Chapter 222

Chapter 222

Ashton finally realized that Bilar was teasing him on purpose, to mess with him.

But what could he do?

Honestly, he was a sucker for her bad girl vibe.

So Ashton pulled Briar into his arms, holding her close as he chuckled low. “Alright, I won’t stop you, okay? Whoever you want to kill, however your items to do it, go for it. You do the killing, and I’ll keep watch for you. How about it?”

Briar broke into a bright grin. “Alright, you said it yourself, so next time, don’t go dragging everyone in the city to hunt me down and stopn

She was talking about that last time she and lan kidnapped Emily and Sawyer.

“Yeah, I promise,” Ashton replied lazily, his handsome features finally relaxing. “I’ll do whatever you say.”

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Honestly, Ashton didn’t dare stop her this time either. The Garzas had gone way too far. Rosalia wasn’t some scientist or technical genius, so even if they took her brain, it wouldn’t be worth much for research.

But the Garzas still kept her brain. ‘What were they planning to do with it?! Ashton wondered.

Back at the lab, Ashton had been careful not to say too much, worried that even one wrong word might set Briar off. He hadn’t gone into details with Reece and Hamish, but they all knew that the Garzas’ real goal was to use that brain to control Briar.

Briar had spent years digging into the truth behind Rosalia’s death. ‘As one of the masterminds back then,’ Ashton thought, ‘the Garzas, or more specifically, their head, Geoff, knew she was on their trail.

‘Moving the lab to Bersy Island might have been one way to evade Briar’s investigation.’

else was

affectionate. “Now that’s

to Ashton’s lips, then nuzzled him with her

waist up to trace her spine, his

let out a soft whimper.

one arm and carrying her toward the small room. “It’s still early. Let me

“Seriously,

works for me.

room slammed shut right

Brandon were utterly

eight in the morning, the private jet

his team. When he saw Briar, hand in hand with Ashton, he stepped forward, a rare smile breaking out on his usually stern face. “Mr.

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the plane, firar was practically buzzing with sunuption Morton foured her

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in the car first, then turned to his two friends behind fum “Brise and need you guys to keep an

Ashton said after a pause,

him off. “Don’t worry about it. Just focus on keeping

He’s going to be seriously busy. Like, completely swamped! Briar is in, if she has a knife

the door. Morton hit the

He’d be running around with Reece and Hamish for the next

lazily spinning a sharp scalpel between her fingers. She lowered her gaze, her

a spark to

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