Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Chapter 1996

“Are you Gwain?”

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Emmanuel’s piercing gaze bore into Gwain, sharp and unwavering.

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Gwain stiffened slightly but quickly masked his unease with an air of casual

indifference. He lifted his chin ever so slightly, his hands clasped behind his

back, and offered a small smile. “That would be me, just a humble fellow.”

“I have long heard of your reputation. It is a pleasure to finally meet you.”

Emmanuel made a polite gesture, though the civility of it barely concealed

his true intentions. “I wonder, Mr. Lannister, what made you capture my sister?

There’s no reason for any bad blood between us.”

“Indeed, there are no grievances between us,” Gwain replied, his voice

steady, though there was a defiant edge to his words. “However, your sister

secretly studied my family’s Dragon Tome. By our family’s rules, anyone who

dares to steal our techniques must face execution.”

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“I had no desire to harm her,” he continued, his expression cool. “I was willing

to let her go if only she recited the technique back to me. But she refused to

cooperate, leaving me with no other choice.”

A murmur rippled through the crowd, their whispers showing favor toward

Gwain’s side of the story.

After all, anyone with even a passing knowledge of the Lannister family knew

the Dragon Tome was one of their three sacred texts. Stealing from it meant

certain death.

“Stealing?” Emmanuel remained unflinching in the face of the crowd’s

growing sympathy. A cold, humorless smile curled on his lips. “Mr. Lannister, I

have three questions for you.”

“Ask away.” Gwain’s expression grew tensé, his eyes hardening.

Emmanuel raised three fingers, his gaze unwavering.

“First, is there a patent for the Dragon Tome? Second, do you have any

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evidence that it was written by your family? Third, how can you prove my

sister even knows it by heart?”

Each question hit Gwain with the force of a sudden storm, rendering him

speechless for a moment.

who had been observing quietly, let out a low, cold

more intelligent than she

Gwain, couldn’t keep quiet

this about patents? Everyone knows it belongs to our family. No

change that!”

with mockery. “Ha! What century are you living in? This is an era governed by law. Do you think this is a martial arts novel? Your family’s rules aren’t the law. Are you

crowd erupted once again, their opinions clashing, but

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rules to govern modern

outburst, keeping his focus locked on

said, “Mr.

faltered, his hands

a brief pause, he responded

duty. I must recover the Dragon Tome, and no

stand in my way.”

recover my sister, and you will not

at Gwain, his voice firm and

known far and wide as the greatest in the martial

lose, you will release my sister at once.

blame me

of his kin, the only family he had left. There

for negotiation, no chance of

Northern Wolf

crowd collectively gasped, the tension in the air pa ble. Among

glances, their

true identity, and the revelation

excitement through them.

Wolf Warrior and the Southern Lannister were both

world. Could this be the day their

to the

Gwain, a murmur of expectation running

secretly hoped for a fair duel, a decisive battle that

of supremacy once and for

down his spine, but he quickly masked his unease with a facade of arrogance. With a low,

challenge me? This dispute is between you and the Quill family. What concern is it of mine as a guest? You will die here today. Why should

there was

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Gwain’s cowardice, veiled in pride,

who looked closely.

noticed

than anyone–his aloofness was just a mask for

been more

for showing no mercy!” Emmanuel declared,

patience worn thin.

no further warning, he unleashed

the Northern Region. The strike tore

force morphing into a massive, roaring dragon

very ground beneath

ran through Wyatt as he watched

exponentially since the last time they had

his true

inevitable, Yuna had already distanced herself

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under Emmanuel’s might and

vulnerable in the process.

watchful gaze of the entire crowd, Gwain realized the gravity of

his energy into the Big Dipper

powerful palm strike away from himself

of the

Boom!

struck the venue’s load–bearing wall with an earth–shattering force, causing the wall

hall groaned and swayed precariously, on

collapse.

“Ah! Run!”

about

for the exits as

them.