His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 683

Chapter 683

The name echoed, tugging at the frayed edges of Aaron’s tightly wound heartstrings.

“Aaron, help me

Marilla’s pale face was streaked with tears, each one falling from her long lashes and landing on Aaron’s chest.

He wanted to comfort her, but any reassurance could provoke the hostage–taker, making her situation even more perilous.

Aaron met Marilla’s gaze before shifting his attention to the man’s bloodshot, terrifying eyes.

“Don, take a breath, buddy. The girl’s innocent. She doesn’t know your story, never met those five kids – she’s just an outsider here. How ‘bout this: I’ll be your hostage. Let her go, and you take me instead.”

Marilla’s teary eyes followed Aaron as he cautiously approached the captor, waves of guilt washing over her.

How could she have been so foolish? If only she’d waited patiently in the classroom for Lily to return. If only she hadn’t been so clumsy, maybe she could’ve outrun this.

But it was too late for what–ifs.

As Aaron edged closer, Don roared, “Don’t come any closer! I’ll slit her throat and jump, we’ll both be done for! Don’t think I can’t see right through you! You want to trade places and then fight me? You’re a cop; you think I can take you? I’ve already taken two lives what’s one more at this point?!”

hammering against his ribs, “I get it; I really do. I don’t have a daughter, but if someone hurt my

the knife against Marilla’s neck trembling, its

those five guys hurt her, right? School bullying,

widened in shock as painful memories exploded in her

in school? Can you even understand what I’m

a normal school; she belongs in an

from her – she’s crazy! Who knows, maybe it’s

shut her eyes tightly, her face ashen, her legs trembling, barely able

it with another. Your daughter’s still fighting for her life in

into a murderer for her sake. She’ll carry not only the pain of being bullied but also the burden of your crime. How can she bear it, so young and already so wounded? She’s tried to end her pain once; do you

Aaron, his fellow officers looked on with admiration. Captain Ashbourne, though young, possessed the negotiation

– a

with the perpetrator, treating them as a victim, which often broke through

appeal seemed

bull! You cops talk a good game but can’t

daughter, we’ve gone to the school authorities, to the cops, to deal with those five

of righteous anger. The Elmsworth Academy of Fine Arts was outside their jurisdiction; only now, with a criminal case, had they been called to the scene. in his district, such corruption – protecting the elite’s offspring and

I understand your

her swollen eyes, her frail voice shedding its prior terror for a touch of heartbreaking resolve, I’ve

“What did you

walk out of the shadow, and find justice,” Marilla struggled against the suffocating fear,

can a frail girl like

from the Abernathy family. Don’t believe me? Check your phone right now.”

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