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.”

not taking a side. “Alright. Whatever makes you

her mind, this bigshot wants to play librarian, but the one who would

good library had been

in through the crowd and handed over

took it, unwrapped the straw, inserted it, and handed it to Briar. “80% sugar, just

without hesitation

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interaction stunned everyone. The gasps from the

easygoing? Guess all those rumors were true! He really is

been dragged in as backup, was seeing this side of his friend for the first

and heart were all on this girl. There was

great effort, the crowd dispersed, and the area around the

Hamish. Frank whispered, “Hamish, what were you

sighed and nodded toward Ashton. “You think I came

immediately got the point and made an

them all away. “Scram! Go study and

off laughing. None of them

library’s terminal and handed it to Briar. “You can look up anything you need here. I have full access to digital

he had top–level access. She could search

so she put down her smoothies, dragged over the chair, and dove into research mode,

completely.

absorbed in

Ashton aside. “Ashton, something’s

Ashton asked, “What’s up?”

Hamish whispered, suspicious, “Did you seriously take this girl

a cool, lazy smirk. “Isn’t it obvious? Or do you think she’s not good

rolled his eyes. “Just say what you mean,