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.

Alexia and Alex, the bona fide young lovers in the group, couldn’t

weren’t just to shut Ashton up, I

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final minute before the explosion, Brandon and fan dragged Harith Lopez out, battered,

front of everyone, it didn’t cause much of a commotion, aside from the unpleasant sight of flesh and blood scattering

to handle the aftermath. He pulled out his phone and

crew.

it to Briar. “Young Madam, this contains the full record

everyone had already watched the full interrogation of Harith Lopez on Briar’s mini–computer. Watching it again was less about curiosity and more about the

the footage. She set the device

brutal, the sounds raw and bloody. Yet no one looked away. This was their only

little to reveal. As for the true mastermind behind him,

so tight–lipped? He’s still not talking?” Reece

ruthlessness, felt his skin crawl

endured it all, giving up nothing. Not a single word. That alone,

mastermind’s identity even at

brink of death, he wouldn’t dare

fearless

needed further explanation. Everyone present was a veteran at reading between the lines. They

is really that formidable, then what do we do? If we can’t beat him, won’t he simply turn the tables

easy for Briar to make it this

right, that the mastermind was truly too exalted

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Briar would be devastating.

nonchalantly. “Kill me?