Betrayed Then Back For Blood (Briar Jennings) novel Chapter 242

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Briar couldn’t hold it in any longer and burst out laughing. Seeing Ashton’s resentful and hurt expression, she coughed twice to compose herself. “Uncle, Ashton wouldn’t do that. He has plenty of money.”

Larry thought about it and realized it was true. Although Ashton was only 26, his net worth had already soared into the billions, and he had even topped the list of the world’s youngest billionaires.

Ever since he and Ruben learned that Briar was dating an older man, they immediately had someone run a background check on Ashton overnight.

Only after thoroughly investigating Ashton several times and confirming he had no other undesirable qualities did they reluctantly agree to his relationship with Briar.

It wasn’t that they were overreacting. The pain from their sister’s cautionary tale was immense and had not yet healed.

Moreover, Briar was their sister’s only child. As her family, they could let her be willful in other matters. Although the Grant family had withdrawn from Dasmieca’s circle of the wealthy elite, they were still rich enough to afford her a life of freedom.

However, when it came to Briar’s choice of a partner, they were extremely strict and wouldn’t allow her to be reckless. This was why Briar, a sucker for good looks, had never had any dating experience in her eighteen years in Qathana, a country known for its attractive men and women.

Her family kept a close watch on her.

“Then why did you run off to the border? It’s so dangerous there. What if you run into bad people?” Larry nagged.

Larry was overjoyed to finally receive a casual call from his niece, completely forgetting that whenever Briar bypassed Ruben to call him first, it always meant she had some ulterior motive.

Briar said, “Don’t worry. Ashton is with me. He has business interests here, so we’re very safe.”

Briar looked at Ashton, whose brows were tightly knitted, and put in a good word for him with a smile. “And Ashton said he wants to fly to Qathana tomorrow and come home with me to visit you and Ruben…”

On the other end of the line, Larry immediately caught the hidden meaning in Briar’s words. He interrupted her, “Wait, you two? Tomorrow? Flying to Qathana? To see us?”

Briar said, “Uh, yeah.”

Ashton sat up straight, his expression tense. No matter how powerful a magnate he was, he was still nervous about meeting his girlfriend’s family.

“Ashton is coming to meet us? Is he planning to propose to you?” Larry was not as naive as Briar. When a man made such a request, it was a clear sign that he was ready to make a commitment and propose.

He understood that, as he had been through it.

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Briar glanced at Ashton, her jaw tightening. “Yeah… He seems to be planning on it.”

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He wasn’t just planning to propose. He was already thinking about tricking her into secretly getting a marriage

license.

Of course, she couldn’t say that. Otherwise, Larry would surely chew Ashton out over the phone.

Larry was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the line. Then, in a serious tone, he said, “Alright. Bring Ashton home for dinner tomorrow. Ruben will also be home and free.”

Briar said, “Okay. See you tomorrow night.”

“See you tomorrow night.”

After the call ended, Briar looked at Ashton, who was relaxed and leaning against the nightstand. “Happy now?”

Ashton smiled, pulling Briar down to sit beside him. “Yes! You’re the best.”

Briar nudged Ashton’s shoulder. “Then you’d better hurry and prepare a gift. Larry is easygoing, but Ruben is hard to fool. You’re walking into the lion’s den tomorrow night, so it won’t be easy!”

Of course, Ashton knew. “Don’t worry. I’ve already prepared gifts for your two uncles. Tomorrow, I’ll go to the party with the utmost sincerity and make sure they feel confident entrusting you to me.”

“You have?” Briar asked curiously. “I haven’t seen anything.”

They had been together constantly for the past few days. Besides when they were apart for work, Ashton was very clingy, yet she hadn’t seen him prepare any gifts.

Seeing the curiosity in Briar’s eyes, Ashton simply smiled without a word, pulling her into his arms and whispering to her softly.

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Ashton was taking Briar to Qathana for the Grant family party, but the most nervous person was neither of

them–it was Brandon.

He urgently arranged for a private jet and contacted his people in Qathana to prepare for their arrival.

He also hastily selected a dozen bodyguards to accompany them and had someone buy many local specialties from the border region to bring along.

Unfortunately, the border region’s main specialties were weapons and mercenaries. Of course, they couldn’t bring those kinds of gifts, or they would surely scare Briar’s uncles.

Looking at the living room, which had been piled high with gift boxes in less than an hour, Ashton said, “We can take all of these, but we don’t need so many bodyguards. Just a few to ensure things go smoothly will be

fine.”

Connor disagreed. “Mr. Wade, we should take all the bodyguards. Although we can mobilize our people in

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Qathana, we still need someone to watch over us on the way there.”

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