Chapter 731

Manilla, weakened by a hefty dose of sedatives and overwhelmed by the shock, remained unconscious until the following morning.

As to Jareth.

His robust yet stiff figure stood like a statue in the frosty courtyard, feeling alone and numb to the bone from the cold.

His handsome face was pale from blood loss, but still he dared not move.

Because he knew that he was close to his breaking point.

But he truly didn’t want to leave; he still hoped to be the first person Marilla saw when she awoke.

Why?

They used to be inseparable and entwined day and night.

Now, even seeing each other had become so difficult.

faintly heard the hurried yet

taking you home.”

voice was low and magnetic, tinged with the slight reprimand of an older brother, but

“Heh.”

“Back in the day, you camped out at the Ashbourne residence to atone to Evadne and to beg her family for forgiveness. How come

a moment, with his throat tight.

want to see my wife just like you did.

and his body, drained of strength,

forward.

“Jareth!”

with his arms. Thank goodness he was taller and stronger than Jareth; otherwise, an average man couldn’t have held him.

I miss her,”

voice as ragged as if it were being sliced by a

his chest with his fist. “It really hurts

to the hospital first, and get you checked out,”

back, feeling the shared pain reaching his heart. “Then you’ll come to Evadne’s and my place, get some sleep, and let Alvo look

much persuasion, Thaddeus and Dean managed to get Jareth into the car.

bed hooked up to an IV, coughing

indeed fallen ill

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standing by the bed with dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. “I know these actions might seem futile now, but I believe that as long as you don’t give up and patiently stay by her side,

the ceiling. “Thank you.”

and the lady is my duty!”

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