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

nothing to do with my sister. I made the bet, and I'll own

flush slightly, though his voice remained firm. "Miranda is my sister. If anyone's going to fulfill the bet, it's me. She's not part of

wrong in what Caius had said. After all, with Miranda now being adopted by Lavinia,

retorted coldly, "Since when is

Theo was

last name. What matters is she's part of our family now, so

she had saved their grandmother and was both capable and beautiful. And now she was their aunt's daughter. Having her as family was something they were

grew even colder as he heard

over someone who's not even blood-related," he said with a sneer. Arabella's face twitched

"What's with your double standards? You'd break the law for

way Miranda defended him. Her words left Alistair and Arabella flustered and speechless. They hadn't expected Miranda

What was she thinking, saying

flicker of guilt crossing his face as

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