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.

still going to look into Miss Jennings?” Connor asked, surprised. ‘She

have to check her out, but since it’s not a

to

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caught on. “Mr. Wade, you want to get someone from the Hacker Alliance to

us?”

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world. While our Dark Net primarily focuses on identifying dark organizations, the Hacker Alliance accepts any assignment. They often gather information about individuals even faster than we can,” Ashton explained.

of the Hacker Alliance.

a bit. How much are you

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

them name their price,” Ashton

He thought, ‘Man, he’s begging the Hacker Alliance to

off. ‘

to keep watch here,” Ashton

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

as confused. “Bree, we just received

you.”

Briar asked, “Clarify what?”

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

was speechless and

and the Hacker Alliance’s motto–whoever pays is the boss–we never refuse a job if the money is right. However, we discussed it and thought, should

she thought. ‘So I’m supposed to

cleared his throat slightly. “You know, you erased your records, so it’s not our place to get involved. Since it’s your guy who’s trying to dig for information, why not just give him a hint or two? After all, he

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