Chapter 76

Miranda had just asked Hannah to fill her in on what was going on.

Apparently, the whole mess started when they got into a spat with Theo and ended up making a bet. Just as things were heating up, Alistair and Miranda arrived, joining the crew as well.

The stakes? The loser had to act like a dog. Now, They were pressuring Caius and Hannah to honor the bet.

It wasn't surprising that Caius couldn't match Alistair's shooting skills. Alistair, being a lawyer, had honed his marksmanship back in college.

Both he and Dorian were members of a shooting club. While Dorian was more of a casual participant, Alistair took it seriously, practicing whenever he could.

Theo sneered with a smug air. "Oh, are you going to help them bark like dogs?"

He wasn't at the Lancaster Group banquet last time, but he'd heard whispers of what had happened. Arabella had told him about how Miranda had somehow become Miss Lancaster, leveraging that title to embarrass Arabella.

Miranda was nothing but a conniving

to do with my sister. I

flush slightly, though his voice remained firm. "Miranda is my sister. If anyone's going to fulfill the bet,

with Miranda now being adopted by Lavinia, they were practically

composed face cracked a bit as he retorted coldly, "Since when is she your sister? Do you

was puzzled

matters

it easy for them to accept Miranda. Not to mention, she had saved their grandmother and was both capable and beautiful. And now she was

even colder as he

protective over someone who's not even blood-related," he said

with your double standards? You'd break the law for your adopted sister, and you dare question Caius? Calling you a

the way Miranda defended him. Her words left Alistair and

was she thinking, saying all

averted his gaze, a flicker of guilt crossing his face as he weakly countered, "I

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