Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 154

When Frank said that, no matter how you listened, it just sounded off. And when he got to the part about “taking her out,” his eyes were practically twinkling.

It was obvious he was dead serious and sincere about it. It was clear that he hated Emily.

Briar knew Frank wasn’t the type to be violent or aggressive, and she asked curiously, “What’s the deal? Do you not like her?”

Frank pouted, his face full of open dislike for Emily, “Who would ever like her? Among everyone in the Wade family, Justin’s family is just the worst. Seriously, every time I go back to the Wade Mansion, it’s always them who pick on me the most.

“Briar, you have no idea how rough my childhood was. All the misery I went through was thanks to Justin’s family. And don’t even get me “farted on Emily–every time she played tricks on me, she’d always end up luring me into the doghouse…”

Even though Frank sounded genuinely miserable, Briar almost burst out laughing as she thought, ‘Tricked into the doghouse? Is he serious?

‘Getting tricked into the doghouse once is bad enough, but every single time? That’s impressive!’

Frank grew increasingly upset as he spoke. He buried his face in Connor’s chest and sobbed, “There were a few times when she’d lock me in doghouse and just forget about me. I had to spend the whole night in there all alone. One time, it even started pouring rain in the middle of th and I cried and screamed, but nobody heard me…”

Connor gently patted Frank’s head and comforted, “There, there. You don’t be scared. Didn’t I come looking for you and get you out in the end?”

After that incident, Frank became especially attached to Connor. As long as Connor was around, Frank would cling to him like a little koala, following him everywhere he went.

After hearing Frank’s tragic tale, Briar barely managed to hold back her laughter and gave his shoulder a sympathetic pat.

“Even though you’re aware that Justin and his family are trouble, you still keep getting caught up in their schemes? That shows some impressive ability,” Briar thought.

“So, you want me to take out Emily? With these harmless hands of mine?” Briar teased as she held up her soft, delicate hands in front of Frank and wiggled her fingers.

Frank fell silent.

Ashton pulled Briar over to sit next to him and said, “Alright, let’s get down to business.”

‘These two were gentle and kind–hearted. If anyone thought they could do something sneaky or unfair, the troublemakers would have already made a

run for it,’ he inwardly sighed.

wanted to get back at Emily and her family. The group huddled together,

left hanging on the sidelines, utterly

I wouldn’t have handed over those pills so

Briar

at all. He comforted, “Briar, don’t be

Briar say to that? She ended up hanging out with Frank, snacking, and goofing around. Even if she wasn’t part of Ashton’s scheming, she still caught

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spread the word, no

sideways at Briar, who was playing with Frank. His half–lidded eyes held a lazy gentleness as he agreed, “Fine, If they can behave for once,

It was clear that Ashton had no intention of letting

and her family had always pushed their luck and never

to strike at Ashton, with the way those people are,

came to being cunning and calculating, no one could hold

I’ll spread the word and see how Emily reacts,” Reece said as he pulled out

make sure the informant doesn’t get exposed,” Hamish reminded him as he took a couple of sips from

gesture, then got up and

much wrapped up, Ashton, who was still lost

out of it and looked down to see that

smile, “Would you like

hint of sadness and loneliness in Ashton’s expression and wanted to distract him, worried he might be feeling down. But Ashton misunderstood her intentions, thinking she wanted to eat an orange but didn’t want to peel

peel the orange for Briar, moving with a slow, unhurried

Ashton had peeled the orange and, with thoughtful care, separated it into neat segments before placing them

gaze to the orange in her palm. For some

he saw Briar staring at the orange

bite.

nodded and slowly ate the orange, one segment at a

heads–up. Now that all the serious talk was over, it was