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.

as a formidable foe, a man who had outwitted Gary twice

spot, seething, but Jareth lacked the patience for idle chatter with the old mutt. With the powerful stride of a man,

as a church mouse,” Jareth’s eyes, sharp as a hawk’s, narrowed, the threat in 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 you.

dripped with venom and

fierce and icy gaze, a

smile on his lips as he held her hand,

felt like a lifetime ago.

did the care and affection that

up being

how Jareth had hurt her time after time for that woman, even considering her less than Evadne, who had been divorced and childless, all that

doing, for not distinguishing between kin and stranger,

Fairhaven watched with a heavy heart as her son threatened her daughter, the once harmonious and happy farnily now riven by

he prepared to leave, Jareth spoke up, his eyes 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 future mother-in-law, you’re meant to pass down a family heirloom that you received from your father

lip, her eyes reflecting reluctance.

It’s okay, I understand, which is why I’m just

black coat over his shoulders with due respect, “If you really don’t want to part with the heirloom, I’ve got it covered, Dad left several collectible jewels with me before he passed. I’ll

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