Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Chapter 458

Joe grinned as he called out to Jeremiah and Samantha, then quickly darted back behind Yvette, looking as smug as he could be. With Yvette, his powerhouse, by his side, he thought he could just relax and trust her with everything. He looked up at Yvette with an exaggeratedly sweet smile, tugging on her sleeve a little. "Yve, they're not the ones who tried to kidnap me, so maybe take it easy on them, okay?"

Joe thought he was being reasonable enough. He decided that once he got back to Mysonna, he would make sure the people responsible and the underground auction house had nowhere left to hide.

However, he admitted that he did owe a bit to the guy on the couch who had kind of saved his life.

Jeremiah, sitting on the couch, squinted at Joe's hand on Yvette's sleeve, a sneer forming on his lips.

Yvette leaned casually by the doorway, casting a glance at Joe's self-satisfied expression. She cracked her knuckles, saying nothing. She thought, "This guy never gets tired of tugging on my sleeve... Jeremiah said in a low and firm voice, "Take your hand off her, or I'll cut it off."

Joe's reflexes kicked in before his brain did-he immediately let go and took a step back. Then, realizing how embarrassing that looked, he opened his mouth to try to say something defiant. However, seeing the gleam in Jeremiah's eyes, he shut up. Joe felt a chill as he realized that Jeremiah looked dead serious about that threat.

Samantha, leaning against the wall with one knee bent, cleared her throat. "Uh, maybe we should all just sit down and talk, It feels like there's a bit of a misunderstanding here."

Yvette turned to Joe who looked slightly hurt after Jeremiah's warning. "Let go and get in there."

Finally, Joe started piecing things together. He thought, 'If I was actually in trouble, Yve wouldn't be so calm-she'd be ready to fight anyone messing with me. So... Why has she shown up here so suddenly?'

Joe looked around the room and pointed a finger at the people inside, nervously turning to Yvette. "You... Do you know these guys?"

Yvette gave a slight nod. "Yeah, they're my friends."

showing off, only to find out these

quickly straightened his clothes and smoothed his hair, then flashed a big grin at Jeremiah,

just a misunderstanding, right? Since you're friends of Yve's, we're all on the same team. I was just joking around. Violence isn't really my thing, so let's just forget about it, okay?" Eagle King scoffed and went back to drinking his beer. Samantha and Emmett exchanged nodded politely to him and gave

to the couch, took a seat, and glanced at the very proper-looking

as he replied, unhurried, "Is

her hair back with a glint of amusement

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an instant, the coldness around Jeremiah vanished. He gave her fingertips a

and Eagle King felt

then looked again as if he had just stumbled upon some shocking revelation. He thought, "What on earth is going on between them?" Joe raised

shocked Joe, then smoothly pulled Yvette closer with an arm around her shoulder,

crushed. He thought, 'Does Yve have

look at the long, slender fingers resting on her shoulder. She suddenly saw the naïve

Yvette said, "Jeremiah,

Joe carefully. She thought, 'Sure, he does resemble Carl a bit, but the resemblance ends there.

couch, raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise

well-known in certain circles. He was one of the earliest immigrants to Mysonna and had carved out a prominent name in business at a time when Clusia was still

figure for the Clusian community there, a legend in his own

years, the Yoder family had been a legendary presence in Mysonna, representing the highest echelon among the

in the 1970s, Carl had gone abroad three times and managed to reclaim several