Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 61

Two hours later, Brandon respectfully escorted Briar back to her place next door. He didn’t turn back until he saw the lights on the second

floor of Briar’s villa come on.

Briar tossed her phone and Bluetooth earphones carelessly onto the bed, grabbed her pajamas, and headed to the bathroom. Since her phone was still connected to the earphones, she didn’t hear it ringing from inside the bathroom.

Half an hour later, Briar emerged, clad in a cute nightgown and toweling her hair dry. She noticed the phone screen lighting up and walked over to pick it up. There were five or six missed calls and several text messages, all from Edgar.

Briar raised an eyebrow and wondered, ‘Has he finally realized I didn’t come home, so he’s calling me? Or is it because of the news on the

Shoneport University forum, and he’s been waiting for me to get home to lecture me?

‘But since I still haven’t arrived, he couldn’t help but call?‘

Regardless of the reason, Briar wasn’t interested.

She didn’t even bother to check the content of Edgar’s texts. Instead, she casually pulled her damp hair back, turned on her laptop on the

got to work on the

submitting the order information and seeing the additional 3

into bed, feeling quite pleased with

which had been flickering on and off at the foot of the

3:30 a.m., and she needed her

Moonspring Estate, while Edgar at the Jennings residence was nearly driven mad by her

answer his calls.

next morning, Edgar stormed off to work without even eating

less than four hours,

cozy bed, and grabbed the phone she had abandoned the

who had the nerve to disturb her early

her irritation vanished the moment she saw Ashton’s handsome face on the screen. Woken up so early by such a pleasant sight,

somewhat apologetic through the camera. “Briar, did I

anyway,” Briar replied, rubbing her face. “What

prepared breakfast at my place. Would you like to join me?” Ashton

moment. She thought to herself, ‘He’s inviting me for breakfast. Why didn’t he just call? Oh,