Chapter 722

“My teddy bear, my little teddy bear.”

In the suffocating darkness, Marilla clung to the icy wall, her body trembling as she hugged her knees to her chest.

That man had taken her teddy bear, and it felt as if he had shattered her soul, and ripped the spine from her body. Her mind was blank, cold sweat cascading down her pale, pretty cheeks like rain.

*Jareth, where are you, please come save me.”

Suddenly, every light in the room blazed on. Beams of harsh fluorescent light assaulted Marilla’s pallid face, the interrogation–like brightness pushing her already fragile psyche to the brink.

“Jareth, I’m so scared. Jareth,” tears streamed endlessly from Marilla’s tightly shut eyes..

She couldn’t remember anything; even the loving, tender moments she had shared with Jareth seemed to twist and fade into the distance.

The massive screen on the wall, like a dark curtain, flickered to life.

Marilla forced her swollen eyes open, the tears turning her vision red as they flooded her sockets.

woman on the screen,

mental fortress

Group, the

of the table, a king among his loyal subjects. He had built this empire through ordeal from the ground up,

few old–timers who resisted

– they feared that with Jareth’s ascent, their own power and

company into decline, but not everyone was interested in the grand future of the Fairhaven

lack of competence, could

surveyed the room with an

I’m about to

of disquiet pricking at his heart, making it flutter

minute or two. He didn’t know what made him so

glared with icy hostility, but a few seconds later, a subtle, malicious smile crept across

of CEO of

the people present were about to applaud

“I object!”

into stunned silence.

concealed threat, a tempest brewing in his piercing gaze. That look

he thought, why should he fear this young wolf? He was the elder,

himself with his reputation and business acumen – he’s the

chest, shooting a venomous look at Jareth’s frosty features

“Dad.”

disdain for Gary’s flippancy was clear. It was a stark contrast to his

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