Chapter 629

Edith’s forehead was slick with a sheen of cold sweat, her fingers clenched tightly around the bedsheets.

She had always thought Jareth was more brawn than brain. Whenever she pulled a stunt, a little act of stubbornness, a sprinkle of charm, and she could gloss over any mistake.

But now, she realized how terribly wrong she was!

Jareth’s mind was sharp, piercing through her and Gary’s schemes with a single glance! The reason he had been duped time and time again was not due to his lack of wit, but because of his unconditional belief in her, his unwillingness to harbor suspicions.

Now, they were no longer siblings but adversaries.

man who had outwitted Gary

to the spot, seething, but Jareth lacked the patience for idle chatter with the old mutt. With the powerful stride of a man, he brushed past Gary, sending

his voice causing a tingling sensation on Edith’s scalp. “If you dare to mess with Evadne and Thad’s marriage, or so much as disturb my fiancée, not even the Almighty himself will be able to protect

word dripped with venom and

fierce and icy gaze, a tumult of shock, rage, and despair swirling

as he

like a lifetime

was her brother, hers alone. How did the care and affection

up

time for that woman, even considering her less than Evadne, who had been divorced and childless, all that remained was

doing, for not distinguishing between kin and stranger, for

watched with a heavy heart as her son threatened her daughter, the once harmonious and happy farnily now riven by enmity. She was torn apart inside, at a loss for words and actions.

shining with an earnest longing for marital bliss, “Mom, once the engagement is official, Marilla and I will have our ceremony. According to Elmsworth’s wedding traditions, as the

her lip, her

okay, I understand, which

left several collectible jewels with me before he passed. I’ll pick the finest one for Marilla and say it’s from you.

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