Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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.

out to chase them away, there was no

Hotel were

this plausible truth,

He

and a bit of power, was

news he received. Edgar sat in the living room, unable to calm down for a long time. He didn’t

when Beatrice came

will have a serious talk with her,” Beatrice said, having overheard the entire conversation

health, but in

the most well–behaved

remembered the welcome party he had thrown for Briar last time.

said a few more things to drive

satisfied.

hadn’t seen him when she went to register at Shoneport University earlier in the day and had been distracted all day. She wondered why Javier hadn’t gone

ten o’clock in the evening when Ashton and Briar walked out of the Spring Hotel.