Chapter 723

There was no way the crowd was going to pass up on such juicy gossip! One by one, they leaned forward, butts in the air, craning their necks to get a glimpse of the papers sprawled on the table.

Barry, however, remained seated calm as a cucumber, without so much as a twitch. He had already secretly seen the report countless times, thanks to a little sneak peek courtesy of Edith.

“Who dares touch those?!” Jareth’s roar thundered across the boardroom, his eyes blazing with a fierce and bloodthirsty glare.

These folks were not only the company’s directors but also his elders. Yet, at Jareth’s command, they recoiled, none daring to lay a finger on the documents.

“What’s the matter, Jareth? Can’t face the truth or just can’t accept it?” Gary sneered, his mockery dripping with venom, “Deep down, you must be repulsed by the idea of your fiancée being mentally unstable, right? Is that why you’ve been hiding her away. playing house without giving her a proper introduction to the company? Even you, who claim she’s the only one you’ll marry, must be afraid she’ll embarrass you.”

That was the last straw for Jareth.

The Fairhaven family didn’t have the myriad of formalities that the Abernathy family or the Chambers family did, and he was no blue–blooded gentleman with a century of family legacy like Thaddeus. Jareth wasn’t about to endure humiliation for the sake of revenge or the greater good.

He was going to handle this his way.

Jareth grabbed a water glass from the table and, without a second thought, hurled it at Gary’s head!

hurt!” Gary, caught off guard, got a hefty lump on his forehead and was drenched in

his eyes, gasps filled the room, and the next second, he felt a heavy punch land squarely on his

that Jareth, now the CEO, would dare to mount him like a cowboy riding a donkey, right in front of Barry and all

that blotted out everything except the insults hurled at

stranger to drama, but seeing someone beaten to a pulp, especially by

help!” Barry bellowed, and only then did the bodyguards rush in. It took all their strength to pry Jareth off of

as if he wished to devour Gary alive, “Marilla is the most perfect girl in the world to

he fought the urge to go

to stand, spitting out a mouthful of blood ferociously. His expression was a mix of indignation and uncertainty as he cast a furtive glance at Barry. Barry’s neutral stance told Gary all he needed to know: silent

out a pristine handkerchief, about to wipe the blood from his hands. He paused at the sight of a cute little bear embroidered in the corner, a token of

up that cur’s blood stain, so he tucked it back into his jacket and wiped his

Gary? Need to

with blood from his nose, evidence

end. Barry leisurely picked up the

only he could touch it.

this report for real?” Barry asked, feigning disbelief.

his voice loud, “It’s got

as

well; if this was the first he had heard of it,

family. No outsider should have

Elspeth gone and Frederic, who didn’t feel gruntled about him

his daughter, he certainly would care for his face, it

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