Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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Briar couldn’t hold it in any longer and burst out laughing. Seeing Ashton’s resentful and hurt expression, she coughed twice to compose herself. “Uncle, Ashton wouldn’t do that. He has plenty of money.”

Larry thought about it and realized it was true. Although Ashton was only 26, his net worth had already soared into the billions, and he had even topped the list of the world’s youngest billionaires.

Ever since he and Ruben learned that Briar was dating an older man, they immediately had someone run a background check on Ashton overnight.

Only after thoroughly investigating Ashton several times and confirming he had no other undesirable qualities did they reluctantly agree to his relationship with Briar.

It wasn’t that they were overreacting. The pain from their sister’s cautionary tale was immense and had not yet healed.

Moreover, Briar was their sister’s only child. As her family, they could let her be willful in other matters. Although the Grant family had withdrawn from Dasmieca’s circle of the wealthy elite, they were still rich enough to afford her a life of freedom.

However, when it came to Briar’s choice of a partner, they were extremely strict and wouldn’t allow her to be reckless. This was why Briar, a sucker for good looks, had never had any dating experience in her eighteen years in Qathana, a country known for its attractive men and women.

Her family kept a close watch on her.

“Then why did you run off to the border? It’s so dangerous there. What if you run into bad people?” Larry nagged.

Larry was overjoyed to finally receive a casual call from his niece, completely forgetting that whenever Briar bypassed Ruben to call him first, it always meant she had some ulterior motive.

Briar said, “Don’t worry. Ashton is with me. He has business interests here, so we’re very safe.”

Briar looked at Ashton, whose brows were tightly knitted, and put in a good word for him with a smile. “And Ashton said he wants to fly to Qathana tomorrow and come home with me to visit you and Ruben…”

On the other end of the line, Larry immediately caught the hidden meaning in Briar’s words. He interrupted her, “Wait, you two? Tomorrow? Flying to Qathana? To see us?”

Briar said, “Uh, yeah.”

Ashton sat up straight, his expression tense. No matter how powerful a magnate he was, he was still nervous about meeting his girlfriend’s family.

“Ashton is coming to meet us? Is he planning to propose to you?” Larry was not as naive as Briar. When a man made such a request, it was a clear sign that he was ready to make a commitment and propose.

as he

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tightening. “Yeah… He seems

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to propose. He was already thinking about tricking her into

license.

Larry would surely chew Ashton out over

a few seconds on the other end of the line. Then, in a serious tone, he

“Okay. See you tomorrow

“See you tomorrow night.”

who was relaxed and leaning against the nightstand. “Happy

to sit

but Ruben is hard to fool. You’re walking into

knew. “Don’t worry. I’ve already prepared gifts for your two uncles. Tomorrow, I’ll go to the party with the utmost sincerity and make sure they feel confident entrusting

Briar asked curiously. “I haven’t seen

they were apart for

Briar’s eyes, Ashton simply smiled without a word, pulling her into his arms and whispering to

*****

was taking Briar to Qathana for the Grant family party,

them–it was Brandon.

for a private jet and contacted his

a dozen bodyguards to accompany them and had someone buy many local specialties from the border region

were weapons and mercenaries. Of course, they

which had been piled high with gift boxes in less than an hour, Ashton said, “We can take all of these, but we don’t need so many bodyguards. Just a few to

fine.”

“Mr. Wade, we should take all the bodyguards.

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