Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 165

Hamish and Reece exchanged a look, both of them visibly uneasy. After all these years of friendship, no one knew each other’s temperaments batter than they did.

Right now, Ashton’s expression was dark, and he was clearly furious.

However, with Briar still present, he was forcing himself to keep his anger in check. Hamish and Reece both knew the more Ashton bottled it up, the scarier it would be when he finally exploded.

Just as Hamish and Reece were debating whether to step in, Briar reached out and gently patted Ashton’s hand. Her eyes curved into a lazy, charming smile as she comforted, “Ashton, don’t be mad.”

Ashton’s icy demeanor melted away instantly, and he replied, “Alright, I’m not mad anymore.”

Hamish and Reece were left speechless as they collectively wondered, ‘Wait, what? He’s not mad anymore? Just like that?

‘Isn’t it a little too easy to calm Ashton down?‘

Even though Ashton wasn’t upset anymore, it didn’t mean they could overlook the issue. After he had peeled a whole bowl of shrimp for Briar and placed it in front of her, he removed his disposable gloves and turned to Hamish and Reece. He stated, “Now that we understand what happened, we’ll handle it properly. We always make sure things are fair, and there will be no favoritism.”

Hamish, who was sipping his soup, nearly choked and began coughing.

He wondered, ‘Fair and square?

‘With no favoritism?

‘Who is he talking about? Is he referring to us?‘

As they were in front of Briar, Reece had to fight back a laugh. He cleared his throat and replied, “Yeah, that’s right. We’re huge fans of maintaining peace.”

“Since we’re all preserving peace now, what’s the plan?” Hamish asked with a hint of doubt. ‘We’re not seriously just going to have a friendly chat with the Jennings family and call it a day, right?‘ he thought.

Ashton ignored Hamish and switched topics, “I heard Archie just opened a fancy new club.”

Hamish got the hint right away and replied, “Yeah, he did. How about we swing by later and have some fun?”

Ashton looked at Briar and asked, “Do you want to go? We could play a few games of pool.”

course, there was way more than just the pool at the club, but with how pure Briar was, the

hesitantly, “I’ve never tried it. I don’t know

didn’t surprise him one bit

in

be coming by later to hang out, and

m for them.

to show their support, but he immediately agreed and promised to save the very best room for

not one of them noticed the flash of killing intent in

meal.

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who hired the hitman. It also revealed the one who feally orchested things the person who told Beatrice about hiring a killer on the

be friends

the end, she was used as a tool, a target, without even

finishing their meal, the four of them drove to

on being at the club tonight, but after getting Reece’s call, he

the others pulled into the club’s parking lot, they saw Archie stepping out of his car with Leyla and Beatrice following close

saw her. ‘Well, talk about perfect timing,

brain for an excuse to deal with Archie, and Leyla had practically delivered herself right to her

trailing after Leyla and glaring at her like she was some mortal enemy. Briar just scoffed inwardly, ‘Please. You’re not

66 thousand dollar job, there’s no way she was going to bother getting

spotted the group and he strode over with a big grin, greeting everyone one by one. “Mr.

time and effort there, while this club was more of a hobby for him. It was an enjoyable project that allowed him to establish his presence and

may work together in the future. He was smooth enough even to make sure Briar, who was standing beside Ashton,

on his usual easygoing grin, “Archie, there’s no need to be so formal. We’re just here to relax

of course! It’s way too rowdy outside at this hour. Please, come on in. I’ve already had the best private room prepared for you. I’ll make sure you all have a

led them

spared Leyla and Beatrice, who were tagging along, a glance, Archie wasn’t about to awkwardly

look, telling her to take her friend and have fun on their

allow members to enter, but Reece had enough influence that the staff quickly created membership cards for both him and Hamish. On