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.

formidable foe, a man who had outwitted Gary twice over.

mutt. With

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

dripped with venom and spite.

gaze, a tumult of

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

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

end up being Marilla’s?

in Edith’s heart, but as she recalled how Jareth had hurt her time after time for that woman, even considering her less than Evadne, who had

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

and happy farnily now riven by enmity. She was

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

Fairhaven bit her lip,

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

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 the finest one for Marilla and say

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