Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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Reece and Hamish had just lifted their cup, ready to take a sip, when the words reached their ears. The sex that went down almost came right back up.

Coughing, Hamish shot Briar a thumbs–up, his admiration sincere. “Priar, your love for Ashton is truly one of a kind!”

Reece, meanwhile, cast Ashton a look that hovered somewhere between envy and pity. “Ashton, it looks Per Briar will love you deeply for the rest of her life. And when you die, she’ll love you even more

Reece and Hamish thought, ‘Of course she would. She would love Ashton enough to split open extract the bones one by one, and carefully preserve them as a specimen.

his

corpse

‘Maybe she’d even hang the skeleton in her bedroom, and talk to it every day.

‘Hiss–just imagining it was enough to make one’s scalp prickle!

Completely unaware of the scenes they had conjured in their minds, Briar remained utterly absorbed in the data scrolling across her micro–computer screen. Their conversation washed over her as though it didn’t exist at all.

But only Briar knew how distracting Ashton’s searing, probing gaze had become.

In the end, she could only hesitate, then reluctantly turned her head to meet Ashton’s eyes. “Hubby, don’t look at me like that.”

The corner of Ashton Wade’s eye twitched violently. She had called him “hubby” in front of everyone. It seemed that the girl was truly flustered.

Ashton pondered, ‘Was she afraid I’d press for details? That’s very interesting

Ashton felt a pang of jealousy, wondering what kind of dazzlingly handsome men those thirty–seven skeletons Briar had hidden away once belonged to.

Yet, in the end, Ashton said nothing. He only reached out, pulled her into his arms, and lowered his head so that his cheek brushed lightly against the curve of Briar’s neck. “Alright, I won’t ask anymore.”

‘Not asking didn’t mean I couldn’t investigate in secret! Ashton thought.

Briar remained expressionless, enduring the teasing, knowing glances that accused them of shamelessly flaunting their affection.

lovers in the group,

was speechless as she thought, ‘If it weren’t just to shut Ashton up, I would

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Lopez out, battered, broken, and unconscious. Without hesitation, they tossed him into the open ground outside the

Hairth’s body exploded in front of everyone, it didn’t cause much of

handle the aftermath. He pulled out his phone and

crew.

it to Briar.

had already watched the full interrogation of Harith Lopez on Briar’s mini–computer. Watching it

She set the device on the low table in the centre of the room so

was crystal clear. Too clear. The scenes were brutal, the sounds raw and bloody. Yet no one

for the true mastermind

this bastard so tight–lipped?

who was no stranger to ruthlessness, felt his skin crawl at the interrogation methods he

a single

to reveal the mastermind’s identity even at

the brink of death, he wouldn’t dare utter a

“Exactly. For someone to terrify a man as fearless as Harith, what level of power do you think

at reading between the lines. They immediately understood

Ashton, “If this man is really that formidable, then what do we

hasn’t been easy for Briar to make it this

was right, that the mastermind was truly too exalted to touch,

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Briar would be devastating.

scoffed nonchalantly. “Kill me? They’ll