His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 299

Edith's entire being was flabbergasted, her pale face gradually turning ashen, as if struck by a series of thunderbolts.

"Jareth, what are you talking about? Are you disowning me as your sister?"

Jareth turned a deaf ear, only focusing on Marilla in his arms, his large hand rubbing her trembling back over and over.

"Don't be afraid. I'm back, no one can hurt you anymore."

But this time, Marilla wasn’t as obedient as before. Instead, she became like a small hedgehog, bristling all over, even her rapid breathing was a resistance against Jareth.

"No, you're not my brother, you’re Edith's brother."

Her weak soft hands kept shoving against the solid chest of the man. Each push felt like a dagger piercing his heart. “Let me go. I want to go home. I want to find Grandpa, I want to go home!"

"Marilla, don't be afraid." Jareth's eyes were bloodshot, but he still stubbornly tried to soothe her.

"Let go!"

No matter how much Marilla cried and screamed, Jareth refused to let go, not even an inch.

Instead, he held her tighter.

His rough firm hand held her slender waist, squeezing her soft flesh through her white dress.

Then, his eyes narrowed, his thin lips pressed against her earlobe, his voice hoarse but soft.

"You're right, I'm not your brother. I'm your man, Marilla."

Edith was shocked, watching the woman who had been bullied by her since childhood, the woman who she thought she could bully forever, being loved wholeheartedly by her own brother.

She felt as if her heart was hollowed out, her soul about to crack.

This pain was excruciating, even a hundred times worse than learning Thaddeus was in love with Evadne!

Jareth was the most important man in her life. She had always thought as a sister, she could be willful and unruly under his protection for the rest of her life.

But now, she felt she was about to lose this exclusive protection.

He wanted to give it all to Marilla!

"My man?" Marilla raised her small face, her wet eyes full of bewilderment that tugged at his heartstrings.

"Yes, I'm yours." Jareth's voice was like gravel, his eyes burning with intense heat.

Boom!

Edith's sparkling life, like a crystal palace, was about to collapse.

Lily, having seen Jareth's passionate confession to Marilla, was hiding in the shadow, her lips curling up in satisfaction.

Marilla had been beaten and, due to Edith's appearance, her childhood traumas were triggered, causing her great distress, and she fainted in Jareth's arms.

Jareth took her back to the room, helped her wipe her sweat and tears with a clean towel, and covered her with a blanket.

"Uh." Marilla turned over, her beautiful eyebrows frowning, looking very uncomfortable.

His heart was also in agony, a mixture of anger and guilt. His handsome face, usually stern, was now pale.

"I'm sorry, Marilla. I failed to protect you, it's all my fault."

Lily stepped in quietly, standing there hesitating to speak, afraid to disturb the intimate moment.

"Speak." The man gently stroked the girl's cheek, but his eyes were cold.

"I've got the surveillance footage you asked for."

Lily walked over and handed her phone to him respectfully.

Jareth had installed dozens of cameras in the villa due to his usual lack of security, covering almost every corner.

And Jareth's phone could remotely monitor the situation in the villa in real time.

The man looked down, staring at the screen with a gloomy expression.

From Edith's entrance, to her order to control Bella, to her bursting in and hitting Marilla, even kicking her.

Jareth was silent for a while.

"Mr. Jareth."

Lily hadn't finished speaking when she felt a sharp pain in her wrist!

Jareth's bloodshot eyes seemed to be on the verge of erupting with devastating fire, as he suddenly raised his hand and swatted Lily's phone away!

"Mr. Jareth, please calm down." Lily quickly retreated, bowing deeply.

But Jareth, surrounded by a violent aura, had already stood up and stormed out.

Downstairs.

Edith, sweating profusely, sat nervously on the couch, surrounded by four bodyguards, unable to leave.

"Miss Edith. Mr. Jareth is angry. What should we do?" The secretary knelt at her feet, hugging her legs in fear.

"You ask me, how should I know!"

