Chapter 279

They drove to the villa district in the city center. The moment they stepped into Ashton’s villa, just like at Moonspring Estate, all signals throughout the building disappeared.

This left their secret followers baffled and furious.

No one knew how many secrets the group had uncovered from Brody after spending the entire day at the villa.

However, judging by the wide smiles on Ashton’s and Briar’s faces as they left the villa, it was clear their efforts had been fruitful.

Moreover, the most unsettling part was that the two people who had sneaked into Ashton’s villa were never heard from again, even after Ashton and the others returned home.

They vanished without a trace.

It was eerie, yet logical.

On winter nights in Shoneport, the moonlight seemed dimmer and less white.

After dinner, Frank was picked up by Connor.

Ian and Brandon remained at the villa.

As night fell, the outside world was quiet and peaceful, while the villa was warm and harmonious.

Only the courtyard lamps were on, illuminating layers of white frost.

At two in the morning, a time when people were most tired, the lights in the villa slowly went out.

From the outside, the entire villa seemed to be in a deep slumber.

lamps, several dark figures flashed past, so fast they

on the second floor, a fully dressed Briar and Ashton stood by the window.

two phones from the table. He handed one to Briar and put the other in his pocket. “Perfect timing. These guys are just what we need

one after the other into the adjacent bedroom, which

for protecting Ashton and Briar, so they hadn’t planned on sleeping. The moment they heard a

gave them a hand signal to

the pitch–black hallway Ashton and Briar climbed out the window again, landing

eyebrow at Ashton. “Hubby, how dare they plant a bomb on your territory? They clearly don’t

accepted her sarcastic tone without missing a beat. “You’re right. They’ve gone too far. If we don’t fight back, we’ll look like easy targets. Dear, care to join me in making a

Briar dismantled two more time bombs. She chuckled and replied,

so many bombs that she couldn’t hold them all. Ashton thoughtfully grabbed her small

dangerous weapons like bombs were also strictly prohibited

those people wanted Briar dead, they wouldn’t dare use the world’s most advanced gourd–shaped bombs to attack Ashton’s

was Ashton,

status was unshakeable, and his own shadowy connections were enough

capture Briar, none dared

dismantled by Briar were naturally not as powerful as the small gourd- shaped

once, it would

they never expected that all the bombs they planted would

a few of them exploding would have been

girl, what could she do

thought their meticulously planned assassination plot would be

planting the bombs to their complete

five burly men in black, leading them from the house into the courtyard, and

of them. They have

into our

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