Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 184

Briar nodded. “Yes.“.

Ashton frowned. “Is this person you’re afraid of in Shoneport?”

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“Ashton, please stop asking,” Briar said, both amused and exasperated. ‘Is he always this obvious when he’s trying to get information out of me?‘ she thought.

Ashton sighed. “Fine, I won’t ask again. But promise me–if you’re ever in danger you can’t handle, you’ll tell me.” Since Briar stayed quiet, he didn’t press further. ‘If I can’t ask her, I’ll just investigate myself,‘ he thought. Her records in Qathana were wiped, but if he were determined, he’d find something.

“I promise that if I’m ever in danger, I’ll come to you for help immediately,” Briar said earnestly. Yet, if that day were to come, she was sure she would keep as far away from Ashton as possible.

Ashton looked at Briar for a long while before reaching out his hand. “Let’s go. Hamish and the others are still waiting for us.”

Briar took his hand. “Okay.”

As they arrived at the club entrance, Hamish and the others were waiting in the car, while police cars flashed their lights incessantly. Hamish approached, glanced at Briar, then grinned at Ashton. “Hey Ashton, everything alright? You didn’t give Briar a hard time, did you?”

Ashton was at a loss for words. After handing them over to the police, the group got in their car and drove away.

Back at Moonspring Estate, Briar leaned against the car door and looked at Ashton. With a playful smile, she said, “Ashton, how about I tuck you in and help you get a good night’s sleep?”

Ashton raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised. “Alright, I’ll stay over tonight and wait for you.” With that, Briar happily headed inside.

Connor asked, “Mr. Wade, what about Xavion?” Earlier, Ashton had sent Xavion a message indicating that he had something for him to look into later, Connor guessed it was likely concerning Briar. ‘But if Mr. Wade is staying here, he can’t just let Miss Jennings find out about it so openly, can he?‘ Connor thought.

Ashton rubbed his forehead. “Connor, let/ Xavion know to hold off on checking into Briar for now. She’s probably already noticed something.” He’d underestimated entirely how clever Briar was. After witnessing her insane shooting skills, it was hard to believe he’d ever thought she was just some ordinary girl.

‘She probably offered to tuck me in just now just to stall me,‘ he thought.

are we still going to look into Miss Jennings?” Connor asked, surprised.

out, but since it’s not a good

else to handle

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want to get someone from the Hacker

us?”

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the tracking capabilities of the Hacker Alliance are among the best in the world. While our Dark Net primarily focuses on identifying dark organizations, the Hacker Alliance accepts any assignment. They often gather information about individuals even

of the Hacker Alliance.

a bit. How much

fast, but their fees were steep. Briar’s name had already shown up there once, and Ashton had paid a hefty

name their price,” Ashton said, radiating the confidence of someone to

help but twitch his mouth. “Alright.” He thought, ‘Man, he’s begging the Hacker Alliance

off. ‘

it. You can head back; there’s no need for you to keep watch here,” Ashton said, opening the car door

next door to tuck Ashton in when her phone rang with the special ringtone designated for

confused. “Bree, we just received a client order

you.”

Briar asked, “Clarify what?”

placed a premium order with us at the Hacker Alliance,” George said, sounding somewhat perplexed. “He wants

was speechless

Hacker Alliance’s motto–whoever pays is the boss–we never refuse a job if the money

you even hear what you’re saying right now?‘ she thought. ‘So I’m supposed to take

cleared his throat slightly. “You know, you erased your records, so it’s not our place to get involved. Since it’s

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