Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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.

fell

cries of pain, punctuated by

exhaled heavily, shaking his head. Briar had turned the atmosphere

pockets, strode toward Edgar, who cowered against

leaving this room until

current heights under my leadership. How can taking money

His eyes darkened, turning sharp

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refined image he usually projected in

others, only Edgar

struck him

man wasn’t a saint either. That look, that aura–it was the face of a

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it that everyone around Briar was just like her–dangerous, ruthless, impossible to

gaze, and the open disgust from the

police to arrive quickly. Otherwise, with blood still pouring from

his desperate wish was granted. The police

to his feet,

obeyed meekly, allowing himself to be

even looked

casually against the doorway, watching him depart with a faint smile tugging at her

him being hauled away like a parasite–the rest of the shareholders‘ meeting went off

matter what demands Briar made,

they did. Who would dare

the scalpel in Briar’s hand was still stained with Edgar’s blood on

understood that discretion was the better part of

weren’t foolish like Edgar; they understood that discretion is the better part

everything Briar raised in the meeting was rooted in the

dividends at year’s end

idiot would oppose

smoothly. The investors walked away greater confidence in Briar’s ability to