Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 223

Chapter 221

‘So, does that mean he’s not going to ask me any more questions for now?’ Briar wondered.

Her eyes flickered, and she instinctively leaned closer to Ashton, wondering, ‘Is this him agreeing to have a proper talk?’

Reece and Hamish couldn’t help but feel amused by Briar’s subtle moves. ‘So she has other identities after all?’ they thought. ‘How old is this girl anyway? Just eighteen, right? Does she even sleep, or does she spend all her time picking up new skills?”

Maybe Hamish’s gaze was too intense. Briar turned to him. “Hamish? Why are you looking at me like that?”

The expression on Briar’s face when she saw the jar with her mother’s brain inside was terrifying. Now, to distract her, Hamish, picking up on Ashton’s subtle hint, shrugged. “I’m just wondering how many more surprises you’re going to pull out of that little frame of yours.”

Briar just smited and said nothing.

“Everything’s sorted. Let’s head back,” Ashton said. The storm at sea had finally passed. He took a copied file from one of the black-clad bodyguards and handed it straight to Briar.

Briar put the file into her backpack and zipped it

shu

“Yeah, time to head back,’ Briar thought. ‘Once we’re back, I can way they’re getting away.”

let’s go.”

finally deal with the Garzas. With a 30 million dollar bounty on their heads, there’s no

They left a small team behind to guard the island, while the rest of the black-clad bodyguards followed onto the yacht.

The tension was suffocating, and none of the bodyguards dared to

say

a word.

out at the endless sea, lost in thought, perhaps, but the telltale smirk and lethal

aside and whispered, “Ashton, Briar’s

You need to keep a close eye on her. Don’t let her

this time, it won’t be as simple as

Briar’s eyes. Luckily, they were still overseas, and the Garzas weren’t nearby. Otherwise, he honestly wasn’t sure he could hold Briar back if she lost control of her

I’ll keep an

calm. But to Ashton, Reece, and Hamish, it felt like the eye of the storm, leaving them unsettled

reached the shore and saw Brandon running around like a headless chicken, Ashton’s sense of unease only got worse. He grabbed Briar’s wrist and led her off the yacht, his grip firm enough that

Ashton

and finally said, “Morton just told me that a bunch of foreign mercenaries suddenly showed

fast. Looks like the 30 million dollar bounty has even drawn out the ones who usually keep their heads

innocence flickering in those wild, fearless eyes of hers.

Chapter 221

was seriously thinking it over, then replied, “Usually, we only check now and then. But after sen left

his dead-serious expression making

know if Briar had believed it. She just nodded, headed straight

leaned in and whispered

Ashton can’t smooth things over for Briar this time, I doubt he’ll be able to coax her back. I heard

looking forward to

again. “Of course! I can’t wait

Ashton, totally at the mercy of his 18-year-old girlfriend, having to grovel, sweet-talk, and apologize just to win her back… Honestly, who wouldn’t want to see that?’ Hamish

of them snickered and followed

Ashton was speechless.

wish. They got to watch Ashton start his “ex-chasing” routine, doing his best to coax his

cherries? I had them flown in from

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