Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 216

“Help!”

Suddenly, a high-pitched scream rang out, making Brandon immediately put away his phone and rush to Briar’s

side, using his bulk to shield her.

He thought the bodyguards had found a chance to turn the tables on his men.

However, when Brandon saw what was really happening, his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Armed with nothing but a military knife and shielded by Briar’s remarkably accurate gunfire, Sasha managed to

slip out of the lab and make her way right back to Hayden's side.

Now, that military knife was pressed against Hayden's neck, forcing his bodyguards to hold their fire, terrified

that they might hit Hayden by mistake.

Brandon glanced at Sasha's sharp moves and icy stare, then at Briar’s calm face. No matter how he looked at it,

the two had the svibe.

So Brandon asked uncertainly, “Miss Jennings, is she... one of your subordinates?”

Briar nodded without hesitation. “Yeah, after | found out who was behind my kidnapping, | had Sasha get close to

Hayden on purpose.”

Brandon could only give her a thumbs-up. “That's so like you, Miss Jennings. Truly impressive.”

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With that kind of cunning and those tricks up her sleeve, if anyone was dumb enough to mess with Briar again,

and she teamed up with Ashton, who was equally scheming, that poor soul might as well start digging their own

grave.

The bodyguards didn’t dare to step forward, but they couldn't back away either So the three sides were stuck in

a strange but stable standoff.

It was Sasha who finally broke the deadlock.

“Briar, how do you wantto kill him?” she asked.

She traced the military knife back and forth across Hayden's neck, her tone as casual as if she were just talking

about slaughtering poultry.

Before Briar could even respond, Hayden was already freaking out. “No, please, don’t kill me. | have money. Take

whatever you want, just please don’t

kill me.”

Now, Hayden was seriously regretting everything. He thought, ‘Why did | ever have to mess with Briar? Wasn't

getting my legs broken last tlesson enough?

He'd thought Briar was just sshallow chick who used her looks to climb up. He might be scared to fight back

against Ashton, but he had no qualms about laying a hand on Briar.

So he went ahead and secretly planned that kidnapping. Sure, he expected spayback, but he thought it

would just be Ashton putting the squeeze on the Garza family’s business in Shoneport.

Losing a bit of money was no big deal. All the Garza family’s businesses would be his sooner or later anyway. A

little loss was nothing to him.

The Garza family had plenty of money, so he didn’t are.

However, things went completely off the rails. After Briar was kidnapped, the first person to figure out that

Hayden was the mastermind behind it wasn’t Ashton’s people but Geoff.

Geoff took Hayden's phone and then shipped Hayden straight off to Qathana, thinking that Hayden would be

safe hiding out in the underground lab

here.

But before Hayden could even catch his breath, Briar stormed in with her men, ready to tear the place apart.

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And most humiliatingly, the girl he'd randomly picked to keep him entertained turned out to be one of Briar’s

people, too.

She'd only messaged him right before he left for the airport, and he’d just agreed to bring her along on a whim.

Hayden thought, ‘How could Briar be so sure I'd agree and bring the girl with me? What if I'd said no, or ignored

her message completely?’

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No matter how much Hayden tried to figure it out, it was pointless. He was already caught, his bodyguards had

blown their best shot at fighting back, and he still ended up in Ashton and Briar’'s hands.

And worst of all, Briar had gone for his legs again. This time, they were definitely done for.

Faced with the fierce attacks from Brandon’s men, the bodyguards had no choice but to surrender. They were

just working for a paycheck. There was no way they were going to risk their lives for their boss.

If they couldn't win, then they just stopped fighting.

Getting caught by Ashton didn’t mean death. At worst, they'd get roughed up a few times, then be let go.

As for whether their current boss lived or died, that was none of their concern.

If the Garzas wanted to settle scores, they'd only go after Ashton and Briar. It had nothing to do with them.

“He’s all yours. How do you want to finish him off?” Briar strolled toward Hayden. Her tone was gentle, but every

word made Hayden's blood run cold.

‘What does she mean? Is she really going to kill me?‘ Hayden thought.

“Briar, don’t push it too far. If | die, the Garza family will make you pay,” Hayden blustered from his wheelchair,

but his legs were so numb with pain that his threats sounded more like begging.

If it weren't for the knife at his throat and the fear that if he passed out, he might never wake up again, someone

as pampered as Hayden would've already collapsed by now.

What pissed him off the most was the bodyguards Geoff had shelled out a fortune to hire. With their so-called

skills, they had the nerve to charge 150

thousand dollars.

As soon as they saw Brandon and his men storming in, guns blazing, they folded like a house of cards.

‘Weren't you guys supposed to be professional bodyguards?’ Hayden cursed inwardly. ‘Weren't you supposed to

keepsafe in Qathana with you around? All of it is total bullshit! They were even more scared than | am.’

“I'll kill you if | feel like it. The Garza family is just a third-rate wannabe rich clan. Do you think I'll be scared of

your family’s revenge?” Briar towered over Hayden, looking down at him like he was nothing but a joke.

The floor under Hayden's legs was already stained with a huge pool of blood. If he didn’t get help soon, not even

God could save his legs.

“No, you can’t kill me. | can help you find the lab,” Hayden said.

Sasha pressed the knife in, slicing a fresh line of blood across his neck. “Save the crap. | already know exactly

where the Garza family’s lab is, so you can stop pretending to be useful. Just sit tight and wait to die.”

“Murder is a crime. You wouldn't dare kill me.” Hayden turned to Brandon, desperation in his eyes. “Brandon,

please save me. | can’t die.”

Brandon just looked down, ignoring him completely. “Oh, Ashton just texted me. Letcheck.”

He could feel the tension in the air, and he knew better than to open his mouth. No way was he about to bring

trouble on himself,

Even though Briar was still smiling, the chill around her was getting thicker by the second. He wasn’t about to

mess with her right now.

Besides, Ashton sent him here to protect Briar. As long as she was safe, she could do whatever she wanted for all

he cared.

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And murder being a crime? Please, what a joke! This was Qathana, where people dropped dead in shootouts

every single day. Even if Hayden died, no one would even bat an eye.

The bodyguards were hauled off by Brandon's men, leaving Hayden all alone, pathetic, powerless, and

completely abandoned. In the end, he finally realized there was no way he’d be catching a break from Briar

today.

After all his stammering and begging failed, he finally clung to his last hope. “Briar, you can’t kill me. | mean it. |

know how your mother died back then. Please don’t kill me.”

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