Levant simply grinned. “Apologies, Dad. I came here as soon as I finished what I needed to do.”

He nodded at Nicole after that. “Are you full, Nicole? How’s the food?”

“I’m full. The food was great,” she answered.

Levant smiled and glanced at Evan, and the tension in the air mounted almost immediately.

Levant decided to stop beating around the bush. “Dad, I heard that rumors going around of you passing the title of Duke to Nicole instead of me. Is that true?”

Nicole was mildly surprised at his statement.

Me? A duke?

Since when could women become Dukes?

It’ll be the end of the world if he made me the new Duke!

She opened her mouth to protest, but Stephen beat her to it. “It doesn’t matter. Just do what you need to do, Levant.”

“Dad! You have to put a stop to those rumors! No one’s going to trust me if you don’t do anything about them!” Levant said desperately.

at

to fight for the

at Levant

title of Duke to Nicole, but he had been reluctant to do so precisely because of Levant’s

jealousy had made Stephen lose

bestowing the title of Duke upon her to make up for

face. His gaze turned colder than ice as

Honoring her mother? What kind of reasons

and done all I could to

I have absolutely nothing left to call

at his father. “That’s

that with a strained

That’s it? He’s leaving?

going to let go of

has a few

as well. “It’s fine, Sir Musgrave. I don’t

candidate! The family will be in big

this just to protect the

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