A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 216

Security moved immediately around my grandfather the moment we stepped onto the pavement.

Predictably, my grandfather insisted Jason and I ride in the same vehicle as him.

“You are both more useful where I can see you,” he declared calmly while entering the SUV first.

Jason looked deeply amused.

“Yes, Chairman.”

The city officials waiting for us nearly tripped over themselves with excitement once introductions began.

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Apparently, the idea of the Ashers and Suns collaborating publicly on a family expansion project was viewed as a massive economic opportunity.

And Jason-

Jason was practically treated like royalty.

“Mr. Sun brought thousands of jobs through Sol Management,” one official explained enthusiastically during the drive. “Entire districts recovered because of his investments.”

Another man nodded immediately.

“He restarted local industries after the shipping crisis.”

Jason looked mildly uncomfortable receiving that much praise directly.

Which honestly made the officials admire him even more.

The mayor of Rain City personally insisted on giving us a tour of the surrounding lands.

Both the Asher property and the land Jason intended to purchase sat near the mountainous regions outside the city itself.

Beautiful.

Wild.

And painfully underdeveloped.

Unfortunately, the terrain was too rough for normal vehicles in several areas.

Which meant ATVs and reinforced Jeeps.

Jason looked far too happy about that development.

“I’m driving,” he announced immediately.

I narrowed my eyes suspiciously.

“That smile concerns me.”

Jason only smirked before handing me a helmet.

“You worry too much.”

That statement became significantly less convincing once he accelerated the ATV over uneven terrain like a man who had briefly forgotten human mortality existed.

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I grabbed onto him harder immediately.

ason!”

He laughed.

Actually laughed.

The sound disappeared into the wind while the ATV cut across rocky terrain dangerously fast.

And suddenly I realized something interesting.

Jason liked speed.

First the go-karts back at the Asher estate.

Now this.

A mental note instantly formed in my head.

Future gift idea.

The mountains surrounding the mining area grew rougher the farther we traveled.

Dense forest.

Steep cliffs.

Old stone structures partially hidden by vegetation.

And somewhere in the distance-

I caught sight of the castle.

It looked ancient against the mountain skyline.

Massive.

Almost haunting.

“This place looks like the setting of a murder mystery,” I muttered quietly.

Jason looked entirely too entertained by that statement.

“Comforting.”

As we finally approached the mining site itself, the atmosphere shifted subtly.

The workers nearby looked nervous.

Too nervous.

Jason noticed it at the exact same moment I did.

I felt his body tense instantly beneath my hands.

Then-

A gunshot cracked through the mountainside.

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Everything happened at once.

Jason slammed the brakes hard enough to send the ATV skidding sideways through dirt and gravel.

“DOWN!”

Before I could even fully process what happened, Jason grabbed me violently and shoved me off the ATV.

We hit the ground hard behind a rocky incline just as another shot echoed through the air above us.

Screaming erupted nearby.

The Jeeps behind us stopped abruptly while security agents scrambled instantly into defensive positions.

Jason’s body covered mine almost automatically.

One hand gripping the back of my head. 1

The other already reaching for the concealed weapon strapped beneath his jacket.

His expression had transformed completely.

Cold.

Lethal.

Another shot rang out somewhere above the cliffs.

And suddenly-

The trip to Sum no longer felt like a business strategy.

It felt like a trap.

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Chaos erupted the second the shots rang through the mountains.

Workers screamed and scattered in every direction, sume dropping tools as they ran for cover while the police escorts immediately began shouting into their radios for reinforcements.

The sharp echo of gunfire bounced violently against the cliffs surrounding the mines, making it impossible to tell exactly where the shooters were positioned.

I hit the ground hard beside Jason behind one of the rocky inclines, my palms scraping against dirt and gravel while another shot cracked somewhere overhead.

“Stay down,” Jason ordered sharply.

His body shielded mine almost entirely, broad shoulders tense as he kept himself between me and the open terrain.

The governor’s security detail was already moving, weapons drawn while officers rushed civilians toward the Jeeps farther behind us.

Still, despite the numbers around us, I knew exactly how fragile this situation truly was.

If Jason did not have the influence he carried-

If people did not genuinely like and respect him the way they did-

I doubted even my grandfather would have managed to secure police escorts deep into these territories.

And when men with rifles faced people armed mostly with bodyguards and pistols-

The odds were always ugly.

Another shot rang out.

Then another.

Jason’s arm tightened around me instinctively.

I felt his muscles lock suddenly.

Then-

A hard impact slammed against him.

My breath caught instantly.

Jason didn’t scream.

Didn’t even curse.

But I felt the violent tension ripple through him immediately afterward.

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