Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Frank turned to Briar. “Briar, did you know about this?”

Briar shook her head. “I don’t know.”

They squeezed through the sea of people with great difficulty to finally make it inside the library. Without caring about their wrinkled clothes, Frank pulled Briar straight to the front desk. Then, they saw two strikingly handsome men, one standing and one sitting, surrounded by a pack of eager students.

Sitting was Ashton. He had rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, exposing his arms. A computer sat beside his hand as he leaned forward lazily, expressionless, clearly busy with work.

The overhead lights cast shadows that highlighted his features. They were so stunning.

Putting aside his power and wealth, Ashton’s face alone was enough to send women swooning.

Of course, despite their excitement, the crowd remained rational and respectfully kept a distance from the cold and aloof Ashton, whose aura made it clear he wasn’t one for flirtation. Instead, their eyes were glued to the man standing at the desk. He was sharp–featured, crew cut, tanned skin, strong and muscular. He was Hamish, a top–tier hunk in his own right.

A roguish playboy with a charming air, Hamish had it all. He had a prestigious background, ex–special forces king status, and a natural charisma that had the crowd of students giggling and blushing all around.

If Frank and Briar didn’t know they were in a library, they’d have thought they’d walked into a male model nightclub!

Hamish, with his military instincts, immediately noticed Briar being pulled along by Frank.

He clapped Ashton’s shoulder. “Ashton, your girl’s here.”

Ashton looked up from the screen. As he caught sight of Briar and the hand Frank had on her wrist, a flicker of sharpness passed through his eyes. As she approached, he stood up, reached out, pushed Frank’s hand away, replaced it with his own, and pulled Briar inside the counter. “No more classes this afternoon?”

Briar nodded. “Yeah, just a couple of hours in the lab later for some small experiments.”

Ashton had eyes only for her. “When will that end? My shift here goes till 7 pm.”

Briar chuckled at how seriously he talked about his “job” as a library administrator. “You’re serious about this, Mr. Wade?”

Ashton gave her the chair he’d been sitting in and remained standing, not at all concerned that the company inbox of Wade Group was still open on the computer screen. “Of course. I really like this job.”

side. “Alright. Whatever makes

but the one who would get a headache

been

Wade, your smoothie’s here,” Brandon finally squeezed in through the crowd and

inserted it, and handed it to Briar. “80% sugar, just the way

took it without hesitation

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Chapter 123

The gasps from the surrounding

rumors were true! He really is different from Briar, willing to

friend for the first time. The infamous cold and arrogant Action, acting like a soft, eager puppy. It

girl. There was no

crowd dispersed, and the area

Hamish. Frank whispered, “Hamish, what were

and nodded toward Ashton. “You think

immediately got the point and made an OK

away. “Scram!

laughing. None of them

terminal and handed it to Briar. “You can look up

library admin, he had top–level access. She could search

a real purpose, so she put down her

completely.

enough, she was completely absorbed in her work,

Ashton aside. “Ashton, something’s

Ashton asked, “What’s up?”

“Did you seriously take this girl in

slipped one hand into his pocket and shot Hamish a cool, lazy smirk. “Isn’t it obvious? Or do you think she’s not

what you mean, man. Quit with the