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.

a daze, Jareth faintly heard the hurried yet steady footsteps approaching him.

taking you home.”

an older brother, but mostly filled with deep concern. “You’re being ridiculous! Torturing yourself like this is pointless!”

“Heh.”

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

up for a moment, with his throat tight. “Our situations

and I want to see my wife just like you

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

forward.

“Jareth!”

him with his arms. Thank goodness he was taller and stronger than Jareth; otherwise, an average man

I miss her,”

voice as ragged as if it were being sliced by a knife. “Without Marilla, it feels like my heart has been

fist. “It really hurts here. Thad,

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

heart. “Then you’ll come to Evadne’s and my place, get some sleep, and let

Dean managed to get Jareth into the

bed hooked up to an

ill from the cold.

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under his eyes from lack of sleep. “I

stared at the ceiling. “Thank you.”

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

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