Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 276

Briar reached out and gently rubbed his shoulder, her eyes full of concern.

But her words still carried a stubborn edge, a blend of complaint and coquetry as she murmured, “How are you so easy to knock down?”

Briar knew Ashton was just pretending to be pathetic to get her sympathy.

Ashton seized the opportunity to wrap his arm around Briar’s waist, murmuring pitifully, “It’s not that I’m easy to knock down–it’s that my wife’s fighting skills are too powerful.”

“Watch your persona–it’s about to collapse.” Briar withdrew her hand. “I’m hungry. Is there anything to eat at home?”

“Of course. I had the housekeeper prepare dinner in advance. Come on, let me carry you downstairs to eat.” As he spoke, Ashton tightened his hold on her waist, swept Briar into his arms, and headed for the door.

“Persona? What’s that?

“Can I eat it?

“Can it make my wife happy?” Asthon asked rhetorically.

Briar threw her arms around Ashton’s neck, her face pale with fright. “Wait, don’t go out yet… You’re not dressed.”

Ashton gave a smug, nonchalant laugh. “What are you afraid of? No one else is home. Besides, these are masculine assets that my wife loves to see, and I should show them off when necessary.”

But internally: Holy shit! Holy fucking shit! How did I forget to get dressed?

He was so focused on coaxing his wife that he forgot he was also naked.

In the end, Ashton casually threw on a bathrobe, puffed out his chest to show off his masculine assets, and carried his wife downstairs to eat.

Briar tried her best to focus only on the bowl in her hands, forcing herself not to let her gaze wander, especially not across the dining table.

Across the dining table sat Ashton. Whether it was due to the heat or his own teasing charm, the man’s robe was technically on–yet somehow essentially off.

His bathrobe was wide open, the collar slipping off his shoulder and exposing his chest.

If Briar sat up straight and looked closely, she could faintly see the smooth lines of his abdomen…and its

chiseled definition.

Every exposed part of Ashton’s body showcased his masculine charm to Briar.

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of him before, there’s no way she could have resisted such a breathtaking sight

“Here, Briar, eat more.

weight in just

noticing that Briar was only focused on eating

were sitting across the dining table from each other, Ashton had to

up, his bathrobe revealed

his V–lines disappearing into the waistband of his

was “forced” to take in the entire handsome view

against the rules! Totally against

food.

asked, leaning back in his chair with

attention to every dish on the table, leaving him no

he watched Briar earnestly

it was a late–night supper, the portions for each dish were

charm to coax Briar

no more excuses to tease Briar. Under

schedule, Marvin would have already been asleep by

had been waiting in his study, sitting quietly and waiting for

his phone to

midnight, his

let it ring three times, then cleared his throat and answered, his voice casual, “Ashton, it’s late. What can I do

the other end of the line, Ashton put his phone on speaker and

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awake, I presume?”

phrased it as a question,

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to say, just say it, you brat. Are you

on the young woman who

the point, “Marvin, I presume

grew heavy. “…Yes, I’ve received

Briar’s hand, toying with it in his palm. “Briar is here with me. Do you have anything

know

ready

want to say