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Marvin and Joshua were speechless. They didn’t know what to say. Realizing he could not get through to Ashton

and Briar, Mr. Goodwin turned to Griffin, who was standing behind Briar. “Griffin...”

Marvin cleared his throat, braced himself, and got straight to the point. “Ahem! Briar, we actually cto you

today to ask about the whereabouts of the Garzas.”

He knew bringing up this topic would certainly make Briar resent him and Joshua. The reason why Briar had not

yet moved against them was that she had no evidence. The second was perhaps because, unlike others, they

had not jumped out to get in her way.

There was nothing wrong with Briar avenging her mother. Those who openly or covertly tried to stop Briar were

all direct or indirect participants from back then. Even if they were not participants, they were beneficiaries of

the experimental drugs later developed by the lab.

But those were the very people Briar planned to take revenge on. Seeing them brazenly approaching her to talk

about how her mother was skinned and bled to be used as a catalyst for experimental drugs triggered her killing

intent.

Marvin thought that the only reason Briar hadn't pulled out a gun and shot them both on the spot was that she

was kind-hearted. Sure enough, before Marvin could finish speaking, the smile on Briar’s face vanished and was

instantly replaced by a dark expression.

Briar dug a finger in her ear, her voice deceptively light. “Sorry, Mr. Goodwin. | was distracted and didn’t quite

hear what you said. Whose whereabouts were you asking about?”

The strained smile froze on Marvin's face. He didn’t even dare to look Briar in the eye. He was at a loss for words

for a long moment, unable to say anything more.

Under Ashton and Griffin's scrutinizing and critical stares, Joshua struggled to continue where Marvin had left off.

“Briar, we're just acting on someone else’s behalf. We have no other choice. We cto ask about your

intention for the Garza family. Can you spare their lives?”

He managed to ask all his questions in one breath. Joshua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He never

imagined that the cold gaze of someone so young could be so oppressive. Joshua hadn't felt this oppressed since

Ashton caused a huge stir in Shoneport.

The intimidating presence Briar exuded was simply overwhelming. Joshua would never have waded into this

nerve-wracking mess if his family hadn’t been threatened.

The anger on Briar’s face intensified, but a smile spread across her lips. She was smiling with a sweet, beautiful

smile. But was that the case?

It was so beautiful that as Marvin and Joshua looked at her, they felt as if they were looking past her to the

delicate Rosalia from years ago.

Suddenly, even though it was broad daylight and they were sitting under the sun, Marvin and Joshua felt a bone-

chilling cold creep up from the soles of their feet.

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It crept up their legs and into their bodies, finally burrowing into their wildly beating hearts, where it coilet

impossible to shake off Guilt, distress, panic, nervousness, bewilderment mixed.

A wave of strange yet familiar emotions washed over them again. Marvin's face visibly drained of color. growing

paler by the second. Meanwhile, Joshua, who was beside him, was in no better state.

Seeing his two friends in such a pathetic state, Griffin was both exasperated and unable to bear it. He rugged on

Ashton’s sleeve, signaling for him to step in and smooth things over.

He didn’t want to have two corpses in his house. If that happened, even more people would likely clooking

for trouble with Briar.

Initially, Ashton didn’t want to get involved, but he had to admit his grandfather had a point. So, he said, “Mr.

Goodwin, Mr. Swift, you've seen for yourselves. My wife is good-natured and easygoing. The scenayou

described could never happen on her watch.”

Ashton deliberately emphasized his last sentence, his tone so harsh and sharp it was unnerving to hear. He

made it obvious that the issue with those two families had nothing to do with Briar, and they should talk to him if

they had a problem.

If they could talk to Ashton directly, perhaps their higher-ups wouldn't have to go to such roundabout lengths to

have them play the sympathy card with Briar.

Even though Ashton was the head of the Wade family, the most powerful of Shoneport’s four great families, he

was a total loose cannon. Even more alarming was that he retaliated against everyone who had ever offended

him.

Sometimes, one act of revenge wasn’t enough. Ashton would utterly humiliate his opponents, crushing them

repeatedly, just because he felt like it.

To make matters worse, no one in the Wade family could control him. Even when Griffin himself intervened,

Ashton would sometimes refuse to listen.

The higher-ups wanted to avoid a confrontation with Ashton, fearing that he'd pull one of his stunts- laughing

with them one second and flipping the dinner table the next.

Seeing that Ashton intended to protect her, Briar decided not to protest. She shrugged with an innocent look. “I'll

do as Ashton says.”

Marvin and Joshua were speechless. They didn’t know what to say. Realizing he could not get through to Ashton

and Briar, Mr. Goodwin turned to Griffin, who was standing behind Briar. “Griffin...”

“Oh! My head is suddenly hurting. Did | not take my blood pressure medication today?” Griffin clutched his head

and called out, “Butler? Butler! Did you forget to givemy blood pressure medication today?”

The butler, waiting just outside the courtyard, was startled for a moment when he heard Griffin. He then quickly

put on an anxious expression and hurried over. “Oh, Mr. Wade, how could | have forgotten. You really haven't

taken your blood pressure medication today!”

As he spoke, he ran to Griffin's side and took his arm. “Lethelp you take your medicine. We can’t be careless

about this.”

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“Ouch, my head is killing me! How could you forget something so important?” Just like that, Griffin and his butler

left, perfectly playing their parts.

But their acting was hardly acting at all. Anyone could see at a glance how fake and contrived their conversation

was. Even Marvin and Joshua were so furious that they almost stomped their feet.

‘Who was it that said during a previous chess gthat he was still the one to call the shots in the Wade family?

And what happened? When it was his turn to step up and take charge, he faked a headache.

‘At that brisk pace, did he look like someone who had forgotten his blood pressure medication?”

But the man was already gone. Marvin and Joshua couldn't do a thing. Besides, they could not exactly stop him

from taking his blood pressure medication. After all, what if his headache was actually true?

Sensing the awkwardness between Marvin and Joshua, Ashton offered them an out. “Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Swift,

please continue. We're listening!”

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