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    Their conversation drifted over to Hayden’s and his girlfriend’s ears. Only then did Hayden realize the girl in his arms looked even more gorgeous than the one who hade to the hospital to apany him that night.

    He frowned, grabbed her chin, and lifted her face. “Sweetheart, how is it that you look even better than that night when you were sitting on me?” he

    asked.

    Hayden could still remember exactly what his girlfriend looked like that night, even after more than half a month, because she had been so passionate that night. Her lips, breasts, waist, and legs deeply impressed him.

    Panic shed in her eyes for a moment, but she quickly forced a sweet smile and looked up at Hayden. “Mr. Garza, do you really think I look better than that night?” she asked.

    Seeing her reaction, Hayden’s frown eased a bit. “What did you do?”

    She lowered her gaze, feeling a bit embarrassed, and said, “Mr. Garza, I… I used the 30 thousand dors you gave me to do some minor cosmetic work. Ever since we got on the ne, you haven’t really looked at me. I thought maybe I had ruined my face…”

    Hayden perked up right away. “Cosmetic work? Show me. What have you fixed?”

    Hayden didn’t care if his girlfriend had stic surgery or not. How many true natural beauties were there anyway?

    As long as she looked good, that was enough for him. It wasn’t like he nned to marry any of these women.

    But what made Hayden happy was that she was the first to be frank about her cosmetic work, and she had even done it for him. That kind of effort was enough to make Hayden dote on her for a while.

    She immediately grabbed Hayden’s hand, all sweet and clingy, guiding him to feel around her face. However, before long, Hayden’s hand started to stray to other parts of her body.

    Seeing this, the two bodyguards hurriedly turned around, moving a bit further away.

    Just then, the affectionate gaze of the girl who had been all sweet and snuggly in Hayden’s arms suddenly turned icy and fierce the moment the bodyguards turned away.

    In a sh, she struck Hyden with a sharp, precise karate chop, knocking him out cold in an instant.

    While casually shoving Hayden onto the sofa, she kept an eye on the reactions of the two bodyguards nearby, all the while letting out moans that would make one blush.

    Half an hourterb, /bthings finally quieted down, and Hayden ended up “asleep,” still holding the girl in his arms.

    The bodyguards, watching from a distance, didn’t notice anything unusual about Hayden. They just thought he was tired and had dozed off.

    It’s not like they were looking down on Hayden’s skinny frame, but honestly, with a body like his, what woman could he ever satisfy without money?

    Their flight was going to take at least twelve hours, so if Hayden could get some sleep, they would just let him. It was better than having him get bored and start causing trouble again.

    “Hey! Why are we stuck here being your free pilots? We’re supposed to be passengers on this ne, you know!” Reece and Hamish wereughing in disbelief at Ashton’s legendary stunt.

    ‘What? Just because we both know how to fly, he thinks he can just exploit us for freebor?‘ they both thought.

    “I wanted to enjoy some private time with Briar, so I didn’t bring a pilot along. That means I’ll have to trouble you guys with the flight to Qathanab,/bb” /b

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    Ashton said, not feeling the slightest bit guilty about roping his friends in.

    Both Reece and Hamish were speechless. ‘So, just because we’re single, we get banished to the cockpit, huh?‘ they both thought bitterly.

    Reece and Hamish both turned to look at Brandon, who just shrugged and went to the smallpartment. Just as he closed the door, it was dead silent

    inside.

    Reece turned around and said, “Alright, let’s go fly this thing.” Hamish followed him.

    Before long, the huge cabin was left with just Ashton and Briar. Briarughed and pushed Ashton’s face away as he leaned in. “You’d better watch out. They might team up and beat you up,” she said.

    Ashton just let her push him back, a smirk on his lips when he said, “They probably couldn’t even beat me.”

    Briar didn’t buy it. Reece and Hamish were both former special forces legends. If Ashton went against just one of them, he might be able to fight to a draw. But if both of them teamed up against him, his chances of winning weren’t great.

    Ashton smiled quietly. The twelve–hour flight was quite boring. Fortunatelyi, /iout of the five people on board, Briar was the only one who couldn’t pilot a ne, while the other four could.

    The four guys took turns flying the ne, so the hours actually went by pretty fast. When they touched down in Qathana, it was already the middle of the

    night.

    Nightfall is the best camouge for things that need to stay hidden. Hayden and his team were picked up by the people Geoff had sent. Covered by darkness, none of them noticed a car trailing behind them. It wasn’t too close and yet not too far.

    That car shadowed the convoy across the wide Vyrnoss River, only finallying to a stop when they were about to turn into a junction.

    Inside the car, Briar sat in the passenger seat, just like Reece and Hamish, with binocrs in hand, tracking Hayden’s car as it kept moving forward.

    Briar knew every major city in Qathana like the back of her hand. “They’ve just turned into an abandoned factory area. It used to be a steel mill there,”

    she said.

    Reece quickly calcted their speed and distance. “Judging by the speed they’re going, that whole abandoned factory area must be massive,” he said.

    Ashton nced at Brandon, who nodded, took out his phone, and sent the location to Xavion, telling him to send over all the maps of the area as soon as possible.

    Xavion had already been waiting for this. Barely a few minutes after Brandon sent the message, the maps popped up on his phone.

    Brandon found the abandoned steel mill on the map and frowned. “Miss Jennings, this abandoned steel mill is massive. It’ll be pretty tough for our people to sneak in without getting noticed,” he said.

    if i were one of the Garzas, and I cared a lot about theb here, I’d have guards posted at every single entrance and exit of that abandoned steel mill,‘ he thoughti. /i

    Hearing that, Briar nced at Ashton and grinned. “Looks like it’s my showtime now,” she said,

    Ashton pulled aptop out of thepartment in the passenger seat and said, “Alright, you may start your show now.”

    Reece, Hamish, and Brandon all leaned in, curiosity written all over their faces. What happened next reshaped their impression of Briar.

    “Holy shit! Briar, you’re a total badass hacker!” Beece eximed.

    Hamish said, “Yeah, yourputer skills are almost at Xavion’s level. That’s pretty awesome!”

    Brandonmented fairly, “Nah, I think Miss Jennings is actually better than Xavion.”

    In just a minute and a half, Briar had taken over every single surveince feed in the abandoned steel mill. It wasn’t just impressive, but next–level,

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    Initially, they were still a bit skeptical when they found out Briar was the international Legendary Hacker Bree. But now, after witnessing her god–tierputer skills in action, all their doubts vanished, leaving behind only pure awe.

    Briar replied humbly, “It’s nothing, just handy.”

    Everyone was at a loss for words. ‘Seriously, who could be handier than you?‘ they all thought.

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