Evadne, you remind me of someone. An

Evadne asked casually, “Who?”

“I don’t know.”

can you