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.”

shiver of fear! Every extra minute she spent with Aaron, the youngest

if it ever came to competing for her affection, he would be a formidable rival

frost of autumn on his brow

seemed less like a

handsome face was an unapproachable

for an important business meeting. Having seen the news about the incident at Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts, and perhaps due to a sense of premonition, he

and ordered the jet to turn

was so agitated that he had to breathe

“Mr. Fairhaven.”

bowed deeply, a

me?” His few words were clenched between

was urgent. I was

you tell

echoing down the corridor, prompting the Fairhaven Group’s men to bow deeply

her pale lip, her head sinking lower, weighed down by a

“Lily, you’re suspended.”

a mix of fury and 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

mingled with a drop of sweat in Lily’s

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

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

knuckles cracked with tension, his voice a low rumble

he had seen the live stream showing Aaron

Aaron was holding his woman! He had long suspected the guy had eyes

and soul. Touch her, and it

there a difference?” Aaron replied coolly, a slight smirk on his lips. Standing alone, he faced off

clenched his teeth, stepping closer, “Marilla is my wife. In a moment of life and death, you kept me, her husband, in the dark, preventing me from coming to her rescue. What’s your angle? Do I have to tear off

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

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