Chapter 491:

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What on earth was so important that it required a café meeting? Was it about romance? Love, perhaps?

Either way, the thought twisted like a knife in his chest, tightening as though his heart were caught in an iron vice.

Seeing the tension building, Gordon’s expression sharpened, and his eyes glinted with a smirk. “Well, Mr. Lloyd, you did meet Miss Perry at a café, didn’t you? So it seems there’s no reason for anyone to be shocked that Allison and I might do the same.”

Gordon tilted his head, his gaze flicking to Carole before he sighed mockingly. “Too bad she doesn’t hold a candle to Allison. She’s coarse, to put it politely. Surprising, isn’t it, Mr. Lloyd? That this is your taste?”

From the start, Gordon had no intention of playing nice. The moment he saw Carole purposefully blocking his path, he’d marked her as trouble.

And her incessant jabs at Allison only made his distaste for her deepen.

some people are rotten beneath the

had been trying to fade into the background, could no

won’t claim to match Ms. Clarke’s beauty,

standing up for Kellan with a hint

regardless of what it might cost her to go against the Herbert family.

Kellan remained as impassive as ever,

to address me like that?” Gordon’s gaze swept over Carole, looking at her as if she

“You…!”

prided herself on her beauty; no one had

had to swallow her anger, as Gordon’s status made him

frustrating of all, Kellan didn’t move

with a hurt expression. “You seem close with

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