Griffin was still really weak. Just sitting up and chatting for a bit left him struggling to breathe.

Briar quickly told Ashton to help him lie down, then w

This time, the treatment was a lot more complicashed b

hands and got to work.

It

two full hours.

Briar had to constantly adjust her technique based on Griffin’s condition. It drained her, but she stayed focused.

Traditional medicine wasn’t widely practiced in Dasmieca

by Briar’s acupuncture skills. He liked her even more now.

50 even someone like Griffin–who’d seen just about everything–was blown away

Ashton stayed the whole time, asking a few questions about Griffin’s condition while secretly keeping an eye on Briar.

Honestly, even though he’d only met her twice, he was getting more and more curious about her.

He’d already looked into her background, but her overseas records were clearly fake–anyone could see that.

Her files claimed she started cutting class and getting into fights when she was fourteen. That was a joke. No one would believe someone like that could handle advanced acupuncture like this.

experimental drug Ashton had ordered came from a top–secret lab, the kind of stuff one couldn’t even buy on the black market.

rarely came without reason. It was either a sign of a major scandal that had been buried with money and influence,

his eyes. His instinct leaned toward

the needles every fifteen minutes,

would’ve felt awkward being stared at

bed. Both Griffin and Ashton ended up

men in

got bored and pulled out her

The

were

Briar and Ashton, clearly

first

so completely

Briar, the head of the Wade family

a few instructions. “Same treatment again

care alongside the bodyguards. She had been looking after him for over thirty years and was one of the

others. When she overheard that, she immediately jumped

actually working, why does he still need that? Or are you just afraid to take

started mock However, because Ashton had kicked her out earlier

still holding her phone, playing her

Chapter 13

not the one who gets to judge whether I’m good at this or not,” she said flatly. “If

her at the people outside, and the intensity in his gaze

Just that one look sent them all scrambling, mumbling excuses as

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