Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 317

Once the privacy partition rose, sealing off the back seat from the front, Ashton dropped his grim façade.

He looked down at Briar’s conciliatory smile, then swept her onto his lap and pressed his forehead to hers.

“Darling, I’m a little upset. Can you tell?” Ashton’s voice carried a plaintive edge, pitiful like a man abandoned by a heartless lover.

Perched on his lap, straddling him, Briar instinctively looped her arms around his neck for balance.

Perhaps it was because this position had become second nature from their frequent intimacy.

Now, whenever Ashton lifted and positioned her, she would cling to him without thinking, simply to steady

herself.

The gesture was so reflexive that Briar did not know whether to laugh or cry at her own conditioned response.

Yet her obedience unexpectedly pleased Ashton, and his grip around her waist loosened ever so slightly.

Briar rolled her eyes, lips curving into a pout. “I can tell. But didn’t I make myself clear from the start? What exactly are you still angry about?”

Frustrated, Ashton turned his head and kissed her, capturing her upper lip to prevent escape. After holding the kiss for a long moment, he finally muttered, “Is that so? But you know Nathan covets you, and you still hired him to run your company… Babe, you are so cruel!”

Truth be told, Ashton was being unreasonable.

Others might not have known Nathan’s true abilities, but Ashton had investigated him thoroughly.

To have an international financial magnate at the helm of her company was a stroke of fortune beyond money’s reach.

In just two or three months, Nathan had steered the Jennings Group through multiple crises, pulling it back from collapse and setting it firmly on course again.

Few in the industry could have achieved such swift and decisive results.

Nathan’s professional capabilities were indisputable.

But when a man chose to be unreasonable, reason held no weight.

him. When are you going to drive him out?”

head and gave his chin a sharp bite, grinding her teeth as

Ashton froze, wordless.

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He had been warned.

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little more,” he murmured, feigning injury

his

The implication was unmistakable.

rushed to Briar’s cheeks and she reminded, “Ashton, we’re on our way to the

really wish

thoughts churned bitterly, ‘The mood in this car

moment for

have tried something new, explored

delivered a sharp slap to his cheek and snapped, “Enough! If you keep letting your mind

found herself both exasperated and amused by this man who seemed

supposed to be handling serious business

to business, Briar cupped Ashton’s face, ignoring his sulky look. “By the way, I haven’t asked–how did

he updated, “It’s all settled. And yes,

kiss against his lips. “You

her mouth until

I’m just a poor, jobless

lips still glistened faintly, and she smiled,

some highly capable man might swoop

“wife” in a resentful tone that sent

going to stop? You can comfort yourself. I’m

Ashton was left speechless.

continued all the

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stopped, someone rushed forward to

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