Chapter 27

It seemed like Briar felt the weird and sticky atmosphere in the room. After wiping her sweat, she spoke to Ashton in a slightly cold tone. “Mr. Wade, I‘ wash this handkerchief before returning it to you.”

Briar was initially bewitched by his good looks and took the handkerchief without thinking.

By the time she realized it, the handkerchief was already on her forehead. She suddenly thought that the handkerchief she was holding might bea limited edition item, something special and exclusive to Ashton.

“Is it inappropriate to use such an item to wipe sweat so casually? It feels too int

wondered.

Briar paused as she held the handkerchief.

She had no idea what Ashton’s move meant.

intimate… But I couldn’t just throw it away after using it once?” she

“Sure, take your time.” But Ashton didn’t seem bothered by her distant tone; he nodded naturally. “Just return it next time we meet.”

Brandon, hearing this, muttered inwardly, ‘Dude, your schemes are rattling loud.

‘You said take your time, but set another meeting? When is that? Either tomorrow or the day after!

“By then, Miss Jennings probably won’t even have picked up the dry–cleaned handkerchief yet.

‘You’re even using business tactics here.

‘My my! Typical men!‘

Briar didn’t seem to catch any deeper meaning in Ashton’s words and simply agreed before putting away the handkerchief and sitting down to play games.

Therefore, she didn’t notice how Ashton’s gaze followed

settling on her slender,

an ambiguous vibe; it’s

session only took half an hour, with the remaining half hour devoted to auxiliary medicinal bath

everything about taking care of the medicinal bath to Ashton and made sure

in the afternoon, she declined being

unable to hold back anymore, Brandon blurted out, “Mr. Wade,

respond, a teasing voice interrupted abruptly, “What’s wrong with your Mr.

around and saw Frederick Knight, the psychologist and close friend of

ཇ་ཝ་ཆ་ ོན་ཕན་ཞུ

towards them. “Brandon, you haven’t explained what you

anyone of Ashton’s current physical condition. For a normal person. prolonged severe insomnia would inevitably lead to many

not normal; even after several days without sleep, he could maintain a highly clear mind

matter how many different hypnotic methods had been tried, there were

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hypnotize Ashton.

anger, he mustered the courage to whisper to Frederick, “Mr. Knight, here’s

smirked. “Oh my! So your Mr. Wade

trouble, but Frederick was unfazed. With no other choice, Ashton turned to check

was still soaking in

major traffic congestion. By the time she reached the Jennings family, it was nearly seven o’clock

had intended to bypass the dining room and

this hour, have you had dinner yet? Come and join us. There’s

she was puzzled, she still walked over, not because of the fatherly love Edgar displayed, but because the

dinner had been specially reserved just for her; when the chicken wings were

went out of your way, didn’t

Edgar never moves

he’s scheming again,‘

her, Briar focused solely on her meal, and once she was full, she set down her fork and left without a word. No matter how loudly Edgar called

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