His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 786

The chill of the morgue was deep, which was a constant reminder that the realm of the living and this somber abode were worlds apart, and they were separated by an irreversible divide.

Evadne and Thaddeus stood in the doorway's shadow, leaving Jareth the solemn space to bid his final farewell to Lily.

Beneath the stark white shroud, Lily's pallid, yet strikingly beautiful face was at peace; her eyes were closed gently, and her lips were curved in a subtle and serene smile as if she were lost in an eternal dream that she would never awaken from.

Jareth hung his head low; the cold in the room assaulted him like an unseen tide, threatening to crush his spine and choke his throat filled with sorrow.

There was a catch in his voice as he traced her beautifully arched lips with trembling fingers.

He couldn't understand why she had left this world with a smile.

Having taken a bullet, fallen from such a height, and had her bones shatter, she must have suffered an unimaginable pain.

As a girl. she was supposed to be afraid of pain, wasn't she?

"You always looked so pretty when you smiled. Why didn't I see it more often?" Jareth whispered hoarsely; his question was earnest, as if he expected the still figure before him to reply.

Lily, smile one more time for me.

Lily, wait at the door for me to come home.

Lily, call me "sir" just once more.

Evadne couldn't bear it any longer; she covered her face with her hands and leaned into Thaddeus' embrace, weeping without a sound.

Thaddeus held her trembling shoulders and wrapped his arms around her, with his chin resting on her head; his lips were dry and parted, but no sound emerged.

Footsteps approached from behind.

Aaron walked in, with a somber expression on his face, and he was holding a small box in his hands.

The couple understood and stepped aside to let him through.

"Jareth, my deepest condolences."

Aaron stood behind the stoic figure of the man and spoke softly, "This is Lily's personal effects that I've collected. Take them with you when you leave."

Feeling as if his blood had turned to ice, Jareth moved slowly to face Aaron.

Other girls carried lipstick, powder, hair ties, and little trinkets when they went out.

Lily, on the other hand, carried with her nothing else but her cell phone, and a dagger, which she concealed on herself, not for her own protection, but for his and Marilla's.

With swollen, stinging eyes, Jareth shakily lifted the jade pendant from the box; its surface was marred with cracks and stained with blood.

The cold touch spread in his palm, and seeped into his aching chest and stiff body.

He had given her the jade pendant for protection.

But now, it was clear: Lily was his guardian.

With her body broken, she had kept him and Marilla safe.

The aftermath of Barry and Lily's tragedy, the fluctuating stocks of the Fairhaven group, the halted projects, and the handling of Edith's case... everything was overwhelming. But with the help of the Abernathy couple, it all progressed smoothly.

Gordon and Jason, leading the PR teams of K and the Abernathy group, worked through the night to scrub clean any trace of the tragedy from the internet.

The reason Evadne and Thaddeus had done this was not to stifle the conversation, but to spare Marilla from reliving her trauma through these videos which had been circulating online once she recovered.

But they didn't stop the public discourse.

Because this time, they would join with the citizens to punish those who were beyond redemption!

Edith, Glynnis, Alston, and four others were arrested, waiting to be charged in the detention center.