The cold footsteps echoed.

Jareth walked in followed by Lily, and the living room was instantly filled with an icy chill from hell.

"Jareth." Edith weakly called out.

She knew it was useless to throw a tantrum now, so she could only play innocent, play pitiful.

"You hit Marilla, and you kicked her. I saw everything clearly in the surveillance footage." Jareth took a deep breath, suppressing his boiling rage.

If it wasn't his sister who did this, he couldn't imagine what would happen.

"Jareth, I was just numb. You've seen me grow up, when have I ever hit anyone! I even get scared of caterpillars. I've never done that before!" Edith defended herself with a flushed face.

Yet, Jareth remained expressionless, his emotions unreadable.

"It was her! It's all her fault!"

Edith's eyes flickered, and she kicked the secretary away, "It was all her! Since I got off the plane, she's been stirring up trouble, egging me on to attack Marilla! I already hated her, how could I stand it? She's the reason I'm like this!"

"No, it wasn't. I didn't." The secretary was so scared that she knelt down, trembling, wanting to refute but too afraid to do so!

"Why would you hate Marilla? What did she ever do to you?" Jareth asked, his eyes dark.

Edith choked, hastily finding an excuse, "She's a fool, yet she tried to seduce you! How could I ever accept such a woman as my future sister-in-law?"

"Why can't she be your sister-in-law? Do I have to consider your opinion when choosing a woman?" Jareth's eyes narrowed, he laughed, but it was more terrifying than when he was angry!

Edith was almost in tears from frustration, her heart freezing over.

"Lily, same old rules." Jareth squinted his eyes and took a drag from his cigarette.

"Yes, Mr. Jareth."

Lily, expressionless as always, walked over to Manny, bent down, grabbed his chin with her left hand and swiftly stuffed something into his mouth with her right hand.

"Uh—uh—"

The agonizing whimpers, accompanied by the sound of flesh being torn, were nauseating and made one's skin crawl!

Manny's tongue was brutally cut off!

"Ahh!"

Edith screamed, clutching her head, then fainted.

After that night, Thaddeus went quiet.

For three nights in a row, Evadne had nightmares, all involving Thaddeus.

Even though they say dreams often meant the opposite, but they were too real.

And that pool of blood at the Avery's doorstep, it felt wrong no matter how she thought about it, it gave her chills.

"Evadne, here's the medicine for the second treatment."

Suri knocked and came in, placing the medicine in front of her.

Evadne was packing her things to go back to Elmsworth, she put down what she was doing and cheerfully picked up the medicine bottle, "Thank you, Suri."

"What's there to thank? As long as it's something you want, Evadne, I'll do my best to get it for you."

Suri affectionately stroked her beautiful hair, then suddenly asked, "By the way, how's Thaddeus's injury?"

"Do you care?" Evadne was a bit surprised.

"Of course not!"

Suri hastily clarified, not wanting to be associated with the Abernathys, "He's taking our Bright Group's biomedical research drugs, naturally, I have to ask about his condition. I'm interested in the effectiveness of our Bright Group's drugs."

Upon hearing this, Evadne pursed her lips, a wave of bitterness welling up in her heart.

The Bright Group's organ injury treatment drug was actually still in the clinical trial phase and hadn't officially been released.

But for the sake of treating Thaddeus's injury, Evadne had to take the risk and use it.

Otherwise, Thaddeus's condition would only worsen, leaving permanent damage.

"He seems fine, no major issues. But Suri, what are the side effects of this medicine?"

Suri shook her head, sighed, "I don't know, that's why I'm asking you.

But during the medication period, there were two things that needed to be paid extra attention to."

"What are they?" Evadne quickly asked.

"One is to avoid external injuries, which you know, the body needs rest. The other is to try not to get angry or overly emotional, it's not good for healing, and might even worsen the condition."

Evadne's breath hitched, her brows furrowed slightly.

Thinking back to that pool of blood, she felt a heartache.