His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 785

Without a moment's hesitation, Jareth declared with a voice rasping with raw emotion,

"I won't choose, I want them both!"

"Ha! Jareth, you're aiming for the moon, aren't you?" Gary's boisterous laughter echoed through the room as he turned to Lily, who was standing defiantly on the dais. "Lily, you sure hit the jackpot sticking with your boss. Look at him, ready to take you as his mistress!"

"You bastard! You maniac! Go to hell! Shut your damn mouth!" Lily's eyes blazed with fury as she screamed at Gary, "Come at me if you want a fight! Leave her out of this!"

"Watch your step!" Jackson struck the back of her head with the butt of his gun.

"Tsk tsk, what a spitfire," Gary clucked his tongue, while shaking his head.

The pain was overwhelming, but it did nothing to quench the fire in Lily's eyes. She shouted to Jareth, "Boss! Don't worry about me, get Marilla out! You must save her!"

"I want them both!" Jareth's eyes darkened with a fierce determination as he repeated his resolve.

"Jareth, you've had more than enough already. Don't be greedy. There's no such thing as having your cake and eating it too in this world."

Gary's smile was mocking, and his eyes were glinting with the cruelty of a starving wolf. "I can't have two arms, so how can you have two women? That would be so unfair to me, wouldn't it?"

"Just let them go, and I'll agree to anything you want."

Jareth refused to back down. "Money, shares, the Fairhaven Group, it's all yours!"

"You see, this could've been easy if you'd just cooperated sooner. Unfortunately, it's too late now."

Gary's smile vanished as he pressed a button on the remote.

Immediately, a hole opened in the bottom of the glass tank and water began to gush in!

Marilla was kneeling inside, and within seconds, the rising water had covered her shins!

Feeling his heart was pierced by a sword, Jareth roared and slammed against the glass tank, even trying to hack at it with a knife, but it was all in vain.

"Don't bother, this tank was custom-made for her. Bulletproof glass, impenetrable, and completely sealed," Gary taunted, reveling in Jareth's desperation.

"Gary, I will kill you!" Jareth charged, reckless of the consequences.

Gary quickly grabbed his gun and fired three shots; the bullets exploded at Jareth's feet!

"Sir! Don't go over there!" Lily cried; her heart was pounding with fear.

Jareth gasped for air; as, his gaze returned to the tank, he felt his heart hammered in his chest.

The water had now risen above Marilla's thighs.

"This tank will be full in ten minutes. And a person can drown in three, especially one who's unconscious and lacks the will to survive. Ms. Marilla will probably go even faster."

Gary pointed his gun at Jareth, while shaking with insane laughter. "Honestly, I was hoping you'd choose Lily. I really want to see Marilla drown in this beautiful tank I've prepared. That would be such a sight, wouldn't it? Ha!"

As the water level rose to Marilla's chest, time seemed to stand still for Jareth; he pounded on the glass, calling out his beloved's name.

He couldn't make the choice.

If dying could save these innocent women, he would gladly embrace death. But to sacrifice one to save the other was a choice he couldn't bear to make.

Suddenly, a muffled explosion came from below and shook the building.

One of Gary's men burst in, "Sir! The cops have surrounded the building! They're coming in!"

"What's to fear? We've got plenty of firepower, grenades even. They won't breach us easily."

Gary could still muster a smile, but his amusement was short-lived because Jareth, fueled by grief and anger, picked up the gun Jackson had dropped and started shooting!

One bullet hit Gary's thigh, another knocked the gun from his hand. Gary fell to his knees in agony. As he reached for his weapon, Jareth was already upon him, firing another round into his shoulder.

With the last bullet ready, Jareth aimed at Gary's forehead.

But unexpectedly, the tank started up again, leading the the water level to rise, threatening to engulf the girl's neck!

"Stop it, make it stop!" Jareth's voice was a ragged scream, teetering on the edge of despair.

"Stop? It won't stop. I never planned to stop. I was just messing with you."

Gary panted heavily, with a sinister and evil smirk on his face, "I never intended to live, and my plan was to drag you down along with the one you love most to the grave.

But your little maid didn't die in vain. If it weren't for her buying some time, that Abernathy girl would've been gone minutes ago."

At that moment, the water in the glass tank had reached its peak.

Marilla floated in the water; her beautiful face was a sickly pale, and her hair was swaying like seaweed; it was a heartbreakingly haunting sight.

Roaring, Jareth grabbed a gun and fired at the glass tank.