Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 145

Briar shook her head. “It’s okay. It sounds dangerous, but I’m not scared. Actually, I’m pretty brave.”

Ashton chuckled. “As long as you’re not scared. I’ll take you to see some other businesses later. You can pick the ones you like. Then I’ll gift them to your two uncles from the Grant family.”

Briar was surprised. “Gift them to my uncles?”

Ashton nodded. “Yes, to them. I want to steal away their beloved niece, so I have to show some sincerity.”

Briar frowned. It sounded like Ashton already had their wedding all planned out,

“That’s not necessary, okay? My uncles are all in legitimate businesses…” Briar struggled to get the words out after a long pause.

Now it was Ashton’s turn to choke. “Briar, aside from tonight’s shady business, I also have plenty of legitimate ones.”

Briar covered her mouth, stifling a laugh. “I know, but really, it’s not needed. No matter how many businesses you bribe them with, once they find out you’re trying to take me away, they’ll still be mad.”

In her uncles‘ eyes, no one could ever take her away.

Ashton kept quiet.

His expressions were too rich, which amused Briar even more.

By the time their car pulled into Ashton’s villa courtyard, Briar still hadn’t stopped laughing.

“Briar, stop laughing. We’re home now.” Ashton turned off the engine and looked at the girl, still giggling with crinkled eyes in her seat.

Briar barely composed herself and forced back her laughter. “Okay. I’m done laughing.”

But even though she said that, the curve of her lips just wouldn’t go down. It was harder to control than the AK recoil in her favorite game.

stared at the smile she couldn’t hide. Then, under her startled and flustered gaze,

lips.

Ashton had effectively stopped

widened. Instinctively, she tried to push him away, but he was faster. He grabbed both

gripping too tightly or she was struggling the wrong way, her hands were trapped. She was unable

Briar could only hear her own wildly beating heart. Ashton’s tall, burning

was a strange sensation. Their bodies were pressed so close there wasn’t even a sliver of space. Briar could feel that Ashton’s heart

hers.

noses would brush because of his clumsy but fiery

the air inside her was being drained at an indescribable

a helpless little whimper,

weight on her body lifted slightly,

she exhaled through her parted lips was hot, shy,

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Chapter 145

completely confused about how things escalated. She had

laugh somehow resulted in her being pinned down and kissed senseless

this was her first time being kissed like that. She

embarrassingly flushed cheek, eyes lingering on her brows, her eyes,

to cover her mouth and weakly surrendered. “I’m not laughing anymore. Just don’t kiss me

Getting kissed until she fainted. If word got out, her reputation as a

steamy, ambiguous car. He gently pulled her hand down and coaxed, “Okay. I won’t kiss you again tonight.

Briar would’ve immediately caught the meaning behind

would be null and void. There were only minutes

to mush by that sudden and intense kiss. She just

around to the passenger side,

reached out to tuck the hair beside her cheeks behind her ears and gently asked, “Briar, I’m afraid I won’t