hapter 57

Chapter 57

Ashton had a very pleasant voice. Every time he lowered his tone, it always tugged at the corners of Briar’s mouth.

The two of them stood shoulder to shoulder, squeezed together as they gazed at the stars. Whether it was the refreshing breeze or the intoxicating scent of each other, Briar’s ears were turning red without her even realizing it.

Down in the hotel lobby, Brandon didn’t show up in person. Instead, he called over the hotel’s general manager and asked him to get rid of the few people lingering around Ashton’s car.

By sheer coincidence, the general manager was a forty–five–year–old middle–aged man with a receding hairline, though he wore a toupee to cover it, a slightly protruding belly held in by a belt, and a sharp, businesslike suit.

His appearance was almost identical to the man in the video that the Jennings family’s bodyguards had obtained from the Shoneport University gatekeeper earlier that day.

When the Jennings family’s bodyguards saw this middle–aged man striding toward the Bentley–no, toward them–they immediately understood.

There was no need for the man to say anything. The bodyguards left without a fuss.

the big boss himself had come out to chase them away, there was no way they could take Briar back.

Spring Hotel were all prominent

plausible truth, recounted everything they had seen to Edgar

He had known it all along. He

just because he had some money and a bit of power, was enough for Briar

he received. Edgar sat in the living room, unable to calm down for

when Beatrice came

good for your health. When Briar comes back, Mom and I will have a serious talk with her,” Beatrice said, having overheard the

in reality, she was just

always the most well–behaved one, never causing me any

had thrown for Briar last time. Beatrice had been framed. She wasn’t trouble–free either.

said a few more things to drive a wedge between Edgar and Briar

satisfied.

video call to Javier. She hadn’t seen him when she went to register at Shoneport University earlier in the day

when Ashton and Briar walked out of the Spring Hotel. The general manager followed

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