Chapter 614

When Jareth arrived home, it was well into the night.

Lily, the housekeeper, emerged from the laundry room with a basket of clothes, hurriedly setting down her chores to greet the young master.

“Is Marilla asleep yet?” Jareth asked as he handed her his suit jacket, a flush of joy lighting up his face.

“She’s retired for the night.”

“Ah, after all the hustle.”

Jareth felt a twinge of disappointment, but it quickly gave way to a wide grin. “Then I’ll share the news with her first thing in the morning.”

Lily blinked in anticipation. “Sir, is there good news?”

“Grandpa gave his blessing.”

with

“Really?”

her eyes, “Congratulations! You’re finally going to make it official with Marilla!

said she’d consent to accepting Marilla,

gaze turned icy. “As if that’s possible. When did my dear mother learn to bargain? Does she think if

nodded firmly in

since Jareth’s dad passed away, it had always been Jareth holding the fort.

Gary put in a word. What that guy is cooking up, we’ll have to see.”

a motive,” Lily added with

Jareth slipped into bed, contentedly

more he thought about it, the more excited he got and couldn’t fall asleep. So he quietly scooted closer

wasn’t

couldn’t resist slipping beneath her nightgown, stirring a familiar desire.

“Mmm.”

sleepy eyes and naturally wrapped her arms around him, “You’re

did I wake you?” Jareth said, feeling guilty but unwilling to withdraw his

attuned and considerate due to his tender training,

“Not tonight, otherwise you won’t

seem very

fast, and I swear I heard you laughing in my

to marry you. Officially marry you, making you my wife, ensuring

open, sparkling with

calling her his wife daily, she had always seen it as a term

for murder, she had given up hope of ever becoming his bride and was content just to be

have to force yourself.”

think I’m forcing myself?”

engulfing the woman in his arms, “No, Marilla, this isn’t about force. Marrying you is my lifelong desire, my one

few days of preparation, Jareth chose a restful day to take his beloved

was the first to

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