Clad in a red knitted robe, Emily hurled her wine glass across the room in a fit of tage. She shoved her lover away and stormed to the floor–to–ceiling windows, her voice sharp as she spoke into her phone. “Are you sure about this? Did it come from Wyatt himself?”
“Yes, our guy heard it straight from the source. There is no doubt about it,” the voice on the other end replied.
Emily’s grip on her phone tightened until her knuckles turned white as she spat, “Find a way to get Briar off that list.”
“That might be tough. Mr. Dutton had personally invited her. Furthermore, Mr. Wade and Mr. Stone were present to support it. However, if we were to slip one of our people in, we could still cause Briar some trouble down the line,” the voice on the other end suggested.
Emily was seething as she thought, ‘Briar stole my spot on the top–secret research team. She’s going to pay for this! She replied without hesitation, “Fine. Accidents happen in research all the time. Even fatal accidents are normal.”
The person on the other end chuckled softly in response, “You’re absolutely right, Miss Wade.”
Emily hung up without another word. She turned to her lover, who was sitting on the couch with his head down as he peeled walnuts for her. She at coyly, “Baby, did you hear what I just said?”
Her gorgeous lover calmly replied, “No, Miss Wade, I didn’t hear a thing.”
Upon hearing this, Emily finally smiled, walked over, and sat down on his lap. She chuckled, “That’s good. I’m still not bored with that pretty face of yours. Even if you did overhear something you shouldn’t have, you’d better take it to the grave for me. Do you understand?”
“Got it,” he nodded obediently as he held a piece of walnut up to her lips. “Here, Miss Wade. Let me feed you some walnuts.”
Emily grinned before opening her mouth and biting down on the walnut, taking his fingers into her mouth along with it.
Her lover swiftly lifted Emily into his arms and carried her directly to the bedroom. Before long, the room was filled with sounds that would make anyone blush and quicken their heartbeat.
Three hours later, he impatiently pushed the woman curled up in his arms aside, Ignoring the fresh bite and scratch marks all over his body, he walked out of the bedroom completely naked, picked up his phone from the couch, and made a call. “Mr. Goodwin, I have some news about Ashton’s girlfriend. Are you interested in buying it?”
A couple of minutes later, his private account received a transfer of 17 thousand dollars, not too much, not too little–just enough to keep things under the radar.
Reece had been pretty busy lately as his superiors roped her in to work for free. It’d been ages since he last hung out with Ashton and the rest of the crew.
At three in the afternoon, Reece called Ashton, asking, “Hey, Ashton, what have you, Hamish, and the others been up to? It feels like forever since you guys dropped by my place. I’ll be at the shop tonight. How about the guys get together for a little reunion?”
Ashton had just finished a meeting with the R&D management team, and his brows were still tightly knit. He picked up Reece’s call without even thinking about it before answering, “I am not going. I’m busy.”
“Aw, come on. I’ve got some hot gossip about your little girlfriend getting picked on. Don’t you want to hear it?” Reece teased, sounding even more unserious than usual.
Ashton paused momentarily before asking, “What time?”
“Same time as always, nine o’clock tonight,” Reece said with a grin. “And make sure to bring the rest of the guys!”
Ashton hung up before Reece could finish his words.
Jalen, who had overheard the call, leaned in and questioned, “Ashton, do you want me to have someone check it out beforehand?“,
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Reece might be a bit of a player, but he never made empty promises. If he said he had some scoop about someone giving Briar a hard time, he meant it
Ashton’s already tense expression grew even colder. He answered, “There’s no need to. It’s probably not urgent.”
‘If he’s still in the mood to invite us out for drinks, it can’t be anything urgent,‘ he inwardly reasoned.
Jalen nodded in understanding, “Got it.”
Ashton added, “You’re coming with me tonight. And call Hamish and Frederick too.”
“Sure, I’ll get right at it,” Jalen replied. He paused briefly before asking, “Should we invite Frank, too? He threw a fit for days when we left him out last
time.”
Ashton rolled his eyes in annoyance as he replied, “He can’t hold his liquor- two drinks and he’s out. Inviting him is just giving him a new place to pass
out.”
Jalen chuckled and nodded, “But now that Connor is back, we don’t have to babysit him anymore.”
Ashton said, “In that case, let’s invite him too.”
Jalen grinned, “Alright!”
Once he stepped out of the CEO’s office, Jalen called Frank first. Sure enough, Frank was delighted to get the call and said he and Connor would be there on time.
Meanwhile, Briar received a call from Ashton. Once the call connected, she greeted, “Hey, Ashton, what’s up?”
Ashton glanced at the clock before asking, “Are you done with class? Will you be staying late in the lab tonight?”
“I’ve nothing planned tonight so that I can leave early,” Briar replied. After a whole day to let things settle, she could finally talk to Ashton without feeling
awkward.
After a moment’s thought, Ashton said, “I’ve a little get–together with some friends tonight. Hamish, Frank, and the rest of the crew will be there. Do you want to come hang out with me?”
Briar hesitated before replying, “Wouldn’t it be a bit out of place for me to join a guys‘ night?”
“Not at all. They’re all my close friends, and I’d really like you to meet them,” Ashton said sincerely. “Briar, I’ll pick you up tonight, okay?”
Briar tested the waters as she carefully probed, “Is this about something to do with me?”
It wasn’t strange that Briar would think this way. The truth was, Ashton’s attitude didn’t seem like he was in a hurry to introduce her to his friends. Instead, it felt more like he was taking her along to cause trouble, speaking with a tone that was both eager and full of anticipation.
Ashton let out a low “Mm,” before asking, “So, will you be joining me?”
“Alright.” Briar didn’t bother to play coy, and she quickly agreed.
Ashton’s voice noticeably lightened, and he said, “Great, see you tonight.”
“See you tonight,” she replied.
As soon as Briar hung up the call with Ashton/her phone rang again. It was from an unknown number, but the area code was from Shoneport. She
answered, her voice cool, “Who is this?”
A hesitant, sweet voice came through the line, asking, “Um, is this Briar?”
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Briar raised an eyebrow at that unmistakably sweet voice, She knew exactly who it was and clarified, “Yeah, it’s me. You’re Arlene, right?”
Arlene replied, “Yes, it’s me. Briar, where are you right now? Could you come to the dorm?
I need
to talk to you
about something”
Without hesitation, Briar agreed, “Sure, I’ll head over now.”
“Great, we’ll be waiting for you,” Arlene said before hanging up.
Briar had no idea what Arlene wanted to talk to her about. As she made her way towards the girls‘ dorm, she logged onto the school forum and quickly
found out.
The school’s sports day, which had replaced the military training, was now open for sign–ups.
When Briar arrived at the dorm, all the other girls from the Traditional Medicine Department had gathered around as they waited for her.
As soon as she walked in, Arlene announced that the sports day would be held in about two weeks and sign–ups were now open.
Since the Traditional Medicine Department hadn’t signed up early, most of the good events were already taken, and there weren’t many spots left to pick
from.
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