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.”

fear! Every extra minute she spent with Aaron, the youngest son of the Ashbourne family,

ever truly set his sights on Marilla, and if it ever came to competing for her affection, he would be a

was whisked into the treatment room, Jareth arrived with the frost of

men followed, crowding the expansive hallway. His presence seemed less like a visit to a darling wife and more like he was heading to settle a

hospital, Jareth’s handsome

news about the incident at Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts, and perhaps due to a sense of premonition, he

the jet

so agitated that he had to breathe oxygen frantically

“Mr. Fairhaven.”

his intimidating approach, Lily immediately bowed deeply, a bead of cold

tell me?” His few words

urgent. I was afraid

didn’t you tell me?!”

prompting the Fairhaven Group’s men

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

“Lily, you’re suspended.”

her, a mix of fury and heartache, deep disappointment in his hoarse voice, “From now on,

anymore. A tear mingled with a drop of sweat in Lily’s eye.

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

volatile, Marilla was being 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 more expertise in

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

seen the live stream showing Aaron carrying a

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

heart and soul. Touch her, and it was

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

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

are you being dumb or just naive? Even if you’ve never been in this kind of situation, haven’t you watched enough

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