Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 315

Chapter 315

The shareholders no longer looked at Briar with the same dread.

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At least she was not as merciless as the rumors suggested; she was willing to let the police handle matters. That thought put them at ease–though Edgar’s panic only grew.

“Briar, how dare you! I’m your father, your only family in this world!” Edgar bellowed as he bolted toward the door of the conference room.

His chest tightened with anxiety, and he wondered, ‘Why wasn’t Briar following their carefully laid script?

They had assumed that if they provoked her enough, she would lash out in front of everyone.

And no matter her excuse, striking her father publicly would tarnish her image in the eyes of the shareholders.

That was Edgar’s entire purpose in attending this meeting: to draw Briar into a trap and keep her entangled at the company long enough for the others to delay Ashton.

But all their plotting had gone to waste as Briar showed no sign of being rattled.

And now she was threatening to have him arrested.

He couldn’t remain here another second. He had to escape.


Yet Edgar knew–he could not leave unless Briar allowed it.

Just as he gripped the glass door handle, Briar flicked her wrist. A razor–sharp scalpel whistled through the air, flashing past the shareholders‘ eyes.“Ahhh!” Edgar screamed.

The blade had buried itself in the back of his hand, drawing a crimson stream.

The scalpel trembled where it stuck, and Edgar howled in agony.

room fell into utter

punctuated by the

Briar had turned the atmosphere taut

in his pockets, strode toward Edgar, who cowered against the door, clutching his bloodied hand. Nathan crouched

see, you’re not leaving this room until

as he refuted, “…The Jennings Group only reached its current heights under my leadership. How can taking money from my own company be

vanished. His eyes darkened, turning sharp

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image he usually projected in

his back to the others, only Edgar saw this

sight struck him

wasn’t a saint either. That look,

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was just like her–dangerous, ruthless, impossible to control?”

Briar’s cold threat, Nathan’s chilling gaze, and the open

quickly. Otherwise,

desperate wish was granted. The

his feet, relief

himself to be

even

against the doorway, watching him depart


of him being hauled away like a parasite–the rest

demands Briar made, the shareholders approved

course they did. Who

Briar’s hand was still stained with Edgar’s

They understood that discretion was the better

understood that

the meeting was rooted in the company’s growth

had to do was stay quiet, and their dividends at year’s end would be

idiot would oppose her.

without Edgar, concluded smoothly. The investors walked

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