Chapter 131
“Briar, get in the car,” Ashton called out, noticing she hadn’t followed him. He turned and waved her over.
Briar responded softly and obediently walked over, getting into the car. Her face at the moment looked nothing but well–behaved.
As usual, Hamish was driving, following closely behind Brandon’s car. “Ashton, what’s your plan next? Are we going to dig deeper into this?”
Thiago had stepped in, which meant certain things couldn’t be brought to light. Otherwise, the image of the police would be affected. The officials had always been masters at covering things up. They preferred to suppress matters and deal with them under the table.
But none of them expected that some people’s influence could reach this far, even to the point of bribing a district police chief,
Ronan didn’t hold real power in Shoneport, a place where powerful and influential figures were abundant. He still had the Haynes family of Shoneport’s four great families behind him.
Bribing him was faster and more efficient than reeling in someone else.
“Something’s not right. Ronan’s always been obedient to his father–in–law. Why is he suddenly so bold this time?” Hamish frowned.
Ronan was basically a live–in son–in–law. Usually, he got bossed around by his wife and listened to his father–in–law without question. This time, he was usually bold.
Plotting against Briar and the Jennings family was one thing, but now that Briar had Ashton backing her, anyone with a working brain would have to think real hard about whether they had enough lives to risk going up against a big shot like Ashton.
Ashton nodded. “It’s indeed out of character for him.”
He hadn’t lashed out at Ronan on the spot precisely because of that.
A man who was always timid wouldn’t suddenly change his way of doing things overnight.
Briar sat in the back seat, resting her chin on one hand as she looked out the window. Hearing the conversation between the two, her “Maybe he really didn’t know anything.”
Ashton was surprised. “Briar, did you discover something?”
eyes flickered.
Hamish also glanced back at her, eyes full of anticipation. “Yeah, Little Briar, the two guys you caught. One of them even had a gun on him. That means their boss must be someone with serious connections.”
Guns were strictly banned in Dasmieca. Without special channels, it was impossible to get one, let alone swagger into a police station in Shoneport with
a gun.
There had to be serious backing behind that.
“Their goal was very clear. Right after I was taken into the interrogation room, those two rushed in and tried to attack me…” Briar began describing everything that had happened inside.
“More importantly, both of them had a wolf head tattooed on their backs.” She then dropped a bombshell.
Ashton’s eyebrows twitched. “Wolf head? What kind of wolf head tattoo?”
Briar took out her phone and opened her gallery. “I took a photo.”
She had initially planned to look into those two people later. But now that Ashton and the others were also suspicious, she was happy to hand over the findings.
Hamish was stunned and leaned over to look. “Nice! Briar, you even noticed this in such a short time? Wait, how did you see it? That location and angle…
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did you just lift up their clothes directly?”
Briar met Ashton’s gaze and coughed lightly in embarrassment. “Well… while checking them for other items, I accidentally lifted that cloth
It was just instinct. She had checked those two from head to toe.
She hadn’t thought much of lifting another man’s shirt. But with Hamish asking like that and Ashton giving her that look, she suddenly felt a strange sense of guilt.
“So you really did just lift their shirts!” Hamish was laughing so hard he slapped the steering wheel.
He added, “Hey, Ashton, don’t make that face. At that time, Little Briar was all alone. It was a special situation! Totally understandable!”
‘What are these two even going on about? ‘I just lifted their shirts, a quick check, nothing more. Do they really have to act like Ashton’s drowning in jealousy or something?‘ she grumbled inwardly..
“I know.” Ashton’s voice dropped lower. He even pulled out a wet wipe and began wiping Briar’s fingers.
This time, he carefully wiped every one of her fingers on both hands from top to bottom.
Seeing this, Hamish laughed even harder.
Briar didn’t respond. After finishing, Ashton shot a death glare the nearly laughing–to–death Hamish and grabbed Briar’s hand. “From now on, let me handle these kinds of dirty, tiring tasks.”
Ashton looked so serious that Briar had to work hard to hold back a laugh. “Okay From now on, I’ll wait for you. I won’t do it myself.”
For the first time, Hamish was defeated by such a ridiculous reason for jealousy. “Mr. Wade, seriously? Are you five? So what if she touched another man’s body?”
Ashton corrected him, “Actually, it was two guys.”
Hamish and Briar were left speechless.
“You’re unbelievable.” Hamish laughed so hard his whole body shook, and the car started swerving in an S–pattern. Thankfully, there were no other cars around, or Briar had no doubt Hamish’s flashy sports car would’ve crashed today.
Ashton coldly stared at Hamish as Hamish swerved the car. “You better hope you never fall in love.”
He thought he was right. No man would let his girl do the dirty work.
Hamish, suppressing laughter, spouted classic scumbag lines. “I wouldn’t give up the whole forest for one tree. I’m young. I can still have more fun.”
Worried the two childish men would start arguing again, Briar changed the subject. “Mr. Wade, do you know what that wolf tattoo means?”
She really didn’t know much about these underground forces in Shoneport.
Ashton explained to her, “The wolf tattoo represents a former underground gray organization in Shoneport. Over the past few years, most of their territory has been shut down by the authorities. Members were either arrested or went straight. They’re no longer a real threat.”
Hamish got serious too. “I thought those people had all run off by now. I didn’t expect anyone to still dare use their name.”
‘That’s basically a death wish!‘ Hamish thought.
Since Briar was present, Ashton didn’t elaborate further, not wanting to scare her. “My guess is these few guys are just disposable pawns. Whoever’s behind this doesn’t care if they get caught.
“So arrogant! I haven’t seen anyone this brazen in Shoneport for a long time. Ashton, are you going to do something or not? This is basically a slap in our
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face. Hamish asked in a mocking tone,
“They touched someone they shouldn’t have. Of course, I’ll do something” Ashton’s tone betrayed no emotion. If they want to muddy the see if we’ll give them that chance.”
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