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.

heard the hurried yet steady footsteps

taking you

reprimand of an older brother, but mostly

“Heh.”

a proper expression. “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. “Our situations are

so different? I want to be forgiven by Hamilton and I want to

felt his world turned hazy, and his body, drained of strength,

forward.

“Jareth!”

Thank goodness he was taller and stronger

I miss

while taking sharp. breaths, his voice as ragged as if it were being sliced by

this, he pounded his chest with his fist. “It really

let’s go to the hospital first, and get you checked out,”

his heart. “Then you’ll come to Evadne’s and my place, get some sleep, and let Alvo look after you. Once you’re

much persuasion, Thaddeus and Dean managed to get Jareth

lay in his bed hooked up to

fallen ill from the cold.

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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

the ceiling. “Thank you.”

mention it, serving you and the lady is my duty!” Dean

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