Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 248

The four of them sat on the sofa in the living. Briar and Ashton sat on the left, while Jabari and Jasmin sat on the right, creating an atmosphere of confrontation.

Ashton sat there with his arms crossed. He did not even have to speak; the blank stare he gave the two of them was unsettling enough.

His

presence was just too intense.

Jabari and Jasmin did not dare to look up under Ashton’s stare and kept shrinking back into the sofa.

Briar gave Ashton a subtle nudge, signaling him to stop scaring them. Any more and Jasmin would start crying.

Ashton finally looked away.

Briar quickly asked, “Jabari, is there a reason you two are sneaking around my doorstep this early to ambush me?”

As she spoke, she frantically shot glances at Jabari, who was looking up at her, warning him not to misspeak.

Although Ashton had thoroughly scared him, Jabari still knew what to say and what not to.

Seeing Briar’s nervous expression, he gave her a reassuring smile. “Oh, it is like this. We have not had much to do these few days and just wanted to travel around. My wife heard you were back in Qathana, so we came to hang out with you…”

“Come up with another excuse. This one isn’t convincing.” Before Jabari could finish, Ashton cut him off coldly.

The others were speechless.

Indeed, such a meaningless excuse might fool an ordinary person, but it was hard to convince Ashton.

Jasmin looked to Briar for help. “Briar, we really came to find you…”

was true they were looking for her, but they could not reveal their intentions

Ashton’s arm. “Ashton, stop scaring them. They

you. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be conscious enough to be

a little guilty, as she could

pretending. “Briar,” he said, “the intel you sold our base last time was extremely helpful. We came to buy more information from

at Jabari, his

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an eyebrow. “Alright, you want to buy intel? As it happens, I have exactly what

the secret laboratory and Ben, who was backing it; the DDC Vanguard was

mysteriously. The investigation eventually revealed they had been taken to

frowned. “You’re investigating the secret laboratory,

silent sigh. “The man’s

our DDC Vanguard Base have gone missing. So far, our investigation only indicates they were likely taken to the secret laboratory. And, as you know, Briar has been

identity as the elite instructor for

and overprotective Louie would

but we lost touch after I

quickly. “Exactly. Our people spotted fan in Qathana, so the base sent the two of us to contact Briar secretly.

here to discuss a collaboration with Briar, go ahead. I’ll leave you to

Ashton left without a fuss. After a moment, he asked, “Briar, is your man really

“What do you think? He didn’t believe a word

sake.”

could Ashton possibly be that gullible?‘ she

and sat next to Briar. “When we leave, is he going to brutally interrogate you? I’ve heard the methods used

go as far as brutally interrogating me. He’ll

said apologetically. “We were careless this time and didn’t think it through.