Betrayed Then Back For Blood (Briar Jennings) novel Chapter 349

Chapter 349

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Arlette and Henriette never expected that when they came to complain about Ashton to Griffin, their complaint would fail, and instead, they would receive a scolding,

In the end, the two left the Wade Mansion in disgrace, their expressions grim.

The old butler watched their car disappear and asked worriedly, “Mr. Wade, after you scolded them like that, will they understand your good intentions once they get back?”

Griffin snorted. “I’m not expecting them to understand. I’ll consider myself lucky if they just repeat every word I said to those two disappointments.”

Expecting Arlette and Henriette to read between the lines? He would be better off hoping they would simply remember his words and repeat them verbatim to Sean and Justin.

Griffin sighed. Without Ashton, the Wade family would soon become like any other prominent family in Shoneport, slowly phased out, suppressed, and eventually taken over by others.

Unfortunately, the first and second branches of the family never understood this simple truth.

For years, they had focused solely on competing with Ashton, becoming completely oblivious to the complex situation in Shoneport.

They believed the Wade family’s esteemed status was a result of the Wade Group’s expansion.

But they didn’t know that the Wade Group’s promising future was built entirely on the immense benefits Ashton had secured single–handedly.

If they lost him as their leader, the Wade Group would soon collapse. This was not an exaggeration. It was an indisputable fact.

Unfortunately, the Wade family was blinded by greed and couldn’t see the truth.

Ashton was that person’s son, after all. Ashton inherited their cunning and strategic mind. There was no way he didn’t have a backup plan, knowing the truth would eventually come out.

The rest of the Wade family was oblivious to Griffin’s concerns. They only thought he was growing senile and that everything the family owned belonged to them.

No matter how much Ashton had contributed to the family, if he wasn’t a true Wade, he was expected to obediently hand over everything that belonged to them.

Fortunately, Ashton had arranged his own marriage without using the Wade family’s power or connections to marry a lady from an equally prominent family.

Otherwise, if Ashton were driven out of the family, they would lose access to all the resources from his wife’s influential family.

Ashton had no interest in what was happening at the Wade Mansion, nor did he know that Griffin was trying to save the family from its precarious future.

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He was happily snoozing away, holding his sweet wife in his arms.

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Without his title as CEO of the Wade Group, Ashton had more free time and spent more of it watching Briar.

Briar was not that excited. She had seen clingy couples before, but never a husband as clingy as Ashton.

Briar was woken by a crushing pressure. She felt completely powerless, suffocated, and scorching hot, as if her entire body was pinned down by a mountain.

After struggling free, Briar met Ashton’s smiling eyes and nearly laughed in frustration. “You’re awake. Aren’t you going to move that precious leg of yours?”

Ashton pulled Briar back into his embrace. “I didn’t realize you were wriggling like a caterpillar all this time just to escape my arms. I’m truly heartbroken!”

Briar said, “Do you have something to say? Just say it. Stop crushing me. You’re going to squash me flat.”

Ashton let out a low chuckle. “My wife knows me best.”

“What do you want to say? Go on.” Briar had an “I knew it” look on her face.

But Briar couldn’t understand why he had to pin her down like this just to talk. It was as if he were afraid she would run away.

Although she had escaped from right under his nose before, they were married now. She had no intention of leaving him at the first sign of trouble.

Ashton’s playful smile vanished. He asked cautiously, “So you know about my identity?”

Briar’s brow twitched. She lowered her gaze and replied softly, “Yes.”

He must have realized they had discovered the top–secret information about his family background.

The next moment, Briar shot her head up, nearly bumping into Ashton as he lowered his. “You’ve known about

your family background all along?”

Ashton nodded. “Yes, I’ve long known that I’m Gideon McInnes’s biological son who was separated from the family.”

“So you knew all along, yet you were still so arrogant in Shoneport? Weren’t you afraid of being secretly taken out?” Briar couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation.

Dasmieca’s leader, Gideon, was the most ruthless and cunning politician the country had ever seen. His path to power was far bloodier than that of his predecessors.

Sending Ashton away must have been a last resort for Gideon to protect Ashton from being implicated.

Ashton carefully observed Briar’s expression. Seeing she wasn’t repulsed by the fact that he was Gideon’s son, he felt a wave of relief and finally stopped pinning her down.

He rolled onto his side and smoothly pulled Briar on top of him, even finding the mood to joke, “Honey, let’s

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