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As soon as Larry finished speaking, a series of crashes and bangs erupted from the dining room, accompanied by repeated pleas for mercy.
Of course, the one pleading for mercy could only be Ashton.
Ruben and Larry nodded in satisfaction. Ruben pulled Larry towards the exit and said, “It’s fine. The kid won’t dare to fight back against Briar. Let them work it out.”
Larry was still worried. “Are we just going to let them fight in there and do nothing?”
Ruben pulled Larry all the way to the car. “Why should we get involved? Couples fight and make up. This is between them, so we should stay out of it.”
Larry wanted to say more, but he had already been pushed into the car.
“They’ve only been married for a day,” Larry muttered. “Do they even know that couples are supposed to make up after a fight?”
Whether they knew or not, it was not something Ruben and Larry could meddle in.
In the dining room, shattered plates covered the floor, and cutlery flew through the air as Ashton dodged between tables and chairs.
“Honey, it’s not what you think…”
“Honey, that’s a knife! You can’t throw that…”
“Honey, I was wrong. Put the chair down.”
“Honey…”
Amid Ashton’s repeated pleas for mercy and screams, the dining room was left in a total mess.
If Ashton hadn’t been so agile and quick, the plates, cutlery, chairs, and even vases and other ornaments she threw would have all hit him.
Burning with fury, Briar charged at Ashton like a ferocious beast, scaring him so much that he only dared to dodge without fighting back.
“Ashton, you’re dead today!” Briar’s eyes were red with rage. “Is it fun to mess with me? Was it fun watching me play the fool?”
Ashton was angry but dared not speak.
She had hidden so many secret identities herself. Every time one was exposed, she would either joke her way out of it or act cute and play coy.
He was still convinced she had more secrets that hadn’t been revealed.
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She wouldn’t tell him even when he asked.
But he had never been angry with her.
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All he did was hide the fact that he was the mysterious tycoon who made a deal with her five years ago, and she got this angry.
Although he felt wronged, Ashton dared not show it. He smiled, played along with her anger, and apologized, waiting for Briar to calm down before he could reason with her.
Briar was not an unreasonable person, but what Ashton hid from her was too significant. The truth serum she developed back then was not just for making money.
It was also her ticket to join the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base.
More importantly, it was her lead to track down Ben and the secret experimental bases behind him.
In other words, if Ashton had known her identity as far back as five years ago, then the partner who hunted Ben with her five years ago, and was shot by an assassin while saving her, was Ashton.
Ashton was the savior she thought had died.
So, this savior didn’t die, but instead changed his identity and bought the new serum she developed from her.
That was incredible.
Seizing the moment when Briar relaxed, Ashton rushed over, wrapped her in a hug, and held her tightly, giving her no chance to fight back.
“Alright, alright. You’ve vented your anger and gotten your scolding in. Can you listen to me quietly now?” Ashton soothed, gently patting Briar’s back.
Briar panted, saying nothing.
“If you don’t say anything, I’ll take that as a yes!” Ashton said, his voice humble because he knew he was in the
wrong.
Briar hmphed. “And if I don’t agree, are you just not going to say it?”
“Of course I have to,” Ashton said with a smile. “We need to talk about problems, or they’ll just get bigger. What if you end up leaving me? What would I do then?”
Briar was speechless.
“It’s too messy here. Let’s go talk on the sofa,” Ashton said as he easily scooped Briar into his arms and opened the closed dining room door.
The living room was empty; everyone had cleared out.
Ashton let out a huge sigh of relief.
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“Babe, here, drink some water first.” Ashton poured a glass of water and helped Briar drink it all. Only then did he take both of her hands, ready to explain himself properly.
Briar tried to pull her hands away, but Ashton’s grip was too tight. In the end, she had no choice but to let him.
“Just say what you have to say while I can still sit here and listen.”
Ashton leaned down and kissed Briar on the forehead. “Okay.”
He began, “Honey, do you remember why we were both being hunted five years ago?”
Briar snapped, “What other reason could there be? It was just Freddie and his men trying to kill me!”
“No, you’re mistaken. The reason we were being hunted five years ago wasn’t just because of you. I was part of the reason, too.”
Surprised, Briar asked, “What do you mean?”
Ashton sighed, took his phone out of his pocket, and pulled up a set of photos for Briar. “Do you remember how Dexter, the leader of Hacker Alliance, died?”
When Briar saw the photos on Ashton’s phone clearly, her eyes widened in shock. “How do you have these photos?”
The photos on Ashton’s phone showed a murder scene. Briar was very familiar with the victim: it was the gruesome final moments of Dexter, the former leader of the Hacker Alliance.
The Hacker Alliance was founded by Dexter, Georgiana, and a few others. She was recruited into the organization later on.
She clearly remembered that the Hacker Alliance first noticed her when she ran into Dexter during a mission while she was being pursued.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Briar performed a small act of kindness by helping Dexter use nearby surveillance cameras to divert the assassin’s tracking signal.
As a result, Dexter recognized her talent and recruited her into the Hacker Alliance, where she became its fifth founding member.
However, this very act also put Dexter on the kill list of Ben and his associates.
Ultimately, Dexter died during a simple investigation mission, and the client for that mission was Freddie.
By the time she sensed something was wrong and arrived, it was too late. Dexter had already been shot to death.
A man dressed in black was also at the scene. For some unknown reason, he stayed to help her hunt down the assassin who killed Dexter.
As it turned out, the assassin had set an ambush with five accomplices hiding nearby.
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Even thinking back on it now, Briar could still feel the terror of being stalked by a wild beast.
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At that time, Briar had not yet joined the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base, and her combat abilities were not nearly as formidable as they are today. Faced with six vicious assassins, she became fearful and careless.
In a moment of carelessness, she was nearly shot by one of the assassins.
Fortunately, the man in black took a bullet for her…
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