Holy shit!” Reece blurted out in shock. “Seriously?”

    But Ashton’s calm, faintly amused smile had answered it all. Reece was at a loss for words, so he could only join Hamish in apuding.

    “Impressive! Ashton, you really struck gold! Briar’s been hiding her identity far too well, hasn’t she? First, she turns out to be the miracle doctor, Tristan’s sole apprentice, then the Speed Queen Bree, and now she even knows how to hack!”

    “Not only that, Briar can also fight,” Hamish chimed in.

    Meanwhile, the subject of their praise, Briar, was speeding on a deserted road on her motorcycle with fan.

    ./bb” /b

    It turned out that when Briar hacked into the military base’s surveince systemb, /bshe had kept a trick up her sleeve, allowing them to watch as Ashton

    and the others chased them to the dock.

    “Yeah, that was way too close,” Briar agreed, relieved that they had managed to escape in time. Otherwise, being caught on the spot was a whole different ballgame from trying to exin thingster.

    ‘Since they didn’t manage to catch us, it’s notpletely exposed, right? After all, we never left a trace of evidence behind. Even if Ashton suspects something, it’s just a hunch. He can’t prove a thing,‘n thought.

    Briar shot him an exasperated look and said, “You really think the big shot of Shoneport built his power on solid, irrefutable evidence?”n shut up immediately.

    ‘Of course not. Big shots like Ashton don’t need solid evidence. If he’s got even a hint of suspicion, you’re guilty as far as he’s concerned.

    ‘If people like him really have to do everything by the book like the cops, that’d be way too much trouble,‘n thought.

    “Alright,n. Don’t me yourself. It’s only a matter of time before I expose my identity. Honestly, this doesn’t mess up my ns anyway,” Briar said, trying tofort him.

    The motorcycle screeched to a sudden halt, nearly throwingn off the back seat. He barely managed to grab onto Briar’s waist in time.

    Briar putted off her helmet and looked at him. “What, your hands getting itchy because you haven’t killed anyone in a while?” she asked.

    ‘Why is he suddenly talking about killing again out of nowhere?‘ Briar thought.

    Briar was speechless. “Thanks, but there’s no need. Beatrice can’t die just yet,” she then said.

    ‘That was one hell of a way to try and make up for it,‘ Briar thought to herself.

    If /bI can’t kill Beatrice, what about Halle? She seems like an easy target.”

    “No need,” Briar replied tly.

    Briar lowered her helmet visor. “Seriously, there’s no need. Let’s keep these people around for now. If they die, who’s going to bhelp /bme bfish /bbout /bbthe /bbones /b

    Chapter b206 /b

    bhiding /bin the shadowsb?/bb” /b

    “Nobody tried to rescue Zayne when he was caught. That shows he isn’t that important in the eyes of the people behind the scenes:

    ‘Even Sawyer didn’t have anyone protecting him after Zayne was caught. We could even take him away effortlessly.

    All of this just proves that the real core members of that organization are still lurking in the dark, nowhere near the surface yet.

    ‘Zayne’s value as a pawn is gone, and it’s even less likely that Sawyer would get anywhere near the inner circle. So for now, Edgar and the rest of the Jennings family must stay alive,‘ Briar thought.

    “If they can’t die for now, how about I just teach them a lesson to help you blow off some steam?”n offered.

    Worried Briar would turn him down again, he said, “Don’t worry, Briar. I promise I won’t igo /itoo far.” Briar, thinking for a moment, didn’t say anything

    further.

    As they took a back road on the motorcycle, by the time they got back to Moonspring Estate, Ashton and the others still hadn’t arrived yet.

    Briar parked the motorcycle in the garage and turned ton, saying, “Alright, it’s almost dawn. You should head home and catch up on some sleep. Just remember, no matter what Ashton or the others ask you…b” /b

    His words made Briarugh. “Don’t worry. Ashton’s not unreasonable. You’re my friend; he won’t give you too hard a time,” Briar said.n grinned and left.

    Ashton had left a bodyguard guarding the next door, so ino /imatter how quietly Briar andn tried to sneak back, the guard still noticed and immediately informed Ashton.

    By the time Briar finished her shower, changed into pajamas, and was lying in bed preparing to sleep, Ashton slipped in through her half–open window.

    Briar was speechless. ‘Climbing through my window in the dead of night? Seriously?‘ she thought.

    Ashton didn’t show the slightest bit of embarrassment about sneaking in like some shameless rogue. He strode right over to the bed, breathing a little heavily. Briar couldn’t tell if it was from the climb or from being pissed about her sneaking out in the middle of the night.

    He stood over her by the bed, looking down at her with a nk expression. Briar couldn’t tell if Ashton was angry or amused, so she just looked up at him, eyes wide, waiting.

    After a while, Ashton gave in. He crouched down by the bed, reached out, and gently pinched her cheek, still rosy from the shower. “Wifey, you’re really good at keeping your secrets, huh?”

    He didn’t ask why she kidnapped Emily and Sawyer. Nor did he question why she beat their faces to a pulp. Ashton just sighed, a mix of fondness and helplessness in his voice.

    Briar felt a bit embarrassed. Since Ashton put it that way, it was clear he already knew she was the one who hacked surveince near the military base.

    “Ahem… I mean, I was kind of hiding it from you on purpose…” Briar topic and said, “It’s all Emily’s fault. She’s way too despicable.”

    wanted to exin, but didn’t want to admit it so soon. So she quickly changed the

    Ashton let out a helplessughb, /bboth amused and exasperated. “Babe, did you n to keep ying dumb like this if I didn’ty it out clearly?”

    Briar smiled faintly and said, “What are you talking about, Ashton? I honestly have

    no clue.”

    Ashton pulled out his phone and yed the surveince footage. “Xavion said that being able to do something like this with surveince footage would put you on the international hacker rankings. However, your name was nowhere to be found,” he said.

    “Is that so?” Briar asked.

    Ashten put his phone away. “So, anything you want to exin to me, Legendary Hacker Bree?” Briar was silent.

    45b% /b

    Thest three words shocked Briar, and her eyes slightly constricted. “Wait… How did you know I was Legendary Hacker Bree? What if you were wrong?”

    AD