Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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

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“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.

hand as she gazed out at the endless sea, lost in thought, perhaps, but the telltale smirk and lethal glint in her eyes left Ashton, Reece,

pulled Ashton aside and whispered, “Ashton, Briar’s alone

keep a close eye on her. Don’t let her sneak

slips away this time, it won’t be as

chill hidden in Briar’s eyes. Luckily, they were still overseas, and the Garzas

an eye on her,”

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

enough, when they 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

Ashton asked

came over, shot a glance at Briar’s blank face, and finally said, “Morton just told me that a bunch of foreign mercenaries suddenly showed up on the flight lists to Dasmieca. He already checked

‘Those mercenaries are moving fast. Looks like the 30 million dollar

a flash of feigned innocence flickering in those wild, fearless eyes of hers. “Ashton, do your people keep tabs on

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

expression making it

believed it. She just nodded, headed straight

glanced at Ashton, who was still talking to Brandon. Reece leaned in and whispered to Hamish with

Briar this time, I doubt he’ll be able to coax her back. I heard those ‘chasing after your ex’ stories can get

“You looking

“Of course! I can’t

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

them snickered and followed Briar into the

Ashton was speechless.

the private jet back to Dasmieca, Reece and Hamish finally got their wish. They got to watch Ashton start his “ex-chasing” routine, doing his best

“Briar, want some cherries? I had them flown in from abroad