His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 685

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 son of the Ashbourne family, the more frightened

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

Marilla was whisked into the treatment room, Jareth arrived with the frost of autumn on his brow and the whirlwind of

expansive hallway. His presence seemed less like a visit to a darling wife and more like he was

Jareth’s handsome face was an unapproachable slab of millennium–old ice.

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 frantically called Lily, who did not

to confirm whether Marilla was involved or not, he ignored Barry’s protests, and ordered the jet to turn back to Elmsworth – skipping even

was so agitated that he had to breathe oxygen frantically to avoid passing

“Mr. Fairhaven.”

bowed deeply, a bead of cold sweat dripping

you tell me?” His few words were clenched between

it was urgent. I was afraid that you…

you

Group’s men to bow deeply in the presence of his formidable aura.

head sinking lower, weighed down by a ton of guilt.

“Lily, you’re suspended.”

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 anymore.”

tear mingled with a drop of

night was heart–wrenching. However, it was her oversight, her neglect, she had no

Aaron explained, emerging from around the corner with a calm gaze, “The situation was volatile, Marilla was being held by a criminal, and any slight disturbance could have escalated the danger. Lily wanted to inform you immediately,

knuckles cracked

he had seen the live stream showing Aaron carrying a girl out of the

woman! He had long suspected the guy had eyes for his wife, and now it

his life, his heart and soul. Touch her, and it was war.

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.

if you’ve never been in this kind of situation, haven’t you watched enough cop movies growing up?”

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