Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 120

Ten minutes before the premiere of The Emperor’s Edict, invited fans and the film’s creators began entering the VIP cinema one after another

Briar, holding a cup of smoothies, was being led by the hand by Ashton, who held popcorn in one hand and her in the other, guiding her to the best seat in the house.

Even after sitting down and sipping several gulps of smoothies to calm her nerves, Briar still hadn’t recovered from the shock. She had inexplicably agreed to date the notoriously aloof Ashton.

Maybe it was because Ashton had looked too tempting when he said, “Then let me chase you.”

Or perhaps it was the gentle, warm look in his eyes that made her mistakenly feel a sense of security.

But Briar still carried the burden of uncovering her mother’s cause of death and clearing Tristan’s name. She couldn’t live a normal life like an ordinary person.

In Qathana, she faced several assassination attempts every year. She was a dangerous person. Anyone who got too close to her would likely become a target.

She might even bring danger to Ashton.

“Briar, stop staring at me. The movie’s starting.” Ashton caught her peeking at him. He placed a large hand on top of her head and gently

turned it toward the screen.

Then, once her gaze shifted away, Ashton leaned toward her ear and whispered, “When the movie ends, I’ll let you stare all you want.”

Briar went silent. Stephen bent down and whispered something to the girl sitting on Briar’s right. After a few words, he smoothly switched

seats with her and plopped down, ignoring the warning look from Ashton.

“Hi, Miss Jennings, I’m Stephen. May I get to know you?” As expected of a triple–award–winning Best Actor, Stephen’s smile and movements were sudden, but impossible to refuse.

Briar smited and extended a hand to shake his. “Hello, Stephen, I’m Briar.”

smiling, he held back

You were the one who helped our grandfather when he was ill. I was filming abroad at the time and couldn’t get back in time.” Stephen was a chatterbox. If he wanted to, he could chat

tension gradually melted as they talked, and her body slowly relaxed,

he couldn’t join the conversation, he focused on feeding her. One moment, he popped popcorn into her mouth, the next, he

conversation was carried on by Stephen, but now she had even less chance to speak.

to look at Ashton with a warning

despite being glared at, chuckled. The two pieces of popcorn he was

instead.

not for the people sitting nearby, he would’ve burst

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went off from the back row. Ashton and Stephen’s expressions changed at com same time, and both turned to

few long–time superfans of Stephen and some of the Emperor’s Edict crew. None of them

pretended not to, keeping her eyes on the screen, though her

a fan or paparazzi, but only Briar knew. Those people had

as ever…‘ Briar thought

her knee with her finger, silently counting the time. Five minutes later,

restroom.”

to stand up.

hand. “I can go

sweet tone, Ashton had no choice but to give

Briar nodded. “Okay.”

toward the exit. Soon, her figure disappeared

a young couple in the back

draw attention. Even Ashton only glanced

were restrooms next to both entrances of the VIP screening