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 woman who had gotten

"This has nothing to

glance, he felt his cheeks flush slightly, though his voice

in agreement. She saw nothing wrong in what Caius had said. After all, with Miranda now being adopted by Lavinia, they were

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

reaction caught both Theo and Arabella's attention. Theo was puzzled by Alistair's outburst,

frowned. "I don't care about her last name. What matters is she's

had grown up in a loving and disciplined home, which made it easy for them to accept Miranda. Not to mention, she had saved their grandmother and was both capable and beautiful. And

expression grew even colder as he

blood-related," he said with a sneer. Arabella's face twitched at that

your double standards? You'd break the law for your adopted sister, and you dare

Her words left Alistair and

crazy? What was she thinking, saying all

as he weakly countered, "I have

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