Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 148

Chapter 148

Half an hour later, Briar still appeared in the dining room, dragging her feet. Frank greeted her enthusiastically, “Briar, over here, come sit

Briar completely ignored Ashton, who was watching her eagerly, and walked straight past him to sit beside Frank. She said nothing and silently ate her

breakfast.

At Shoneport University, Frank had long grown used to Briar’s cold and quiet demeanor. He didn’t find it strange at all and happily whispered to her as they ate.

However, Connor, who had spent years in the complex and dangerous border areas, immediately noticed that Briar was intentionally giving someone the cold shoulder. His gaze turned to Ashton, and he mouthed, “Mr. Wade, she’s mad.”

Ashton mouthed back, “I know.”

Connor continued, “Want me to drag Frank away?”

Ashton shook his head to decline. If Connor forcibly dragged Frank away, Briar might clam up even more.

Lacking experience in relationships, Ashton rubbed his temples in frustration and mentally asked, ‘How do I coax an angry girlfriend?”

After breakfast, Briar refused Ashton’s offer to drive her to school and instead walked to Shoneport University with Frank.

Watching the girl with the backpack walking away without even looking back, Ashton looked utterly helpless. He turned to Connor with sincerity. “How do you usually coax Frank when he’s mad?”

Connor raised an eyebrow. “Mr. Wade, my way of coaxing might not work for you…”

Ashton looked puzzled. “Why not?”

Connor cleared his throat and replied plainly, “Frank is tough and can take a lot of… rough handling.”

That made Ashton cough awkwardly. “Yeah, that method definitely doesn’t work for me.”

Briar was soft and delicate. She couldn’t handle that kind of roughness.

bear to see her cry. Now that

shrugged, clearly unable to help

together, many students at the gate saw them. They rushed to snap photos. The school forum immediately made Frank and Briar’s joint appearance the top headline

jealous, envious, or secretly bitter. But Briar, who had been invited by retired Shoneport University professor Wyatt to his lab, was completely

peering over his reading glasses. When he

and greeted politely, “Hello,

holed up in the lab recently and only got a chance to check his phone yesterday.

“So that’s what happened.” That explained why, as soon as she arrived at the research building, someone

if you’d be interested in joining my lab.

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beamed with kindness as he looked at Briar. “Of course, I know you already have a mentor. What I mean is, if you’re interested, you can still join my lab and

mentor doesn’t allow me to take on another. But if there’s an

medicine labs at Shoneport University, one led by Joshua in the main medical research building, and

Before the end of the year, I’ll be assembling a core research

Frank stood awkwardly on the

to let Briar leave,

Dutton, I came

laughed awkwardly. “Oh,

medicine, he’d forget everyone and everything

few days, I’ll have Briar officially report to

“Alright. I’ll add her to the list of lab members

then led Briar

“Mr. Swift, this big research project of Mr. Dutton’s… with all the confidentiality and national–level experimentation, isn’t it risky to let someone as young as

in the real world, especially when national–level projects were involved. If things went wrong, having research stolen was the least

“You think Mr. Dutton is some useless old man? When has anyone in his lab ever caused that kind

worried Briar might get bullied.

Briar nearly tripped and fell. She quickly clarified, “I’m actually

didn’t know how Frank got the impression that she was