Chapter 685

Furious, Lily clenched her fists so tight they almost cracked!

“Mr. Fairhaven and Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy are best buds, and Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy’s with Evadne. So, tell me, do you really think stealing Mr. Fairhaven’s girl is cool? You wanna put Mr. Thaddeus Abernathy in a tight spot, tick off Ms. Ashbourne?”

“Did I ever say I was gonna steal her? It’s been you, Lily, with your crazy paranoia about Mr. Fairhaven.”

Aaron’s lashes fell, his gaze tenderly landing on Marilla’s lovely sleeping face, “But if you keep on thinking this way, eventually you’re gonna make me feel like I ought to step up my game, just out of respect for you.”

“Captain Ashbourne, remember who you are!” Lily’s eyes blazed as she abruptly sat up!

But she forgot she was still in the car, and with a thud, her head hit the roof, pain furrowing her brow as she slumped back down.

“Lily, my job is not an excuse for you to morally hijack me.”

Aaron’s lips quirked in a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, “And for the record, there’s nothing I dislike more than being threatened.”

Every extra minute she spent with Aaron, the youngest son of the Ashbourne family, the more frightened she became!

sights on Marilla, and if it ever came to competing for her affection, he would be a formidable rival to Mr. Fairhaven, a force

room, Jareth arrived with the frost of autumn on his brow and the whirlwind

hallway. His presence seemed less like a visit to a darling wife and more like he was heading to settle a score in some alleyway rumble.

as he entered the hospital, Jareth’s handsome face was an unapproachable slab of

to a neighboring city with Barry for an important business meeting. Having seen the news about the incident at Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts, and perhaps due to

and ordered the jet to turn

that he had to breathe oxygen frantically to

“Mr. Fairhaven.”

immediately bowed deeply, a bead of cold

Why didn’t you tell me?” His few words were

the time, it was urgent.

didn’t you

Group’s men to bow

head sinking lower, weighed down by a

“Lily, you’re suspended.”

heartache, deep disappointment in his hoarse voice, “From now on, you go home and reflect. I’ll increase security around my wife; she doesn’t need you anymore.”

need her anymore. A tear mingled with a drop of sweat in

from Mrs. Fairhaven she served day and night was heart–wrenching. However, it

a criminal, and any slight disturbance could have escalated the danger. Lily wanted to inform you immediately, but we didn’t

is it your idea, Aaron?” Jareth’s knuckles cracked with tension, his voice a low

here, he had seen the live stream showing Aaron carrying a

Aaron was holding his woman! He had long suspected

life, his heart and soul. Touch

there a difference?” Aaron replied coolly, a slight smirk on his lips. Standing alone, he faced off with the Fairhaven Group’s army without

me, her husband, in the dark, preventing me from coming to her rescue. What’s your angle? Do I have to tear off your mask to make you speak plainly?”

you being dumb or just naive? Even if you’ve never been in this kind of

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