Betrayed Then Back For Blood (Briar Jennings) novel Chapter 312

Chapter 312

Briar laughed. “Sometimes, I feel like we’re kind of bad people.”

Killing, looting, scamming, scheming, they’d done it all.

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“Bad? How so? Everything we’ve done, we’ve done with a clear conscience, standing tall and righteous.” Ashton chuckled, reaching out to ruffle her hair.

Briar had been increasingly sensitive and suspicious lately. He worried that if he didn’t guide her properly, she would develop another emotional hang–up.

It must be exhausting to be so sentimental at such a young age.

Briar remained silent, pretending not to hear the unspoken comfort in Ashton’s words.

She herself would probably have to think hard to count how many people she had killed over the years.

“Don’t dwell on it. The past is behind us. From now on, I’m here for you. No matter what you choose to do, I’ll be there by your side.” Ashton lowered his head and kissed Briar’s closed eyelids.

“Okay. I don’t want to think about it anymore.” Briar nodded. “I’m sleepy. Lull me to sleep.”

Ashton lifted the covers and pulled his soft, sweet–smelling wife into his arms. “Okay. I’ll lull you to sleep.”

Briar was indeed very sleepy and fell into a deep sleep in Ashton’s arms in no time.

However, Ashton, who held her with his eyes closed, couldn’t fall asleep.

An hour later, Ashton carefully slid his arm from under Briar’s head, got out of bed quietly, threw on a bathrobe, and walked out the door.

Outside the door, on the stair landing, Ian and Brandon were waiting. When Ian saw Ashton come out, he glanced behind him.

He asked, “Mr. Wade, where’s Briar?”

Ashton carefully tied the sash of his bathrobe. “She’s asleep.”

Ian pursed his lips. “All right.”

“Did you need her for something?” Ashton asked, looking suspiciously at Ian.

Ian waved his hand awkwardly. “Nothing. I was just asking.”

It was an internal DDC Vanguard matter, and not something to discuss with Ashton.

Hopefully, Louie’s plane would land after Briar woke up tomorrow morning.

“Mr. Wade, Magnus sent word. Things at the Wade family side are… rather lively tonight,” Brandon reported.

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Ashton nodded. “I figured. The first and second branches of the family are probably too excited to sleep tonight, just waiting to rush to the company first thing tomorrow morning to call a shareholders‘ meeting”

Brandon still looked uneasy. “Mr. Wade, should we notify the heads of the overseas branches ahead of time?”

Ashton waved him off. “No need. If the Wade family dares to make a move on Wade Group, they can just sit back and watch the stock price crash.”

He thought, “They want to cause a scene, don’t they? They want to kick me out of the president’s seat, don’t they? Then let them try

Some people never appreciated what they had. They would just take everything for granted. Only when they experience hardship and setbacks for themselves would they learn to listen.

This was the perfect opportunity for him to show the Wade family. All this wealth, status, and power they currently enjoyed would be gone without him.

“Mr. Wade, are you really getting kicked out of the company and the Wade family tomorrow morning?” Ian asked, rubbing his hands with a mischievous smile.

Ashton raised an eyebrow. “What? Are you happy to see me fall from grace?”

Ian nodded honestly. “Of course! You’re Ashton Wade! The crown prince of Shoneport! To think you’d be thrown out of the company like a drowned rat, only to be rescued by Briar…”

As he pictured the scene, Ian’s eyes reddened with excitement. “What a thrilling ‘beauty saves the hero‘ moment!”

Perhaps because Ian’s description was so vivid, both Ashton and Brandon found themselves picturing the

scene…

They had to admit that it would be pretty cool.

Ashton coughed lightly. “Keep these thoughts to yourselves. Don’t let Briar hear it.”

Otherwise, she might just make it come true, live and in person.

Ian stifled a laugh. “Mr. Wade, you say that like you’re not tempted. You’ve never seen how the crowd goes wild when Briar steps in to save the day…”

“What crowd? When did she save the day? Who exactly did she save?” Ashton’s three quick–fire questions left Ian completely speechless.

Even if he knew, he wouldn’t dare say. Briar had warned him not to tell anyone. He hadn’t even mentioned it in their private WhatsApp group chat.

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Just as Ashton and the others suspected, the brothers from the first and second branches of the Wade family notified all shareholders overnight, except for those close to Ashton, like Jalen and Frank.

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They informed them of a meeting at the Wade Group first thing the next morning to vote for the company’s

new CEO.

As for Ashton, the current CEO of the Wade Group, he would no longer hold that position after tomorrow.

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