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 him in

fight for the title

at

the title of Duke to Nicole, but he had been

jealousy had made Stephen lose hope in

daughter, but I’ve never fulfilled my duty as a father. I’ll be bestowing the title of Duke upon her to

his face. His gaze turned colder

her mother? What kind of reasons are

twenty years and done

nothing left

at his father. “That’s an

got up to leave after that

That’s it? He’s leaving?

not going to let go of

has a few tricks up his

fine, Sir Musgrave. I don’t want to become the

you’re the best candidate! The family will be in big trouble if

doing this just

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