Alexander froze, and his mind buzzed. He felt completely numb as he recalled his wedding night.

That night, friends and relatives of the Chesire family gathered, and they drowned him with alcohol. Alexander did not know if they were doing it intentionally, but he was utterly intoxicated. Amid the pushing and shoving of the crowd, he found himself stumbling into the bridal suite.

In a daze, Alexander experienced that unforgettable wedding night, becoming a true man and engraving that woman in his memory.

Oddly enough, he had not heard a single sound from her throughout the night.

Alexander assumed that his bride, Zoe, was shy and reserved, hence her silence. However, that was not the case at all. The woman had a damaged vocal cord, leaving her unable to speak.

The woman was not Zoe after all. It had been Amber all along!

“How daring!”

A thunderous roar interrupted Alexander’s train of thought.

Nearly everyone in the audience looked in their direction and pointed fingers at Alexander, locked inside the metal cage.

Over a dozen security guards from the dogfighting arena quickly surrounded the metal cage. Each had a rubber baton at their waist.

The head of the security guards snarled at Alexander. “Do you even know where you stand? How dare you cause trouble at the Tempest Hound Stadium! Do you even know who runs this place? Do you know who our boss is?! Surrender now, or—”

cut short as

The

in the dogfighting arena.

Thud, thud, thud!

and strode toward the shattered main gate of the arena

and Mommy suffer,” lamented Alexander. “Don’t worry, Daddy’s back now. With me around, no one can harm you. I’ll make

second-floor bedroom in Chesire Mansion.

had just come out of the bathroom and found Herbert Dorvall sitting at the edge of the bed.

and pulled Zoe into his embrace. He chuckled. “My aunt has the last say in

weren’t for that good-for-nothing Alexander and that brat Olivia, we wouldn’t have all these problems. Let me call and check on the dogfighting arena. That brat better be dead. Otherwise…”

“Zoe!”

mansion’s entrance, shaking the

dropped his cigarette onto his thigh, which caused him to yelp in pain. He had not even bothered to put on any clothes and rushed to the bedroom window, yelling, “Who the hell is making all that noise

Herbert stopped mid-sentence.

shouted, “Get dressed and get

face. He assumed it was someone

a silk nightgown, standing at the window and observing the scene at the mansion’s entrance from a distance. She was shocked when she saw Alexander, but a glimmer of excitement

that brat, was also with

wonder why Olivia returned with Alexander, especially when Olivia was supposed to have been torn

and Olivia have known their true familial relationship?

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