Chapter 0204

The moment Alexander’s text buzzed in, Drake sprang into action instantly.

In a flash, he was out the door, still in his pricey silk PJs, with ‘Ghost Sword’ Wilhelm, the unbeaten champ of Province Town, by his side. They bolted from the back of Rectewald Mall’s posh estates, Drake’s slippers flapping all the way.

“Mister Kane.”

Riding up to the penthouse corridor, Drake spotted Alexander and beelined to him, a grin spreading wide across his face. “What a surprise, Mister Kane! Why didn’t you give us a heads-up? I sure hope you’ll overlook

any slip-ups on our part.”

Drake meant every word. Ever since Alexander laid Wilhelm flat with just one move, leaving the crowd

gobsmacked, everyone got the memo: Messing with Alexander was akin to playing with fire.

“Mister Hardy’s calling him Mister Kane?!”

The whole corridor was buzzing-Hagen, Gael, a squad of security, and Amber with her old school gang, all

with their jaws on the floor.

The big-shot Hardy, bending over backward for Alexander? Why?

The room was buzzing, but truth be told, most people did not really know Drake beyond the whispers of his clout in the shadows. Hagen, the guy running the show at Rectewald Mall, and Gael, who just scraped into Woolpackton’s high society, knew the score about Drake’s murky past.

Rumor had it that Drake’s rise was not just from his own hustle. He had some serious muscle backing him up.

too.

was, bowing down to Alexander of

not just the Chesire family’s trophy son-in-law, a deadbeat mooching off

too generous,

brushed off the crowd, his gaze cool as he locked eyes with Drake. “I

Mister Hardy by showing up today,

gesturing casually to Hagen. “You talk to

What then?

eyes narrowed, a shadow passing over his face as he turned to Hagen. “What’s with

Did someone cross

skipped a beat,

he had a knack for reading the room, and it hit him that Mister Kane

freeloader. He

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just a friend. He was someone even Drake stepped

please

to Alexander, his voice breaking with emotion. “I

he snapped to his feet and seized Gael by the neck, his eyes wild with fury. “Gael, you’ve

“No, please. ….

Gael was in over his head. Then, with Hagen’s hands squeezing

what? To be so bold

had the gall to mess with my wife, refusing to check the security footage. If you had the nerve to do

What?!

his eye, a fierce glare settling in

that was it. That lowlife stirred up trouble, daring to target Mister Kane’s wife? He was

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