Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 1

It was September in Dasmieca. In the fancy Jennings family mansion in Shoneport, five people sat in the living room, the tension thick enough to choke

on.

Briar Jennings, fresh off a flight from abroad, kicked ba the other couch across from her, clearly uncomfortable.

Gunfire from a phone game kept blasting from Briar’s phone,

“Briar, you just got back. You don’t even know the first thing me? You’ll still get your annual cut just like before.”

Briar didn’t even glance up. Her thumbs kept tapping.

a couch, legs crossed like she owned the place. The other four were crammed together on

cutting thrash her father’s voice every time he tried to speak.

a

Edgar continued, “Your brother’s grown now. It’s time he started learning the from scratch.”

company,” Edgar Jennings said. “Why don’t you hand your shares over to

rope

I could transfer him half your shares so that he doesn’t have to start

There was still nothing from Briar.

“And about that engagement to the Hargreaves boy,” Edgar added.ve been

sister take your place?”

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No matter what he said, Briar just kept playing, like he wasn’t

there.

don’t even know him anymore. Why not let

could explode, Halle Jennings–his ever–graceful wife and longtime expert at playing the good stepmother–gently placed

got home,” she said

sweet. They flicked coldly toward her daughter,

jumped up and snatched the phone from Briar’s hands. “Briar,

face turned stone cold. She shot

to kill.

“Give it back.”

a deer caught in the headlights. The overwhelming pressure made

On her spine.”

The game was over. Her teammates were cussing her out in the group

hadn’t even had time for a drink since stepping off the plane. Her luggage

managed all these years alone overseas. He didn’t care. All he wanted was her shares–and to dump

Some father he was.

Edgar had never been much of a father to

care about that fiancé or the arranged marriage. But that didn’t mean she’d

like her mother–Rosalia–who gave up

made it worse was that just three months after Rosalia died, Edgar shamelessly moved his

two years older than Briar, and the girl, Beatrice, was only two months older than Briar. Their sudden appearance was

her grandfather, she was still the rightful heir to the

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went after Edgar with

help of Rosalia’s father, Zeke Grant. Rosalia had held

thing she’d done

too late. Zeke’s family had already taken Briar out

family was concerned, Edgar and Halle were the ones who pushed Rosalia to her death. They

they tried, Edgar always

was that he had someone powerful backing him. Some of the company’s new products didn’t even come from their own team -they came through private

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