Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 162

Early the next morning, lan showed up at Ashton’s place with sincerity and good intentions. Ashton, being the easygoing guy he was, didn’t make a loss and invited lan right in.

Briar was out for her morning run when she spotted Connor hanging from a pull–up bar in the yard. She called out, “Ashton’s not giving lan a hard me, is he?”

Connor glanced inside at the two men chatting and shook his head. He shared, “Nah, Ashton’s smiling like everything’s cool.”

Briar nodded, her mind already racing with thoughts.

Briar knew Ashton was a deep one, and she could read him well enough. He’d been on guard with lan just last night, and there was no way a man like him would flip his attitude so quickly.

‘He must be plotting something,‘ Briar thought as she kept running.

Briar had classes that morning. By the time she returned from her run, lan had already left. Seeing Briar finish her run, Ashton started going through

some sparring drills with Connor in the yard to loosen up.

Ashton moved with the kind of skill one would expect from a master. His style was rooted in traditional martial arts, every move sharp and dangerous, yet there was a fluid grace to it all. It was the first time Briar had seen him in action, and it blew her away.

Every time she discovered another strength of his, Briar found herself even more impressed.

Ashton was sparring with Connor, but he still found time to call out to Briar, “Briar, breakfast’s ready. Go freshen up, then come eat. I’ll give you a ride to

school in a bit.”

Briar snapped out of her daze and nodded, “Okay, I’ll be right there.”

Once Briar was inside, Connor stopped sparring and grinned. “Ashton, you were just showing off like a peacock trying to impress a mate.”

Ashton raised an eyebrow. He had caught the look of awe in Briar’s eyes, and smiled in amusement, “It was pretty effective, wasn’t it?”

Connor just shrugged.

Ashton sent Briar the details of their dinner reservation. “It’s at Kajuntan Seafood Restaurant, I’ve booked the luxury private room on the third floor. I already called the manager this morning and had your favorite seafood

in response,

cleared out before they even got close, Just as

arched an eyebrow and asked, “Yeah, what about

serious voice, “Long–distance running drains your energy. You should build up your

grin, playing along and not exposing

the car was so thick with jealousy and sweetness that Briar couldn’t

Briar disappeared into the campus, then told Connor, “Let’s go to the

it,” Connor replied, and

Chapter 162

Ashton’s dye

they pulled out their phread and chalet number. The man reported, “Mr. Garza, I got what you wanted.

Mr. Garza said made the guy bow and grin even wider. He replied, “Alright, I’ll sort

the black sedan eased away from the school gate. Anyone sharp enough would’ve noticed the car dodged every street camars, slipping away

plans for lunch that day. Just before eleven, she checked in with Joshua and slipped out of

He waved at Briar with his cigarette hand, then casually flicked the butt

“This isn’t even your kind of

but he had a thing for flashy sports cars. Back in Qathana, Briar even had a limited–edition supercar he gave her, painted in an obnoxiously bright green that screamed for

his pearly whites, explaining, “My

he’s definitely got a sister

nodded and hopped into the

the GPS and said, “I’m treating you to lunch, and you pick a seafood

“Ashton picked the place. All the seafood was flown

grinning. “If Ashton’s handling it, I know I’m in good

always the best of the best. This meal’s gotta

manager personally came out to greet them and led them to a private room on the third floor. Once they were seated, the manager asked politely,

response, “All right, you can start

please wait just a moment,” the manager replied before stepping out. In less than ten minutes, plate after plate of seafood was brought in, filling the entire table.