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Or perhaps the mastermind who sent them never intended for them to make it back alive.

After dealing with the two nuisances, Ashton drove on to meet up with Connor and the others.

After learning the news yesterday, Connor flew overnight to Qathana, along with Brandon and Jan.

As their car pulled up safely, several people gathered around.

“Mr. Wade,”

“Briar.”

lan asked with concern, “Did you run into any trouble on the way here?”

“We did,” Briar replied. “We gave them two small gourds.”

Furious, lan rolled up his sleeves. “The nerve of them! They actually dared to ambush us!”

“Calm down. We already blew them to pieces,” Briar said while patting Ian’s tense arm, but Ashton grabbed her hand.

Ashton said with a smile, “Babe, men and women shouldn’t be so familiar. Besides, you’re a married woman now.”

Briar was speechless.

Ashton was not concerned about the social norms between men and women; his real point was clearly in the

last sentence.

He said it deliberately to get Ian’s and the others‘ attention.

Sure enough, Ian heard him and asked curiously, “Ashton, what’s going on? You two…”

Ashton took Briar’s hand, their fingers intertwining tightly. Then, he held them up for everyone to see. “We got our marriage license. We are a legally married couple. From today on, Briar is officially my wife.”

The others were stunned.

their shock, the three of them asked in

and shocked reactions greatly delighted Ashton. “Just an hour ago, on our way here, we passed by Nittel Cathedral and got our

“Ashton… you… you guys can just get a marriage license on

saw the same “Oh, this

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birds of a feather flock together. Ashton never played by the rules, and

Connor reacted quickly,

waved a hand, telling them there was no need

successfully rendezvoused. The next step was

hiding in a place called Miluoze, an area surrounded by

a military–grade system, they

the winding mountain road, while Ashton, Briar, and Ian flanked from the rear to prevent Ben

was responsible for intercepting any private planes

a mercenary instructor was exposed, there was no need to hide her skills from Ashton. It was time to show him what she could

sat in the back seat, listening to Briar reveal that Ashton and his men had leaked her instructor alias. He

I had known Ashton would be so accepting of Briar’s alias, I wouldn’t have gone to all that trouble coming back to Dasmieca,” Ian

effort he had put into separating his identity from Briar’s just to return home and reunite with his

you really think your

supposed to be off–limits to all underworld forces? If he knew, how could someone with my background get off the plane safely with Ashton’s

just smiled and

He replied without looking up, “Your information was indeed well hidden, but not impossible

why didn’t your men ‘take

simply, “Briar

close. They discovered lan’s

of Ellen, and since Ashton was pursuing her at the time,

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