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.

foe, a man who had outwitted Gary

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

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

word dripped with venom and spite.

locked with Jareth’s fierce and icy gaze, a tumult of shock,

there was adoration in his eyes, a warm smile on his lips as he held her hand, his pride palpable as if he

felt like a

did the care and affection that were meant

end up being

how Jareth had hurt her time after time for that

me. This mess, this estrangement – it’s your doing, for not distinguishing between kin and

harmonious and happy farnily now riven by enmity. She was torn apart inside, at a loss for words

bliss, “Mom, once the engagement is official, Marilla and I will have our ceremony. According

her lip, her eyes reflecting

figured you might be reluctant or unwilling. It’s okay, I understand, which is why I’m just giving

nonchalantly, glancing at his associate, who promptly draped a 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 pick

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